A fellow card maker posted all the birthday cards she had received and I saw one that intrigued me. When I asked about it, I learned it was the Crayon Resist Technique that Gina K had revived from years ago in one of her recent videos. SOOO, I tried it... and as you can see, got addicted! The first one I did was the horizontal one in the far left with the different sentiment.
THEN, I went vertical. This stamp set, from Tim Holtz, has been sitting next to my desk for literally three months waiting to be used. This particular layout finally seemed to scream, "USE ME!"... so I did. I used a white crayon to color in the butterfly then three shades of Distress Oxides over the that. The ripping was the BEST part! I did mount the whole panel with foam tape but only did that with the blues. My foam tape is near the end (a PRECIOUS has been ordered)...
I wanted these three to have a summery feel so used another three Distress Oxides in the yellow family...
Finally, I had this idea of red and black with a gray background. It didn't do what my head said it would as the gray muted the black of the butterfly but it's still pretty. The final of this set, I actually DIDN'T use any ink on the background. You can see it in the top photo.
The absolute best part of this card making escapade is that I quickly came up with nine cards for my severely depleted stash. After I send out the cards I've been wanting to send, it'll be depleted again. BUT... happy mail is on it's way again!
