Woodware Birthday Grid meets Distress Oxides

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My first post for 2019 and I'm sharing a card made with some new purchases ... I've finally bought some Distress Oxides so had a play and created an inky background.  Using three colours (spiced marmalade, cracked pistachio & squeezed lemonade) I decided to do a combination of inking on and through a stencil mask with a bit of water spritzing as well.  I quite like that the colours stay on top of each other without affecting the colours underneath and it's definitely a lovely chalky finish.
Another new purchase was the Woodware birthday grid stamp by Jane Gill, I do like the grid arrangement of all the sentiments leaving two spaces so you can add other images to suit.  I've added social media type die cuts as this is a card for a male who's always on his mobile phone 😊.  Final touch was randomly stamping a filmstrip down one side and adding #smile in the corner.
I've used - 5x7 white card base
Distress Oxide Inks on Clarity Stencil Card
That Special Touch Mica Mask - Grunge Texture
Woodware Clear Magic JGS586 Birthday Grid stamp
Xcut sentiment dies
Dovecraft filmstrip stamp
Playing along at - Make My Monday Challenge  #87 use words or a sentiment
                           Paper Players Colour Challenge  PP424

Thank you for visiting - I'd love you to leave a comment if you have time - Steph x

Comments

  1. EmmaTThursday, 17 January, 2019

    Gorgeous fun card, so much detail to look at. I love your inky background and colour combo. Brilliant card to kick start a new year of crafting. Emmax

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  2. Joanne James - The Crafty OwlFriday, 18 January, 2019

    What a great card Steph - so much going on, a real visual feast! Your background is great and I love that your sentiment detail packs a punch on top too! Thanks for sharing with us over at The Paper Players this week!

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  3. BassladyFriday, 18 January, 2019

    a very stylish card!

    thank you so much for playing along with us at make my Monday challenge !

    hugs and kisses from germany,
    Silvi xoxo

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  4. Claire BroadwaterFriday, 18 January, 2019

    Steph, this is so fun! Such a great background and fun sentiment! Love the way you incorporated all the colors! So happy you joined us at The Paper Players this week! XX

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  5. My Kraftie HavenFriday, 18 January, 2019

    Brilliant card Steph Florence (DC)

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  6. Debbie MageedSaturday, 19 January, 2019

    Love this very fun card! You really enjoyed yourself, playing with those great new inks!! Perfectly done. Thank you for playing with us at the Make My Monday challenge and hope you can join us again soon.

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