Three Gs Cards

I have been experimenting with a Northern Lights background.  Scenes and backgrounds are not my strong suit, but I am trying to work on that.  I have made about 8 of these and have gotten to where I am consistently satisfied with the end results. I start out with twisted citron distress oxide ink and using a sponge daubers, I make streaks of color starting toward the bottom (I leave about an inch uninked) and moving toward the top of the card panel varying the length of the strokes. Once the card panel is filled with twisted citron, I do the same with salty ocean distress oxide ink, but leaving a border of the twisted citron showing.  I repeat the same process with wilted violet distress oxide ink leaving some of the salty ocean showing. I finish this part of the process with picked raspberry distress oxide ink at the very top. I make stars on the card panel with a white sign pen.  The final step is to make streaks ov...

This was such a fun card to make.  I absolutely LOVE these adorable little otters.  I found the sequins and knew that I needed to make a shaker card with these little otters.  The main issue that I had was figuring out how to make the otters appear to be in water.  My idea was to use distress oxide ink on acetate, but I could not keep it from wiping off. So I decided to try embossing it with clear embossing powder.  It is hard to see it in the photo, but it looks a bit like they are in an aquarium.  Overall, I am very pleased with the final result. Supplies: My Favorite Things Otterly Love You stamp set Lawn Fawn I'm So Jelly stamp set Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80 lb Cardstock Ranger Perfect Pearls Medium pen Black Glaze Pen 28 Lilac Lane Seaside Holiday sequins Hot Off the Presses Heat Resistant Acetate Tim Holtz Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Ink Clear Embossing Ink Finnabair Art Ingredients Mica Powder Glossy Accents Copic Markers M...