Applying Distress Oxides with Petra De Vroege
Hello hello and please welcome Petra De Vroege, here to share a lovely idea for the sprays we collect. Do you have an air blower tool or could you try something similar with a straw? I’m curious what ideas you’ll have from Petra’s project today! A reminder that supplies are affiliate linked to make all this possible. Thanks! -Shimelle
Hi creative friends! I’m so thrilled to be joining the 2022 Shimelle project to inspire other crafters. The layout I made was a growing project. Sometimes I start with an idea that suddenly turns out completely different, this time that was the case. I wanted to create half a circle, but it turned out “slightly” different ;) and that is also what I love about our hobby, get those creative juices flowing! Crafting gives me a way to get rid of stress and soothes me in many ways. Every project is different and every time it is a little adventure on its own.
In almost all of my projects I use Distress Oxide inks. I love to create backgrounds with them and give my work a touch of mixed media. This time I wanted to try something different and used the Oxide spray in Spun Sugar. I made little puddles of ink on my page and used my Tim Holtz Air Blower to get that splattered look. I love how that turned out! It gives such a cool effect and you see the different shades of pink that are in that spray. I’ll try this technique again for sure!
Since I’m the only girl in our happy little family, I rarely use pink, and certainly not a lot. This photo of me on our very first “after COVID” vacation was the perfect excuse to use pink! I used The Best Day collection by Pinkfresh Studio, such pretty and soft papers! The flair buttons are made with the WRMK Button Press, and it was so cool to be able to create matching flair with the papers from the same collection!
So, to finish it off I wanted to add some black to make it stand out more, but… I also wanted to incorporate some journalling. I never do journalling on pages, but since this was a special vacation for us, I wanted to do it for the first time. I decided to follow the “lines” of the layout, so I journalled along the circles and along the stitching around the border. Not a complete story, but small phrases about what we did, ate and saw.
I hope I was able to inspire you in some way, perhaps to get creative with your inks, or different use of different colors, I would love to see your work! Get those creative juices flowing!
| Petra de Vroege is a mother, wife, vocal coach and scrapbooker from the Netherlands. Scrapping for almost 20 years, she loves the creative freedom and amazing community. Crafting has given her so many beautiful friendships and she loves it most when we all can inspire each other. You can follow Petra’s work on her Instagram feed. |
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