New Color - Distress Oxide Crackling Campfire

Can we take a minute and talk about this beautiful color?  I only have it in the Distress Ink pad, but the color is amazing. It's the perfect red-orange!  Not quite orange, not really red.  On this card, I combined it with Forest Moss and Gathered Twiggs to build the background.  The end result was such a perfect fall color scheme or manly.  We all struggle with masculine cards, and I've been working to build more into my card making repertoire.  These colors seemed perfect for that.

I love a good happy accident.  I stamped the lantern in VersaMark ink, shook on some black embossing powder, and tapped it off.  I thought the background was dry and I forgot to use my embossing powder tool.   I ended up with various dots of embossing powder all over my background.  I opted to just leave it, the end result was added some cool spots of texture.

I went in with a bit more of the Forest Moss to color the lantern, added some Wild Honey to the glob for an effect of fire, and added a few red highlights to parts of the lantern with the Crackling Campfire.  To finish the image I used a glaze pen on the glob and red highlights to give the look of glass and enameled parts.  The card was completed with a black mat and adhered to a kraft card base.

Market Place:  Available at Smiling Moose, Delta Junction, AK

Technique:  Distress Inking, Stamping, Heat Embossing, Watercolor

Additional Supplies:  Tim Holtz Christmas Blueprints 5

Supplies Used with Affiliate Links:

Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz - Distress Oxides Ink Pads - Wild Honey Shop at: SSS | SBC	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad CRACKLING CAMPFIRE Shop at: SSS | SBC	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad FOREST MOSS Shop at: SSS | SBC	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad GATHERED TWIGS Shop at: SSS | SBC
WOW Embossing Powder PRIMARY EBONY REGULAR Shop at: SSS	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark Shop at: SSS | SBC	Sakura CLEAR Pen 2 Pack Shop at: SSS	Canson XL Watercolor Pad, 9"X12" Fold Over Shop at: SSS | AZ
Simon Says Clear Stamps ORNATE ORNAMENTS Shop at: SSS	Fiskars PREMIUM CUT LINE Paper Trimmer 12 Inches Shop at: SSS | SBC | AZ | MFT	Kokuyo Tape Glue Dot Liner Long tape, Refill cartridge 5 Pack, Shop at: SSS | SBC | AZ | MFT	Kokuyo Tape Glue Dot Liner Long-Blue Shop at: SSS | SBC | AZ | MFT
Tim Holtz Tonic GLASS MEDIA MAT Shop at: SSS | SBC | AZ	Tim Holtz Tonic TRAVEL GLASS MEDIA MAT Shop at: SSS | SBC | AZ	Clear Double Sided Adhesive Roll - 1/4 Inch x 81 Feet Shop at: SBC