I wanted to play with the new oxide inks today and thought, “How hard could it be?”  I have to say that I haven’t really gotten used to them yet and really didn’t feel like anything I produced was truly amazing.  I’ve watched so many other people use them and thought I could do something with a stencil, but that didn’t work. Then I tried using a stencil with water to remove the ink from under the stencil and that didn’t really work either.  So I went to plan C.  I had made some stamps out of fun foam shapes to show others how to make their own stamps.  I hadn’t cut them apart or used them yet, so decided this was the perfect opportunity to use the oxide inks with them.  I made a background image using them and it came out fine, but honestly, so far, I’m not thrilled with them.  I thought I would be blown away by the inks and I’m not sure why I’m not.  Maybe it’s because I just spent three hours and have one mediocre card to show for it.  Maybe it’s because I had some really great plans for the inks (in my head) and none of them worked.  Regardless, I’ll have to find a technique that works for me and maybe then I’ll fall in love with them.  Then again, maybe not.

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