THE MALE ROOM -#201 THE UNIVERSE

I must admit I found this challenge a challenge for The Male Room this month lol! I kept looking at it and not finding anything I fancied doing and then I remembered years ago I had created a similar background using Distress Oxide Inks.  It hadn't really worked back then as at the time I didn't have Black Soot Oxide but now I do so I had another go and I was really pleased with how it turned out.  The only problem was knowing when to stop with it.  It was such fun to make I think I'll be making some more.

The Distress Oxide colours I used were Dusty Concord, Wild Honey, Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers and  Lumberjack Plaid but you can really use any bright colours you have.  The Oxides just help it all to blend perfectly.  I used watercolour paper too although I think it could have been a bit heavier.  Once I had added my colours, I spritzed with water and I then dried it with the heat tool.  I then added a top layer of Black Soot and dried it again.  I kept adding Black Soot and drying until I got the effect I wanted.  I also added some Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Powder in Emerald Green and Aubergine Dream to add a bit of sparkle and some droplets of Distress Spritz in Broken China.  Once it was all dry I used a white paint maker I use for splatters to add extra stars and some shooting stars.

The sentiment is from an Anita Jeram set called Treat Yourself and I thought it worked perfectly.  I used a circle die cut to cut it out and added some marks in black soot to make it look like the moon. I embossed the sentiment in silver embossing powder. 

I'm adding this into the following:

Alphabet Challenge - I is for ink blending - plenty of that in this background 

Creative Moments - Embossing 

Creative Inspiration - AG 

Word Power 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Quirky