Distress Oxide Spray Background the the Lavinia Oracle Stamp

[@brendagardner2896]

Wow, Sandi You explain your process so well and clearly and I search for your videos all the time. I feel I always learn new techniques and I thank you for sharing your passion and love of card making.

[@SandiMacIver]

aw thank you Brenda, and thanks for finding me

[@mariesiler8379]

Wow this is beautiful! Thank you so much for showing us how to do this. Also your teaching style and communication is so good.

[@SandiMacIver]

thank you Marie, and thanks so much for watching

[@hayleydoherty9557]

You are very talented thank you

[@SandiMacIver]

aw, thank you Hayley and thanks for watching

[@celinedevink5178]

Really stunning 🤩

[@SandiMacIver]

thank you Celine, it was so fun to create

[@mariamiskimmon5437]

Beautiful

[@SandiMacIver]

thank you, I think it's time I did another one, haha

[@lillylove3508]

You are so amazing to listen to in addition to being a remarkable talented artist. Love your humor as well!

[@SandiMacIver]

aw, thank you so much, I'm so glad you enjoyed the video

[@cindyhiggins6945]

Best use of the distressed oxide sprays I've seen so far. Beautiful card!

[@SandiMacIver]

haha, thank you and hold on, more to come I just need to give up sleeping so I can stamp more

[@vonniescrafts1]

Watched this again Sandi you make it look so effortlessly beautiful thanks for the video I’m a huge fan xx

[@SandiMacIver]

aw thanks Vonnie, it is easy, there are just lots of steps, haha, and thanks for following me, much appreciated

[@aussierobb]

wow Sandi, I really enjoy watching you create with Lavinia stamps. Your extras (as in highlights) certainly make the card. TFS

[@SandiMacIver]

thank you Robyn, I do love to play

[@jloucks]

Sandi, I've been watching you for a few years now (when you were a SU demo) and I have to say your work is just simply amazing. Love your channel. Keep rocking it!

[@SandiMacIver]

aw, thank you Jason, and thank you for the kind comment.

[@bonniekitt1]

Your video popped up on my homepage on KZbin. So I decided to watch it and was impressed. I have had a tremendous amount of problems stamping the Lavinia stamps with most inks, so I switched to Versafine Claire ink which totally stamps the image cleanly without a lot of repeats. I noticed that Livinia, themselves now use that ink. I thought your card was very very nice! Good video.

[@SandiMacIver]

Thanks Bonnie, I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I have not been having problems with stamping them, but this time, it was on watercolor paper, so I stamped it a few more times just to ensure I had a nice dark image, as the watercolor paper is a but lumpy. That said, I have noticed that Livinia uses the Versafine Clair and I confess to just placing a rather large order through Simon Says Stamp, haha.....a girl can never have too many ink pads!.

[@roeliespaans5241]

Beautiful card dit you make

[@SandiMacIver]

thank you Roelie

[@karatekate89]

I like all 3 cards! I think I need the 2nd set of Oxide Sprays now....

[@SandiMacIver]

Thanks Katherine, the sprays are awesome.

[@loiscarrie8153]

You are so awesome

[@SandiMacIver]

aw thank you Lois, so glad you enjoyed it

[@janesprando3638]

WOW! This card is gorgeous. Thank you, Sandi, for the explicit directions.

[@SandiMacIver]

thank you Jane, so glad you liked it and thanks for watching.

[@mmmmlllljohn]

Well done, Sandi! Lovely cards and I learned a few things just watching, i.e cool dots create a fairy scene, Gesso for the moon craters, and cool mountains too! TFS and keep up the good work! (I’m another MacIver in Ontario - it’s my maiden name.)

[@SandiMacIver]

Thank you and thank you for watching. MacIver is my married name LOL, but we must be long lost relatives of some kind eh, haha

[@rebeccaramirez9025]

Absolutely beautiful card. Thanks for sharing your amazing talent!!

[@SandiMacIver]

aw, thank you Rebecca, so glad you enjoyed it

[@angelahartley3212]

I love this!! I have quite a few of traceys stamps....have you seen her brayer method on her cards? I am still trying to master that technique but love the results she gets? Have you tried it? Thank you and as always learn so much watching you!! Take good care!!!

[@CardbombbyMariaWillis]

Sandi! This is pure magic! Love it!

[@SandiMacIver]

Thanks Maria, I am rather addicted to these stamps, haha

[@skullingtonfly]

Gorgeous 😊

[@SandiMacIver]

thank you Sylvia

[@teresatrump8366]

I like how you put dots around the moon. Great piece

[@shelby5577]

OMGosh Sandi, this card is above and beyond amazing! I absolutely love it to pieces. I hope you don't mind if I try to case it as it surely won't come out anything like yours. Awesome job girl!!!!

[@SandiMacIver]

haha, case away my friend and thank you for your kind words on the card, I did have fun creating it....hope you do also

[@ingridwalter4870]

Excellent job! TFS.

[@SandiMacIver]

thank you Ingrid, so glad you enjoyed it

[@suzie5340]

Beautiful, thank you for the inspiration 😘

[@Dsscrapie]

Beautiful card!

[@SandiMacIver]

thanks so much, and thanks for watching

[@CraftingMyWorld]

Wow, LOVE how this turned out! New subscriber here! Cheers from Australia!

[@mzp6620]

I love love love Lavinia stamps! I don't have this one, but I do have some others. I seem to have a hard time getting the solid images as black as I want them to be. On your card where you put the Gesso on the moon first, it looks as the face, the crow and the top of the cane are really rich deep black. That's the look I DO want. I wonder if stamping the image in some kind of white pigment ink and then after dried -adding the black would yield a more rich solid black look. Hmmm interesting. Thanks for doing the hard work first!

[@SandiMacIver]

actually Mary, I had to darken those with a black marker as they didn't stamp well at all, so not the solution to your problem I'm afraid, haha

[@rosethorne7973]

Mary. I have the same problem and I don't have a Misti. My solution is to use Versafine black ink to stamp the image, then use some clear embossing powder, which makes the image stand out more. The other tip is to leave the stamp on a bit longer on the paper to absorb the ink more as I'm too much in a rush to remove the stamp !

[@mzp6620]

@@rosethorne7973 I understand about the hurry part! ;) ha Thanks

[@1dogcrazygirl]

Lovely work thank you!

[@SandiMacIver]

Thank you too!

[@angelahartley3212]

I just checked craftstash and most of her stamps are sold out! Ill keep checking back from your site!

[@donnaokoniewski3761]

Wow! Absolutely Beautiful! You really outdid yourself on this one. Thanks so much for sharing. xo

[@SandiMacIver]

aw, thank you Donna, new stamps and new ink, had to play haha

[@donutplanetstudio8866]

AMAZING ONE🍻

[@lisacronen1406]

Hi Sandi...love your card...so beautiful! Ive done silhouette stamping with both Versafine and Memento inks over Disress Oxide backgrounds have had problems with the silhouette looking smooth and uniformed. Its not that the image is blotchy but you can slightly see the underneath images, no matter how many times I stamp over the silhouette image. I dont want to glaze my backgrounds before I start stamping (a step I'm trying to avoid). Have you experienced this too? If so how did you rectify it? Thanks!

[@SandiMacIver]

H Lisa, have not had that problem at all, 3 layers of the VersaFine Onyx Black has worked perfectly for me on all the cards I have made so far. I had a few more goes at this one because it was watercolor paper, so it started out lumpy. I do reink my pad right before I do it though to ensure it's nice and juicy.

[@lisacronen1406]

Thank you Sandi. I will reink my pad before stamping. Thank you for taking the time to respond.

[@louisescherbain312]

Wow

[@sandywogaman1149]

Wonderful card, taught wonderfully. For your next video, gesso is pronounced with a soft 'g', as in jello. ;)