Class taught by Phyllis J. on 6/14/07

Link to gallery:
http://orientalstampart.com/v-web/gallery/BabyOil

Supplies:

• Cotton balls
• Baby oil (regular, gel, Baby Magic Creamy Baby Oil)
• Watercolor oil pastels, regualr pastel sticks, Shiva oil paint sticks

Technique:

Aha and you thought baby oil was for just for babies!!!!   Well surprise, surprise. You can make some stunning backgrounds with baby oil and a cotton ball.

The main mediums I have used are watercolor oil pastels, regular pastel sticks and the shiva oil paint sticks. I think that the oil pastels work wonderful for this technique.

Actually anything that can be broken down with water or another medium will work with the baby oil. I have tried regular baby oil, baby oil gel, and baby magic creamy baby oil. They all work just fine,  I think that the creamy baby oil soaks into the cardstock faster than the other two. But normally if you let them sit overnight they are just fine to use the next day.

Depending on what type of cardstock you use, you can get many different looks with this technique. Also depending on how you put the colors on the cardstock, you can get different results.

Baby oil 1  was done with various shades of reds and pinks. Depending on how well you rub it around you can make the background look anyway you like, as you can see there are streaks of lighter colors in this one.  I just rubbed it in less on this one when I laid down that color.

I just took the baby oil and added a few drops to the cotton ball and started rubbing the color around the card.

Baby oil 2 - this was done on cardstock that some slight ridges in it  used browns and oranges on this one

Baby oil 3 - this was done on very smooth matt card stock.  After I was finished I just pounced the cotton ball up and down all over the card to give it a textured look

Baby oil 4 - when I was happy with the colors on this I added just little dots of green  in it and rubbed a little, it gave it a very subtle multi colored look to it.

Baby oil 5 - if you start out with a light color, like this one was started with light blue, and go to a dark color, the lighter color acts like a sort of a resist and will not cover completely.

Baby oil 6 was done with various shades of red, again started with a light color.

The more color you put on the card the better it looks, when you lay down your first color, either by scribbling across the page or in circles or whatever it will look horrible.

And you will say was that woman out of her mind? This looks like garbage to me.  Just keep layering on colors and pretty soon you will be saying aaaaaaaaaaaaa beautiful.

With this technique you can make a background match any picture you have colored.  And once you get started it is like a drug you won't be able to stop.  I must have about 40 of these things laying around the stamp room now.

As you can see by picture 13 and 14, you can stamp directly on top of these backgrounds also.  I stamped the fan with colorbox chalk ink and the lighthouse with evo's black document ink and they stamped wonderful.

Ok on to the cards:

Fourth of July Kitty Kat

I love this stamp, he is so cute every time I see him I want to say awwwwww.

I stamped him on mat cardstock and colored with water color pencils.  I added stickles glitter glue to the fireworks.  Then I cut it out with deckle edge scissors and glued to a dark blue glossy cardstock.  I also put stickles around the dark blue cardstock

I then mounted it to the baby oil background you see next below, and glued that to a dark red base card.

Quick easy fourth of july card.

The lighthouse was also colored with water color pencils. I cut it out in the shape you see and glued it to the background to the left of it, then glued that to a medium purple base card.

You could add your words to the top right corner with a colored stamp pad, because you can stamp on the baby oil background papers.

I love this stamp.  It has a million and one uses.  Again watercolor pencils on matt cardstock; then I punched corners on dark purple card stock and slipped it in and mounted it to a red card and then onto the baby oil cardstock.

The fan in the middle was stamped colored and cut out then took a silver thread and made a bow and attached to the fan.  The two fans on the corners are the same stamp. I just stamped colored and then cut it apart up the blades of the fan.  I took a tiny hole punch and punched a hole in the bottom of each blade and attached them with a small brad.

You can fan them out a little or a lot they make great little bellies to add to any card.

They were put on the baby oil background with foam tape. Then the whole thing was glued to a medium pink base card.

Phyllis J.
phylinvegas@earthlink.net