Rina has a great tip for an easy way to using the same ink for stamping and watercolor. By inking different colors of Distress Inks in a rainbow pattern down the large stamp it adds a colorful outline that can … Read More ...
Stenciled Rainbow Floral Card
Amy R. used Distress Inks and a pretty flower stencil from Simon Says to create this beautiful rainbow colored Floral Card. After inking she sprayed water to get a faux watercolor look and then added some splatter and large sentiment … Read More ...
Koala Mini Slimline Card
Nina-Marie has a great tip for getting more from your stamps. She “stretched” this fun Koala tea cup stamp by using the tea cup portion of the stamp twice, stacking them up for an even taller image. She filled the … Read More ...
Faded Stencil Card Background
Dina combined several popular techniques for the background on this sweet card. She ink blended Oxide Inks on white cardstock then stenciled over top, blotting the ink with water for a cool faded watercolor ombre’ design.
Brayered Birthday Card
Cathy Zeilske create her own pretty paper for this fun Birthday Card. She applied Distress Oxide inks to a rubber roller brayer then rolled the inks on to a Gel Press, added some water and then “stamped” it onto paper … Read More ...
Quick and Easy Valentine Cards
Deepti combined several techniques for these fun quick and easy Valentine’s Day cards. She heat embossed her stamped sentiments in gold, then masked them and ink blended with Distress Inks over stencils to create amazing patterns for her card backgrounds. … Read More ...
Vintage Valentine’s Day Card
This beautiful Valentine’s Day card from Vicky has a wonderful vintage feel to it. Stamping and ink blending with Distress inks gives the paper an aged look, gold foiling and paper flowers adds a romantic touch and die cut panels … Read More ...
Emboss with Distress Oxide Inks
Distress Oxide Inks are great for so many inking and stamping techniques including heat embossing. They stay wet long enough to add embossing powder and once embossed have a nice texture and depth of color. Julie used them to emboss … Read More ...
Layered Snowflake Cards
Wow, the depth and dimension on these Snowflake Cards from Galina is amazing! She used Distress Inks blended over stencils on the base of the cards, then did the same on vellum paper and layered it over top for a … Read More ...
Archival Festive Christmas Tags
Bobbi Smith shares how she creates simple, festive holiday tags using Archival Inks. Learn simple stamping techniques to create gift tags that pop this holiday season. Spritz Distress Oxide Pumice Stone Spray onto tags and squares. Dry with the Heat … Read More ...
Distress Christmas Ornament Card
Cheiron Brandon shares a festive holiday card tutorial featuring Tim Holtz Distress Inks. Learn simple techniques for creating bight holiday cards that shine! See the full tutorial here. Create a fun and shimmery card using Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Perfect … Read More ...
Handmade Sympathy Card
Lisa used ink pads with water to color the stamped leaf images on this Sympathy Card. She also use it to tint her pattern paper and doily for a nice rustic, distressed look. The doily and twine help add texture … Read More ...
Peek-A-Boo Dylusions Tag Card
Add a bit of joy (and color) to someone’s day with this creative card tutorial by Kristi Nazzaro! In this tutorial, Kristi shares how she transforms a large Dylusions tag into a clever peekaboo card featuring the latest additions … Read More ...
Fall Mushroom House Card
I imagine tiny little fairies or woodland mice live in the sweet Mushroom House on this wonderful card from Nina-Marie. She used watercolors to create lots of realistic texture on the die cuts, carrying that look over on to the … Read More ...
Halloween Mixed Media Tag
This amazing Halloween Mixed Media Tag from Emma Williams is a true work of art. She used stamps, dies, paints, inks, embellishments and more from Tim Holtz for this wonderfully spooky tag. I love the creepy skeleton hands reaching around … Read More ...