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I love Tim Holtz’s products, he creates so many unique paper crafting items from pattern papers, ephemera bits, stamps, inks, sprays, dies, coloring mediums and so much more. They are perfect for creating mixed media and rustic designs for handmade … Read More ...
I love the rustic mixed media style of these wonderful Bottle Brush Tree Cards from Barbara! She used sticky heat embossing powder from Ranger to add Gilding Flakes and foil to her stamped snowflakes and sentiments. She’s also sharing a … Read More ...
Kassi has a quick and easy way to create a beautiful watercolor card for Winter. Since Distress Inks react with water she stamped the trees from Gina K. in green and brown colors of Distress Inks and then used a … Read More ...
Carly has a fun and easy way to add some watercolor to your Holiday Cards this year. Using Poinsettia stamps from My Favorite Things she inked them with different red Distress Oxide Inks, spritz them with water and then stamped, … Read More ...
Wow, check out all the dimension, texture and shine on this stunning slimline card from Nichol! She die cut tags, leaves and acorn images from white cardstock and then sprayed them with Tim Holtz Distress Mica Stains for fabulous shimmer … Read More ...
Laura used new products from Waffle Flower to create this wonderful Autumn Card. She used gold foil for the veins of the leaves and then added color with an ink blending technique using Distress Inks over coordinating stencils, finally die … Read More ...
I love the amazing colors on the backgrounds of these Autumn Cards from Kristina! She used Distress Ink Pad Re-inks from Tim Holtz to apply the colors and then stamped and heat embossed the leaves in gold over top. A … Read More ...
This adorable card from Shari really gets me in the mood for Fall, it’s got everything, a big pumpkin, a cute gnome, fall leaves and a basket of apples. Shari used dies from Simon Says and stamps from Brutus Monroe, … Read More ...
The Distress Mica Ink Stains from Tim Holtz have vibrant colors and a bit of mica powder to add a wonderful shimmer and shine. Cheiron used them to stamp this beautiful Autumn Leaves Card. She applied the stains to her … Read More ...
How yummy is this sweet Birthday Card from Tmika!? Those macarons look good enough to eat. She created this card using stamps from The Greeting Farm using Distress Oxide Ink Pads to color not only the stamped images but also … Read More ...
Cheiron used lots of Distress Products from Ranger and Tim Holtz to create this amazing Mixed Media Floral Card. She first stamped the flower with Distress Ink, embossing it with Distress Glaze, then she sprayed it with Ink Spray, colored … Read More ...
Don’t have watercolors but love that look? It’s no problem if you have any type of ink or ink pad re-inker that is water or dye based. Kristina used Distress Ink Re-inkers to watercolor this stunning stamped and heat embossed … Read More ...
Galina used stamps from Studio Katia to create this beautiful Happy Birthday Shaker Card. She water colored the images using Distress Inks because they are water reactive. She first inked the flowers on the stamp in blue and the stems … Read More ...
Archival Ink and Distress from Tim Holtz combine to create Distress Archival Ink Pads that can be used in a variety of stamping and background techniques for card and mixed media. Juliana used these inks to create two stunning butterfly … Read More ...
These wonderful cards from Cheiron are quick and simple to make but have a big impact with bold and colorful sentiments. She stamped her floral background and then using the same color of Distress Ink Pads stamped the sentiment over … Read More ...
