News, techniques and inspirations
How sweet is this otter Valentine’s Day card? Laura used a background technique using Distress Ink and Micro Glaze for a cool water effect.
She’s sharing her video tutorial over on the SugarPea Designs blog, click here to watch.
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The Distress Ink Custom Blend Ink Pad is a blank ink pad, you use Re-Inkers to add your own custom mix of inks for wonderful rainbow and ombre effects. Kristina used hers for a lovely background on this snowman card. … Read More ...
Using stamps, embossing, die cutting, alcohol inks and more Anna-Karin used her paper crafting supplies to create this lovely Christmas wall hanging. It’s sure to brighten up any room for the holidays.
She’s sharing her step by step tutorial over … Read More ...
By roughing up the edges on her pattern paper and adding cheesecloth over top Rachel got a great shabby chic look on this cozy card. I love the punny sentiment too!
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Distress Ink are very popular for techniques like ink blending but don’t forget it’s an ink pad too and you can just plain ol’ stamp with them. Kristina Werner used several wonderful fall shades of Oxide Inks and leaf stamps … Read More ...
Candice used clear embossing ink over a circle stencil, heat embossed it with white embossing powder and then appliedDistress Ink over top for a great resist technique to make her water bubbles. I love the Beavers and the funny saying … Read More ...
Simon Hurley has a great tip for getting customized color for your stencil paste. Using Nuvo Glimmer Paste and mixing it with Distress Ink her got not only great color but sparkle and shine with glitter. He’s sharing a video … Read More ...
Terri created her card background using Distress Ink in fall colors, adding small amounts of gold foiling over top for the perfect fall look. She’ll show you how to achieve this mottled foil look over on her blog, Waving My … Read More ...
Outer Space and Galaxy patterns are really trendy right now on just about everything including cards. Cathy Z used Distress Ink pads and white liquid ink to create her cool galaxy card background.
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Distress Ink from Tim Holtz and Ranger have probably been the most popular inks I’ve seen in a long time. It’s no surprise since they are so versatile and work with so many different stamping and mixed media techniques and … Read More ...
Channin added some wonderful foliage to a large tree stamp using an ink smooshing technique. By placing Distress Ink and water on acetate she was able to control her color and placement for a great realistic look. This idea would … Read More ...
I love Tim Holtz Oxide Oxide Inks they are so versatile and work well with so many different techniques. Adding another layer to these ink is the Distress Micro Glaze. By adding this over top of the inks it adds … Read More ...
If you’re dad or husband loves to make and fix things this amazing Inventor themed piece would be a great gift idea for Father’s Day or a birthday. The Crazy Chick from [dig] That Crazy Chic will show you how … Read More ...
My husband is a big fan of classic video games so when I saw the Toadally Awesome stamp set from Lawn Fawn one of the first thing I thought is “I could make a Frogger card!” so that’s what I … Read More ...
This awesome mixed media art piece from Kath Stewart was made with a bunch of different techniques. She used stencils with paste, made a custom background for her die cut shapes on a gel press with paints, she also used … Read More ...
