“It’s only forever”……. I LOVE the movie Labyrinth, it’s one of my all time faves! And these Labyrinth inspired stamps from Kindred Stamp
s are so awesome! Hannah designed this wonderful shaker card using masking techniques and a background with … Read More ...
Project: Cute Halloween Card with Background Technique
Laura from Card Making is Fun will show you how to use a combination of ink blending and masking to make a fun night sky with moon card background. I love the addition of glitter stars with stencil paste
! … Read More ...
Project: Witch Silhouette Card
Vicky Papaioannou designed this amazing witch card with new products from Tim Holtz. She used Distress Oxide inks
for the background and dies for the main images. She’ll show you how to put it all together over on the Clips … Read More ...
Tutorial: Raven Tree Pop Up Card
I love Poe, crows, ravens and Halloween so I was blown away by this amazing card! Learn how to use some new pop up dies from Karen Burniston to make this Raven Tree Pop Up card. I love the combination … Read More ...
Project: Witches Hat Halloween Card with Metallic Touches
I’m so excited that Halloween will be here soon. Halloween cards are some of my favorite to make! Nichol Spohr made this awesome witches hat card painting the hats with metallic water colors, adding distress text around the edges and … Read More ...
Project: Halloween Card with Distress Ink Coloring and Backgrounds
Amy Rysavy used Distress Ink not only for a fun splatter and water color look backgrounds on these cards but she also used them to water color her stamped images. Hop on over to her blog, Prairie Paper and Ink … Read More ...
Tip: Comparing Ink Blending Tools
Ink blending and direct to paper techniques are really popular right now, with the release of lots of inks, like Tim Holtz’s oxide Oxide Inks that work well for this type f technique. And there are lots of blending and … Read More ...
Project: Peony Card with Inked Cardstock
Instead of die cutting from regular cardstock you can make your own custom colored cardstock that has a bit of a textured look to it by inking with Distress Ink onto white cardstock. Tracy McNeely did this for the paper … Read More ...
Technique: Color Blended Card Background with Oxide Inks
Mindy Eggan got this beautiful bright card background by blending Distress Ink over top of a stencil. By mixing and blending 3 colors together she was able to get multiple colors from just the 3 inks. Visit her blog Paper … Read More ...
Technique: Inked and Stenciled Swirl Card Background
Tim Holtz’s new Distress Ink react with water like regular Distress Inks so you can combine different colors and add water for fun color combinations. This card used three blues over top of a swirly stencil for the perfect wave … Read More ...
Technique: Stamping with Stencils
Stencils are so popular, probably because they are so versatile. Here’s fun stencil technique from Anna-Karin, she used Distress Ink and water to ink up her stencil and use it like a stamp, how cool! You can find out more … Read More ...
Project: Father’s Day Fisherman Shaker Card
Is your Dad a fisherman? Is so then this wonderful card from Nichol Spohr is perfect for you to make him for Father’s Day. I love the die cut section with the shaker element, so cool! Check out her project … Read More ...
Project: Mermaid Card with Distress Oxide Inks
Amy Rysavy used Distress Ink in 3 different way on this adorable mermaid card. I love her colorful hair and how Amy flicked water over the ink to remove some color for a cool extra distressed look. Check out her … Read More ...
Techniques: 5 Ways to Use New Distress Oxide Inks
The newDistress Ink pads from Tim Holtz are a big hit. I’m seeing them all over the web and finding lots of cool techniques for them. They work similar to regular Distress Inks in reacting with water but they give … Read More ...
Technique: Card with Pastel Textured Background
Using Distress Ink over a stencil and then adding splashes of water Kelly Latevola made this fun pastel textured background for this pretty card. I love the dark bold sentiment over the top! Find more about this technique over on … Read More ...