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Technique: Water Coloring with New Distress Oxide Inks

April 6, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Technique: Water Coloring with New Distress Oxide Inks

Tim Holtz’s new Distress Ink react and work the same as regular Distress Inks but they give a cool oxidized look when mixed with water. Caryn Davies used these new inks to water color with and got a really amazing … Read More ...

Project: Stamped Easter Egg Holders

April 3, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Stamped Easter Egg Holders

Use your Easter and Spring stamps to make some adorable egg holders or napkin rings for Easter. Visit the Handmade by Heather blog for this idea as well as how to use your Distress Ink to dye faux eggs.

-Heather… Read More ...

Project: Framed 3D Cityscape

March 23, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Framed 3D Cityscape

Wow, this dimensional cityscape framed home decor project is simply amazing! Jenny made is using die cuts and new Distress Ink   from Tim Holtz. She’s got step by step project directions over on the Frilly and Funkie blog, click here … Read More ...

Tips: Coloring Stamps with 3 Different Coloring Mediums

March 11, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Tips: Coloring Stamps with 3 Different Coloring Mediums

Kathy with the Daily Marker will show you how to get similar coloring results with 3 different coloring mediums. She  used Sharpie Markers, Distress Ink Pads and alcohol markers to color the same stamped flower. Showing us we don’t always … Read More ...

Technique: Water Color with Distress Markers

February 10, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Technique: Water Color with Distress Markers

Hop on over to the Marker Pop blog and Holly will show you how to water color an adorable Bear and Bird card using Distress Markers. Click here to watch.

-Heather… Read More ...

Project: Quick Gift Tags

December 22, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Quick Gift Tags

If you’re still wrapping gifts add a nice touch with these quick but beautiful gift tags. Using Distress Ink and metallic embossing Nina-Marie will show you how to make them. Visit the Simon Says Stamp blog for her video tutorial.… Read More ...

Tip: Inking Stamps with Markers

November 11, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Tip: Inking Stamps with Markers

Get multiple colors on one stamp by using markers to directly color on the stamp instead of using an ink pad. Distress Markers work great for this technique because you do an extra step and spritz them with water for … Read More ...

Technique: Fall Embossed Resist Cards

October 26, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Technique: Fall Embossed Resist Cards

Distress Ink work perfectly for the embossed resist technique like on these stunning fall cards from Wanda Guess. If you’re not familiar with this fun stamping technique head over to the Simon Says Stamp blog and Wanda will teach you … Read More ...

Project: Fall Leaves Collage Art

October 17, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Fall Leaves Collage Art

Cathie will show you how to turn plain die cut leaf shapes into realistic looking fall leaves for a wonderful mixed media autumn project using stamping and Distress Ink . Visit the Daydreams in Paper blog for directions.

-Heather… Read More ...

Project: Autumn Card with Wood Veneer

October 8, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Autumn Card with Wood Veneer

Add a nice rustic touch to your cards with slices of real wood veneer. The Ranger Ink blog will how you how to stamp and color on this surface using Distress Crayons. This look is perfect for fall and masculine … Read More ...

Project: Bibliophile Card

October 1, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Bibliophile Card

Know a book worm? This lovely distressed card is sure to please any student, teacher or book lover. Visit the Some Odd Girl Stamps blog for a video tutorial.

-Heather… Read More ...

Technique: Back Side Clear Stamping

September 29, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Technique: Backside Clear Stamping

Get more from your clear stamps with this cool technique from Juliana Michaels. She used the *back* of her clear stamps to stamp with Distress Ink for a solid colored image, softened them with a little water and then stamped … Read More ...

Project: Thank You Card with Real Looking Leaves

September 24, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Thank You Card with Real Looking Leaves

Kittie Caracciolo will teach you how to transform simple die cut white paper leaves into amazing realistic looking fall leaves using Distress Ink to color and clear embossing powder for shine. Visit her blog for all the details.

-Heather… Read More ...

Tutorial: Copic Colored Witch Card

September 17, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Tutorial: Copic Colored Witch Card

Mika from Craftybit really has way with coloring stamped images, her cards are truly amazing! She will take you step by step and color by color on how she used Copic markers to color this stunning Halloween witch card. She’ll … Read More ...

Project: Batty Halloween Scene Card

September 13, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Batty Halloween Scene Card

Nicole Magourik has an adorable Halloween card project on her blog showing how to stamp, die cut and color with Copic markers a cute Halloween scene card using new products from Waffle Flower. She’ll also show you how to make … Read More ...

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