Hi all! Today I have some new blending combos for you, this time for spring! So here are four new #KristinasOxideCombos for you all! Enjoy! (My friend Jennifer helps on the voiceover, too. lol!) (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this

My TOP 20 Favorite Distress Oxide Ink Blending Combos Having played with ink combos for Distress Oxide Inks for some time now, I have some favorite color combos. I was looking for a way to catalogue them to have them handy and I came up with this: My Top 20 Favorite Distress Oxide Ink

Happy Friday, all! Today I’m started a miniseries of videos that will appear on Fridays for the next little while. The series will focus on Distress Oxide Inks and blending color combinations! (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post, or

Hello crafty friends! Today I want to share with you my Distress Oxide Ink blended backgrounds using some SSS floral dies and, of course, Distress Oxide Inks. My cards today, I was totally inspired…

Water-reactive & pigment ink fusion that creates an oxidized effect when sprayed with water. Use with stamps, stencils, and direct to surfaces. Blend using Ink Blending Tools and Foam. Distress Oxides are my go to inks for stamping! Ink pads are 3"x3". Made in the USA Find other Distress Oxide colors here

Good afternoon! Today I’m sharing four more distress oxide ink blending combos with Kitsch Flamingo and a card using one of the combos! You can find my previous blends here! Kitsch Flamingo is the pink we never knew we were missing! It fits in beautifully with the existing pinks: Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, and Picked […]

Happy Friday, all! Welcome back! Today I’m sharing with you four different ink blending combinations with Distress Oxides for sunset skies. This was a request from a few months ago. I thought the Wildflowers stamp set from Simon Says Stamp would be perfect for some cards made with sunsets! (Wondering what I used in this

Good afternoon! Today I’m sharing four more distress oxide ink blending combos with Kitsch Flamingo and a card using one of the combos! You can find my previous blends here! Kitsch Flamingo is the pink we never knew we were missing! It fits in beautifully with the existing pinks: Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, and Picked […]

Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share some fun ways to use Distress Oxide Inks to enhance your die-cut scenes. Ink-blended backgrounds can add tons of color to your cards while coloring die-cuts with inks can really add dimension and realistic details. Here I used Distress Oxide Inks along with the Country Road Collection to create three colorful cards for different seasons. Sunset Scene Thank You Card Distress Oxide Inks are perfect for creating easy ink-blended backgrounds even between colors you might not normally try to mix. I thought a bright sunset-inspired sky would be beautifully paired with a more muted die-cut scene using elements from the Rustic Garden Die Set. To begin, I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to 4.25” x 5.5” and blended Faded Jeans, Wilted Violet, Worn Lipstick, and Dried Marigold Distress Oxide Ink down the panel with a foam blending tool. Then I cut the split-rail fence, barrel, and birdhouse from the Rustic Garden Die Set out of white cardstock and blended Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap, and Ground Espresso Distress Oxide Inks over the die-cuts to add color, shading, and even a little distressing. The dies for all three of these elements emboss a fine wood grain detail into the paper when cut, so lightly blending ink over top of these details really brings them out because the ink will not sink all the way down into the crevices. Other die-cut elements like the cat, wagon wheel, and grass were cut out of colored cardstock and just shaded a bit with Ground Espresso and Black Soot Distress Oxide Inks. To assemble, I adhered the ink-blended background to a top-folding A2-sized white card base. Then I trimmed a piece of Timber Cardstock to 4.25” x 5.5”, die cut the center out using one of the dies from the Essential Arches Die Set, and embossed it using the Diamond Plaid Embossing Folder. After adhering the frame to the front of the card with foam adhesive, I added the die-cut elements to the opening. To finish the card off, I foiled a greeting from the Seahorse Floral Glimmer Plate Set in gold onto white cardstock, cut it out with the coordinating die, and blended Faded Jeans and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Ink over top to match the background behind it. Colorful Autumn Thanks Card There’s no more colorful season than autumn in my opinion, so I wanted to create a vivid and rustic Thanksgiving card next. I started by applying Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, and Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide Inks over a piece of white cardstock measuring 4.25” x 5.5” with a foam blending tool. For a little texture, I then watered down Spiced Marmalade and Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide Inks and splattered them onto my ink-blended panel with a brush. I like to load up an old size 1 liner paint brush with ink and tap it from about 4-6 inches above to create fine splatters on my projects. I cut the flowers and wheat for my scene out of colored cardstock using the Garden Builder Die Set and inked just the edges with Ground Espresso Distress Oxide Ink. Similarly, the pumpkins from the Seasonal Décor Die Set were shaded with Spiced Marmalade and Ground Espresso. However, the body of the wheelbarrow from the Country Wheelbarrow Die Set has tons of those tiny embossed details again, so I cut that out of white cardstock and colored it by inking first with Fired Brick and then Ground Espresso for a rustic and realistic look. To assemble, I first stamped a greeting from the Welcome Sign & Sentiments Stamp & Die Set onto the ink-blended background using brown ink and then added a decorative edge to the panel using the large rectangular insert from the Fluted Classics Rectangles Die Set. Then I simply filled the wheelbarrow up with my autumn goodies and added it to the card front with foam adhesive. Sending Holiday Cheer Card Lastly, I wanted to create a soft and pretty ink-blended background for this mini slimline winter card, but with a fun textured twist. I started by cutting a piece of white cardstock using the largest die from the Precision Layering Mini Slimline A Die Set. Then I applied Salvaged Patina, Shaded Lilac, and Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Inks down the panel with a foam blending tool. Next, I debossed the panel using the Flurry of Snowflakes 3D Embossing Folder. (I spritzed a little water on the back side of the ink-blended piece and placed it in the folder so that the design would be pressed down into the inked side.) Once debossed, I rubbed a white pigment ink pad over the colored surface of the panel. This will lighten the “background” while leaving the snowflakes darker. (You can emboss the panel instead and follow the same steps for the opposite look!) To assemble the card, I adhered the background panel to a top-folding white card base measuring 3.5” x 6.5” using foam adhesive. Then I cut a small hill using the Color Block Scenic Scape Die Set and popped it up on the bottom of the card with more foam adhesive. The welcome sign was cut out of white, Silver Fox and Mirror Gold Cardstock using the Welcome Sign & Sentiments Stamp & Die Set and stamped with a holiday greeting before assembling it with liquid glue. Then I cut the logs, gift, and pine sprigs out of colored cardstock using the Seasonal Décor and Garden Builder Die Sets to embellish the base of the sign. Other supplies White heavyweight cardstock, foam blending tools, size 1 liner brush, tape runner, sponge daubers, white pigment ink, foam adhesive. I hope you enjoyed these fun ways to add tons of color to your die-cut scenes with Distress Oxide Inks and that you give them a try! Thanks so much for stopping by today…you can find more inspiration over at my blog AnnieBWills.com.

Hello again! I’m back with another Distress Oxide color blending video. This week, I want focused on using purple shades. Oddly, there were so many request for purple when I asked you all what colors you’d like to see. :) (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the

At the Creativation show this past January, Tim Holtz introduced a really cool technique you can do with Distress Oxides. He was playing around with different substrates for Distress Oxide, and tried the inks on glossy paper, specifically the Ranger Alcohol Ink Cardstock. It seems like Tim Holtz will try anything with his products, including licking the paper (not recommended). He found that the oxidation of the inks was especially pronounced on the glossy cardstock, (that's when he licked it) and then he tried a product that's been around awhile, Distress Glaze. Distress Glaze is a pretty cool product that will seal a surface and make it permanent (such as sealing Distress inks to protect them from being activated again). It's an almost waxy substance that can be applied with a blending tool, or even with your finger. I've had a lot of fun playing with this technique, and have made a lot of backgrounds using it. For the purposes of this post, I made two Christmas cards. Since I'm trying to make all of my Christmas cards and tags by October, these are my March cards (still late). I made two versions and couldn't decide which I liked best, so I'm doing half of one and half of the other. While I was making the backgrounds for these cards, I took a lot of pictures to try and show you how this is done. It's pretty easy and it's fun. Since I wanted blue backgrounds for these cards, I got out all of my blues and a purple in my Oxide inks. I also used Ranger Alcohol Ink Cardstock, although in the past I have done this technique using other glossy cardstock (including Kromecoat) and it seems to work just as well. I worked with 3 colors at a time, putting them on my mat, spritzing with water, and also running a brush through them so they wouldn't be such square shapes when I swipe my cardstock through. Here's the first swipe. I just laid the cardstock onto the colors and I may or may not have moved it around before picking it up. This is what it looked like after one swipe. After placing it in the colors, then I dried it with a heat tool. I prefer to use the Ranger one for drying because it doesn't distort my cardstock as much. I ended up using 3 pieces of glossy cardstock for this session. I didn't want to waste the color on the mat, and three seemed to use up most of what I put down each time. It doesn't really soak in to the glossy cardstock much. I put down 3 more blues and kept swiping the panels into the ink. The panels continued to evolve. I dried them after each application of color. I also spritzed them several times and splattered them with ink that I picked up with my brush. I kept spritzing, blotting, splatting and drying in between I also picked up a little ink and touched my brush to the paper in places, and that made nice bubbles. It was at this point that I thought I wanted it to be a little darker blue. One of the blues I used (Blueprint Sketch?) turned a kind of purple. This is not the Wilted Violet color, as I had not used it yet at this point. I used very little of the Wilted Violet and Cracked Pistachio. The glaze will also darken these colors more. I added some more Faded Jeans color. It's important to realize that there is no right or wrong here, and that the more layers you add the better it will look in the end. Also, the panels will look very cloudy or chalky when dry. This is how they are supposed to look at this point, but they won't end up that way! Before adding the glaze, I usually will buff the panel a little with a paper towel. My friend Marj Marion came up with this idea, because when you apply the glaze with your blending tool, quite a bit of color comes off on your sponge. Buffing with the paper towel will take off some of that color in advance. After buffing with the paper towel, your pieces will already look brighter and start to show some of the layers underneath. This is what the jar of Distress Glaze looks like. Tim Holtz (being Tim Holtz) designed it so that the round blending tool fits right in. I actually store the sponge applicator that I use right inside the jar. It will eventually get very gunky and you can throw it out and replace with a clean one. I'm just starting in on a corner here. This is when the magic really starts to happen. One tip is, be sure you like what you have on your panel before you glaze it. Once the glaze is applied, the panel is sealed and permanent. After you apply glaze to the whole panel (it doesn't take a lot), then you can buff it again with your paper towel. Here are the panels before the glaze And after They turn so much brighter and more beautiful. It's almost like you can see every layer. (I swear that the Peacock Feathers turns almost green on these). These will turn out differently every time you make them. Here's my second card. For the first card, I took a panel of white Core'dinations linen textured cardstock and cut it to 5.25" x 4". Using my mini MISTI, I lined up a Merry Christmas sentiment from the Papertrey Ink set "Keep it Simple: Christmas" and stamped with Versamark ink. I embossed it with Candy Store Chrome embossing powder. I then positioned the Memory Box die 99765 Pinpoint Double Frame in the upper center of the panel and cut it out. I then cut the Memory Box die 99503 Fresh Pine Curved Border out of some Neenah Solar White 80# cardstock, and positioned part of the border behind the opening of the frame. I cut a piece from the Distress Oxide glazed panels I made and positioned it behind the trees. The panel was then adhered to a piece of Malmero Pearl Blue cardstock and mounted to a base card of Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock. My second card was made in a similar way, except instead of the Memory Box Pinpoint Double Frame die, I used the Die-namics MFT-847 Inside/Outside Stitched Rectangle (3rd from Largest) for the opening, and the Die-namics MFT-463 Blueprints 13 Stitched Rectangle for the panel itself. The stamp is Peace Border F3605 from Hero Arts. I was having a hard time figuring out which card I liked better. The Peace one shows more of the beautiful background behind, but I think I'm leaning toward the Merry Christmas one. What do you think? To see a great video of the Distress Oxide Glaze technique by Jennifer McGuire, click here. You can see my post about Distress Oxides in general here, or search my blog for Distress Oxide. Products Used: Both Cards: Distress Oxide inks: Faded Jeans, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch, Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio, Wilted Violet Ranger Alcohol Ink cardstock Distress Glaze Memory Box die 99503 Fresh Pine Curved Border Core'dinations White linen textured cardstock Neenah Solar White 80# & 110# cardstock Malmero Pearl Blue cardstock Versamark ink Candy Store Chrome embossing powder Card #1: Memory Box die 99765 Pinpoint Double Frame Papertrey Ink Keep it Simple: Christmas stamp set Card #2 Die-Namics MFT-847 Inside/Outside Stitched Rectangles Die-Namics MFT-463 Blueprints 13 die set Hero Arts Peace Border F3605 SaveSave

Hello again! Today I’m continuing my miniseries on Distress Oxide Inks and blending color combinations! Today’s video uses mostly blues and greens. :) (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post, or in the text below. Compensated affiliate links used when possible). Some

Hi all! I’m back with more Distress Oxide ink blending color sets! This week I’m focusing on shades of blue. Also, I’ve been keeping track of what colors I use. I’d like to use every single of the 60 Distress shades before I close out this series. So I think I’ll have a couple more

Hi all! Today I am wrapping up my Distress Oxide Ink Blending Combinations series. After today, I have used all 60 Distress Oxide colors at least once! Check it out! :) (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post, or in

Hi all! I have just a couple more videos in my Distress Oxide ink blending mini series (including this one)! I’ve been keeping track of the colors I’ve used, and I think next week will be the last video for now. However, this week is a good mix of colors–some that I’ve never ever used

Hi all! I am continuing my focus on the newer Distress colors, and today’s ink blending combos are for the color Rustic Wilderness. So here are four new #KristinasOxideCombos for you all! Enjoy! (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post,

Hi all! I am continuing my focus on the newer Distress colors, and today’s ink blending combos are for the color Villainous Potion. So here are four new #KristinasOxideCombos for you all! Enjoy! (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post,

Happy Wednesday, all! I’ve received multiple questions recently about the differences between Distress Ink and Distress Oxide Ink when it comes to ink blending. So today I thought I would try ink blending with the same colors in each ink formula. (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in

NOTE: This post is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon! Hello, all! Today I have three fun ways to use water with Distress Oxide Ink watercoloring. Distress Oxide inks react with water beautifully, so I thought I’d experiment with different ways to add water textures to watercolor backgrounds. :) (Wondering what I used in

Hi all! I am continuing my focus on the newer Distress colors, and today’s ink blending combos are for the latest color, Uncharted Mariner. So here are four new #KristinasOxideCombos for you all! Enjoy! (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this

Hello again! Are you ready for more Distress Oxide color blending combos? Today I’m continuing my miniseries with even more colors! For today’s video, I wanted to focus on using browns, grays, and black, so each combo with have one of those. :) (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple

Hi everyone, I am up on the Scrapbook Boutique blog today sharing my play around with the new Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks. (A little warning - there are alot of photos so you may need a cuppa!) All the samples below have been sealed with gloss medium, I found that this enhanced the colours especially on the black cardstock. This first one is using a gloss pearl cardstock which is quite thick. I applied the oxide ink directly onto the card stock and them blended it with a bit of water and baby wipes. I dried this and whilst drying, dripped water droplets onto the cardstock. These two above were so much fun - I have used water colour paper and applied the ink to my craft mat 3 colours at a time, spritzing them with water and then placing the water colour paper on top. I kept doing this with different colours, drying in between each layer. The first few layers I swiped the paper through the ink, the top layers I dabbed the paper into the watered ink. I also spritzed the paper as I was drying the layers. This was using only 3 colours and on canvas paper. The ink was placed on the craft mat first and spritzed with water before running the canvas paper through the ink These final three are using black cardstock and all use the same technique but different colour combinations. I have turned some of the backgrounds into cards: For the card above, I have used the 49 and Market stamp from the Gabi's Haute Couture Collection. I have stamped onto white tissue paper and adhered to the cardstock. I wanted to see how much of the ink showed through the tissue. In the sample below, I have stamped the image directly onto the card. As the background was very busy I have added some Glass Beads, Micro Beads, Nuvo Crystal drops and glitter to the dress and flowing below the dress to complete the card. Again, as with all the cards I have kept the embellishments simple to let the backgrounds shine. To the card above, I have added 49 and Markets flowers and a simple rub on sentiment. I have backed the card above with red cardstock to make the black more predominant. I run the black inked card through a We R Memorykeepers, Geometric Embossing folder for added texture. The flowers are Prima Flowers and a simple "hello"sticker stuck to red cardstock and fussy cut out. Again keeping it simple - I have added some black twine behind the 49 and Market flower and embossed a Kaisercraft Wooden Flourish word with Stampendous Embossing Enamel. Here are some close ups of the cards: I hope that you have enjoyed my testing of the Distress Oxide Inks and I can say they are fantastic and highly recommend you get them if you are having any doubts. I have added links below to all the products that I used. Til next time - Happy Crafting. 49 and Market Clear Stamp Set - Gabi's Haute Couture - See more at: http://www.scrapbookboutique.com RMK Next Level Embossing Folders (2 pack) 6x6 inch - Geometric - See more at: http://www.scrapbookbo Distress OXIDE Ink Pads 49 & Market - Shimmer & Shine Flowers - Ivory Melange - See more at: http://www.scrapbookboutique.co 49 & Market - Shimmer & Shine Flowers - Blush Jardin Secret - See more at: http://www.scrapbookbouti Prima - Finnabair Art Ingredients - Glass Beads - Plum - See more at: http://www.scrapbookboutique.c Prima Art Basics - 3D Matte Gel - Transparent - 236 ml (8 fl oz) - See more at: http://www.scrapbook Kaisercraft Wooden Flourish Pack - Hello Nuvo Crystal Drops - Raspberry Pink Ranger - Multi Medium - Gloss 3.8 oz InLinkz.com

Well, not just backgrounds ofcourse. I chose some of my favorite colors and tried others to see how they work together. I made thin strips of the cardstock I usually use , blended them with my mini blending tools and then stuck them back on a full sheet, so I can insert them in my binder. I scanned them instead of photograping them, as it's close to midnight, I thought that would give the best color representation. But I'm not so sure it worked that way. So if you like the sound of some of my recipes, why not recreate them on your own cardstock or watercolor paper if you prefer and see how they work for you. I hope you can read my handwriting ;-) I made a Word document but you can't download it anymore, it shows you all the recipes I made, you can even print it and then use the otherside for the blending, that way you'll always know they colors you've used, just cut along the lines, I've made it to fit a European sized A4 (about 8"x11") but it's Word, so you can adapt it. If you want one I can send it to you if you message me on facebook/cardsbymaaike....I don't know how to make it downloadable as I don't have a website anymore. Updated on October 15th: more recipes added in this post: http://cardsbymaaike.blogspot.nl/2016/10/more-distress-inks-recipes.html update on January 19th 2018: three more added at : https://cardsbymaaike.blogspot.nl/2018/01/distress-inks-recipes-3.html

I’m sure I’m late to the game… but I’m in LOVE with ink smooshing! This is my second card in a row using this technique. I’ve done it a few in the past, And somehow I forgot how easy it is to…

Hi there, I finally found the time to update the Distress Ink/Distress Oxide Ink Watercolor Chart: I hope this is useful for you. Hugs,

Below are some digital downloads, created by me for you to print off at home and use. These are a colour chart already filled in, a colour chart for you to fill in, and labels for your 3″ Dis…

this demo features an overview on the differences of distress ink and distress oxides. learn about the importance of various…

Hi all! Remember the #2015bestnine on Instagram? I never posted it since I preferred to show you my favourite projects. The hashtag though, showed me that you really, really like my ink blending ba…

Hi all! I am continuing my focus on the newer Distress colors, and today’s ink blending combos are for the color Salvaged Patina. So here are four new #KristinasOxideCombos for you all! Enjoy! (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post,

Hi all! I am continuing my focus on the newer Distress colors, and today’s ink blending combos are for the color Villainous Potion. So here are four new #KristinasOxideCombos for you all! Enjoy! (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post,

Happy Tuesday, all! I am continuing my focus on the newer Distress colors, and today’s ink blending combos are for the color Prize Ribbon. So here are four new #KristinasOxideCombos for you all! Enjoy! (Wondering what I used in this video? Everything is linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this

Let's begin this post by saying....I got the Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks !! The hype was killing me! I couldn't go much longer ...

Hello crafty friends! Today I want to share with you my Distress Oxide Ink blended backgrounds using some SSS floral dies and, of course, Distress Oxide Inks. My cards today, I was totally inspired…

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Hey there, I am back with my second card of my guest designing for Your Next Stamp! I created a "Get well" card with the "Sea Friends" set again. How adorable is that word pun?? I stamped the whale from the „sea friends“ set and colored it with aqua marker pens. The tiny dot details are made with an edding pen called „Pastel Pen-Soft white“ it is not that bright like for example a posca pen - it stays a bit transluscent, I really like that effect . I cut out some water fountains by hand from a piece of vellum and adhered it to the blowhole… I love adding details like that :-) So my ocean on the background panel is made with distress oxides - this time I used blueprint sketch, cracked pistachio and wilted violet. But first I heat embossed the fun sentiment „get whale soon“ with white embossing powder. Maybe you are interested how I created those waves; so I made a step by step photos of the process. Beside the oxides you need a wave stencil, a water sprayer, white pigment ink, a permanent white pencil and that edding pastel pen I already used before for the whale. First I spritzed some water on the whole panel to create some splashes for more texture. Let this dry completely before you continue with the next step. Your heatgun might be helpful getting your panel completely dry very quickly. So here comes the waves. First, I stenciled some white pigment ink onto my panel. Then I used the white pencil to brighten up the area even more and make it kind of „sealed“. Because now I used the pastel pen marker to draw little dots along the wave shape and this one is wet again. if you use it without the white pencil in between, the white dots would absorb completely the color of the distress oxides; this can be pretty, but I wanted to stay them soft white. I hope this helps you to recreate that look. So here comes the photo guide for this procedure: Just leave a comment on any of the Sea Friends posts (May 4th until May 7th) on the YNS blog or my blog by May 9th 2019 at midnight (EST) for the chance to win the Sea Friends stamp set. The winner will be announced on May 11th on the YNS blog. Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

Thanksgiving scrapbook card featuring Ranger Oxide inks, Sizzix dies and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. Complete photo step by step tutorial.