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
I'm over at the Magenta blog today, and you can see that post here. My go-to simple but beautiful card usually involves Distress Ink or Distress Oxide Ink blending. It's easy, fast, and always gorgeous. This sort of colorful background is always perfect paired with an amazing Magenta stamp, like the stunning English Garden set designed by Nathalie. The beautiful style of this set will work with any sort of card. I made a birthday card, but it would work for Thinking of You, Sympathy, Just a Note, or almost any occasion. To make this card, I took a panel of white cardstock that was 4.25" x 5.5". If you have followed my blog for awhile, you may remember that my husband made a template for me to use that helps me mask off any desired size strip on my panel. You can see my post describing the process of using this template here. I made several of these panels, and you can see the template in use below. Something I want to explain to you about this template.: it was printed on cardstock, and you are supposed to peel your panel and masks off of it before starting to blend your colors. It's pretty easy to do, and the masks stay on your panel very well. On one of my panels I forgot move it before blending, and you can see the colors that resulted on either side of my panel here, and on the left side the panel warped a little. I think it will be ok, and if not, I can easily make another one. I'm thinking next time I might apply shiny tape on all the inside edges, just in case I do this again. Once my inks were blended (I used blending brushes this time instead of foam blending tools), I flicked a little water onto the colored part of my panel. I dip my fingers into the water and flick it off a bit back into the glass before moving my hand to the panel and flicking the water. Otherwise your speckles might be too large and not look as good. My favorite part of this technique is peeling off the masking paper. Last, I stamped and embossed the sentiment. I have two of this great Multilingual stamp from Magenta, and I cut one of them apart so that I can use the different languages on their own. I sprinkles some gems and matted the panel with a coordinating color. Here are the 4 panels I made. You can see in the upper right the one where I let a big splotch of water drop. I will still use it though! Stamping or a die cut can easily disguise that place so that it won't stand out so much. Below I will show the other three combinations of colors I used to achieve these blends. Next is the one with the big water splotch! I really can't pick a favorite combination I hope you will try this technique. Although blending with Oxides is pretty effortless, blending with the regular Distress ink is also very easy now, using these new blending brushes. You can get them pretty inexpensively these days at Amazon. Magenta Products Used: C Set 47 English Garden 07.907.L Multilingual Happy Birthday Other Products Used: Distress Inks: Picked Raspberry, Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron Versamark Ink Ranger Gold Embossing Powder Lucy's Little Things Rainbow Jewels So Silk Beauty Pink Cardstock Neenah Solar White 80# & 110# Cardstock Lawn Fawn LF768 Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables
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
Last week Tim Holtz announced another brand new color for the Distress family! Crackling Campfire is a gorgeous red orange shade that fits perfectly into the Distress family of colors. It’s the color we never knew we needed until we saw it! Today I have four new #KristinasOxideCombos for you all! Enjoy! NOTE: A big
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A few days ago, I had just finished working five 12+ hour shifts in a row, and was feeling the need for a creative refreshment, but had no real ideas on what to create. Thankfully, there was a box sitting next to me with shipments from Scrapbook.com and Amazon with 48 Distress Oxide pads and reinkers that I needed to complete my collection. So, I decided to do some ink blending as it does not require much thought for me. I love playing with color, and sometimes, that is the most relaxing and joyful thing in the world for me. I ended up creating a stack of blended panels, and used every single color at least once! And I will be sharing them with all of you, one at a time. I also hope to create a card with each of these panels to share at the same time. This blend reminds me of a soft sunrise, and I love it! These were all blended onto #80 white cardstock using blending sponges, then spattered with water. Here are the colors I used: Tattered Rose Tea Dye Rusty Hinge And here is what I made with that panel! I decided to use another item that arrived while I was working: Mug Life from The Ink Road. I love me a snarky stamp set! I also used a coverplate die from the July 2018 My Monthly Hero kit to cut the rays into the panel. It is spattered with some Copper Perfect Pearls, and dotted with Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops. The cups are colored with Copics and fussy cut. The sentiment in Copper heat embossed on a label die cut with a die from the July 2018 Spellbinders Kit of the Month. Yellow cup:Y15, YR15, YR18, W0, W1 Red cup: R05, R24, R29, E50, E53, W0, W1 Orange cup: YR61, YR65, YR68 Inside gets some love too! I blended the same colors inside with the Tim Holtz Rays stencil, then stamped the sentiment with the Hero Arts Vintage Ombre Metallic Rust ink pad. I totally played with all kinds of things, new and old, from my craft room here, and that is why we build our stashes 😉 What will you do with this blend? Be sure to use the #tanyasblends tag when you post to social media so we can all see what you create!
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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
Hello, all! Today is Day 15 of the Holiday Card Series and it’s also Friday. That means I hopped on YouTube live this afternoon to create a card! I also created an envelope to go with today’s card. I used Hello Bluebird’s Holiday Flurries stamp set for all the stamping and three colors of Distress ...
Hello friends! I am sharing a colorful card today showcasing the beautiful Anemones stamp set by Pretty Pink Posh. I have colored these flowers in a few different color combinations, this card bein…
Hello friends! I hope you had a good weekend! We had beautiful snow, but it is now melting into slush. Please note: this post has affiliate links, for which I receive a small percentage of sales generated by the link, at no extra cost to you. This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a Furry Friends theme. I hope you will join us and don't miss the project by our January guest designer Estelle Palumbo aka Atouscrap. We had two miniature Schnauzers when I was a teenager and they inspired today's project. I challenged myself to stick mainly to Distress Ink on this project, in difference to when I used this Simon Says Stamp Lil' Critters Schnauzer die the last time and colored it with watercolors. You can find that card and tutorial here. Start by die cutting the Lil' Critters Schnauzer from heavystock paper. Ink with Distress Ink. I used a torn printer paper as a mask for the front legs. Add more ink and then use a white gel pen to add some white elements and to add highlights to the eyes and nose. The gel pen looks a bit messy close up like this. Ink a heavystock tag with Distress Ink. Use the Simon Says Stamp Polka Hearts stencil to add hearts to the sky and dots to the grass. Add a little texture with the Simon Says Stamp Crackle Background and Old Letter Background stamps. Stamp labels from Simon Says Stamp Mixed Labels on the background and stamp sentiments inside the labels. I have always been fond of this old notched ticket look. I die cut the Simon Says Stamp Etched Delicate Frond twice from left-over inky paper in similar color as the background. The mummy cloth was dyed with Distress Ink. I also added some sequins. I hope you will join us this week in our Furry Friends theme. You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in. Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too. Thank you so much for visiting my blog today! Happy crafting! Anna-Karin Supplies: * Please note: the links are affiliate links, for which I receive a small percentage of sales generated by the link, at no extra cost to you.
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
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Hi friends! I hope you are well! Today I have a dry embossing tutorial to share with you, for three winter cards. Please note: this post has affiliate links, for which I receive a small percentage of sales generated by the link, at no extra cost to you. I used debossing on these cards, instead of the embossed side and combined that with a distressed white embossing technique. You can do this technique with any embossing folder. I used a new 3-D folder by Simon Says Stamp called Tall Pines. It is from the Handmade Holiday release. There are so many new, gorgeous 3-D folders. Start by rubbing an embossing ink pad over the embossed parts on the Tall Pines embossing folder. Emboss the paper and toss white embossing powder over the debossed design. That is where the ink will be. Heat emboss. Always be very careful when using a heat tool so that you don't burn yourself. I used watercolor paper. Smear Distress Ink on a non-stick craft sheet, mist with water and press the paper into the ink. I applied the ink in horizontal bands with the lightest at the bottom. Let dry and then repeat until you are happy with the look. Continue with Distress Oxide ink, but this time, don't smooch the paper into the ink, just dabb it here and there, to get a more mottled look. Since it is a 3-D embossing folder, the embossing ink won't get everywhere and you will get this cool distressed look. The effect will be different every time, so no cards will be alike. I splattered the cards with a little white paint too. Stamp a sentiment with blue Archival Ink and cut into a strip. Glue sequins to the background, as even more snow. The splattered white paint will pick up some color from the ink, making it look like you splattered the card with different colors. This is a quick way of making a whole batch of Christmas cards. The combination of Distress Ink, Distress Oxide Ink and paint adds layers and depth to the background. Some embossing powder might get stuck where it is not supposed to be. Leave it, since it adds to the snowy effect. Here you can see the distressed look of the embossed trees better. Perfect for winter! On the last card, I placed the sentiment at the bottom instead. That lighter spot on the background, is one of my favorite parts of these cards. It looks like the sun is trying to peek through. It is a little hard to capture the debossed look, but you might see it better here. Try this technique with other embossing folders and colors to see what effects you can come up with. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by here today! Happy crafting! Anna-Karin Supplies: * Please note: the links are affiliate links, for which I receive a small percentage of sales generated by the link, at no extra cost to you.
Hello everyone, and welcome to my second inspiration post for the latest Challenge over at Country View Challenges. As you might know the lovely Rachel set the challenge and she wants us to make a Mixed Media piece with Autumnal Hues. We would love it if you played along with us ! Just make sure to read the rules HERE first. I have made a tag : and here's how: I cut a tag from watercolour paper and applied some modelling paste through a stencil... This is how that looks. Next I coloured the tag with Distress Oxide inks. I used the method where you smoosh it onto your craft sheet, spritz with water and dunk your paper in it... repeat until you are happy... I used a couple of stamps from these sets for the background... I used the same inks as I used in the background. The leaves were inked with different colours at the same time, spritzed with water and stamped. I then doodled around them with a black pen. The rest of the stamping was done with single colours without water. I dug out this older Dina Wakley set because I wanted to use a bird and this bird is one of my favourites.. I coloured him with watercolours but wasn't happy with the result so I added some coloured pencil over the top and used Gamsol to blend it out. Here's the finished tag again ! I added a sentiment that I found on the internet. I typed it on my old typewriter and cut it into strips before adhering it. Lastly I doodled around the edge of the tag and around the word strips. Thank you so much for stopping by today !
