Hi there, crafty friends. Today’s cards features ink blending on colored cardstock… I always tend to reach for white cardstock when I ink blend so I thought I would switch it up and start with colored cardstock as the background. I find Distress Oxide inks work best for this. I started by applying Distress Oxide inks through THESE layering stencils, drying each layer in between. I chose Distress Oxide inks because they have a...
Hi, crafty friends. I’m back with another project featuring THESE Distress Watercolor Pencils. I recently took THIS class by Jenn Shurkus and have been inspired to play with my pencils more. Today’s card features coloring a solid stamp image with the pencils and stamping the image to get a faux watercolor look… I started by creating the background. I inked up THIS slimline stencil with a rainbow of Distress Inks. I spritzed the stencil...
Howdy, crafty friends. I’m thrilled to be part of THIS Blog Hop celebrating THIS new release. Today’s card share features an acrylic block background technique… VIDEO You can watch the video on this technique HERE or click on the video below… To create this card, I started by creating the background. I applied Distress Ink to THIS extra large acrylic block (that came with the Bubble Background Stamp), spritzed with water, and laid it...
Hello again, crafty friends. Today’s card feature the new Distress Color. Say hello to Lumberjack Plaid… The new color of Distress comes in a variety of mediums but today’s cards focused on the inks. Lumberjack Plaid is such a gorgeous red and I wanted to show you the side by side comparison of the Distress Ink (on the left) vs. the Distress Oxide Ink (on the right). To create the backgrounds, I applied the...
Hi there, crafty friends. Today’s STAMPtember collaboration stamp set is THIS one from Tim Holtz… I started by stamping the main image and sentiment from THIS stamp set with black pigment ink and clear heat embossing it for some shine. I masked off the Santa scene and ink blended the night sky. Once it was dry, I masked off the sentiment area and applied white pigment ink over the ink blended sky to create...
Hello there, crafty friends. Reverse Confetti has a new release and I have a card and video to share using some of the new goodies… VIDEO You can watch the video on how I created this card HERE or click on the video below… Let’s start by creating the background. I used three colors of Distress Inks and a piece of acetate to create a quick inky background. I applied three colors of ink...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s card features the newest Distress Color… Say hello to Uncharted Mariner. Such a gorgeous blue. I decided to pair it up with some bright yellow. I love blue and yellow together… To create this card, I started by stamping THIS Background Stamp with the Uncharted Mariner Distress Ink. I die-cut a stitched oval die from white cardstock and stamped the sentiment from THIS stamp set using the Uncharted Mariner Distress...
Howdy, crafty friends. I have a mini slimline card to share that features a unique inlaid die-cutting technique… I started by stamping the images and sentiment from the Beachy Keen stamp set using black pigment ink and adding clear heat embossing on top and heat setting. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Next, I die-cut the Mini Slimline Lattice die from distress watercolor cardstock and swiped on three colors of Distress...
Hi, crafty friends. I’ve been loving the Spring Card Camp 2022 class from Online Card Classes. I have another card to share today inspired by Day Two’s Joseph’s Coat Technique… I die-cut a slimline card panel from white card stock using the Slimline Nested Rectangles dies and ink blended the panel using a rainbow of Distress Oxide Inks. I applied Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink through the XL Rose Boquet Stencil on top of...
Hello again, crafty friends. I’ve been having so much fun taking THIS Spring Card Camp 2022 class from Online Card Classes and I wanted to share a couple of cards I created inspired by Day One of class… To create these cards, I covered an A2 white cardstock panel with a variety of blue Distress Oxide Inks. After the piece was completely dry, I clear heat embossed the Wavy Circles background on top. I...
