Distress Inks — Page 2

19.10.2015

Avery Elle – Fa La La

19.10.2015 by Caryn Davies 2 Comments

It’s Avery Elle post day on my blog and today I’ve been mostly blending Distress inks! Yes, I’m getting addicted – I can’t stop. I used a combination of Festive Berries and Spun Sugar to create the base of my card and added some spritzing of Perfect Pearls solution and extra distress ink. The wreath from the Fa La La set was stamped and die cut twice – once in Celery pigment ink and once in Jungle. The banner was stamped in Cherry ink and die cut. To finish I popped the die cuts onto some foam tape and adhered everything to a white card base.

I’m starting to feel very Christmassey already – it must be all the festive cards I’ve been making lately, lol!

Thanks for stopping by. xxx

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30.09.2015

Simon Says … Anything Goes

30.09.2015 by Caryn Davies 13 Comments

Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge

Thank you for joining us for the No Designer Paper Challenge and we hope you will all join us again this week too.

This week the challenge is

ANYTHING GOES

We are showcasing CLEARLY BESOTTED PRODUCTS this week. You don’t have to use them to join in but if you have some we would love to see them used

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

It’s been a while since I’ve had the chance to play with my Clearly Besotted stamps and boy, have I missed it! I was so chuffed to see we were featuring them for this week’s Wednesday Challenge but then I had a struggle to decide which of the many sets to use! One of my all-time favourites is Modern Christmas (designed by my bestie Amy Gray) and as I’m in total Christmas mode I thought this would be the perfect one to ink up! I started by heat embossing in white, three of the Christmas trees and then used Abandoned Coral Distress ink mixed with a little water to add colour to them. For the card panel I sponged some of the same colour mixed with a little Spun Sugar Distress ink but I wanted a little more “something”! So, I took an acrylic block and scribbled some AC ink onto it and spritzed with water to make a puddle. I then used a small paintbrush to flick splatters onto the card base and also mixed in a little Perfect Pearls for a touch of shimmer. To finish I arranged the tress onto foam adhesive and added a few Iridescent sequins from Little Things From Lucy’s Cards then stamped the sentiment in Smoke ink from Simon Says Stamp.

So now it’s YOUR turn, Happy Crafting

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You have until Wed 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

No backlinking allowed, Only 5 new creations will be eligible in the prize draw

Clearly Besotted MODERN CHRISTMAS Clear Stamp Set	Little Things From Lucy’s Cards IRIDESCENT WHITE Sequin Shaker Mix LB07	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SPUN SUGAR Ranger TIM27164	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad ABANDONED CORAL TIM43188	Tim Holtz Distress Markers ABANDONED CORAL Ranger TDM43423
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MINI KIT 13 TDPK46738	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965	Ranger MINI ROUND FOAM REFILLS for Mini Round Ink Blending Tools IBT40972	Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER WHITE Fine Detail WhiteEP2	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001
Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad SMOKE Gray Ink026	Silver BLACK VELVET Brush Size 8 Round 300589	Lawn Fawn 2 x 4 INCH ACRYLIC BLOCK	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets	Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB REAM Smooth Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets
Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER Tool	Ranger .5 Oz. MINI MULTI MEDIUM MATTE Glue Adhesive Paint INK41511	Ranger Perfect Pearls PERFECT PEARL Individual Pigment Powder PPP17714	Ranger Inkssentials MINI MISTERS Set of 3 Spray Bottle Ink MIS22701

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05.02.2015

Sketched Blooms

05.02.2015 by Caryn Davies 13 Comments

Hello again. I’m back today with one more card before the Clearly Besotted February 2015 release goes live tonight at 10pm BST. Today I’m featuring the amazing Sketched Blooms stamp set and it is beautiful. I fell in love with this set as soon as I saw it and knew it was screaming to be watercoloured. This time I went with distress ink rather than water colour paints. I used Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry (I think they’re probably my two most used distress colours), dabbed them onto a craft sheet and then spritzed the ink with water. I stamped two large and one small flower in Versamark onto Tim Holtz water colour paper and then heat embossed them in white before die cutting them. I then coloured the flowers in quite loosley to give a pretty, delicate tint. I repeated this for the leaves using Peeled Paint distress ink. For my card base I wanted to have more than just a plain base so to echo the softness of the flowers I cut a panel out of an A2 Neenah white card base and “joined” the front of the card back together with a panel of thick vellum. By anchoring the flower cluster over the gap the card is given back it’s strength and so doesn’t collapse.

I stamped the Hello sentiment also from the set (LOVE that font) in Fog pigment ink from Avery Elle (such a gorgeous shade of grey). To finish the card I added a few splatters of Mister Huey Calico Shine and a few wee sequins (because … sequins).

Thanks for visiting – I really hope you’ve enjoyed this release and I can’t wait to see the cards around blogland once they start shipping. Don’t forget to check out Steph and the rest of the design team for lots more inspiration.