This is a post about how easy it is to use Glitter Ritz (or Elizabeth Crafts Silk Microfine Glitter as it’s now marketed). Jesse has a few friends in town this week, and we spent Tuesday evening drinking beer and gossiping and drinking beer, and I jokingly asked them if I could teach them a craft so I’d have something …
I love the look of whitewashed kraft paper, don’t you? This incredibly simple card was made with Distress Stain in Picket Fence. This is a semi-opaque fluid ink, which makes it slightly different from the rest of the Distress Stain line. Because it’s fluid, it creates a slight watercolor effect when you stamp with it, which adds to the soft …
I’ve spent the last couple days playing with a bunch of new Tsukineko products that they just got in stock at MLO. I don’t think I’ve properly appreciated their variety of inks and stamping products in the past, but boy is that about to change. I’ve long considered their Memento ink in Tuxedo Black to be the best for Copics, …
So yesterday I showed you how you could use a stamp to remove paint for an interesting background texture, but it should be noted that Distress Paints are also great for simple stamping. All you have to do is lightly dab the paint over the surface of your stamp, and stamp as usual. The paints do work better with images …
I think I just discovered my all time favorite stamping technique. I invented it last week for my make-and-take at MLO, and I haven’t been able to stop since. It has all the hallmarks of a great craft. Simple? Check. Beautiful? Check. High potential for messiness? Double check. Okay, I’m exaggerating on the mess. As long as you’ve got a …
Surprise! A new Distress product. Distress Paint is the latest line of inky goodness from Tim Holtz, released just weeks ago at CHA2013. Like the ink pads, stains, and markers before them, these are conveniently packaged and expertly marketed paints designed to take your stamping to the next level. They are similar in packaging to Adirondak Paint Dabbers, but these …