Use It! with Lucy's Cards - Class 1: Lesson 5 (Distress Inks)

 

Hello, and welcome to the final lesson of my first ever Use It! class.

I am thrilled with all the kind words I have received about this series, and will definitely aim for Use It! Class 2 in the very near future. If you have any suggestions of particular products you would like me to feature, please let me know. :) I have recently purchased a lovely set of Distress Markers, so that may be an option...

 Anyway, a quick recap on Class 1's featured products:

Mama Elephant's Up and Away set

Paper Smooches' Salutations set

Heidi Swapp's Confetti stencil
Clearly Besotted's Rounded Tag Die

Hello Sunshine and Into the Woods 6 x 6 pads
And now,

Lesson 5 - Distress Inks

OK, let me state immediately that I am afraid of Distress Inks.
Well, not afraid as such, not in the same way as I am afraid of Copics, but wary. I watch the wonderful Jennifer McGuire use Distress Inks with such AMAZING results and I think "no. I cannot do that."
So, I have a lovely collection of Distress Inks sitting in my attic craft room, while I do all my crafting in the kitchen now. They have been abandoned. And I feel bad about that… I mean, I spent a lot of money on those inks, right. They MUST be used.
So, I dug them out, was thrilled to see that they were all still inky even after a few years of neglect, and forced myself to take the plunge. :)
And I am so glad I did. I think I might even have missed them a little bit. :)

Creation
Adhere the Confetti stencil to a piece of Surf Blue cardstock with washi tape.
Apply Translucent Embossing Paste with a palette knife

 

While it is wet, the paste looks white. It dries clear though and looks FAB. And you can barely see the bit I messed up right in the middle on the final card. ;)

 

Allow the paste to dry (it doesn't take long) then adhere the stencil to the other side of the paper and repeat the process.

I trimmed this blue panel down to 3 1/2 x 5", then inked it with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and an Ink Bleding Tool. (Stupid me, I forgot to take a photo of this stage… sorry!) But this inking makes the clear dots stand out even more.

Next, stamp two bunnies on kraft cardstock.

 

Using an Ink Blending Tool and Walnut Stain Distress Ink, add ink to the edges, trying to create a shadowy effect with the ink darker at the top and right. Hope this makes sense.

 

Trim the bunnies out - the body of one and the head of the other - then add more ink to the edges of each piece. Adhere them together. 

TIP: having the head and body separate means you can add ink all around the head of the bunny, around his chin too, giving extra dimension.

Add a dot of white to his tail with a white gel pen.

Stamp the umbrella four times on white card stock. (Ignore the tag in this picture… originally I planned to put the bunny on a tag but I changed my mind as I worked)

 

Apply Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Shabby Shutters inks to each umbrella.

Cut the white umbrella out and use it as a base. Cut the others apart to create a three colour striped umbrella. Adhere the bits onto the white base umbrella.

Stamp the sentiment onto the blue panel then adhere the bunny and umbrella.

Trim a piece of black card to 5 1/2 x 4 1/4" and splatter with Calico Shine Mister Huey's. 

Adhere the blue panel to the black panel and adhere to a folded card.
And you're done.

 

My aim was for the translucent embossed dots to look like rain. I think it worked. :)

So maybe Distress Inks are not that scary after all.

I have definitely inspired myself to use them again… in fact, I have put my collection in a box and brought it downstairs!!! 

And that's it!

Thank you for visiting. I hope I have inspired you to get more from your supplies, to revisit old things and remember to play with new ones! It's something I need to make myself do more often too. :)

Have a lovely weekend. I'm off to start planning Use It! Class 2. Yay!

Bye

xx

Supplies

*Mama Elephant Clear Stamp UP AND AWAY Set ME1306-035	*Heidi Swapp CONFETTI 6 x 6 Stencil HS00838	*Paper Smooches SALUTATIONS Clear Stamps Kim Hughes	*Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste TRANSLUCENT Studio 490 WVPASTETRN
*Tim Holtz Distress Ink PAD TUMBLED GLASS Blue Ranger	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD BROKEN CHINA Blue Ranger	*Tim Holtz Distress INK PAD SHABBY SHUTTERS Green Ranger	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD WALNUT STAIN Brown Ranger
*Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING FOAM REFILLS Applicator Tool Refill IBT23623	*Studio Calico SHINE Mister Huey's Color Mists 101284	*VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad Pigment	*Ranger Inkssentials WHITE OPAQUE PEN Pigment Ink Stamp
*Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# SURF BLUE SB21	*Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# BLACK BL8	*Bazzill KRAFT Classic Paper Pack Heavy Weight 12 x 12 Cardstock	*Bazzill MARSHMALLOW Card Shoppe Heavy Weight 8.5 x 11 Cardstock

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