A few weeks ago I launched a brand new online tool to help you experiment with Tim Holtz Distress Inks before committing anything to paper. Well, thanks to lots of excitable user feedback and a whole bunch of tinkering behind the scenes – Version 2 of this incredible tool is now available for you to play with!
New features include an updated interface, suggested blends, and the option to Print and Save your blends!
I am so excited to share this update with you!
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With 73 available colours, the Distress Ink range from Ranger Industries and Tim Holtz has to be one of the biggest and most widely used range of inkpads out there but, how many times do you want to create a blended gradient but don’t want to waste that precious ink or cardstock?
Well, I’ve been coding away and have managed to put together a nifty little tool that will help you play, visualise and test out colour combinations before you ever commit blending tool to inkpad.
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Card Making Quickie 16 – A Simple Smile Card The card making quickie series of posts continues after a VERY long break with a simple with a quick and easy card making idea in glorious video!
A wee reminder for all of us in today’s short make and a way to re-use that ancient mandala from the other day too.
Ready? Ok, let’s start…
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Whale hallooo. Hope you are keeping well?
I am. Feeling quite grateful too. Too many thank you’s to say for this rosy glow so please allow me to convey it to everyone at once through the medium of slapping ink about on a card.
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Following a little sale haul from the Visible Image website, I managed to snag a few cool sentiments to add to my collection of their wonderful designs. One in particular just had to used as soon as the envelope was opened.
Fancy a look?
Hallo me ducks. Hope you are well?
This week I had chance to create another Stamp It Sunday blog post so would like to share that with you today if I may.Read More »
Ahoy thar – time to set sail on the next Stamp It Sunday blog post. Got your sea sicky pills handy … then anchors away!
Warning: Please brace yourself for other seafaring puns.
All inkpads generally have a starting point of either a water, oil or solvent base.
From these three starting points various inclusions are added to give different effects and get different results. Examples of inclusion are colours (dye or pigment) mica, glue and some bases have nothing added.
Finding the right inkpad for the job can therefore be a daunting affair.
To help you understand the difference, I’ve put together an explanation of each base type along with some tips, suggested brands and techniques.Read More »
Good morning and welcome to this month’s colour challenge.
This time we have a deep and mystical colour theme to challenge us.
For a recent playtime I showed you a couple of designs using Stampscape rubber stamps.
In this next post I am heading back to some stamps that I have had with me for a while. They are the Cover-A-Card stamps from Impression Obsession.
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There are many ways to create scenes with stamps however some of the most dramatic that I have seen have been made with the Stampscapes range of rubber stamps.
Having acquired some of these a while back I thought that I would have a little playtime and see what I could create.
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Good morning and welcome to this month’s colour challenge.
This time we have a rustic colour theme to challenge us.
Hello chickens, hope you are well.
Here, as promised is the second of four Magazine Medley posts.
Hope you like it.
With two colour challenges complete and a third under way I thought that it was about time that I caught up!
Here therefore are a few things that I created using the colours set during the April & May challenges.
GENTLEMAN CRAFTER 
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