I want to thank Scrapbook.com for their generosity in sending me this New Distress Color to create with!
Now, let's get on with the making! Here's the video I created using Saltwater Taffy Embossing Glaze. You can check it out below. If the video isn’t showing up, click HERE to watch it.
Saltwater Taffy Swatches
Before I get into the card details, I wanted to share the swatches I created for the new ink. I was inspired to up my swatch game after seeing the one's Zoe Hillman created for the recent Archival Ink release. I decided it would be fun to swatch them in the ways I tend to use them the most. I grabbed the Distress Ink in all the colors that are somewhat close to Saltwater Taffy. As I was doing this, I realized I didn't have Victorian Velvet in Distress Ink. Guess that's going to have to change ASAP! Next, I die cut a bunch of tags from Distress Watercolor paper and some butterflies from Distress Watercolor for the Oxide swatches and some from Distress Heavystock for the Distress Ink Swatches. I used this paper since it is the one I used the most frequently.
On the Distress Ink Swatches, I ink blended the butterfly and then did some ink smooshing on the background. These are two of the more common ways I use this type of ink, so I love that this will give me a good feel for how it will look on a project.
Distress Ink Swatches
As you can see Saltwater Taffy color definitely fills an opening in the color palette by being a lighter version of Abandoned Coral but as always, these colors can be chameleons when you start mixing and layering!
For the Oxides, I ink blended the Butterfly, but then spritzed it with some water to activate the oxide and to again give me a better feel for how it will look. I then ink blended the edges of the tag to show that effect.
Distress Oxide Swatches
Now, let's get on with the making! Here's the video I created using Saltwater Taffy Embossing Glaze. You can check it out below. If the video isn’t showing up, click HERE to watch it.
Just One Life Card | Embossed Embossing Technique
This first card (I actually ended up making 2 of them so I could create the video) was made using Distress Embossing Glaze, an embossing folder and embossing powder. Which is why I'm calling it embossed embossing! I invite you to check out my video for all the details. You can find a complete supply list at the end of this post.
Use Your Wings Card | Distress Oxide Stamp and Smudge Technique
On this card, I used Distress Oxide and the Stamp and Smudge Technique to create the background. I began with a piece of Distress Watercolor paper trimmed to 4 x 5.25 inches. I then selected a mix of stamps including: Flutter, Illustrated Garden and Field Notes. I started by stamping images from the Field Notes set in Ground Espresso Distress Oxide. While the ink was still wet, I took a clean paper towel and smudged (smeared) the ink. For the second layer, I stamped images from Illustrated Garden in Saltwater Taffy and repeated the smudging. I stamped some butterflies from the Flutter stamp set using Peacock Feathers and for the final bit of stamping I stamped a couple more images from Field Notes using Wild Honey. With each color, I stamped and then smudged the ink while it was still wet. Once the stamping was completed, I inked the edges with a bit of Ground Espresso Distress Ink. I then spritzed the entire panel with a bit of water and dried it with my heat tool.
Now onto the butterfly. I stamped the image using the butterfly from the Perspective Stamp Set using Ground Espresso Archival Ink. I smooshed the Saltwater Taffy and Abandoned Coral Distress Inks onto my craft mat and used a waterbrush to pick up the ink and color in the image. I then fussy cut the image using a pair of scissors. Behind it I placed a piece of vellum die cut using the Tim Holtz Label Thinlits. I added some machine stitching around the outside edge before I adhered it to my card.
The card panel was attached to a piece of Distress Heavystock that I ink blended with Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide creating my own custom cardstock.
I then finished off the card with a sentiment from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology Metallic Stickerbook.
Hope Is Never Lost Card | Ink Smooshing Die Cuts Technique
For this card, I began by taking several pieces of Distress Watercolor paper (4.25 x 5.5 inches but any size will work). I then smooshed some Saltwater Taffy Distress Ink onto my craft mat, spritzed it with water and then smooshed one of the pieces of paper into the ink. I dried the paper and then repeated the smooshing until I was pleased with the look. I repeated this process on a second piece of paper, this time with Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink. I also took a couple of small watercolor paper scraps and ink smooshed one with Aged Mahogany and another one with Fossilized Amber. Next, I took Tim Holtz Bloom Colorize Thinlits Dies and cut out the various parts of the flower from the different pieces of inked paper. To give the layers of the flower a bit more contrast, I inked some of the pieces and edges of the paper with Abandoned Coral Distress Ink. For the flower center ( the pieces die cut from Aged Mahogany and Fossilized Amber) I inked the edges with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink. With the leaves, I inked the main background piece and the edges of the layers with Forest Moss Distress Ink. I then adhered all of the layers using Distress Collage Medium.
Behind the flowers, I added a Seal die cut created using the Seal Switchlit. I lightly rubbed a bit of embossing ink over the raised areas and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder.
For the background, I took a piece of Distress Watercolor paper trimmed to 4.25 x 5.5 inches and repeated stamped the ink splatter stamp from the Tiny Toadstools Stamp Set and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. I then added some ink splatters using the Saltwater Taffy Distress Ink Reinker and a bit of water. I then added more water to get a lighter ink splatter. I completed the background by layering a piece of Distress Heavystock die cut using the Simply Plaid Thinlits Die.
To finish the card, I stamped a sentiment from the Tiny Text Stamp Set onto black cardstock and heat embossed it with white embossing ink.
I sure hope you enjoyed the card inspiration and video I've shared featuring the new Tim Holtz Distress Color Saltwater Taffy. Thanks so much for your visit!
Supplies
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