Exploring the New Distress Oxide Ink Pads
Hi Friends! Thanks for stopping by today! Happy last day of February! We asked our Wednesday challenge teamie Jenn Shurkus to whip up some cards using the new Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Oxide inks, and boy oh boy did she deliver! Be sure to read on and enjoy!
Hello Everyone! It’s Jenn Shurkus here and I am wicked exited to be sharing with you a fun technique you can do with the new Distress Oxide Ink Pads!
I had so much fun exploring and playing before I knew it I had 4 different cards to share with you. I hope this will inspire you to get a little inky and create something amazing with the new ink pads.
I think the big question is what is the difference between the Distress Ink Pads and the Distress Oxide Ink Pads. Some noticeable differences I learned right away are:
- It is a dye & pigment ink fusion. You will still have all of the properties you get with Distress Ink Pads where they react with water but they are opaque like a pigment ink so the layering of colors will act differently then with Distress Ink Pads
- The case the inkpads come in is gray, so you will be able to tell the difference right away of which ink pad you are grabbing
- The material of the actual inkpad is still a felt pad, usually with pigment type inks you will see a more spongy pad, that is not the case here
- There are 12 colors right now, that match the rest of the Distress line
- You will still be able to stamp with them, blend, stencil, watercolor and emboss with them
- Because they are more opaque they will work well on darker surfaces too
- Because they are a dye/pigment fusion you will get a beautifully detailed stamped image
- Because they have pigment properties when you layer the colors they will stay true to their colors unlike when you layer with regular Distress ink you will get some mixing. For example when you layer Blue and Yellow regular Distress you will get a lot of green, but that doesn’t happen with the Oxide Distress
I was in awe of how beautiful they layering of the colors were so that is what I focused on to share with you today
I pulled out a rainbow of colors: Worn Lipstick, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint, Broken China and Wilted Violet. Working on the Ranger/Tim Holtz Mixed Media Cardstock as I knew I would be using a lot of water and I find this paper stands up really well to that.
- Press, wipe and “smooch” the Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Pad directly onto your craft sheet.
- Spritz with water until the ink beads up.
- The taking the Mixed Media Cardstock wipe and “plop” it into the ink.
- While you heat it with a heat tool, gently spritz some water droplets onto the ink. The distress sprayer is great for this to get good droplets.
Note: At this time you can wipe the Mixed Media Cardstock back into the ink to build up layers of just one color, but I knew I wanted to do a whole rainbow of colors so I cleaned up my craft mat and moved on.
- Press, wipe and “smooch” the Spiced Marmalade Distress Oxide Pad directly onto your craft sheet. Spritz with water. Wipe and plop the layer of cardstock into the ink. Heating it the same way, spritzing water droplets as you go.
- Next I did the same steps with Fossilized Amber, Peeled Paint and Broken China. You can’t really over think too much where the ink is going to go, but I knew because I was working with a lot of different colors that I just wanted a little bit of each so I carefully wiped the cardstock onto the craft sheet being aware of only some of it actually touching the surface.
- Lastly I finished up with Wilted Violet with the same steps.
Once I made a few backgrounds this way I also made some with just one color. As I mentioned above you can use just one color but still build up layers, heating the ink in between and adding water droplets. That is how I got my single colors used on the hearts and stars.
I think I could play with these inks all day just to experience the different outcomes and color combos you can play with. Next I want to play with the Oxide Inks and Distress Inks together I think that will be beautiful too! I hope this has inspired you to play and try out the new Distress Oxide Ink Pads! Have an inky day!
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Wow great ideas and super colours!
(You pushed me over the edge; I have to buy these!
whoo hooo! they don’t call me “jennabler” for nothing!
Lovable colors…so rich!
Cristina
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I’m not quite sure if I like the new inks yet, love the cards especially the hearts. Congrats everyone!
beautiful cards, especially love the heart ones!!
Oh my…..this is the best sampling of the new ink! Amazing eh?
thank you so much :)
Oh my…these are stunning!!! Such beautiful coloring with the new inks, I LOVE it!!!
The card of hearts! I like the cards with the hearts and their colors and structure. Beautiful!
Awesome card ! The backgrounds look fantastic..
I am so excited about these new Oxide Distress Inks! Thanks Jenn for all the information and beautiful samples@
you are very welcome!!
Great cards and great new inks! :)
Wowza! Amazing work…I especially like your card with the 6 hearts on it…fantastic.
I love your cute layouts with the hearts! Cool way to use both the positive and the negative.
I have been playing with my Distress Oxides too and have had TONS of fun. I even posted a tutorial at my blog for a technique I figured out for them.
I still need to buy the Distress sprayer though as I really think that the big drops of water are needed to get great backgrounds.
OOH! I will have to go check it out :) Yes, the Distress Sprayer is fabulous!!
Gorgeous!!
Thanks for the examples and ideas. Looking forward to trying out these inks!
Great cards and beautiful colors. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Beautiful colors and fun ideas. I’m looking forward to playing with this new ink! Thanks!
I want these! Such beautiful results and it looks easy to work with!
Wow! Amazing cards! Love the look the oxides create!
Looks like a really fun product! Thanks for showing it to us!
WOW! WOW! WOW! Stunning colors, fabulous creations! Love that you made use of the positive AND the negative pieces of your beautifully inked papers!
The more I see of the oxides, the more I like them. Jenn did some beautiful ink layering. Her cards turned out so right.
Can’t wait to get my hands on those new oxide inks!
Very fun projects!
Congrats winners!
WOW! And deliver she did! Beautiful vibrant cards, particularly LOVE the hearts ones!
Great ideas! Thanks for sharing.
And whip them up you did! Aren’t they fantastic! LOVE the heart one!
I love how the colors look. Can’t wait to try them myself.
Loving those colors!
Just ordered these yesterday. Can’t wait to get my hands inky!! You have given me lots of inspiration!
This makes me want to go out and get them all! Now!! Lol…awesome cards! ?
Those inks are wonderful, so will probably have to get some–if they come out in minis. Your cards are fabulous!
Thank you so much :) In regards to minis, Tim Holtz did mention that because of the ink formula they weren’t going to come out in smaller pads :( just a heads up!
Gosh, these look like so much fun! Love the die cuts hearts. They are so stunning against the white background.
Thanks for sharing with us!!!
Love all the colors you played with! Thanks for the inspiration with the distress oxide inks – definitely on my wish list!
Such pretty muted colors!
I like the positive heart “Enjoy” card. Looks nice with all the white. Thanks for all the samples and tips.
I cannot wait to try these.
Great and informative post! I especially love the cards with the hearts, both the positive and negative parts!
I love what you created – great inspiration – these ink pads are definitely on my wish list!!
it’s Always cool if you can use the positive and negative diecuts, those are my favorites, not sure Oxides are for me… yet
I would love to try these out! They look great!
Wow! All of these are just stunning!!! So many beautiful ideas!
I can’t wait to try these new inks! SO much fun.
My inks are on the way and I can’t wait to play! Beautiful cards.
Beautiful cards but I think I like the hearts in the two rows one the best. Those are great colors too!
Wow what stunning results with these new inks. Thanks for sharing:)
Love the new distress inks, can’t wait to try them myself. such stunning results.
OH MY… I am loving everything that I have been seeing using these Distress oxide Inks!!! They are on my wish list!!!
These new inks look like so much fun. Great cards!
I must try the new inks!! The cards look fantastic, so clever to use it that way! And Congrats to the Blog Candy Winners! :)
The cards are so pretty!