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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Oh, these are awesome!
Beautiful I need a video please.
I will try… but find it hard to create/edit videos. That day job gets in the way everytime ;)
These new inks look like so much fun!! I must put them on my wish list:)
I want these so much!! I’m trying to get some budget to open up so I can get them.
New inks are so cool!
These inks are so incredible! I love the colors, the blending and oxidized effect that they create! Such an awesome creation and medium for all artist to use!
Wow! Jenn created some awesome cards with this technique!
thank you!!!
I can’t wait to get my hands on these–so awesome!
Awesome results!
Beautiful samples! Thanks for all the info and the inspiration.
You’re welcome! Thank you!
I fell in love with these when I first say a video announcing them….I want them all!!! Great Cards!
These look like so much fun. I can’t wait to try them out. I really love the card with the hearts and “enjoy”. It really let the distress oxides stand out.
OMG!!!! I’m definitely in love for all these masterpieces!!! Really beautiful!!!
Also, congrats to all the Blog Candy Winners!!!
Well done to all the winners!
These inks look as amazing as the other Ranger inks. Must have some…xxx
WOW Jenn, what gorgeous cards! I am loving these Distress Oxides, what a beautiful effect.
Congratulations to all of the winners!
Thank you so much :)
Reminds me of tie dye from back in the day.
Fabulous cards! I love the way the negatives were used on different cards to take full advantage of papers and inks!
Love!!
Totally awesome!
I can’t wait to play with these new inks. Super cool cards.
I have to get some! Love the colours it creates with layering. Like a well used paint palette. Scrumptious!
Cool!!! :o)
FUN POST!! CONGRATS to ALL of the LUCKY Winners!! Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
These inks look so cool! I would love to “play” with them. The cards are awesome!
Mine should arrive soon I hope , right Simon ? ?
Can’t wait to get them in the mail. Loved all the cards and techniques.
I am loving the look of these Distress Oxides and can’t wait to get my hands on them! Beautiful cards!
These oxide ink pads are fabulous.
Loving how these inks work and can’t wait til my order arrives so I can play too!
I grabbed a few of these when they came into my local store and can’t wait to sit down and get inky with them. Thanks for the great cards!
Fabulous card! Love the new inks.
Everything is beautiful! I can’t
wait to try them.
These new inks look so fun!
Can’t wait to get my hands on them & play!!!
These look like fun!
Wow! These are awesome!!! Loving the new oxides ♥♥
awesome cards really looks like you had fun! Just the way I like my crafting to be
I crazy love what those distress oxide inks can do!
These are just totally awesome!!! I hope these Oxides eventually come in Minis!!!
Congrats to the winners….esp to my sweet friend, Becca! Hooray!!!
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Thank you so much Janis! Tim Holtz mentioned that because of the formula of the inks they will not be coming in minis, just so you know :)
These are going to fly out of the stores. Your cards really do demonstrate the properties of this new line. Thanks Tim Holtz!
thank you so much!!!
Oh my mama mia! So beautiful! I am still waiting for my order and I cannot wait any longer!!!! I want these babies on my hands now and get inky! Beautiful cards! TFS!
Thanks for sharing the information on the new inks.
These inks look incredible! I just got some & have not had a chance to play yet. Thanks for all the information!
These inks look really awesome.And the cards showcase them very successfully.The colors look fantastic. I would like to see how they stamp and what they look like on dark cardstock as well :)
It is nothing fancy, but the first night I opened the Oxide inks I hosted a facebook LIVE and you can still watch that here: http://shurkus.com/tutorial/distress-oxide-ink-pads-facebook-live
I did show how beautifully they stamp, with great detail. I also showed them on dark cardstocks. I embossed and ink blended too! Hope you find it helpful :)
Congrats to the
winners! Love
your inking on
these cards.
Great sounding
inks.
Carla from Utah
Can’t wait to get these inks, stunning cards.
I think I need these. Thanks for the inspiration!
Wow, this looks like fun.
Just bought a set of the stamps – they were on sale when you bought the whole set. Now I can go play with them.
The saleslady wasn’t sure why these were different than
the regular distress inks. Now I can tell her too.
thanks for sharing the information and some great cards.
I love this look. I just got one in the mail and I can’t wait to try it out.
Stunning results! What gorgeous cards you’ve shared today.
I saw a demonstration of these inks and oh my goodness! I love all the different effects and colors you can get.