Tim Holtz Distress Ink Color POP: Hickory Smoke!
Hi readers! Happy Tuesday! If you’re like me, you may have been curious how the fabulous Wanda Guess would POP a grey ink color, but as you may have guessed (as I did), she did it in am AMAZING way! Read on and enjoy!
It’s Wanda, and I’m here today with the latest installment in our Color Pop series – featuring the newest Distress Ink Color! I’m excited to share a project using the color for June – Hickory Smoke. This is a soft, medium, shade of cool grey. Like the color of steel or the grey part of the ocean. I had a lot of ideas start to flow with this color and ended up going with one of my favorite classic color combinations – grey, pink and yellow. It’s a retro 50’s vibe when you use these colors together. Think – a pretty 50’s roses table cloth. Are you feeling it? And, instead of making a card this month, I made a gift box – perfect for a wedding gift card!
One of the nice things about this grey is that it’s not too dark. And, it isn’t too warm. Yeah, the perfect grey! I started by using the Gothic Stencil on repeat (8 times) to make a sheet of my own patterned paper! I used a nice thick, smooth white paper. The stencil matches up on a repeat and this was easy to do. I used a small sponge dauber and the Hickory Smoke ink pad and went to town. I made my paper into a 9×9 inch square and then used the We R Memory Keepers Gift Box Punch Board to make the pretty box. Then the fun part — decorating it!
I cut out several Tattered Florals die pieces and colored them using Spun Sugar Distress Ink and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink. I curled all the edges of my pink flower inward and nested them together with a pink brad in the center. It sort of looks like a cross between a cabbage rose and a peony! For the Lemonade colored flowers I added a bit of Hickory Smoke ink to the edges. You can see that I also added touches of Ranger Silver Paint to both my leaves and my yellow flowers. I wanted a bit of shine for this…but not glitter. For the leaves, I cut out the Garden Greens and colored them with Hickory Smoke. Something a bit unexpected and different… I dyed my own ribbon with Spun Sugar Inks and crinkled it up nice and pretty.
I made a charm dangle off the edge of the box with a Shield charm and a pearl bauble. More is more, right? Yes!
I’ve made another color swatch reference chart for you to see where the new color fits in with your existing Distress Ink colors. I’m showing you some different shades that will help you see the true color of Hickory Smoke.
Next up is the gorgeous Blueprint Sketch. YEAH! I love the TH Blueprints stamps so I am already thinking along those lines for next month’s project. What a pretty blue!! Yowza! See you next month! Have a great day and happy crafting!
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I just love Tim Holtz! Lovely flower.
Wonderful creations! Love the flower and the colors! Hugs, Robin
What a beautiful project – I just love the flower & leaves! Thanks so much for sharing this creative work of art!!
How pretty. Who cares what’s in the box, it’s the gift. I already follow by email.
What a beautiful gift box! I love the gorgeous flower.
love that hickory smoke. . .
Beautiful!!! love what you did with the color!!!
Oh so beautiful! I like the idea of a good grey distress ink.
This is so beautiful and love the gift box with gorgegous flower on top!
Gorgeous project – the pink really pops with the new hickory smoke. Thanks for the colour comparison. i thought this was a colour i could do without but now I see it is more blue than pumice stone I think I need it!
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Wow, this packaging along with the beautiful created flowers may be nicer than what is inside the box. I do love this new smokey grey color by Tim.
The flower looks awesome!
Gorgeous project! Love the soft elegance ♥
Stunning. Love the blend of the blue dyes. Thanks for sharing
Pretty box. I like the color combination.
I love a good grey, for those times black is too stark. This looks lovely!
Love the color and the gift box.
Absolutely gorgeous! The Hickory Smoke really adds a nice touch!
What a beautiful project. Thanks so much.
This is just a gorgeous gift box! Love how you’ve used some things that are on my ‘never ever gonna end’ wish list, like the Tattered Florals die! As well as the whole set of distress colours, of which I’ve just started my collection with 2 of the large size ink pads!!
Those colors are great together. I really like how she made the flower.
This grey is so pretty! Love the beautiful flower & the elegant gift box!
Great inspiration! Love the colour combo.
Beautiful gift box, awesome color combination! Thanks for sharing!!
~Varada
hickory smoke color is my love!!!!
Outstanding color combo! Love the dimensional flowers!
Hickory Smoke is so pretty! I absolutely love your project and especially the color combination! Thanks for sharing this beautiful box!
Gorgeous flowers! What a delightful gift box – gifts like this let the recipient know how very special they are to you. Love the dangling charm! Great new colour of grey.
What a beautiul paper rose!!
SO VERY gorgeous..love it!
BEAUTIFUL project. I love the colors…they match so well.
Ooh Yummy is right! Lovely 3-D Wanda what a lovely gift to give! Happy to see this Gray added to the color pallet, very classy!
What an awesome idea for a wedding!! Love the colors
Love the use of the new color
Beautiful gift box! Love the large flower!
Stunning box!! Also, thank you very much for the comparison of colours, I found that most helpful! :D
What a great way to use the Tattered florals die! Thanks for the tutorial!
Awesome tutorial! Great project!
Great ingenious tutorial, lots of creativity here. Love the color combo.
Love the gift box! So far all the colors of the month have been fantastic, can’t wait to see next months project with the blueprint sketch.
What a gorgeous project! I love this color too…not quite grey and not quite blue!
Pretty little package!!
wonderful project. like the look of the smoke ink….haven’t been out to store to purchase but will soon.
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This is just stunning….such a beautiful flower! Fabulous!!!
Beautiful project!
Gorgeous 3D flower and such a lovely charm!
This is such a beautiful project. Hickory Smoke is a great color. I like the color combo.
Simply lovely. What a great idea!
Pretty piece of art!!
So artistic and lovely. The colours are all amazing together!