Tim Holtz Distress Ink Color POP: Twisted Citron
Hi readers! Happy Tuesday and happy last day of June! We’re officially past the half way mark of 2015! Can you believe it? The very fun and talented Wanda Guess joins us again this month with the Color Pop feature for May: Twisted Citron! Did you miss a past feature? Check out our archives for the combined Cracked Pistachio and Abandoned Coral feature, Mermaid Lagoon, and Fossilized Amber! Coming up next month: Hickory Smoke! Excited for July’s color? Be sure to tune into our blog on FRIDAY to find out what it is!
It’s Wanda here! Happy Summer! I’m here today with the fourth installment in our Color Pop series – featuring the newest Distress Ink Color! I’m excited to share a project using the color for May – Twisted Citron. This is a bright, clear, happy green. Think margarita green, lime-y and fresh! It’s very strong and vibrant, but it’s easy to tone down with other colors, too. Basically, it’s perfect! With this color, a little goes a long way! I love it. Since it’s Summer time I decided to make a beach-themed card and used the Twisted Citron for some gorgeous tropical leaves.
Green is always a good neutral, and this new green was an easy one to match with other colors. I used pretty Abandoned Coral Ink along with some neutral tones of brown and cream to complete my beach look. I love this color combination! Reminds me of Hawaii. My leaves were colored with the ink pad using a sponge dauber. I left some white space in the center of the leaves. If you look closely, you’ll see that I went back and used the Twisted Citron Marker to make a center vein in each leaf for some dimension. I also put just a touch of Vintage Photo ink on some of the edges.
Something really fun that I thought of was to make my own glitter. I was thinking to myself…wouldn’t it be nice to have Twisted Citron glitter?? So I made some! I took a paper plate and sprinkled some clear Rock Candy Distress Glitter on it. I took the Twisted Citron Spray Stain and made a fine mist over the clear glitter. Then I let it dry and stirred it up with a palette knife. Voila! Perfectly matching glitter! Next up I’m going to make some Abandoned Coral glitter…. After it was dry, I used my new green glitter on the tropical leaves.
My leaves, flowers and shells are cut from Ranger Watercolor Paper. I added Clear Rock Candy glitter to all the pieces except the leaves. I also edged everything with Vintage Photo ink and a sponge dauber. For the background I tried another new technique. I wanted to mimic the feeling of sand. I used the Vintage Photo Marker in the Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer took and made spatters on my paper. Then I took the water mister and let some fine mist of clean water fall onto the spatters. Some of the dots softened and some stayed pretty strong. I love this and will definitely use this technique again.
I used a Flashcard and cut out the word Summer. Then I stamped the hashtag #lifeisgood…and assembled all my pieces onto a kraft card base with a small layer of coral paper.
I’ve made another color swatch reference chart for you to see where the new color fits in with your existing Distress Ink colors. This green is in the Yellow Green family more so than the Blue Green family.
Next up is the rich and mysterious Hickory Smoke… Can’t wait to get my hands on this new neutral. See you next month! Have a great day and happy crafting!
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Love the tropical feel of this card.
Beautiful! Love how you colored the glitter! I ordered some the other day, just waiting on the shipment!
I love this twisted citron color! It’s such a bright and cheery green.
I gotta have this colour in my life!
Oh la la…another yummy shade to add to my collection! Beautiful card!
Really nice shade of green…just love Tim Holz distress inks!
What a fabulous card and new color! So tropical!
Such a gorgeous card! I love the combination of twisted citron and abandoned coral colors! Can’t wait to receive them in my mail box! I also love these Tim Holtz die cuts, they look so beautiful and they are so versatile. Thank you for the great tutorial and for the inspiration!
Love that color—liking all those colors!!
Love this colour. It is great for spring and summer cards!
Oh I love the look of Twisted Citron! So spring-y!
Wanda’s done such a beautiful job of featuring this new Distress Ink Color. But then again, she always does! :-)
Great color! I love your card, and especially your homemade glitter! What a fab idea!
What a fun card! Love the colors.
Custom glitter – cool idea!
What a gorgeous fun color! Love it!
Very pretty. I like the ink comparisons that you showed.
WOW!!! What a gorgeous card with such gorgeous colors!!! Love the dies that you used!!! It definitely says Tropical!!
I really appreciate Wanda doing the color chart. Please keep doing that.
Its Perfect! I LOVE this green, it’s been one of my 2 favorite colors for oh, 40 some years. LOL I love Wanda’s fun cards. Her cards are so fresh. She’s one of those crafters I would love a day of crafting and photography with! Thanks!
i love that beautiful new yellow-green color. it’s been my favorite since Crayola days.
Awesome card and great tutorial! Like how you coloured the glitter. Great idea!
What a fabulous, dimensional card, and I love the citron color, so fresh and summery!
Wow! How beautiful is this card!!!
I love this card with the starfish and sanddollar, great combo with the floral. Thanks for sharing!! =)
I love this color
What an absolutely amazing summer card! Love the new citron color and the color swatch she made is fantastic…it really lets you see those true colors side by side.
Thought this color might be too bright but love how this looks on this lovely card. Thanks for the color swatch, too.
LOVING this Wanda!! =) Just BEAUTIFUL, and I LOVE the New Color!! =)
the citron is a fabulous accent to your card!
So gorgeous! I love Tim Holtz everything!
Twisted Citron is my favorite color! This card is beautiful! Hugs, Robin
Totally on love with this color.
Wonderful card with beautiful colors!
Beautiful card. So summery. Love this color. It’s a happy green.
Perfect green for summer–pretty card.
refreshing card , lime IS my favorite color….
Gorgeous card! This new green is really fun. Love your tips on the glitter and the sand background. Thanks Wanda.
These new colors are just awesome! Your card is lovely, really feels like summer!
I’m reserving judgment on this color- it may be a little too twisted for me. I need to see it in person. But, boy Wanda, this is a terrific card.
What a beautiful card. It feels so tropical and relaxed. Like we should be sitting on a beach chair sipping something cool and yummy. Thanks for sharing this great card.
Love the card and new ink color.
Such a bright, luscious, happy green. Love how it looks on that card!
Love, Love, Love this color. It is happy and bright. The card if very tropical and this color works really nice with the flowers and and the entire card. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Beautiful card! I love the layering and vibrant colors.
I loved seeing the comparison between the different shades of green. But the WOW of this post is the lovely “Life is Good” card where the green was complimented so nicely with the pink shade of the flower. Beautiful!
Love how the twisted citron makes the leaves pop!
Oh what gorgeous pops of colour from Tim Holtz!! I think this card would cheer up most people, or at least make them smile. Time for me to start getting at least some of the distress ink pads to get my collection started before they double!! lol!!
Love the idea of making matching glitter! So easy!
AMAZING color and a must have,yeah!