Distress Inks ~ Twinkling H20s: A Substitution Guide

Hi there! This is Jeanette from Canada and today I wanted to share a little chart that I made that gives  a quick substitution guide comparing Distress Inks to Twinkling H20s.

I often use my H20s over copic coloring but I also use them as the only coloring medium; and I love the soft look and subtle shimmer. They add more depth to your coloration and that little something extra special to your project.

I need to add a small disclaimer :) I don’t have all full range of Distress Inks and so that is why some are missing. I also do not have all the Twinkling H20s (but I do have most). So, the comparisons were made with what I actually own.

As you will see mentioned in my chart, these are not always exact substitutions but are fairly close. I find that the Distress Inks are more vintage in tone; a little grayer whereas the H20s are more pure in color and of course; they twinkle.

Whiff of Joy has an amazing collection of Twinkling H20s as well as the wonderful water tank brushes that I use. You will find them all by clicking on the icons below:


Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find this little guide helpful!
Hugs Jeanette

Something more than just paper crafts...a cute pillow by tanjaak

Hello everyone! I wanted to show you something great you can do with your Whiff of Joy images. I thought why not use an image in a sewing project. So I made a cute pillow for my daughter and a card I'll propably put into a frame and use as artwork in her room.

So you'll need your basic supplies for making a card and then some more...the key is to find some iron-on transfer paper and a pillow and some fabrics. And of course you'll need to be able to use your printer to complete this project. A sewing machine is also needed unless you love sewing by hand LOL.

So the first step is to stamp and colour your image.

Here's my image (Friends Forever by Allison Acton) coloured with Promarkers and I also have used blue distress ink to make the clouds and some tea dye ink for the edges.

Then you need your transfer paper and simply copy your image onto it using you printer/photocopier. Simply copying the image will make it mirrored in comparison to the original one, but if you wish to avoid this you need to scan the image first, mirror it and then print. (I guess some fancy copiers have a command to do this straight away but mine doesn't).

Next iron your image onto your piece of fabric following the instructions on the transfer papers packaging. You'll get the best result by using white or at least light coloured smooth cotton fabric and ironing the fabric as flat as possible first. Trim the excess fabric off after ironing.

Now here I have the image on fabric and the materials I used on my pillow. The pillow is 35x35cm and I found it from IKEA. Let's start sewing away!

Now here is the finished project. I first sewed my image onto some linen coloured fabric and then onto my background fabric...I wanted to frame the fabric image a bit the same way I usually do on my cards. I also love the simplicity of my card. I decided to change the papers I had chosen for the card and opted to do something really simple. I really do think this combo will work well in my daughter's room...and would also be a great gift set. I think I'll be making more of these...each pillow will be unique as I'll only copy the image ones and make a card of the image straight away.

Thanks for looking and have fun crafting!

xxxTanja

Watercolor background by Alice

Hello, everyone! It's Alice here. I am sharing one of my favorite techniques to make quick and one of a kind backgrounds. I first learned this technique from one of the "Thinking Inking" classes by Jennifer McGuire and have been using it ever since. Here is how I made mine.

You will need:

• A clean and slick work surface. I use a Non-Stick Craft Sheet from Ranger.
• Watercolor paper.
• Distress ink(s).
• Water spraying bottle.
• A piece of rag to clean the surface.
• A piece of seam binding. (optional)

First, press the ink pad directly on the work surface. Use as much ink as you want and you can use more than one colors, too. I am only using Aged Mahogany here.

Spritz water on the ink to create a pool of ink. You can control the intensity of the color by the among of the water you add.

Here is the fun part. Now you lay your watercolor paper on top of the pool of ink you just created. Move or drag the paper around a little to make sure that the whole surface gets ink. You can flip it over to make sure you got every corner of the paper inked.

When you are done, the paper would warp and the excess ink would flow to one edge. I usually just touch that edge with my rag lightly to soak up the excess ink. You can zap it with a heat tool to speed up the drying process, but I usually let it dry by itself. It takes about an hour to dry and I would just go and work on another project while it dries. =)

Here is the dried piece. It kind of turn flat again after it dries. I think I used a little too much ink on this one and made another one. Here is the card that I made with it.

I used part of it for the background and cut it using the Fancy Hearts border die. I colored and trimmed the adorable Henry Hugging Heart for my focal image then added a piece of matching seam binding. The sentiment is from the General Sayings II set and the Caramel Sugar Half Pearl is also from Whiff of Joy.

Here is how I made the matching seam binding. =)

I always soak up the leftover ink with a piece of seam binding whenever I made backgrounds like this.

To give the seam binding a scrunched look, just squeeze the seam binding into a ball on the piece of rag with your fingers. This will squeeze out the excess water and give the seam binding an uneven distribution of ink.

After squeezing it pretty hard, I usually open it up and just let it dry on the rag. Again, you can speed up the drying process by zapping it with a heat gun. Just make sure you move the heat gun often so that you don't burn the seam binding.

That seem like a lot of things, but hope you will give this a try! =)

Thanks for stopping by!

hugs,

alice

Make flowers with persimmon flowers - GDT Alberto

 Hello everyone, Alberto here!

 Today is my turn as ispirational DT!

so, I have thinked about something new and a bit original....a new type of handmade flowers with Persimmon flowers....so here is the list of product used:

 These are really easy to do, and I think they are so pretty and perfect for cards and altered project....so, the photos speak theirself!

and with them I have make a really cute door hanger for tell when I am reading.....the product which U can found ate whiff of joy store are:

-vitage pearls

-pearls

-willow reading a story

c'mon! pop over my blog for leave a super comment for me! Thanks everybody!

hugs, ALberto

Sweet Tags

Heute möchte ich euch ein kleines Tag zeigen, welches ihr super mit der tollen Whiff of Joy Tag Stanze *Sweet Tags* basteln könnt.

Hier seht ihr meine kleine Auswahl, mit der ich das Tag basteln möchte...

Henry Maus

Sweet Tags

Brads

Halbperlen

Film Strip Ribbon

Ribbon

Knopfgarn

Glückspilz Wort

gestanzter Hintergrund aus einem alten Buch

  

Als erstes hatte ich das Tag mit Distress Ink Walnut Stain distressed, anschließend habe ich die Schleife angebracht....

Henry Maus habe ich mit Silikonkleber auf den gestanzten Hintergrund geklebt, damit er etwas Abstand hat. Man kann auch die Abstandpads dafür benutzen.

Und dann kam meine Lieblingsbeschäftigung, all die schönen Sachen die ich mir zusammen gesucht hatte, auf dem Tag unterzubringen

Und dies ist nun mein Endergebnis

XOXO Sonja

 

Handmade Roses by Jane Johnson

Hello, Jane here and today I'd like to share how I make my paper roses using punches like the grey one in the photo below. Once you get the hang of them they are really quick and simple to make and are great for when you run out of your bought flowers, or you don't have the right colour to match your project, or even instead of buying them at all!!!

YOU WILL NEED:

flower punches - (I have used the smallest two EK Success retro flower punches for mine)
paper
glue
wire - (I use the green wires that I cut from my bought flowers before glueing them to my cards!)

1.
To make one large and one small rose you will need four of each size of puched flower and two wires. I always cut the green flower stems off that come on the bought paper flowers I buy and save them to use for making my own.

2.

First you will need to bend one end of each wire like so.

3.

With a paper piercing tool or a pin make holes in the centres of all the flowers.

4.

With the flowers right side up cup them using an embossing tool.

5.

They will then look like the photo above.

6.

Slide one of the paper flowers up to the bent over end of the wire and add some glue to the wire as shown.

7.

Curl one of the petals around the glued wire making a slight cone shape as shown.

8.

Miss one petal out and then curl the next petal around the first as shown.

9.

Curl the remaining three petals around the centre two as shown.

10.

Add some glue to the centre of another flower and glue underneath the rose centre you have made. Ensure that the petals are arranged in the gaps from the previous flower as shown.

You should then have a flower that looks like the above photo.

11.

Repeat with the other two punched flowers, always making sure to arrange the petals in the gaps of the flower above.

12.

Both sizes are made exactly the same. Here you can see the difference in the two sizes. Allow them to dry thoroughly before attaching to your project. You can also ink the edges of them once made to further enhanc as on my card below:

The two flowers I made for the tutorial are on this card with the cute Henry Mouse: the small one on the heart tag and the larger one above the ribbon. I inked them both with a little walnut stain distress ink before attaching them to my card. I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial and I've inspired you to have a go at making your own paper roses! Thanks for looking!

Jane

http://janeslovelycards.blogspot.com

Projet card original form By Murielle

Hi all, I'm back for the month of June I create for you a card with two tags in original form. I used the new stamps from the last series "Back 2 School".
Here's what you need: 2 coffee filters of different sizes, one large and one small as in the photo below. 

You have to draw on paper and cut to the great  filtre coffee 2 times as below.
Glue the two parts (front and back).

You must do the same as above with the small coffee filter (cut 1 time).
Then paste it on the front face of the large coffee filtre.

Draw and cut to the tags inside the large and small coffee filter.

Then you just had to decorate the various tags as shown below.

And here is the result.

I hope I have given an idea.

Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs, Murielle

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