Last night i thought i'd try the tag on this great tutorial on a very talented guys blog, he's one of the designers at The Artisic Stamper.

Tutorial for distress ink tag

In it, he uses distess ink pads, a yellow, and orange and a red. I however, until my order from Jennie arrives next week, only have distress pads in antique linen, tea dye and tattered rose. So basicaly a dark and light brown, and a reddy colour.

They are ok for a practise, but i needed more colour. I have got tons of alcohol inks though, the ones in bottles. Thing is, it's too potent for blending, so i was wondering if i could water it down like a wash?

I tried this with blending solution, but it still came out far too strong and wet on the card tag.

Does anyone know if i can do this with bottled ink, or will i have to wait for my pads?

If my post does not make any sense, it will if you watch the tutorial. It's only five minutes and really handy.

Thanks,

Calv.

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Alcohol inks are not to great at blending on basic card, glossy card is best and would really need a lot of solution to tone the colours down. Dans tutorial is with the distress inks as you say and if I were you I would wait until you get your others or play with the colours you have. with distress inks its suprising how all sorts of colours can work well together, hope you have fun I adore my distress inks as far as watering down I dont think it will work xx

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Thanks Andrea, i had an inkling that i was going to wait for my pads.

I am so impatient waiting for stash lol. Jennie is really quick too...heaven knows what i'd be like if i was waiting ages for something!

Calv.

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told ya !!! one point to me !

one day he might listen

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Calv try any dye inks you have ...haven't tried myself.. but you never know

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The colours you have will give a nice vintage look Calv! The Distress inks stay wetter for longer so they blend better than other dye based inks but if you have other ink you could give it a go for accent colour.

Have you seen this month's Craft Stamper mag, BTW? I noticed there was a tip for using antibacterial hand gel in place of blending solution with alcohol inks. I don't have any AIs so I haven't tried it but I thought of you when I read it!

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Joanne said


I too thought of Calv - thought it such a great tip - I also read that surgical spirit is a good substitute to clean RS when using stazon. There is a great piece too on Fairy doors titled 'let the little folk in' find out more about the fairy door phenomenon.

I love the colours you have Calv. They were the 1st ever colours I bought in the distress inks. I have used the tattered rose so often that I have just have had to buy the reinker. I would say like Jennie and Joanne, give it a go, at least then your hankering to have a go will have being satisfied
Carole

Thanks for the suggestion of the dye Jennie, i'll see what i have. Will have to be carfull though as i've just recently had a new carpet fitted in my craft room!

Thanks for the tip Joanne, i hve some of that so i will give it a go. I also read that there were tons of people being admitted to hospital since they started using the anti-bacterial hand gel in hospitals...apparently it's almost 100% alcohol and people were pinching it to get drunk on!

I'll use it for your tip though, and not to drink.

Carole, thanks for letting me know about the fairy doors in Craft Stamper, i'll see if i can find it in the shops tomorrow.

Not sure how the tiny folk will like all the press though.....they are very private people yanno!

Calv.

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I thought the fairy door feature was great too Carole! I love the grungy goblin take on it as well, the little sign on that door made me laugh!

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It made me giggle too. It is something my eldest daughter would love.
Carole

believe me they are well worth the wait, I have all of them and new ones for when these go horrid yes I am mad also my foam pieces have the name of the inks I use them for on the back of each piece, that way they last and you do not need new pieces each time

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I don't think you're mad at all, not totaly anyway . At least you won't be in my position where i'm at the end of my antique linen, and it was'nt one i ordered from Jennie as i thought i'd be ok.

Good tip for the foam marking, you do get through a lot of bits otherwise don't you.

Calv.

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Good grief, what have you been doing with it? I've had mine nearly a year and I use it loads, it's nowhere near dried out yet!

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Hmmm, well it seems a little dry, i know the girls have left the lid of a few times, and i really should think about moving some of my gear away from the main window (sunlight and all that jazz).

Calv.

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I think storing the ink pads upside sometimes helps. I have had my tattered rose some 3 and a bit yrs. and only just needed to reink.
I too label my foam pieces, and then store in a sealed bag.
Carole