I was finally able to get my hands on some Tim Holtz Distress stain. The biggest decision after deciding what 6 colours to start my stash with was what to stain next. I LOVE this stuff. It flows beautifully and the little dauber spreads it evenly across what ever you are using. I chose Mustard Seed, Broken China, Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint, Pumice Stone and Antique linen to start with because they are my fave colours in the distress inks.
Mustard Seed and Broken China on these semi gloss Adornit stickers ..... it was surprisingly easy to control where I put the ink across the tiny letter squares with very little overflow. The colour went on evenly and dried very quickly and the colour was accurate. I can see my stash of hundreds of letter stickers having a rebirth in my pages.
Next I decided to try some fabric leaves and blended two colours to create a more natural colour for leaves. Once again it was easy to control the flow and direction and it dried rapidly even though the leaf was quite saturated.
I got this canvas flower in a kit last year at CHA. I randomly applied Vintage Photo, Antique Linen and Pumice Stone the assembled the flower giving the top a quick hit with Vintage Photo at the end.
Well if I wasn't already in love with this stuff I thought I'd best see how it went on chipboard ..... wow it was so quick, even and dried so quickly I really didn't have to wait to be able to adhere it to the page.
2 comments:
Love those Distress stains Helen. My faves are Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmelade and Picket Fence. *Ü* TFS. ~Glen~
glad you're enjoy tim's stains. i found they make for wonderful watercolour effect cards
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