Distressing Archives - Crafty-rootes

Hello and welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop where we have a Tic-Tac-Toe board to inspire us. I have chosen the top line – Distress, Blue, Bike. This was a real challenge as distress and vintage techniques don’t come easily to me. I am more of a clean and simple girl.

Colours used to make this card are:

I created the vase of distressed bike card using the following supplies:

Misty Moonlight White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Balmy Blue – 5⅜” by 3⅝”
Mixed Up Patterns dsp – 3⅞” by 3⅝”
Basic White – 3⅞” by ½”
Misty Moonlight – 3⅞” by ½”
Basic White – 2” by 1”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” for the inside
Scrap Mixed Up Patterns dsp

I randomly stamped the flying bird from the Waterside Retreat stamp set all over the Balmy Blue layer using Balmy Blue ink. I then roughed up the edges of the panel using Scissors and inked around the edges with Misty Moonlight ink and a Blending Brush. I glued it, offset to the Misty Moonlight card front.

A card made for a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge using the Relaxing Waterside stamp set , Lakeside Retreat Paper Pumpkin and the Mixed Up Patterns dsp from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Relaxing Waterside stamp set , Lakeside Retreat Paper Pumpkin and the Mixed Up Patterns dsp used to to make a card for a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge – Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop

Using Garden Green ink, I stamped the smaller clump of grasses onto the piece of Mixed Up Patterns dsp. I then roughed up the edges with my scissors.

I distressed the bottom of the pieces of ½” wide strips of Basic White card and Misty Moonlight card before adding them to the bottom of the piece of dsp. The whole piece was then glued to the card front.

I added the bike – from the Lakeside Retreat Paper Pumpkin Kit on Dimensionals.

The sentiment, from the Banner Sayings stamp set was stamped with Garden Green ink on the small piece of Basic White card and punched it out with the Three Banner Punch before adding it to the card front.

A cluster of ‘pebbles’ from the Lakeside Retreat Pumpkin Kit finished the card.

Please hop on to what my fellow demos have been inspired to create using this Tic-Tac-Toe board. Next up is the lovely Jan Musselman.

Leonie Stuart ● Mo Rootes

Jan Musselman ● Karen Henderson

Kelly Taranto ● Angie McKenzie

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Supplies used:

Hello and welcome to the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop where we are sharing techniques to add texture to a project. I have used the new Botanical Layers stamp set with heat embossing, ink blending and distressing techniques.

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the textured botanicals card, you will need:

Gray Granite card base – 8¼” by 5⅝” scored at 4⅛”
Basic White card – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” x 2, one for the inside
Starry Sky card – 3 ¾” by ¾”
Scrap Basic White & Vellum

I began by stamping the largest leafy image in Starry Sky ink randomly onto one of the Basic White panels. I added the delicate flowery plumes in Gray Granite ink.

A textured botanicals card made for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop using the Botanical Layers stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Botanical Layers stamp set used to make a textured botanicals card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Making sure the stamped panel was dry I stamped the reedy type image in Versamark ink, randomly over the panel. I covered it with Gold Embossing Powder and heat set it with my Heat Tool.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Botanical Layers stamp set used to make a textured botanicals card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Using the blade of my scissors I roughed up the edges all the way around the panel. I curled the upper left corner using a Bone Folder to break down the fibres of the cardstock. Using a Blending Brush, I added Starry Sky ink all the way around the edge of the panel and used a Starry Sky Blends Pen to add colour all the way around the edges.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Botanical Layers stamp set used to make a textured botanicals card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Add the strip of Starry Sky card across the centre using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. Wrap a piece of Gray Granite Shimmer Ribbon around the panel, securing on the back with Sellotape. Adhere the whole panel to the Gray Granite card base with the same liquid glue.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Botanical Layers stamp set used to make a textured botanicals card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

Stamp the sentiment in Starry Sky ink onto scrap Basic White and die cut it using the Layering Circle Dies. Mount on a slightly larger circle die cut from a scrap of Vellum. Add the sentiment to the card front on Dimensionals.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Botanical Layers stamp set used to make a textured botanicals card for the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

To complete the card, I added a bow using the same ribbon and coloured a trio of Basic Rhinestones with a Starry Sky Blends Pen before adding them to the card.

I hope you like it.

Please continue around the hop to share the techniques used by fellow demos.

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If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours! If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK, please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one. To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x