Nichol Magouirk has a video tutorial showing how to use Tim Holtz’s Distress Markers
to water color your stamped images. By applying the marker ink on a non porous surface you can use it like a pallet, pick up the … Read More...
Technique: Ghosting Stamping with Distress Inks
Since Tim Holtz’s Distress Ink react with water there are loads of different stamping techniques you can do with them. Here’s a fun one called ghosting, ink your background with Distress Ink, stamp your image in a darker color and … Read More...
Project: Dragonfly Card
This awesome card from the Frilly and Funky blog combines using embossing plates, markers, water coloring, die cutting, paint and acetate for the mixed media dragonfly card. I love the layer of clear acetate for the dragonflies wings! Click here … Read More...
Technique: Water Coloring Stamps with Distress Stains
Distress Stains
from Tim Holtz are like the other products in his Distress line in that they react with water so there are loads of different technique you can do like this water color technique from Heather Telford. She inked … Read More...
Techniques: Stamped Tags with Tim Holtz Products
Each month Tim Holtz shares a different tag with lots of different paper crafting products, ideas and techniques. This month his tag is all about srping flowers. Using Distress Ink Markers Tim will show you a couple of different techniques, … Read More...
Project and Technique: Holiday Pinecone Card
Since Tim Holtz’s Distress Ink react with water it’s easy to blend and manipulate the colors together for an interesting water color look like on this lovely pinecone card. Find the directions for this cool stamping technique over on the … Read More...
Project: DIY Luminary Halloween Light
Using printed vellum , metal foil tape and his Luminary die cut Tim Holtz shares how to make a stunning home décor light fixture. I can see these making amazing Halloween and Holiday luminaries just by changing the vellum pattern.… Read More...
Project: Mixed Media Tag
Tim Holtz is sharing his monthly tag making tutorial for April on his blog. This time he’s using die cuts, metal, cork, paints, ribbon and more for this terrific mixed media tag. I love how he used the “negative die … Read More...
New Product: Marker Spritzer
Get more out of your markers using the new Tim Holtz Distress Marker
Spritzer
. This tool gives you a cool air brush effect, this is great to use with stencils! Tim has a video showing how to use this … Read More...
Project: Stamped Tag w/ a Chalkboard Look
Each month on his blog Tim Holtz shares a tutorial for making a tag using lots of different stamping products and techniques, click here to check out the tag for February.
-Heather
Tip: Color Stamps with Distresss Markers
The Whiff of Joy blog has a color tutorial for coloring your stamped images with Tim Holtz’s Distress markers. I love this adorable mouse!
-Heather
Magazine Review: The Stampers’ Sampler
The Stampers’ Sampler magazine has been around for many years and is one of the few magazine devoted completely to stamping. It’s also one of my favorites, I’ve been reading it for a very long time and was thrilled to … Read More...
Tip: Glitter Card
Add a ton of sparkle and shine to your cards with glitter. Jennifer McGuire has a fun video tutorial showing how to use the new Tim Holtz Distress Glitters at Ranger , perfect for adding a big glittery impact on … Read More...
Project: Stamped Travel Tags
Tim Holtz has his newest tags for the month up. This time around the theme is travel and he’ll show you step by step how to create these cool tags using techniques like masking, inking stamps with markers, using stains … Read More...
Techniques: Coloring with Tim Holtz Distress Markers
The man himself Tim Holtz will show you his technique and tips for coloring with his Distress Ink in this video from Ranger Ink. This one has tons of helpful info so grab a cup and enjoy!
-Heather
Technique: Coloring Stamps with Distress Ink Pads
Annie Rose sure makes pretty cards! And over on Annie Rose Makes Things she’ll show you how to color in your stamped images using Distress Ink and a Blender Pen
for a soft watercolor look.
-Heather
Technique: Coloring Stamps with Pen Nibs
I came across this stunning project at Linda’s Works of Heart blog and was just blown away! She uses a special technique to color her images using marker pen nibs and Distress Ink and she shares this unique idea in… Read More...
Techniques and More: Monthly Tags from Tim Holtz
Each month this year the amazing Mr. Tim Holtz will share a different tag, each filled with ideas, technique, product tips and more. His first tag of the year for January is now up on his blog along with detailed … Read More...
Project: Fall Metal Tag
Anita aka The Artful Maven combined embossing on metal, Perfect Pearls , stamping on acetate and more for this wonderfulmixed media fall leaves tag. Find more info here on her blog.
-Heather
Looking for Fall themed stamps, papers and … Read More...
Project: Halloween ATC
Claudine’s Art Corner has direction for making this spooky Halloween ATC (artist trading card). She shares how to use lots of different Tim Hots products like Distress Ink , paint daubers, stamps, metal tape and more.
-Heather