Distress Burst Reindeer

A quick post today as I'm heading out the door to work at my mother's. Not nearly as fun as stamping. I got a new TO DO app for my iPhone though and it allows me to do recurring tasks, so I have "blog" as a daily task, so here's hoping I make it here on a more regular basis.

That said, it will never actually be everyday, but at least I have to consciously delete the TO DO from the list instead of just forgetting!

Here is a quick card using the Distress Burst technique. Stamps are from "Reindeer Flight" by Tim Holtz (one of my favorite sets; I LOVE those trees).

For Heather

I was at my friend Jackie's class last Saturday and another friend, Heather, came up to me and said, It's about time you started blogging again. I was a bit surprised that she had noticed my absence, but she said she had which was very nice. I just figured that people would check maybe every so often or if they saw a link on my Facebook, but Heather isn't on Facebook and so, she was just checking. So, for her, I'm trying to be better about posting.

I created this card using the same technique Jackie had taught us (well, steps 1-3 of it). Then I grabbed one of my favorite Tim Holtz sets, Reindeer Flight, and added the trees and reindeer. I love that I could create cool looking background paper to match whatever colour scheme I have in my head.

Mother of Pearl

The technique for May was Mother of Pearl. It's a cool technique with Lumiere Paint and Distress Inks. It's a kind of resist and for those who know me, they know I love just about any type of resist.

This technique called for dabbing Lumiere paint onto white matte cardstock with scrunched up saran wrap. Then you heat set it (if you're impatient like me) or put it aside to dry. Then just apply Distress Inks overtop with a blending tool (I love the Tim Holtz Blending Foams). Then spritz paper towel with a bit of water and wipe off the ink from the Lumiere. You have a beautiful metallic resist.

As I was doing this, I started thinking. I wonder if you can stamp with the Lumiere instead of just dabbing it on and it worked great. I spread some Lumiere paint on my craft sheet and used some solid stamps. Then you can overstamp. If you stamp with Distress Inks overtop of the Lumiere, they won't stick to the Lumiere, but that creates a unique effect in itself. You can use Chalk Ink if you want it to stick.


For this card, I used my favorite Tim Holtz Set (Reindeer Flight). I love those trees! I stamped them with silver Lumiere paint and added two colours of green Distress Ink. Then I overstamped with Forest Moss Distress Ink because I wanted the green trees to be in the background.