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Cracked Pistachio distress ink!

13 Feb

Yay!!  I finally had time to break out the newest distress ink, Cracked Pistachio, and I LOVE it!  Tim Holtz is releasing a surprise new color each month…I’m sure I’ll be collecting them all!  Normally, I love mixing distress inks but today I decided to just focus on the one color!

cracked pistachio distress ink www.allthesparkle.comWhile I do like the look of the silver and green together I think I’ll try the same card again sometime but use gold instead.  I think this shade of green would look really good with gold tones!

I started off by heat embossing the Hero Arts Thank You Thanks background stamp with white embossing powder on watercolor paper.  I smushed the distress ink onto an acrylic block then wet the paper liberally before applying cracked pistachio distress ink with a damp paintbrush.  I painted the ink darker towards the top of the paper so that I could see the different shades of color.  Then to get a feel for the true color I swiped it onto a piece of white card stock until it was covered evenly.  After it dried I die-cut the sentiment from the paper with the WPlus9 Hand-Lettered Thanks die.

I trimmed down the watercolor paper because, unfortunately, I didn’t stamp the background straight…*sigh*…Then I adhered the watercolor piece to a top folding white card stock base and layered a strip of silver glitter paper on the left side.  I attached the sentiment with foam mounting tape over a jumble of silver metallic thread and embellished the card with Pretty Pink Posh sparkling clear 4mm and 6mm sequins.

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Supplies:

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad CRACKED PISTACHIO TIM43218
*Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paint ARTIST BRUSHES Brush Ranger CHS24729
Hero Arts Thank You and Thanks
*EK Success POWDER TOOL Applicator EKT001
*Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD
*Hero Arts EMBOSS ULTRA FINE CLEAR EMBOSSING POWDER PW111
*Faber-Castell COLLAPSIBLE WATER CUP Watercoloring 80601
Wplus9 HAND LETTERED THANKS Designer Dies WP9D-092
*Ranger WATERCOLOR PAPER Inkssentials Surfaces ISW39532
*Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SUPER SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets
*DCWV Cardstock 6 x 6 GLITZY GLITTER Paper Stack Printed Matstack MS-019-00052
DMC 283Z Metallic Embroidery Thread, 43.7-Yard, Light Silver
*Pretty Pink Posh 4MM SPARKLING CLEAR Cupped Sequins
*Pretty Pink Posh 6MM SPARKLING CLEAR Cupped Sequins
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Comments:
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Categories:
card-making, crafting
Tags:
distress ink, hero arts, pretty pink posh, wplus9

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  1. Vickey E. says

    February 13, 2015 at 10:01 am

    Beautiful! I love this color!

    Reply
    • jessica frost-ballas says

      February 13, 2015 at 12:43 pm

      Thanks Vickey! Yeah it’s gorgeous…I’m even more excited for the February color! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Kara Lynne says

    February 13, 2015 at 4:58 pm

    How fun to see that color in use! It’s gorgeous with the silver!

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