ICAD #17

Adhere decorative paper to an index card.  Edge the index card with Faded Jeans Distress Oxides.  Stamp word (Stampendous) with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Stamp on a tag with text stamp (Hampton Arts) with two colors of Distress Oxides and blend with a stencil brush.  Tear tag and adhere to index card.  Stamp the focal image on vintage text page with two colors of Distress Oxides and Archival Ink Jet Black.  Spray image after each application of Distress Oxides and dry. This is the Distress Bleeding Technique.  Tear around the image and adhere to the index card.

This ICAD was entered into the challenge at Crafty Girls Creations #37 - Anything Goes.

This ICAD was entered into the Perfect Time to Craft Challenge #6 - Anything Goes.

This ICAD was also entered into the challenge at Creative Ladybirds Creations #27 - Anything Goes.

ICAD #11

On an index card stamp the circles and butterflies (both are from Fiskars) with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Draw over the circles with Distress Markers and with a waterbrush blend the color out using the Distress Bleeding Technique.  Color the edge with Wilted Violet Distress Markers and blend out with a waterbrush.  Dry with a hair dryer.

This index card is part of the Daisy Yellow ICAD Challenge.


This tag was entered into the Poppy Power Challenge June Challenge theme Go Ahead and Bug Me.

This tag was also entered into the Digistamps 4 Joy Challenge Butterflies.

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #137

Create a background on a manila tag using the Distress Bleeding Technique using Distress Oxide and Tim Holtz Stamps.  Let dry.  With Archival Ink Jet Black Ink stamp the heart (Dina Wakley).  Stamp the phrase on copy paper with Archival Ink Jet Black and Clickable Stamps and cut out.  Adhere the phrase on the tag.


This challenge is for the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge.  This challenge theme is Matching, Hatching and Dispatching.  

Distress Bleeding Technique Tutorial

Completed card using Distress Bleeding Technique

Ingredients

Watercolor Paper

Distress Ink* - In this tutorial Distress Oxides were used. Colors Cracked Pistacio, Broken China and      Wilted Violet  

Water in a Spray Bottle

Archival Ink - Jet Black

Hair Dryer or Heat Gun

MISTI Stamping Tool

Optional - Wink of Stella Pen

Steps

1.  Using a MISTI Stamping Tool stamp the image (Tim Holtz) with Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide. 

2.  Spray the image with water.  Tip the paper to let the color bleed in different directions.  Dry with a hair dryer or heat tool.  The image must be completely dry before the next step.

3.  Continuing to use the MISTI, over stamp the image with Broken China Distress Oxide Ink and spray with water.  Repeat the tipping to create drips and runs of color.  Dry with a heat tool or hair dryer.  Repeat this step with Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Ink.  You can used as many colors of ink as you would like to.  I find three to be a nice balance.


Optional Step - Color the main image with Wink of Stella pen

4. Using the MISTI, over stamp the image in Archival Ink Jet Black.

Here are several other examples of this technique being used.

This example skips the optional step and the 4th step.

*Distress Ink and Distress Oxides are specially formulated to bleed so they work they best for this technique.  You can use other water base dye ink but the bleed out will not be as true color as distress inks.  

One Little Craft Tag Challenge #122

On a mixed media tag, scribble blue Scribble Sticks and activate with water.  Let dry.  Stamp the seahorse (Tim Holtz) with Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide and spray with water.  Tip the tag in different directions to cause the ink to run.  Dry with a heat gun or hair dryer.  Stamp the image with Broken China and spray with water and tip the tag.  Dry again.  Stamp with Wilted Violet and repeat with the water and tipping.  Dry thoroughly and then paint the image with Wink of Stella.  Stamp the image with Archival Ink Jet Black.  Stamp the letters (Stampendous) in Archival Ink Jet Black.  With washi tape create the woven accent.  

One Little Crft Tag Challenge #91

 

On a watercolor tag, stamp dot pattern (Tim Holtz) several times in Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide and spray with water to create a bleed.  Dry with a heat tool or hair dryer.  Repeat with Cracked Pistachio and Spiced Marmalade.  Dry between colors.  Dry several lines with a Pitt pen.  Stamp sentiment  and fool (Cherry Pie Stamps) with Archival ink Jet Black.

One Little Tag Craft Challenge #306

On a shipping tag, stamp flower images(Dylusions) several times using Archival Ink Jet Black.  Color the images with distress markers.  Spray with water to create a bleeding effect.  Let dry naturally.  Adhere glitter using Dimensional Magic in a fine liner bottle.  Adhere sticker and sequins.