Distress Ink Day 2

Hi Everyone!

Firstly, all the girls who are involved in the Blog Wars are now listed over at the side of my blog. To visit their blogs, just look down the side panel until you find the list of links. This will save me redoing the links every day! And remember, if you'd like a chance to win the projects I make this week, just leave a comment! Each week will be a new competiton, so leave me another comment to be in the draw!

Now for the result from last week's vellum competition. And the winner is....Antonella!!! If you email me your address, I'll send those cards off to you, Antonella. (Is there some way I can give you my email address without actually putting it on here? Or is that the best way?...I'm still new to blogs!!LOL)

And thanks everyone for the lovely comments!

This week, as you saw yesterday, is Distress Ink. These are lovely inks and come in a great range of bright & vibrant colours.

Today's card uses a technique I have recently discovered. Take a piece of clear plastic acetate and apply your distress ink pads directly to it. I've used broken china & shabby shutters and just swiped them over the acetate in a wavy motion. Spritz using water and place a sheet of plain white cardstock over the acetate 'stamping' the distress ink onto the card. Air dry, or dry with a heat tool or iron. I then stamped the flower set onto a piece of distressed card using black Vivid! ink (Black soot distress ink would be great...but I don't have it yet!). Finally I have mounted it onto black card. I really love the effect of this technique - the bright colours being offset by the black! I hope you all like it as much as I do!