I’ve been playing with my Personal Impressions (Pi) Woodless Water Colour Pencils lately, but it made me realise I hadn’t touched my Distress Crayons in ages! So I dug them out and had a creative throwback session … Both tools are water-reactive, versatile, and fun for card-making and journaling — but they behave differently on paper/card/art journals. Let’s take a closer look at each, and see what makes them unique.
Mother's Day card using Polkadoodles transitional layering stamps + distress inks
The inspiration for next project was to try and create a layered/dimensional card but keep it one layer. After recently sending a few cards in the post, the difference between flat, mildly thick, slightly thicker & thick is HUGE in costs. Slightly off topic ... do need to get me one of those slot guides. Would definitely help when I grab the 3D foam pads or gels!
I have used distress inks to create a vintage, faded background with the stamps.
MY PROJECT
Using the main rose outline stamp, I began creating my flower bouquet. I cut a few masks to cover the roses & next added the leaves. To have a soft outline, I am using pumice stone distress ink.
Using the different transitional layers in the stamp set, I began colouring the roses first & then the leaves. Additional shading was created by using pumice stone distress ink.
Now I did make a "boob" when layering up my stamps - can be seen up close in the video - but wanted to share a way that we can rescue a project when things like this happen. Again using pumice stone, I blended the outlines out. I really loved this, so added a little green using peeled paint distress ink.
Okay, have to admit, I couldn't resist adding some layers/depth to my card but the card design would work perfectly without them.
YOUTUBE VIDEO
A full step by step of how I created my card can be seen in my accompanying YouTube video.
Hope you enjoyed watching the video & sharing some of my thought process. After tying this post, I think this design would be great in bolder colours & maybe embossing the sentiments/words. What do you think?
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Until next time, happy crafting & hope to see you again soon,
Lou
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