Thursday 25 September 2014

Beat the Christmas Rush - September

I really don't use my distress inks enough.  I am not really a fan of messy crafting and whenever I try to make lovely backgrounds well they always look messy because I just don't get on with the blending tool.  I have tried all the tricks of starting the blending on my craft mat and then moving onto the card but I still end up with lines and an utter mess.  The lovely Wendy who I sit next to at crops uses ink dusters and always gets lovely results, so I took the plunge and bought a set of three.  Wow what a difference using a different tool makes, I love using them, they are so easy!!

I made the backgrounds with some new (to me) Stampendous Nativity scene stamps that I have had in my 'waiting to get them inky' pile for some time.  I am going to be entering these cards into Sue's Beat the Christmas Rush and I think these are my favourite 'production line' cards that I have made this year.




Both the sentiments used are from Personal Impressions set 'Many Greetings'.  






8 comments:

  1. Oh these are gorgeous! I must definitely get out my under-used distress inks and have a go at this. Thank you for joining in BtCR again Karen.
    Sue @ Me&Mine xx

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  2. They are fab, glad you get on with the 'dusters' LOL

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  3. The backgrounds are brilliant Karen and they go perfectly with the simple line art.

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  4. Oh Karen, WOW, they're fabulous. I really struggle to get results like this. You should do a tutorial

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  5. I really don't use my distress inks like I used to , perhaps I should now after seeing your lovely cards.

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  6. Oh these are fabulous. I use dusters now much better for my hands.
    luv
    Debby

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Karen xx

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