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True Blue, Tim Holtz/ Ranger Ink Tutorial

07/18/2021

Tim Holtz, Prize Ribbon Distress Products

Hi everyone! Are we wicked excited about the new Distress color? Prize Ribbon is the blue we didn’t know we needed, but now that I see it compared to the other blues I am so happy to have it! Did you see my post where I shared ink comparisons?

I am a HUGE fan of the whole Distress line, and I get so excited about adding a new color to my collection. If you have followed me for a while you know, I use Distress on the majority of my projects. I am here today to share with you a fun piece I created with the new Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress Color, Prize Ribbon.  I am honored to be a Tim Holtz maker and am so excited to inspire you more with his products!!! It has been fun to create some 3-d projects and break free of a card base.

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True Blue, Tim Holtz/ Ranger Ink Tutorial

I am so excited to be back again with another tutorial. Thank you for all the sweet feedback and encouragement to share more of these after I shared my tutorial about the SOAR tag I created.

All supplies are linked throughout the post, and a complete list is at the end of the post.

When I saw this color I immediately thought of this fabulous octopus from Tim’s Sea Life stamp set. I created this piece of art on the back of a Tim Holtz Vignette Box. It measures approx 3.875 x 5.5 inches.

Sea Life, Tim Holtz Tim Holtz/ Idea-ology Vignette Set

I started by stamping the Octopus in Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide, on Distress White Heavystock.

Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink, Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide

I know people have a love/hate relationship with fussy cutting, but I find if you approach it in a certain way, with the right tools, it can be quite easy.

If an image has any spaces in the inner part of the image that need to be cut out and scissors won’t reach them. I find cutting these out with a fingertip x-acto first before you cut out the rest of the image, is best. This way you have more paper to hold onto, and there is less chance of tearing or ruining the other parts of the image.

Fingertip Control Craft Knife, Fiskars

With a fingertip x-acto, it is shorter, so it is easier to control, and maneuver. I also am a HUGE fan of spring-action scissors. These don’t have the loops for your fingers to go through, so it makes it easier to move the scissors around your paper and is easier on your hands.

Fiskars Spring Action Detail Scissors

I wanted to tone down the brown color of the vignette box a bit so I painted on some white gesso on the back and sides of the vignette box. I also find when starting a mixed media project, sometimes just adding some texture to get warmed up and get started helps get the project started, even if you don’t see it much in the finished piece. To do this I used the Croc stamp from Tim’s Graph & Croc set.

Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous, Graph & Croc CMS185 Tim Holtz, Distress Paint - Prize Ribbon

I painted on some Twisted Citron and Prize Ribbon Distress Paint and pressed the stamp all over the Vignette Box.

I then started to create a background that I will be die-cutting from. I started with Salvaged Patina Distress Spray Stain. I spritzed it onto a craft mat, added some water with the Distress Sprayer. Using a piece of Distress White Heavystock (my MOST favorite surface to play with Distress Inks with) cut to 4.25″ x 5.5″, I plopped it into the ink, drying it with the Ranger heat tool in between layers.

I then did the same steps with some Crushed Olive Distress Spray Stain.

I added some water droplets with the Distress Sprayer, blotting the water away to reveal spots without color.

Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink, Prize Ribbon Distress Spray Stain

And lastly, added some Prize Ribbon Distress Spray Stain along one side, and towards one end.

I could make backgrounds like this all day, every day. They are so much fun, so inspiring, and no two ever look the same. I almost didn’t want to diecut it, but I knew I could make more backgrounds another day. So I diecut this with the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Bubbling Thinlit die.

Tim Holtz/Sizzix, Bubbling Thinlits

You will see soon what I did with this die-cut/background.

Working again on the Vignette Box, I added some Crackle Distress Texture Paste. I was fairly generous with it, applying it thickly. I also added some to the sides here are there. Once it was dry, and all those wonderful cracks appeared I painted on some Salvaged Patina Distress Paint, and then also some Prize Ribbon Distress Paint on top of that.

Adding water thinned out the paint, even more, allowing it to get into the cracks. I also spritzed some Crushed Olive Distress Spray Stain, and water and moved that around with a paintbrush.

Remember that Bubbling die-cut background? I used some Distress Collage Medium to adhere it to the Vignette panel and trimmed off the edges.

I then stamped some text all over the background. I used Tim’s Entomology stamp set and Vintage Photo Archival Inkpad. I didn’t use an acrylic block, just my hand pressing the stamp here and there. I then used some white gesso and roughly painted in some of the bubbles.

Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous, Entomology Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink Pad, Vintage Photo

Next, I die-cut the word “blue” with Tim’s Typo Lowercase die. This is an older Bigz die, but I love it and still use it a lot.

I diecut one set with Distress White Heavystock, and ink blended Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide over it.

I then diecut 4 more sets of the word with Lawn Fawn Blue Jay cardstock. Using Collage Medium I stacked these letters together to make a chunky letter, almost like an idea-ology embellishment.

Tim Holtz/Sizzix, Alpha-Numeric Cutout Lower

Next, I ink blended some Distress White Heavystock with Tea Dye Distress Oxide, and die-cut “true” with Alpha-Numeric Cutout Lower. I also cut four more sets out of Kraft cardstock. You can see in the top right photo above that the die leaves impressions where the poke holes are. I’m glad those poke holes are there to help get the paper letters out, but they are a bit distracting. So I took the flat edge of my Teflon bone folder and rubbed those bumps right out.

Again using Collage Medium I stacked the letters to make my own chunky letters.

I inked up the edges of the letters with some Vintage Photo Distress Ink.

Fun Fact: the Vintage Photo Distress Ink Pad you see above is my original ink pad from 2004 when Distress Inks were first released!!

I added some foam tape all over the back of the octopus, securing some sinamay for some texture. I then used Distress Collage Medium on the foam tape to secure the Octopus to the Vignette Panel.

 

Darice Sinamay Roll, Natural

Lastly, I stamped “Be Authentic” from Tim’s Tiny Text Stamp set, in Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide, and inked the edges a bit with Prize Ribbon Distress Ink

Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous: Tiny Text

Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink, Prize Ribbon Distress

Here are some more detailed shots so you can really see the project. You can see a complete supply list, with links to shop *Jennabler Alert* below the pictures.

I really hope you found this tutorial inspiring, let me know either way in the comments.

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Supplies Used:

Supplies I used are linked below. Click on the picture and you will be taken to the product. I use affiliate links when available which means if you make a purchase I get a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for your support!

Tim Holtz, Prize Ribbon Distress Products
Tim Holtz, Prize Ribbon Distress Products
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Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink, Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide
Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink, Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide
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Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink, Prize Ribbon Distress
Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink, Prize Ribbon Distress
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Tim Holtz, Distress Paint - Prize Ribbon
Tim Holtz, Distress Paint – Prize Ribbon
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Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink, Prize Ribbon Distress Spray Stain
Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink, Prize Ribbon Distress Spray Stain
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Tim Holtz/ Idea-ology Vignette Set
Tim Holtz/ Idea-ology Vignette Set
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Tim Holtz/Sizzix, Alpha-Numeric Cutout Lower
Tim Holtz/Sizzix, Alpha-Numeric Cutout Lower
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Tim Holtz/Sizzix, Bubbling Thinlits
Tim Holtz/Sizzix, Bubbling Thinlits
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Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous, Sea Life, Tim Holtz
Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous, Sea Life, Tim Holtz
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Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous: Tiny Text
Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous: Tiny Text
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Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous, Graph & Croc CMS185
Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous, Graph & Croc CMS185
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Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous, Entomology
Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous, Entomology
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Darice Sinamay Roll, Natural
Darice Sinamay Roll, Natural
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MISC
Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink Pad, Vintage Photo
Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink Pad, Vintage Photo
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Dina Wakley Media, Palette Knife
Dina Wakley Media, Palette Knife
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Tim Holtz/Ranger Crackle Distress Texture Paste
Tim Holtz/Ranger Crackle Distress Texture Paste
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SSS | Ranger
Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink, Salvaged Patina Distress Spray Stain
Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink, Salvaged Patina Distress Spray Stain
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SSS | Ranger
Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain Crushed Olive
Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain Crushed Olive
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SSS | Ranger
Tim Holtz, Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Tim Holtz, Vintage Photo Distress Ink
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SSS | Ranger
Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink, Salvaged Patina Distress Paint
Tim Holtz/Ranger Ink, Salvaged Patina Distress Paint
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SSS | Ranger
Distress White Heavystock
Distress White Heavystock
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SSS | Ranger
Ranger Ink, Mini Domed Ink Blending Foam
Ranger Ink, Mini Domed Ink Blending Foam
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Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Ibt40965
Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Ibt40965
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SSS | LF | Ranger
Flour Sack Cloths
Flour Sack Cloths
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SSS | MISC
Tim Holtz Distress Paint, Twisted Citron
Tim Holtz Distress Paint, Twisted Citron
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SSS | Ranger
Lawn Fawn, Kraft Cardstock
Lawn Fawn, Kraft Cardstock
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SSS | LF
Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer Ranger 4 Ounces
Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer Ranger 4 Ounces
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SSS | Ranger
Tim Holtz, Distress Oxide Tea Dye
Tim Holtz, Distress Oxide Tea Dye
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SSS | Ranger
Dina Wakley Media, White Gesso
Dina Wakley Media, White Gesso
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Dina Wakley Media, Brushes
Dina Wakley Media, Brushes
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Lawn Fawn, Blue Jay Cardstock
Lawn Fawn, Blue Jay Cardstock
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SSS | LF
Fiskars Microtip Scissors
Fiskars Microtip Scissors
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Fiskars Fingertip Control Knife
Fiskars Fingertip Control Knife
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Tim Holtz/Tonic, Replacement non-stick mat
Tim Holtz/Tonic, Replacement non-stick mat
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Lawn Fawn, Bone Folder
Lawn Fawn, Bone Folder
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SSS | LF
Ranger, Heat Tool
Ranger, Heat Tool
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SSS | Ranger
Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet
Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet
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SSS | Ranger
Altenew, Mini Blossom Die Cut machine
Altenew, Mini Blossom Die Cut machine
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SSS | MISC
Spellbinders Platinum
Spellbinders Platinum
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  1. Patricia Wilson says

    July 19, 2021 at 4:14 pm

    Some interesting products used on this piece. Loved it.

    Reply
  2. Wendy Chan says

    July 18, 2021 at 12:50 pm

    Loved how you wrapped Prize Ribbon and all those amazing Tim Holtz products around your project!

    Reply
  3. Tiffany P says

    July 18, 2021 at 12:23 pm

    Amazing!! Thank you for the detailed instruction. Totally inspiring!!

    Reply

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