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Help school me ladies. I’ve seen the Distress ink and refills all over the place and I thought what a gimmick! The ink is so much more expensive than ours, why not do the same technique they teach with our old olive or close to cocoa? Then I saw a post on the SU site about that being a new catty wish list item. To those of you who have used it, what’s the difference?
It's thinner ink and the pad is raised, so direct-to-paper techniques are easier. Unless you are heavy-duty into the distressed/aged look, though, the Close to Cocoa pad should be sufficient.
I took a series of classes from Tim Holtz at a Club Scrap retreat a couple of years ago right before the Distress Inks line came out from Ranger. He did all of his demonstrations, many of which featured an aged look, with regular Ranger ink pads (designed like the old-style SU) a spritz bottle of water and a stipple brush.
I do like the range of colors in the Distress Ink, though!
I use our (SU's) close to cocoa and basic brown when I'm distressing for that "old" look. For other DTP stuff I use whatever SU ink I'm using for the card or scrapbook page.
I don't see a difference between the Distress Inks and SU's inks.
I bought the Tea coloured Distress ink and have not have much luck getting a result I like. I will try to play more when I get chance. I crumpled and wet the paper but the ink turned green on the edges after it dried or I tore the paper! Tried several types of paper so can't remember which ones.
Before I became a Stampin' Up demo, I was a big fan of ranger inks. That was pretty much all I used, Especially the Adirondak line. But I do prefer the stampin' up inks now. The colors in the earth elements line are very similar to adirondak But I prefer the SU quality. There isn't a single distressing technique that you can't do with an SU ink.
Personally, I wouldn't buy the "Distress" ink. It's a waste of money. Just my two cents!
I used a friend's distressed ink pads, and honestly, I saw no benefit to it over the SU craft pads... seems like the same thing to me only dressed up pretty and marked up in price!
That's just my opinion though
So good to know! I'd hate to add a "useless" product to the catty. I'm of Alton Brown's perspective that I like multi functional tools and supplies. What the use of having something you can use only one way?
I have to say that I use creamy caramel the most when I ditress things. I will go darker if it needs, but always start with that one.
me, too!
I'm glad I saw this thread, though, 'cuz I see the distressed ink @ my scrapbookstore and wonder if I need it or not. I think I will save my $$$ for things I really need!
Distress Ink, is it a crock?
