Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pads - Fossilized Amber, Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick and Spiced Marmalade

I generally make and sell between 150 - 200 greeting cards per year to benefit our local libraries, and I like to design my own background paper, usually with watercolors. I found some videos on YouTube that showed how to use these Distress Oxide Ink Pads to color backgrounds and decided to give them a try. The crafters in the videos used special tools to stamp these distress inks, but all I used were wadded up bits of plastic food wrap--one wad for each of the four colors. The wrinkles in the plastic wrap gave an interesting abstract pattern to the stamped ink. Please see customer image for an A2 (5.5" x 4.25") Friendship card where the background sheet music has been stamped using all four colors in this pack: - Fossilized Amber, Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick, and Spiced Marmalade. I edged the sheet music with Fired Brick. If you spritz your paper with water either before or after you add the ink, the colors will blend together.

Sigh. Discovering this line of ink pads is seriously making a dent in my wallet, But I'm determined to buy every color! Love the versatility of this ink. It's perfect for standard stamping, making cool backgrounds (fine mist of water makes the color pop off the paper), and absolutely love love love using them in my art journal. The ink is sort of creamy (for an ink pad) so the colors blend nicely. YouTube has a nice collection of videos on how to use the oxide ink pads and other creative ideas - I got hooked after watching how to make a galaxy background.

Very best blending inks of any other ink

Received quickly & love the colors. Have only played with a little but love the blendability. Can't wait to see all I will be able to do.

Good color combo

Distress oxides are da bomb

The oxides are great! I am having so much fun with them.

First order I received three ink pads all in brick instead of four in the variety colors as described. Returned it for a replacement only to receive three ink pads in worn lipstick. It will also be going back. Distress oxide inks are great. Find a different seller.