Distress Die Cuts: 4 Fast Methods + NEW Distress Color!

Hello! Today I share a close look at the newest Tim Holtz Distress color… and 4 fast ways to colors die cuts with Distress products!

Fast Distress Die Cut Methods Video by Jennifer McGuire Ink

[If the video isn’t showing up, click HERE to watch it. All supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this post. Compensated affiliate links may be used at no cost to you and product disclosure is below. As always, I appreciate your support of my videos!]

I hope you enjoy this longer “episode” full of Distress ideas. I love the new color – Saltwater Taffy!

Here are the cards from my video along with the main products featured. For the full supply list, scroll down to the thumbnails at the end of this post.


View Card Bookmark Card LOVE AND HUGS CARD – Quick coloring of die cuts with Distress Sprays.
Size: 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
Featuring:
Tim Holtz NEW Saltwater Taffy Distress Products (SSS)
Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain (SSS)
Tim Holtz Distress Mica Sprays (SSS)
Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper (SSS)
Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers Tulip Dies (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Secret Garden Coverplate Die (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Swirling Leaves Pierced Plate (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Get Well Soon Stamps (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Get Well Soon Dies (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Warm Pearls Stickers (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Envelopes (HNB | SSS)
Gina K Whisper Cardstock (GNK)
• Additional supplies linked in the thumbnails at the end of this post.

Fast Distress Die Cut Methods Video by Jennifer McGuire Ink

Fast Distress Die Cut Methods Video by Jennifer McGuire Ink


View Card Bookmark Card MISS YOU CARD – Quick coloring of die cuts with Distress Stain Sprays.
Size: 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
Featuring:
Tim Holtz NEW Saltwater Taffy Distress Products (SSS)
Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain (SSS)
Tim Holtz Distress Mica Sprays (SSS)
Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper (SSS)
Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers Tulip Dies (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Quilted Coverplate Die (HNB | SSS)
Memory Box Miss You Posh Script Dies (SSS)
Honey Bee Warm Pearls Stickers (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Envelopes (HNB | SSS)
Simon Says Stamp Matte Gold Cardstock (SSS)
• Additional supplies linked in the thumbnails at the end of this post.

Fast Distress Die Cut Methods Video by Jennifer McGuire Ink

Fast Distress Die Cut Methods Video by Jennifer McGuire Ink


View Card Bookmark Card TAKE CARECARD – Quick coloring of die cuts with Distress Stain Sprays.
Size: 4 1/4″ x 6″
Featuring:
Tim Holtz NEW Saltwater Taffy Distress Products (SSS)
Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain (SSS)
Tim Holtz Distress Mica Sprays (SSS)
Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper (SSS)
Honey Bee Lovely Layers Anemone Dies (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Lovely Layers Greenery Dies (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Get Well Soon Stamps (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Get Well Soon Dies (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Sealed With Love Stamps (HNB | SSS)
Cards and Pockets 5×7 Coral Envelope (CRD)
Honey Bee Warm Pearls Stickers (HNB | SSS)
• Additional supplies linked in the thumbnails at the end of this post.

Fast Distress Die Cut Methods Video by Jennifer McGuire Ink

Fast Distress Die Cut Methods Video by Jennifer McGuire Ink


View Card Bookmark Card THANKS BOLD FLOWERS CARD – Quick coloring of die cuts with Distress Inks and water.
Size: 5″ x 7″
Featuring:
Tim Holtz NEW Saltwater Taffy Distress Products (SSS)
Tim Holtz Distress Ink (SSS)
Tim Holtz Distress Mica Sprays (SSS)
Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper (SSS)
Honey Bee Lovely Layers Sunflowers Dies (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Thanks Dies (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Sealed With Love Stamps (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Warm Pearls Stickers (HNB | SSS)
Simon Says Stamp Matte Gold Cardstock (SSS)
Cards and Pockets 5×7 Peach Envelope (CRD)
• Additional supplies linked in the thumbnails at the end of this post.

Fast Distress Die Cut Methods Video by Jennifer McGuire Ink

Fast Distress Die Cut Methods Video by Jennifer McGuire Ink


View Card Bookmark Card YOU ARE KIND CARD – Quick coloring of die cuts with Distress Oxide Inks.
Size: 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
Featuring:
Tim Holtz NEW Saltwater Taffy Distress Products (SSS)
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink (SSS)
Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper (SSS)
Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers Tulip Dies (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Quilted Coverplate Die (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Bitty Buzzwords Bloom Stamps (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Bitty Buzzwords Bloom Dies (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Warm Pearls Stickers (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Envelopes (HNB | SSS)
Simon Says Stamp Matte Gold Cardstock (SSS)
• Additional supplies linked in the thumbnails at the end of this post.

Fast Distress Die Cut Methods Video by Jennifer McGuire Ink

Fast Distress Die Cut Methods Video by Jennifer McGuire Ink


View Card Bookmark Card LOVE AND HUGS CARD – Quick coloring of die cuts with Distress Oxide Inks.
Size: 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
Featuring:
Tim Holtz NEW Saltwater Taffy Distress Products (SSS)
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink (SSS)
Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper (SSS)
Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers Tulip Dies (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Garden Lattice Die (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Garden Lattice Top Die (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Squeeze the Days Stamps (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Squeeze the Day Dies (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Sealed With Love Stamps (HNB | SSS)
Honey Bee Warm Pearls Stickers (HNB | SSS)
Taylored Expressions Cupcake Envelope (TE)
• Additional supplies linked in the thumbnails at the end of this post.

Fast Distress Die Cut Methods Video by Jennifer McGuire Ink

Fast Distress Die Cut Methods Video by Jennifer McGuire Ink

NEW DISTRESS COLOR

Tim has release a new color – Saltwater Taffy! Find all the new products in this color HERE.

INK SWATCH DOWNLOAD

I have free Ink Swatch Downloads for you! This is updated with the new Distress color- Saltwater Taffy.

  • Click HERE for the Distress Oxide Ink Swatch Download.
  • Click HERE for the Distress Ink Swatch Download.

Have a great weekend!

SUPPLIES

Want to find the products I used? I have listed them below. (Compensated affiliate links used at no cost to you. Thank you for your support! Affiliate and product disclosure can be found  at my disclosure page. All products were personally purchased except the Honey Bee and some of the Tim Holtz products which were provided/sponsored by the company with no expectation. As always, I was not paid to do this post nor am I on any design teams. I only use products I love!) Click on the icons below each product picture to go to a favorite store.

Tim Holtz NEW Saltwater Taffy…
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Products
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Mica Sprays
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper
[ SSS ]
Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers Tulip…
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Lovely Layers Anemone Dies
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Lovely Layers Sunflowers Dies
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Secret Garden Coverplate Die
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Swirling Leaves Pierced…
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Quilted Coverplate Die
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Garden Lattice Die
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Garden Lattice Top Die
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Lovely Layers Greenery Dies
[ HNB | SSS ]
Memory Box Miss You Posh Script Dies
[ SSS ]
Honey Bee Thanks Stamps
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Thanks Dies
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Bitty Buzzwords Bloom Stamps
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Bitty Buzzwords Bloom Dies
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Squeeze the Days Stamps
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Squeeze the Day Dies
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Get Well Soon Stamps
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Get Well Soon Dies
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Sealed With Love Stamps
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Hugs and Kisses Gem Stickers
[ HNB | SSS ]
Honey Bee Warm Pearls Stickers
[ HNB | SSS ]
Anna Griffin Empress Die Cut Maachine
[ UQH ]
Spellbinders Aqua Platinum 6 Die Cut…
[ SPL ]
Easy See Tape
[ SSS | DSG ]
Trays For Organizing
[ AMZUS ]
Tim Holtz Ink Blending Domed Foam
[ SSS ]
Mini Ink Blending Tool
[ SSS ]
Altenew Detailed Blending Brushes
[ SSS ]
The Ink Stand
[ SSS ]
Waffle Flower Stencil Mat
[ WFF ]
Gina K Connect Large Bottle Glue
[ SSS | GNK ]
Gina K Fine Tip Bottles
[ SSS | GNK ]
Gina K Whisper Cardstock
[ GNK ]
Simon Says Stamp Matte Gold Cardstock
[ SSS ]
Honey Bee Envelopes
[ HNB | SSS ]
Cards and Pockets 5×7 Coral Envelope
[ CRD ]
Taylored Expressions Cupcake Envelope
[ TE ]
Cards and Pockets 5×7 Peach Envelope
[ CRD ]


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24 thoughts on “Distress Die Cuts: 4 Fast Methods + NEW Distress Color!”

  1. I just loved this video. So many ideas and so many techniques. I wish you would share the dies and products you used for the 400 cards. They are just beautiful also.

  2. Wonderful Video.
    Thank you for showing the new Tim Holtz Saltwater Taffy ink. It’s a beautiful color. Reminds me of SC beaches.

  3. This looks like so much fun. Your video is fabulous! and your cards are beautiful. Thank You. I wish I had all of these Honey Bee products and the TH sprays!

  4. Wow! Great and easy techniques. Thank you so much. I tend to get bogged down on making one card and wish I could reach into a drawer and pull out what I want. These techniques are the answer! Fun!!!

  5. I’m really excited to try these techniques, or some hybrid of them. I’d like to know how to use Distress ink in several different forms in one project. For example, if I buy the new Saltwater Taffy color in Distress spray, how can I use it with my other Distress ink colors, which are mini pads? And how can I use both regular Distress and Distress Oxide on the same project without cross-contaminating my pads? I’m new to all of this (as you can probably tell), and super excited to create beautiful cards like the ones you’ve shown.

  6. Love what you create you are one talented lady. I tried to order some of the products you showed and couldn’t get website to take card so went in later and one of the itmes was out of stock. I tried emailing sss and that didn’t go through. I did call and express my disappointment but again you are phenomenal .

  7. Love this video and thanks for the tip about a binder for extras! I don’t have much crafting space and my extras all in various boxes. A binder will make them so much more useable!

  8. Hi Jennifer, thank you so much for allowing us to use your swatch file, however I’ve printed both & saltwater taffy is not on them. Just thought I should let you know 😊❤️🇦🇺

  9. Jennifer, you and Hero Arts are so wonderful at reaching beyond the edges of stamping and rallying our community for good. Can we do anything to rally our forces for Yana Smakula and the people of Ukrainiae?

    1. Hi,
      I was wondering the same. I messaged Jennifer. I feel like we need to hold a fundraiser for the Red Cross or UNICEF or some organization that is intimately involved w/ helping Ukrainian refugees.
      Lori S in PA

  10. Wonderful cards, Jennifer. It’s funny how the new Distress colors are amazingly “needed” even though I did not see a lot of gaps in Tim’s line of colors. Now I am seeing that there was no peach. Duh.

    Please let the stamping / papercrafting community know if you hear of any ways to support Ukrainian folks. I tried some of Yana’s links, but either they were all in Cyrillic (I don’t bank on sites I can’t understand) or there were other issues.

    Thanks.
    Lori S in PA

  11. I always get excited when I receive an alert for one of your videos. ALWAYS so many great ideas. Thank you for all the effort you put into these videos!

  12. Thank you so much for showing us this technique! I received one of your cards after attending the Hero Arts stamp along and still have it up like artwork on a fridge. I love that I now know how the die cuts were done. Thanks again!

  13. Hi Jennifer, I have a question. You mentioned during this video that you use a magnetic plate with your die cut machine for small die cuts to hold them in place. I looked to see if it was on your list, but was not. Do you know if you could just use a thin magnetic sheet that we can store our dies on or is this a special plate? Thanks in advance…LOVE your work, dedication and ❤️ today is going to be a good day!

  14. I love this new color from Tim Holtz. Thank you for showing how to use these products. I’ve been buying the whole sets of Tim Holtz colors didn’t know how to use them. Going to give this a try soon. Thank you Jennifer!

  15. I love this new color from Tim Holtz. Thank you for showing how to use these products. I’ve been buying the whole sets of Tim Holtz colors didn’t know how to use them. Going to give this a try soon. Thank you Jennifer!

  16. I love this new color from Tim Holtz. Thank you for showing how to use these products. I’ve been buying the whole sets of Tim Holtz colors didn’t know how to use them. Going to give this a try soon. Thank you Jennifer!

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