Love the tutorial! The little booklet is awesome! Thanks for sharing and thinking of us. :D

Very cool. I had wondered how those inks worked. Thanks!

If it's the cost of the felt you are concerned about, you don't *have* to buy the ranger felt pads. They are just felt, after all. However, the regular polyester felt won't work. It has to be wool felt, which you can buy in bigger sheets and cut off however much you need. I found mine in a yarn/textile/fabric store.
Also, when you want to do (non-alcoholic) ink in a smudgy way, the felt doesn't work for that. You can either use the Inksentials product and cut off pieces when you need them, or use make up sponges. I like the make up sponges for the way they are wedges - easier to hold onto.

(non-alcoholic) ink in a smudgy way

Why does this sound contradictory?

(non-alcoholic) ink in a smudgy way

Why does this sound contradictory?

I took this to mean Distress techniques, which often involve smudging ink in various ways to create certain effects. :-)

Thanks. ;-) One more thing to learn...

well, frykitty's tutorial uses alcohol inks, from either Ranger or Jacquard. That is one technique, and uses a felt pad.
If you want to smudge on pigment ink, you can use a makeup sponge and sweep it onto the paper in a circular motion. It gives a different effect.
For more info., look for the Tim Holtz tutorials on his blog.