Hi Jan, I’m not sure what you mean by #1. I have about half the DO colors. I plan to add a few more colors, but don’t need them all.
I have tried a lot of techniques with DO. My favorite is to ink up a stamp, spritz with water, and then stamp onto colored cardstock. Depending on the color of ink, paper and amount of water, the color of the image will vary. I did some blog posts when DO’s were new, and the one that is pinned a lot is Stamping with water. You blend a background with DO, then ink your stamp with Versamark and spritz with water to get a ghosted image.
Basically, for DO inks, just try every technique there is for regular distress, but you will get different results. Then Tim shows the layered backgrounds, which I have had really varied results. He says you cannot create mud, but I have! I also like to add sparkle to his style of backgrounds to cheer them up. I am not a grungy crafter, so that makes me happier.
And don’t forget simple ink blending.
Here is a link to the cards I have posted on my blog using DO inks. You will need to click to older posts when you reach the bottom. I do a lot of regular stamping with this inks now. They stamp so well.
http://mylittlestampingblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Distress%20OxideAs for who posts the most info on them, now that they are used by so many crafters, I find there is a lot of repeated information about them and everyone is sharing, no particular person. Jennifer McGuires original videos were helpful.