How to Use Distressing Ink on a Scrapbook Layout
Distress ink is an acid free product in pad or liquid form. The ink comes in dozens of colors to complement the main color of your scrapbook layout. Colors range from faded jeans, tea, walnut and old paper to soot and vintage photo. You can use distressing ink on a scrapbook layout to give a vintage effect to individual components or to the entire page.
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Things You'll Need
- Distressing ink pad
- Scrapbook layout--unassembled
- Blending tool
- Non-stick craft sheet
- Heat tool
- Rubber stamp basic shape or vintage image
Instructions
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Scrapbook layout page: Hold the paper in your hand. Pick up the distressed ink pad and brush it over the edges to smudge and age the paper.
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Scrapbook page components: Place journaling tag, photo mats, title mat and die-cut embellishments on to non stick craft mat. Daub the blending tool in to the distressed ink pad or liquid ink. Brush the blending tool on the craft mat running it just over the edges of any components for the layout. Brush as much distressed color on to the pieces as you want.
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Wrinkled distressed page or component: Scrunch up the component or scrapbook paper in your hands to wrinkle it fully. Spread out on table and rub an ink pad or inked blender tool over the raised areas only. Spritz with a fine mist of water.The ink will react and spread out giving dimension to the piece. Iron the wrinkles away with a craft iron. You will see an excellent effect of rich inked lines and splotches of color.
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Inked rubber stamp images: Blot ink pad on to areas of a vintage look rubber stamp. Stamp image on to a piece of cardstock. Dry with heat gun. Mount on to scrapbook layout.
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Two color tag or mat: Blend one color on one side of a tag or mat. Blend a second color on the other side of the piece. Spritz with a fine mist of water. Dry with heat gun. Repeat with more color if you want to.
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Tips & Warnings
Daub some ink in one to three colors on a non- stick craft mat or piece of freezer paper. Spritz with water then dip an item in to the ink. Dry and repeat to increase the ink effect. There are many distressed ink application tools on the market.
Read the instructions on your ink packages to prevent damage to clothing and other items.
