Weathered Wood with Distress Ink

Weathered Wood with Distress Ink

Mar 12, 2010

 

Learn a simple technique using Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink to create an aged weathered wood background .

Ingredients

• Ranger 15 x 18 Non-Stick Craft Sheet
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink – (Broken China, Brushed Corduroy or Walnut Ink)
• Ranger cut n’ Dry foam
• Ranger Mini Mister
• Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink
• Ranger Heat-It Craft Tool
• Stamps of your choice

Steps for Weathered Wood Background

1. Cut a small section of foam to use as a paint tool. Use you foam section to rub on felt pad of Distress Ink.
2. Rub sections of the inked pad (Corduroy or Walnut Ink) across the tag – to simulate a wood grain affect. Leave some sections blank without any ink – you will fill in with your second color. Let ink dry.
3. Use a clean section of your ink pad and load with your second color of Distress Ink (Broken China). Rub the color in the sections that have not been colored. It does not hurt to rub in some of your blue over your brown. Let Dry.
4. You can use a lighter color of brown to wipe over the entire card – Let Dry.
5. Stamp your images onto the tag. Start with a background stamp in a shade that is going to be lighter than your top image – You could use any of the brown shades.
6. Stamp your top layers in Jet Black Archival Ink

Filed Under: Technique and The Art District