Distress Ink background technique

Here's a real quick and easy background technique that I have been playing around with lately. All you need is a ribbler.....I'm guessing everyone has one of those from the early days of crafting, if not call Karen in the shop on 01234 714848, we have them in the shop. You''l need some tags, Distress inks and ink blending tools. Start by covering your tag with a reasonably light colour Distress Ink, I used Wild Honey.

Pop it through your ribbler.

Add some highlights of a darker colour, my choice was Forest Moss and you'll see the lines magically appear.

Add a second colour.....I used Rusty Hinge.

Pop it back through the ribbler, in the opposite direction.

Rub on Distress Inks again and the pattern will emerge.

For the second sample I used Broken China and Wild Honey although my photography is so rubbish, the colours do not look like this in real life.

Simply repeat the whole process.

THis time I just used a straight ribbler.

And added a touch of Brushed Corduroy for the edges.

Just lovely!!! Of course if you now want to stamp on this, simply iron it to flatten.

Try it, it's fun!!

Have a fab weekend, Lin