Hi all!

It’s JoAnn and today I’m going to show you an easy way to create your own background paper using Distress Inks and the Timeless Textures set from Skipping Stones Design!

I’ve really been loving making my own backgrounds and designer paper using simple texture stamps lately! You can see what I mean back at my blog at this post, this post and this post. *lol*

Anyway, here’s what you need:

  • Distress Inks – 2 or 3 of them, I used 3.
  • cardstock
  • craft mat
  • water spritzer – I used a Mini Mister by Ranger
  • Distress Ink tool (not pictured)
  • craft sponge (not pictured)
  • your favorite texture stamps from Skipping Stones Design

So, first you start off with you favorite Distress Inks. I used the 3 newest holiday ones: Iced Spruce, Festive Berries, and Evergreen Bough.

Stamp them directly onto your craft mat:

After you’ve got them nice and juicily (ha ha. Is that a word???) stamped, take your Mini Mister…

And spritz a few times onto your newly inked craft mat!


Then take your stamp… I used one of the ones from Timeless Textures… and stamp into the inky mess you’ve just created. :)

It’ll create a really cool watercolor effect on your paper.

And when you’re done, it’ll look like this:

After I trimmed off a bit of the edges, I took my distress ink tool and the Festive Berries ink and swirled it around the edge of the cardstock.

I stamped the ink directly onto the craft mat, took my ink applicator and went from the mat and then onto the paper…

To look like this:

But then the red was a bit too much for me so I took a craft sponge and the Iced Spruce Distress Ink and ran it around the edge of my cardstock… Just to neutralize the edges a bit.
And for my finished card? Here’s what it looks like…

supplies: CS: kraft (Paper Accents); stamp sets: Timeless Textures, Christmas Song (Skipping Stones Design; inks: Festive Berries, Iced Spruce, Evergreen Bough Distress Inks (Ranger); kraft envelope (Canvas Corp); other: twine

I decided to make a little gift card holder out of it. I’ve got a lot of presents to buy this year, so I hope that the recipient appreciates an adorable little holder for his/her gift!

And I hope you all like what I’ve created for you today! I’m hoping that I’ve inspired you to break out those Distress Inks and texture stamps! It’s so much fun to get MESSY! :)

Have a fabulous Thursday!

hugs,
Jo:)