Distress Ink Card Techniques

• Cards
• Essentials

Make your cards bright and fun! Jenn Shurkus is here with practical ideas for using distress inks to create colorful backgrounds for your cards. Jenn shares six simple techniques using stencils, dies, inks, and more that will set you up for endless card-making possibilities. You’ll even learn how to bring your stamped images and backgrounds to life by using distress inks as watercolors!

Taught by:

Jenn Shurkus @jennshurkus

• Cape Cod, MA
• 90%

• What you'll learn +
  • Creating fun backgrounds with distress inks
  • Create a smooth blended distress-ink background over embossing
  • Stamping and watercoloring with distress inks
  • How to create a resist background with distress inks
  • Layering stencils for a fun background
  • No-line watercoloring

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Lessons

1. 1. Distress Ink Technique Supplies
2. 2. Watercolor Background
3. 3. Blended Background & Embossed Images
4. 4. Stamping & Watercolor
5. 5. Creating a Resist Background
6. 6. Stencil-Layered Background
7. 7. No-Line Watercoloring

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