I needed to create some journaling boxes for a layout this month. The background paper looked like the old worn wood of a barn, so I pulled some paper from my stash that was a different wood pattern.
I didn't want to use plain black ink because I felt that would be too crisp and clean for this particular layout so I decided to mix my inks.
I started with a Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Tea Dye). It gave me a nice soft edged impression, but it wasn't really strong enough on its own. I then applied a layer of black Stazon ink right on top. It was easy to line it up because my journaling boxes were clear stamps from Autumn Leaves.
The results were better than I expected. I think the combination of these 2 inks make it look like the stamps were burned into, or "branded" onto the wood paper. It really does! Look!I then added the 3D flowers and fern from Anna Griffin and voila!
NOTE: I have been told to immediately clean my clear stamps if I use Stazon ink so that they don't get "gummy". I do this every time and I have had no problem.
2 comments:
I love the layout & those tags with the Autumn Leaves clear stamps are awesome! I have those stamps, too, so now I must go play!
You are just so stinkin' clever. I am horrible about cleaning my stamps. I used to be psyscho crazy about getting them perfect clean and then I ran into somebody who said she never cleaned hers - so guess what? It works for me. If I ever try to clean mine again I will definitely go with the RIGHT AWAY method.
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