Friday, July 1, 2011

Water Distressing Technique

One of my all time favorite techniques is a light water distressing trick that I do.  It's very simple and all you need is a glass of water and a q-tip or two.  Here is a recent layout of my daughter that I did using water distressing.

I mainly use this technique around the border of my paper, but you can do this on every layer that you use.  For this layout I used Pure and Cheeky from the May Ella collection along with Chic from the Just Add Color collection. 

To get this look follow these simple steps:

1) Distress your edges with your favorite distressing tool or the edge of scissors. 
2) Ink your edges in your choice of color and ink.
3) Dip your q-tip in your water and begin running it along the edges of your paper.  Do this enough to saturate the edges and let your ink run a little.
4) When I layer my papers I always try to scrunch up the edges so that the other layers show and crinkle together.
5) Go over your edges again with an ink blending tool.
** Added flair:  I used some glitter paint to enhance my edges even more. 
 Here are some close-ups of the layout. 



I based this layout on a sketch made by Charlotte!  Thanks for stopping by Urban Swank!! Come back soon!!

6 comments:

  1. Absolutely stunjning ♥♥♥!!
    what is a q-tip???

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  2. So gorgeous!!!
    Petra a Q-tip is a cotton tipped swab. Mostly used for cleaning ears.
    http://www.qtips.com/

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  3. Uhooi,,
    Wow,, This card is very nice, beautiful and creative,,

    Uhooi.blogspot.com

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  4. Stunning project! Love the distressing. TFS

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  5. This is just fabulous!!! Love your technique and thank you for sharing!!!

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