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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Distress Ink Experimenting

Hello

Thank you to all those people that left comments on my last post, I really appreciate it (even if you weren't able to answer all my questions :))

I love using distress inks on my cards, but I have never really created a background with them. Aside from the sentiment stamp, (and card stock), everything else on this card is distress inks.

I printed a city scape out on my computer, cut out the negative and used it as a mask - using my blending tool and Black Soot I inked in the buildings. I then took the mask away and using a number of different inks, made the sunset. I deliberately let the black buildings smudge a little - I like the look.

It's good to play around with different products and techniques - I had fun!

Thanks for visiting.

Jay Gee

11 comments:

Joy said...

What a wonderful technique Judith so creative, I love it...love the background of distress ink..perfect!

Jenny said...

Great simple design, love it. Would make a great card for someone starting a new job in the city :)
Jenny x

Karen B. said...

Fantastic technique card, the yellow really pops!

~amy~ said...

oooh....lovely.

Unknown said...

well I think it turned out splendidly!

Emily Leiphart said...

Judith, this is gorgeous! I love the brilliant yellow sky against the black skyline. I can't wait to get more distress inks so I can play with them like this. Thanks for the inspiration!

Anita Rex said...

Love this! Such a great job with the distress inks!!!

jen said...

very striking! :)
I love the experimenting you're doing....

Anonymous said...

I love how this turned out Judith! So gorgeous! Looks like a real sunset over the city :)

Jen W. said...

Ditto to what Simone said! Love your masking idea! :)

~Tammy~ said...

This is sooooo cool!