"How are You?" Distress Ink Card

I'm back!

Today's second post is more of a complex card that involves several steps, including lots of embossing and distress inking. Without further ado, I am going to show you the card and then explain a couple of the steps.

 This post features many techniques that I have not yet shown on my blog. In this case, I have shown ombre distress inking on an embossing resist. Basically, this means I stamped and embossed an image, and inked on top of the embossing, which resists the ink.

1. Step one: Stamp and emboss (stamp with embossing ink, apply embossing powder, heat with heat tool) your background image
2. Apply the distress ink (with the applicator). First start with one color at the edge of the embossed cardstock with medium pressure and lighten the pressure as you reach the middle. 
3. Do the same as step to for the second color on the opposite side.

Now you should have cool ink ombre effect with a beautiful background!

The rest of the card is fairly simple- mostly cutting and adhering along with the stamping and embossing of the sentiment. The colors I chose resembled green grass and the sky above, so I punched out a couple of cute bunnies to put hopping around on the grass.

I hope I can create a video on distress inking soon *hint hint*.

Supplies:

• Paper: Bazzill COCONUT SWIRL Cardstock, Bazzill BLACKBIRD Cardstock
• Stamps/Ink: Impression Obsession C-A-C FLUFF Stamp, Inkadinkado HAPPY SPRING DAY Stamp Set, Versamark Ink, Inkadinkado WHITE LINEN Embossing Powder, Tim Holtz BROKEN CHINA Distress Ink, Tim Holtz FOREST MOSS Distress Ink, Tim Holtz PEELED PAINT Distress Ink
• Embellishments/Other: Martha Stewart SITTING BUNNY Punch, We R Memory Keepers CORNER CHOMPER

Ta-ta!

-Daisy Parker