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A striking black and white card featuring a distressed typewriter stamp design created using a water spray and ink blending technique. The layered stamping creates a blurred, burnished effect that brings depth and texture to a simple monochromatic design.

You will need

Versafine Ink Pad - Onyx Black - 300921CSEE IT

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Step by step

Take a piece of white cardstock and spray it lightly with water. ▶ watch 7:00
Stamp the typewriter image onto the wet cardstock using black oxide ink, allowing the ink to bleed slightly into the water. ▶ watch 7:15
Mop up excess water with tissue and dry the card with a heat gun. ▶ watch 8:00
Stamp the same typewriter image again in true black ink on top of the blurred design to bring back detail and definition. ▶ watch 9:30
Dry the card completely with your heat gun. ▶ watch 10:15
Blend black ink around the edges of the cardstock using a blending brush to soften the harsh white border. ▶ watch 11:45
Mount the stamped white panel onto a piece of black cardstock. ▶ watch 13:00
Stamp additional textured elements such as butterflies and circles from the stamp set onto the card in black ink. ▶ watch 14:15
Add a sentiment from your washi tape collection to complete the card. ▶ watch 19:00
Mount the finished card onto a seven by seven card base. ▶ watch 21:30

Tips from the show

You can use this water spray and double stamping technique across approximately 80 per cent of your stamps.
Navy, purple, blue, brown and black all work beautifully with this technique.
This card works particularly well as a masculine card design.

Black and White Monochromatic Distressed Typewriter Card

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