FRIDAY FOCUS - Distress Markers

Woohoo! It's Friday Frilly & Funkie's! Anita Houston here, and it's my turn to host the Friday Focus. I decided that since so many of you are just now receiving your fantastic Distress Markers, that I would show you two quick techniques using them, that I learned from Tim. For those of you who haven't taken the leap to purchase them yet, consider yourself lucky! You can pick them up, as the Friday Focus item for 15% off the already discounted price of $89.95, at the Funkie Junkie Boutique. There is no price anywhere lower than that!

NOTE:  Our supply of distress markers has sold out - not a surprise at that amazing sale price!  You can still purchase them at the sale price of $76.46 as a PRE-ORDER.  Just go to the store and purchase them.  They will be ordered for you and you will receive them first come/first served.  

#1 Stamping With Distress Markers:

Color directly onto the stamp using your Distress Markers. The markers will not contaminate each other, but if you see a slight color change on the nib, then all you have to do is swip the tip on your craft sheet a few times to clean it off.

Once your stamp is covered, give it a good huff of breath and stamp onto your paper. Specialty Stamping paper or manila work really well. DO NOT clean your stamp afterwards.

There is still lots of ink left on the stamp. Lightly mist water in the air and catch it on your stamp (like you spray perfume). You will see the image refreshen. Stamp it on to your project. You can do this until your stamp is clean.

I was able to stamp this four times with the same ink. WOW!!! That not only saves time but money as well, and it gives a very 3D look to your image, and a soft watercolor look as well. Dry your image with a heat tool to set it in well.

Distress Marker Ink also acts as a resist (coolest part). You can ink over this in Distress Ink and your Marker image is unscathed. You can also color on top of the Distress Ink without contamination. I colored in a sun...see below.

I further colored in the berries with Picket Fence Distress Marker. It magically appears after you color it in, to a brilliant white.

#2 Watercoloring With Distress Markers:

Stamp an image using Archival Ink onto watercolor paper, so there is no smearing when you use water.

Choose various colors in the same family, and color in only the inside edges of your image, leaving the rest blank. Use a Fine Tip Water Brush to lift your color and blend it to a desired spot.

Continue blending until your desired look is achieved.

For the background, the process is the same, except you apply color to the outer borders of your image. Use a Broad Tip Water Brush to grab and blend the color.

I mounted this onto a manila tag that was color washed with Adirondack Color Wash in Wild Plum, and then inked around the edges with Broken China Distress Ink. The seam binding and flowers were also color washed.

Supplies:

Inkssentials Manila Cardstock	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Tag and Bookplates Die	Distress Markers (FJ)	Water Brush, Detailer Nib	Water Brush, Broad Tip
Inkssentials Water Mister (FJ)	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black	Rayon Seam Binding	Ranger Broken China Distress Ink (FJ)	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool-With 2 Blending Foams
Adirondack Color Wash in Wild Plum (FJ)	Metal Filigree Butterfly Set