Snowy Ombre Distress Ink Background

I'm on the IndigoBlu blog today sharing inspiration with the design team.  As we near to Christmas Day, and winter well on its way, my thoughts went to blues and silent nights.  I created an ombre inked background with Distress Inks to set the stage.

You can do this with any colors, just pick three ranging from dark to light.  I gave two taps of each in rows onto my craft mat, as large as my watercolor panel, then spritzed with water.  I dipped the panel into the inks and let it set a minute so the ink would really soak in.  After, I heat set the panel, then sponged on additional ink as needed.  Finally, I flicked water onto the dried panel and blotted with a towel after about 20 seconds.  I did this over and over to get a really snowy looking background.

Now for the stamping!  I embossed the gorgeous tree from the Winterland Wood stamp set.  I embossed part of the White Christmas sentiment from the Sparkle and Glisten sentiment set along the bottom.

I dipped my seam binding into the same inks and did a wrap around fluffy bow.  For my layering panel, I dipped it into watery Pumice Stone Distress Ink , then sponged Evergreen Bough along the edge and stamped the Night Before Christmas stamp repeatedly.

Purchase your Sparkle and Glisten stamp set today HERE!

I'm also sharing with:

A Vintage Journey: Winter Magic

Dragons Lair: Christmas Wishes

QKR Stampede: Christmas Cards

Addicted to Stamps: Snowflakes

Dragonfly Journeys: Snow Day!

The Ribbon Girls: Any Image + Ribbon