[cmedance]

Can you distress with white?

[lpap0807]

I am afraid to crumple my paper. AAAHHHH. lol seriously distressing is stressing for me. although i do have that basic grey precision file and i just got the heidi swapp edger thing. I am hoping to learn great things from this class!

I agree, very stressful for me too, but I love it in the end!

[Beth-W]

do you have to use distressing ink or can those little color ink/chalk work

Truthfully, I use both. I love the little inkpads for getting into the crooks of chipboard. I also like the color selection of inkpads. Experiment with both and see what you like. I use both and they results are similar.

[Hudson]

did not know that --- have to go check out my distress pads now.

[JulianaM]

Awesome techniques Beth! TFS!!!!

[Beth-W]

Can you distress with white?

Yes!!! Great question. You can most definitely distress with white. It will make it look like the paper has a white core or enhance the white if it already does. I will show you a LO later in the class that I distress with white paint.

[hellmgle]

Great tip....hadn't heard that one before!!

[sls9663]

Wow! It's the first I've heard of pulling off the top layer. I'm going to have to get another one so I can use it both ways.

[AlwaysHappy]

I wondered why those pads were so flat. I thought it kind of unusual. Interesting to know that they will lift up. Like you, I would be wearing the ink. LOL

[Beth-W]

oh! I'm so excited to learn that you can pull off that top piece! I find it easier to apply with a softer surface.

It is easier and I prefer the resulting look.

[jazzyscrapper]

I am going to pull off the top layer too I like that look so much better!

[Beth-W]

I placed the paper we distressed next to the original piece so you could see the difference:

[Heidi1154]

You are giving some very good tips!!!

[Beth-W]

Wow! It's the first I've heard of pulling off the top layer. I'm going to have to get another one so I can use it both ways.

I posted a photo of what it looks like.

It doesn't make sense that the pad is flat if you think about it, but I never thought of questioning it. Someone shared this tip with me a couple of years ago and it is fantastic.

[Beth-W]

I then continued to do the same thing to all of the other papers I added to my page. I kept adding layers of paper to the page. I think that with distressing, the more layers of paper you add, the better it looks. This is just my own personal preference.

[Shanscraps]

I love this...

[jaziscrapper]

I'll have to check out my ink pads too and see about pulling off the top.

[lpap0807]

oh! I'm so excited to learn that you can pull off that top piece! I find it easier to apply with a softer surface.

It is easier and I prefer the resulting look.

Really like that look so much better! Have to give it a try.

[Beth-W]

I am afraid to crumple my paper. AAAHHHH. lol seriously distressing is stressing for me. although i do have that basic grey precision file and i just got the heidi swapp edger thing. I am hoping to learn great things from this class!

I agree, very stressful for me too, but I love it in the end!

I wanted to say that I was scared of doing anything to my paper in fear of messing it up. After playing with these distressing techniques, crumpling comes very easily.

[Beth-W]

Another thing I wanted to show you was paper tearing. I think it looks great with distressed papers and really goes with the worn and vintage look. You can see from looking at my LO that I tore the edge of the Turquoise Wallpaper patterned paper I used on the left of the LO. When tearing paper, I like to place the paper with the pattern face up. I then tear the paper upward. It is hard to show you the exact way I hold the paper while I tear it with one hand on the camera but I usually use one hand to hold the paper and the other to tear. By tearing it upward, you can see the white core of the paper.