Giving Paper an Aged or Distressed Look

Total Time: 15 minutes

Yield: 1 distressed image

Supplies:

• printed image on paper
• ink pad of brown or black. There are special distressing inks at craft stores. I just picked a brown color I liked.
• foam brush
• magazine page for brushing image onto ink pad and pressing, later when glued.
• glue stick

 

 

Steps:

1. Open ink pad and slide all four sides of image across inkpad.

 

 
2. Crumple up paper and lay face-down on ink pad. Lightly brush over image with foam brush. Puck image up off the ink pad quickly.

 

 
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3. Use a glue stick on back of image and place on background paper if you want, or in a journal.

 
4. Place magazine page over top of image, after glueing in journal. Press image gently onto paper. Leave magazine page in place until glue is set.

 
5. Enjoy your beautiful vintage image!