Distress Spray Stain Margarita Card by Cheiron Brandon

Cheiron Brandon creates a fun, summery margarita card using Tim Holtz Distress® Spray Stains, Archival Inks, and tops it off with some Rock Candy Glitter.

Instructions

Hi there, crafty friends! It’s Cheiron Brandon here and I am thrilled to be sharing another tutorial with you here on the Ranger Ink Projects page. I have been playing with my Distress Sprays more and more recently and have been making tons of backgrounds in summery colors.  

Today, I have combined one of those backgrounds with the Tim Holtz Cocktails Blueprints to make a fun margarita card that is perfect to get ready for summer weather.  

 

Distress Spray Stain Margarita Card Step 1

Step 1: Gather your supplies. I used Distress Spray Stains in Cracked Pistachio, Twisted Citron, and Squeezed Lemonade along with Distress Archival Ink in Black Soot and Crushed Olive to ink up the Cocktails Blueprints and Tiny Text stamps.  
 
 

 

Distress Spray Stain Margarita Card Step 2

Step 2: Inside of a splat box, spray a panel of Distress Watercolor Cardstock with the Distress Spray Stains. I started with the Squeezed Lemonade and then added a little Cracked Pistachio and Twisted Citron.  

 

 

Distress Spray Stain Margarita Card Step 3

Step 3: Dry with Heat Tool, spray more water on panel as necessary and continue to dry.  

 

 

Distress Spray Stain Margarita Card Step 4

Step 4: Turn Tiny Text Stamps on their back and then ink up parts of the stamp with Distress Archival Ink in Crushed Olive.  

 

 

Distress Spray Stain Margarita Card Step 5

Step 5: Press your dry sprayed panel into the ink on the Tiny Text stamp and lift up. Let dry or dry with Heat Tool.  

 

 

Distress Spray Stain Margarita Card Step 6

Step 6: Stamp Cocktails Blueprints stamp over dried panel using Black Soot Distress Archival Ink, and also stamp another cocktail onto a piece of Distress Watercolor Cardstock.  

 

 

Distress Spray Stain Margarita Card Step 7

Step 7: Color in the cocktail on the piece of Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I used Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Tumbled Glass, and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks and painted in the image using a Detailer Waterbrush to pick up the inks and apply them to my paper.  

 

 

Distress Spray Stain Margarita Card Step 8

Step 8: Cut out the painted cocktail and the word margarita.  

 

 

Distress Spray Stain Margarita Card Step 9

Step 9: Ink the edges of the panel with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink  
 

 

Distress Spray Stain Margarita Card Step 10

Step 10: Add some stenciling using Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide and a stencil.  

 

 

Distress Spray Stain Margarita Card Step 11

Step 11:  Add a ‘salt rim’ to the margarita using Distress Collage Medium and Rock Candy Crystal Clear Glitter.  

 

Distress Spray Stain Margarita Card Step 12

Step 12:  If your card seems too plain like mine did, add some additional stamping using Frayed Burlap and the Media Marks 2 stamps.  

 

 

Distress Spray Stain Margarita Card Step 13

Step 13: To finish the card add a Tim Holtz Idea-ology Sentiments sticker and add the panel to a white card base.  

 

I hope you enjoyed making this card with me today! Cheers!  

 

 

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