In order to get the best results from your Distress Powders
Ranger has offered some helpful Instructions, Tips and Techniques:
Tips:
1. Shake jar before each use to evenly distribute the
release crystals.
2. As with regular embossing, use a well-inked stamp to
apply ink to your surface, sprinkle Distress Powder onto image and tap off
excess. Emboss using Ranger’s Inkssentials™ Heatit™ Craft Tool or similar
Heat Tool until powder turns a deeper tone – unlike traditional powders these
will not turn shiny.
3. For best results it is recommended you emboss with
Distress Inks (yes, the dye inks!) or the Inkssentials Two Tone Big and Bossy™
Pad (Clear and Black Embossing Ink together in one pad). Note: If embossing with
watermark or pigment inks, you will still get the matte, textured look and feel
from the Distress Powders, but you will have less or no rub off.
4. To distress, emboss image and allow to cool for a few
seconds. Lightly rub embossed image with your finger or Cut n’ Dry Foam to
remove the special release crystals. Some colors release more than others, so
don’t worry if some rub off more or less …it’s part of the “aged”
look.
5. Some Distress Powders look better on light or dark
papers. Practice with all of the colors and you’ll get a better feel on what
to expect when embossed.
6. Try a Double Distress embossing technique. Stamp image
with chosen Distress Ink stamp pad and emboss with the coordinating Double
Distress Powder color. The bottom ink color will show through as you rub off the
powder!
Double Distress Color Chart
Antique Linen/Tattered Rose
Old Paper/Milled Lavender
Tea Dye/Mustard Seed
Vintage Photo/Peeled Paint
Walnut Stain/Weathered Wood
Black Soot/Fired Brick
7. For a textured, aged effect, take a piece of Cut n’
Dry Foam with Distress or Clear Embossing Ink on it, accent areas of paper, wood
or paper mache and emboss with Distress Powders.
8. To create a wonderful combination of color and texture,
crumple a tag and hit high points with Clear Embossing Ink using Cut n’ Dry
Foam. Emboss with Distress Powders and allow to cool. Ink another piece of Cut
n’ Dry Foam with coordinating color of Distress Ink and rub over embossed tag.
This will remove the release crystals as well as ink the background of the tag
– amazing results!