Sand, Paint, Dye

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Brighten your day with a sunflower scrapbook page!

As seen on Scrapbook Memories. 

Difficulty rating

• Required supplies:
• Dye Making Memories
• stamping ink pads
• walnut ink
• sanding tool
• fibers and ribbons
• Cardstock Bazzill and Die Cuts

Instructions (Print version)

1. To emboss rub wax paper on one side of the cardstock. 
2. Slip cardstock in between the two stencils attached to the Scrapboss embossing system.
3. Using the large end of the embossing stylus, rub along the inside lines of the design.  For a deeper impression, go over the embossed areas with the smaller end of the stylus.
4. Distress the embossed design by cutting out the embossed design. Use a sanding block or piece of sand paper and brush over the embossed design.  If your paper has a white core then you’ll rub off the color and the white will show through.  You can sand on the debossed side for a different look.
5. You can take this same distressing approach to the edges of photographs and to the entire page.
6. To ink take the lid off the ink pad.  Drag the ink pad along the embossed design.  This will add ink color to the raised edges of the embossed design.
7. Repeat the above process but add it to the edges of the entire scrapbook page, to photos and to other embellishments.
8. How to dye embossed designs, mix dye and water following the instructions for the dye of your choice.
9. Dip embossed cardstock design into the dye and let it sit.  The longer the paper remains in the dye the deeper the color.
10. Remove the paper and store the dye.  You can dry the design flat on some paper towels or hang it from a drying rack.