Tips and ideas for how to make creative background papers using just inks and rubber stamps! These are great scrapbook papers for mixed media, junk journals or greeting cards. Super cheap and easy to make!

How To Make Backgrounds From Inks and Stamps

How I Got The Background Idea

I was checking out Seth Apter's Altered Page Facebook page and saw a fun background that he used in one of his pieces of artwork.

It looked like he had used some stamps and inks to make it, so I thought that I would try making my own!

How To Make A Creative Background Full Tutorial Video

Products Used In The Video

I KNOW! It looks like I used SO MANY different things in this video, but you can honestly use ANY inks or stamps you have laying around your craft room!

This is such a fun technique BECAUSE you can just use whatever you have laying around to make your own background papers!

DISTRESS INK MINIS COLORS

Hickory Smoke
Ground Espresso
Peacock Feathers
Spiced Marmalade
Twisted Citron
Blueprint
Seedless Preserves

DISTRESS ARCHIVAL INK PADS

Spiced Marmalade
Peeled Paint
Vintage Photo
Mermaid Lagoon

DISTRESS OXIDES

Hickory Smoke
Vintage Photo

IZINK SPRAYS

Honey
Sunshine

DYAN REAVELEY SPRAY

Calypso Teal

TOOLS & PAPER

Yield: 4

How To Make Backgrounds From Stamps and Dies

All my best tips and ideas for how to use stamps and inks to make background papers for your mixed media, junk journals, cards and mini albums! The nice thing about this is that you don't have to buy anything new. You can just use your dies and stamps that you already have.

Active Time 20 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Difficulty Easy

Estimated Cost $0