Welcome friends! Today I am sharing some tips on creating a distressed background using distress oxide inks. I’m calling this a beginner’s tutorial to mixed media.
VIDEO
I have a video tutorial that you can watch down below or HERE on my Youtube channel.
I walk through everything in the video so down below I will list the main supplies used. A full visual supply list is at the end of this blog post.

SUPPLIES
- Botanic Collage Bundle
- Watercolor Bundle
- Lattice Tile Stencil
- Distress Watercolor Cardstock
- Matte Gold Cardstock
- Nesting Rectangles
- Nesting Frames
- All The Love Reverse Sentiments Strips
- Distress Watercolor Pencils
- Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide
- Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide
- Old Paper Distress Oxide
- Walnut Stain Distress Oxide
- Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide


I hope you find this video tutorial helpful if you are just starting with mixed media or distresses backgrounds.




Love the mixed media background! Beautiful card!
I love this card! Putting the gold frame in the middle was a cool idea. The video was great, too – I just adore the background you created!