Connie-Snowy Mailbox

Here is a card I have made using a technique called

"Distressed Water Backgrounds"

This is courtesy of Tim Holtz and his Distress Inks of course.

Also includes a lovely stamp by 

Teresa Sherman titled "Snowy Mailbox"

exclusively for 

 Sweet Pea Stamps

Below I have included photos of the steps

taken with this card for you:

First swipe Distress inks across a nonstick craft pad

keeping them a bit apart so not to contaminate them:

Then spritz water on them until small beads appear like this:

 Blot paper on this and heat until dry.

This is what it looks like the first time swiped and dried:

Swipe paper across wet inks a second time and dry with heat tool:

You can swipe and heat several times until you get the depth of color desired.

Then overstamp your image and finish.