Something new

I love learning new things! And I was very excited when I first heard about the emboss resist technique. It was almost like falling in love! I could think only about that!!! Lately, I could see the same effect in a friend of mine whom I introduced to stamping and this technique in particular. But there’s a fun twist to this technique that I’m about to show you and that hopefully will be new to you. And since it is the first day of a new month, I call it a bonus! So, here we go! You’ll need some white cardstock, Distress  and Versamark inks, a clear embossing powder and stamps with a lot of “dark” areas (e.g. that will take a lot of ink to stamp).

Take a piece of white cardstock and color it with three different colors of Distress inks.

Then, stamp an image over this rainbow colors with Versamark ink and heat emboss with a clear embossing powder.

Then, take another Distress ink, a dark one and cover the stamped piece in order to reveal the image and to cover other areas.

It’s like magic, don’t you think? Now, put this piece on your card and send to someone you love!

How about making another one, with three butterflies, each in a different color but on the same piece of paper?

The clear embossed area resists the dark ink but reveals what’s underneath – beautiful colors!

There’s a little variation to this technique. You can emboss your image on a cardstock that has some fine print on it. I printed some text from my computer in a light shade of green and than stamped my butterfly…

I used two shades of Distress inks to cover my piece.

And I have an extra tip for you. Having a right shade of cardstock to match your creation is a real challenge (unless you live close by a scrapbooking supplies  store!) I take a regular white card base and color the edges with some Distress inks in one of the colors I used on the embossed piece. Like so:

Hopefully you learned something new today! And you’ll be able to try this technique using our great stamps!!! Have fun!

Agata