04.23.07
Sunday Night Stamping: Watercolour Wonder with Emboss Resist
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We attended a wedding this past weekend, and the card I made for the couple just blew me away in how beautiful it turned out, but how simple it was to create.
Start with an Elegant Eggplant card base. I heat embossed using versamark and Stampin’ Up!’s gold embossing powder onto a piece of vanilla cardstock, but it doesn’t matter what colour you use as the cardstock is covered completely.
The set was retired a year or two ago, and is called Botanical Garden, although any negative image stamp set will work. Once it’s embossed, trim it out completely and mount on a piece of basic black cardstock.
Next, using an aquapainter (the finer tip), lift colour directly off the crayon and apply it into the negative space. The embossing will resist the application of colour, so if you get the crayon onto the embossed area you can wipe it off at the end using a damp paper towel. Continue to apply colour, a little at a time, until you achieve the desired depth of colour. If too much water comes out, just soak it up with a paper towel and continue again once the paper is mostly dry.
I also embossed a non-SU stamp that said “Double Happiness” in gold directly on the card.
Mount your flower on the card, then tie black grosgrain ribbon with a small piece of gold cord at the top of your card.
I hope this helps to boost your creative thinking! Happy stamping!
Images © 1990-2007 Stampin’ Up!
04.18.07
Edmonton Women’s Show
04.03.07
Technique Tuesday: Copper Sheet Embossing
This card uses a roll of thin copper sheeting that I purchased at Michaels. It comes with a handy wooden embossing tool. This took some practice to do; I’d gone through 3 pieces before this one worked the way I had envisioned. First, cut a small piece of the metallic sheet. Next, position and hold tightly against the rubber side of a stamp. I used Bold Butterfly stamp set; I tried using this technique on some finer, more detailed images, and it didn’t work out. Next, use the wooden embossing tool that came included in the package and push against the rubber stamp through the metal. The metal will push in where there is dead space and be left raised where the stamp is raised. I trimmed out this flower with a regular pair of scissors.
The rest of the card was fairly simple to put together. To make the face, use vanilla cardstock, certainly celery cardstock, a small piece of Au Chocolat Designer Series Paper, Copper Embossing Powder and Versamark. Adhere the DSP and randomly stamp the flower with versamark. Apply embossing powder, and heat set until dry.
I attached my copper piece to the vanilla square using a glue dot. This vanilla square was then attached to a celery square and mounted on the card face. The edge was torn, and attached to a certainly celery card base. Add the celery ribbon, with a touch of copper cord, and you’re done. My photo was taken in a very sunny window, so that’s why there’s a funny shadow across the card.
Here’s a picture of the tube of sheet metal:
If you have any questions, please contact me! Thanks for the comment Allison!
Images © 1990-2007 Stampin’ Up!
Sunday Night Stamping: Wall Art
