I love the beautiful, professional look embossing brings to any project, and today's "reverse" emboss, also known as an "emboss resist" is a longtime favorite. Start with a color palette you love—I've chosen sweet spring tones (despite the snow we've had recently), of Amethyst, Blush, Garden Green, and Pansy Purple. Then, turn to your Versamark ink pad and clear detail embossing powder and get ready to make some watercolor-like magic!
When used on light paper (see left side of layout) the outline appears light with soft color surrounding it. When used on darker papers (see the Garden Green cardstock on right side of layout) you get a soft muted contrast with deeper tones.
The emboss resist image may also be cut out, just be sure to leave a small margin around the image so the embossing does not “break”. By cutting out the embossed image, a cohesive look can be added to your artwork which mimics the same soft effect that the direct emboss resist does. It also allows you to add multiple colors of ink to a design without getting hard ink lines.
Follow these steps to create the embossed resist effect. First, ink the image using Versamark ink. Feel free to mask off or selectively ink portions of the image. On this project, only the vine was inked, excluding the larger flower. Stamp this image directly onto the page.
Sprinkle the stamped image with clear detail embossing powder and shake off the excess, then set with a craft heater.
Sponge around and on the image lightly with ink using light circular stokes. Ink should be laid down layer by layer, allowing you to go back and deepen color in areas as desired as shown on the leaves in the project.
Next, add butterfly images using the same technique only in a different color to make the design look complete. So easy, so glamorous, you'll quickly discover why great embossing is tough to "resist"!
Beautiful layouts! Thanks for the inspiring ideas!!!
ReplyDeleteI love embossing. This is one of the first techniques I learned from my CTMH consultant, my daughter Crystal.
ReplyDeleteThat was well over 10 years ago. One day I ran into a new consultant that did not care for the technique. I could not understand why. It is so amazing the things you can do with embossing. After a few moments I over came my obvious surprise and total loss for words. She looked at me and asked me how I embossed.I told and showed her. She laughed with joy as she saw the difference in her outcome and mine. We both laughed because she did not use her versa mark pad but just a regular color pad. Guess you could call us embossing junkies now. Thanks for the beautiful art inspirations. Carol Meadows, Florida
I have just recently tried my hand at embossing and have fallen in love with it as so many have. I am excited to expand my techniques! Thank you for sharing and helping us and our projects be more ir"resist"able!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!!!
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