Emboss resist is one of my favorite techniques of all time. It combines my one of my favorite crafty products – embossing powder, is easy to get a beautiful effect, and can result in so many different looks. So I’m super pleased that in November, WOW! Embossing’s monthly challenge is emboss resist! I’ll have a couple of videos this month showcasing the technique, but for today I wanted to show you my challenge card (and it’s watercolor so perfect for Day 3 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge too!)
I LOVE how this card turned out. I used Gina K/Hero Arts Friendship Blossoms stamp set which is such a gorgeous focal image – it’s HUGE and so perfect to use to stamp multiple times on a card front. I stamped it three times in WOW! Embossing ink onto hot press watercolor cardstock (it’s smooth so perfect for heat embossing). I rotated the stamp a couple of times and left a space for my sentiment later. I then heat embossed it in WOW! Mayan Glintz. The Glintz range from WOW! are some of my favorite poweders. They’re translucent with a tint of pink or pale cream with a gleam to them. Perfect for emboss resist with florals.
I watercolored them with my Mijello Mission Gold watercolors, just by blobbing on pale colors, letting them puddle up in the ‘wells’ created by the . embossing, dry and then go back in with a touch of darker color. I used Vermillion on the flowers, and Indigo on the leaves. I watered down the Indigo heavily to create a wash on the background with just a tiny touch of blue, and added some splatters for good measure.
For my sentiment, I added WOW! ink to cardstock by swiping the pad over a panel, then heat embossed with the brand new Frosting embossing glitter by WOW! This is currently only available in the Sweet Treats set which is a gorgeous set of glittery embossing powders. I repeated this a couple more times then die cut it with the Gina K Hugs die. I die cut white cardstock four times and then adhered them all together and then adhered them directly to the watercolor panel.
As a sub-sentiment, I stamped the Hello Sweet Friend sentiment from the Gina K / Hero Arts set onto gray cardstock and heat embossed in the Mayan Glitz. You can see what a gorgeous color this makes when the gray cardstock shows through. I trimmed out the ‘sweet friend’ part and popped up on foam tape. As a finishing touch I added a few Studio Katia Iridescent Bubbles which are gorgeous and pick up all the colors from any card you use them with.
Head on over to the Facebook WOW! Embossing Powder Fans page to link up your Emboss Resist creation today!
Jenny x
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