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Happy Monday to you all. It's hard to believe that we're already at the end of February. I was casting around for ideas for this challenge, and I can't find that the technique of stamping on your embossing folder and then embossing a piece of card in it to add the illusion of depth has ever been featured before.
The video that I saw a couple of years back was by France Martin, Frenchie. In her first video, she added colour to the background afterwards by sponging. But when I was looking for the video to link it here, I saw that she had refined the technique a little and made it easier by adding some colour to the background piece before stamping. It will have to be a lightish colour because you'll be colouring your stamped image over it, but that's what I did for my first sample today. I used wrinkle-free distress and a couple of blue distress inks to colour my panel and then proceeded as per her video. For the bird card, because I had used waxy pencils to colour my leaves I did sponge in the colour afterwards, knowing that the pencils would largely act as resist.
Top Tips: pay attention to which side of the folder you stamp on. You want to stamp on the side that DOESN'T have the raised embossing. In my case, I stamped on the side that had the Cuttlebug logo on it.
The first time I tried this for a F4A challenge I used a solid stamp and I tried that again when I was working up a sample this time round. It's doable, but it's probably easier with an outline stamp, so that's what I ended up using. It's hard to get a good stamped impression stamping on the embossing folder with a solid image, even if you use a stamp positioner and stamp several times. Or that was my experience this time and my recollection from last time - feel free to try it if you wish.
Remember to clean your embossing folder afterwards so you don't get an unwanted imprint on something else!
TLC731 Open-Hearted Bird This one, DH said it was nice but it would be nicer if the bird wasn't obscured by the leafy branch - which I guess means it was a success in terms of being a good challenge example.
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had so much fun with this technique- added a double stamped tree for my main image. Used a winter theme for today's CAS challenge. Added a hand written sentiment and a vertical scalloped washi tape border. Here's let it snow
__________________ "You can't use up creativity. The more you use the more you have." -- Maya Angelou
Here’s my second card for this challenge. Once I got used to doing this technique, I got on a roll! So fun, despite the flubs along the way. Thanks for the comfort-zone-stretcher!
Hello, here is my card I made for this challenge. It is for my parents' 62nd wedding anniversary. It was a fun challenge. The only thing I am more not thrilled with is I think the background (antique linen) is a bit dark and so are the hearts (angel pink). But I still think it turned out cool. TFL
TLC731 ~ Illusion with Embossing ~ {02/25/2019}
TLC731 CAS522 let it snow
