Just Add Ink #460 Emboss Resist

Hello there,
this week at Just Add Ink we have a fun technique challenge for you. Lou has asked us to Just Add Emboss Resist. 

Now I love heat embossing, it is just magic watching the powder melt and then turn glossy, in fact it's a rare card of mine that does not have any heat embossing on it! Coincidently, just recently I had watched a video from Jennifer McGuire (see her post here) where she made cards using what she called subtle resist. This basically involves putting a layer of colour down, then clear embossing an image over this, then adding more ink over the first layer. I started out with two things in mind I wanted to use a darker ink palette, and the images that were embossed had to be slightly broken so the difference between the resist and inked areas was distinct. Here's how it turned out.

I broke out another technique that falls in the oldie but goodie box, rock and roll stamping. Simply ink up your stamp in one colour then rock and roll the edges in another (usually darker) colour. This is a great way of adding colour variations and interest. I used my finger to help soften the edges between the two inks before stamping. After embossing my trees on the brayered background I sponged Whisper White ink over the top to create a halo of white around my trees. Once you wipe it off the embossed trees the trapped darker colour really pops against the now more muted tones. To finish off the card I added a little water splatter and some more neutral masculine-ish textures and it was done.

The Just Add Ink DT have a really great array of projects that are all about emboss resist, so please go check them out and then come back and join in the challenge!

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Project Recipe:

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Rooted In Nature Clear-Mount Stamp Set $73.00	Nature's Roots Framelits Dies $68.00	Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set $39.00	Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies $61.00	Corrugated Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder $17.00
Old Olive A4 Card Stock $14.75	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $17.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock $14.75	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad $13.00	Uninked Stampin’ Craft Pad & Whisper White Refill $16.50	Versamark Pad $15.75	Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder $8.75
Embossing Buddy $10.00	Heat Tool $50.00	Sponge Brayers $14.00	Stamping Sponges $6.00	5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon $12.25
Linen Thread $8.75	Stampin' Dimensionals $6.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive $9.00	Big Shot Platform $45.25	Big Shot $159.00

JAI26 - just add embossing

Hi there,
well welcome to my first offical post as a member of the Just Add Ink design team! Luckily for me this week the challenge is to add one of my favourite techniques - just add embossing.
Here is what I came up with. Heat embossing is darn hard to capture with photography so I hope you'll be able to see what I'm talking about below.



I used two different techniques that involved heat embossing to make this card. Firstly on the background DSP mat I first inked up my stamp in Versamark and then the coloured classic ink (Rich Razzleberry in this instance). I stamped that direct onto the DSP and then sprinkled over clear embossing powder and then used the heat gun.

The second technique is called emboss resist and I used this to create the top image panel. In this case I stamped my daisies using Versamark only onto the DSP, then sprinkled over clear embossing powder and then used my heat gun embossed the image. Now that the daisies were embossed I inked up my brayer with Rich Razzleberry and rolled over a thick coat of ink, then carefully wiped the Razzleberry off the daises, which because they are embossed resist the ink.

I matted the top image panel on a mat of scalloped Whisper White, made using my Scalloped border punch, this is mounted up on dimensionals above the base layers. Threaded below the top panel is some White Taffeta, with a bow on the bottom left of the top panel. The base DSP layer is mounted on a mat of Whisper White and a base layer of Rich Razzleberry. The inside is finished off simply to match by stamping off Upsy Daisy in Rich Razzleberry.

So this week why don't you give it a go and - just add embossing and then link your creation back to the Just Add Ink challenge post!

Thanks so much for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU!
Stamps: Upsy Daisy
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence, Whisper White
Ink: Versamark, Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: Cottage Wall DSP, Scallop border punch, White Taffeta ribbon, Chit Chat rub ons, Brayer, Clear embossing powder, Heat Gun, Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive, double sided tape

Rustic Daisy

Hi all,

well I'm back to post my challenge card this week. I was able to combine two great challenges again this week. The inspiration challenge set by Makeesha Byl and a sketch challenge from the Just Add Ink team.

Well the picture certainly set me on a path of thinking about brown tones, contrasted with some lighter details. After some pondering I decided on using Upsy Daisy and the emboss resist technique. Here's the result. (Weirdly the Choc Chip actually looks purple in this first shot).

Unfortunately in the first shot you can't see the embossing so here is a second shot to show you that.

And of course the inside, nice and simple I just stamped off Upsy Daisy laterally.

I started with a Very Vanilla base, I inked up Sanded with Soft Suede, stamped off once, and it was still quite dark on the Vanilla but I was happy with how it looked. It toned down the brightness of the base. For the main panel I started with a Soft Suede base. I wanted larger softer scallops (in contrast to the scallop border punch along the base of this so I used my corner rounder punch. Then for the feature panel I started by spritzing the Very Vanilla cardstock with Choc Chip and Close to Cocoa to get some speckle detail. Then inking up my Upsy Daisy stamp in Versamark I stamp it over the speckles. Then clear embossed it. Next I sponged Soft Suede alonge the bottom edge, lighter as I got further in. Next I used Choc Chip at the very top of the panel, lightening that the further I went down and layering it with Close to Cocoa. Once I was done with all the sponging, I capefully wiped any ink off the daisies. The embellishing detail for the main panel is a string of buttons, that are all tied and knotted together with the same embroidery thread, then Tombowed in place. The main image panel was mounted up on dimensionals. Lastly the sentiment was stamped (in Suede) on the base Very Vanilla layer, in a word window shaped ink free space (made by stamping the background over a temporarily adhered word window punched shape).

Hope you like it more than my beloved Miss 5 who said it wasn't "pretty" and that I had used "yucky" colours! Luckily enough I have a somewhat different opinion of the end result :)

Thanks for visiting,

Kim

Recipe: All SU unless otherwise noted
Stamps: Upsy Daisy, Trendy Trees, Sanded
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede
Ink: Soft Suede, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Versamark
Accessories: Colour spritzer tool, Corner rounder punch, buttons (local craft shop), vanilla embroidery thread. Tombow, sponges, Clear embossing powder, Heat Gun, Dimensionals, Double sided tape, SNAIL adhesive.

Inspired by..

Hi there,

Well its been a while as things have been busy on the home front, and our sorry saga of germs also continues - Mr 1.5 must be on his 5th or 6th case of mystery red spots and I still have a cold!!

Anyway onto this week challenge by Makeesha Byl, Keesh set quite nice combo for a colour challenge. Here are the colour picks and following that my card.

The card is largely a case of, and inspired by a gorgeous creation that my lovely talented friend Sam, created for a class on emboss resist, which I was lucky enough to attend. Having just acquired a brayer I decided to have a go at my version using the challenge colours. It took a bit of fiddling but in the end I decided to stamp Regal Rose onto Whisper White using my Floral background stamp. Then over that I stamped the large daisies from Inspired by Nature in versamark and embossed with clear embossing powder. Then I inked up the brayer with Real Red and went over the whole panel, the embossed daisies suddenly popping out. Once the brayering was done I just wiped off the ink that remained over the embossing. The image panel was mounted onto a white panel and that onto a Regal Rose panel. To finish off the card I added Saffron buttons threaded with red embroidery thread, then using glue dots stuck one each onto the three daisies. Across the bottom I ran some Saffron grosgrain ribbon (from this months ribbon bundle special), tied across and up the top added the sentiment, using the word window punch. Then this triple layered panel was popped up on dimensionals and adhered to the Real Red card base. The inside was finished off very simply just by stamping off the daisies inside in Real Red.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting.

Recipe (All SU unless otherwise noted)
Stamps: Inspired by Nature, A Little Birthday Cheer, Floral (R)
Cardstock: Real Red, Regal Rose, So Saffron, Whisper White
Ink: Real Red, Regal Rose, Versamark
Accessories: Clear embossing powder, Button Latte, So Saffron wide grosgrain ribbon, Word Window punch, Red embroidery thread (DMC), glue dots, dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive.