White Heat Embossed Floral Card with Ink Blending

A project from our live show BRAND SHOWCASE - Join Sarah Gray from Funky Fossil - broadcast 8th April · 08/04/2022 · watch it from 47:45

An elegant card using white heat embossing as a resist technique, revealing a delicate floral image when ink is applied over the top. The design combines blended distress inks with watercolour pencil shading for subtle depth and variation.

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Step by step

1. Heat emboss the delicate floral stamp image in white onto white watercolour card stock. ▶ watch 48:00
2. Using a large blending brush, apply chip sapphire or deep blue distress ink over the embossed image. ▶ watch 48:15
3. Wipe away the ink from the surface with a kitchen towel to reveal the white embossed line art underneath. ▶ watch 48:45
4. While the ink is still wet, use a water brush to lift some colour back out and create variation in the shading. ▶ watch 49:30
5. Add dark blue shading using inktense watercolour pencils to create depth in the floral design. ▶ watch 49:45
6. Ink the delicate floral stencil from the bundle onto white card stock using salvaged patina in a tone-on-tone technique. ▶ watch 50:30
7. Die-cut the peony element from the floral die and layer it under the stencilled background. ▶ watch 50:45
8. Mount the completed embossed and coloured image onto the stencilled card base. ▶ watch 51:15

Tips from the show

• White heat embossing acts as a resist to ink, allowing you to wipe the ink away from the surface.
• You can get different shades by applying water and blotting with a kitchen towel while the ink is still wet.
• You could stamp this image multiple times and go mad with different colour combinations using the same technique.

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