Resist Technique Tree Landscape Card with Embossed Trees

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A serene landscape card featuring embossed trees created using a resist technique with white embossing powder. The card showcases a beautiful gradient of colours blending from blue sky through green foliage to create a mystical, dreamy effect with subtle depth.

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Step by step

1. Cut out a textured cardstock panel for your background base. ▶ watch 2:30
2. Stamp a tree image onto the panel using an embossing ink pad, positioning it towards the top of the card. ▶ watch 3:00
3. Rub the stamped area with an anti-static bag to remove any dust. ▶ watch 3:30
4. Apply white embossing powder generously over the stamped tree, ensuring full coverage. ▶ watch 4:15
5. Tap off excess powder back into the container. ▶ watch 4:30
6. Flip the card and repeat the stamping and embossing process on the opposite side to create a mirror image. ▶ watch 4:45
7. Use a heat gun to activate and set the white embossing powder until it's fully glossy. ▶ watch 6:00
8. Apply ink pad colours to the panel, starting with lighter green tones where the tree foliage would be, blending from the edges inward. ▶ watch 8:15
9. Add darker green ink to create depth and variation in the foliage areas. ▶ watch 9:30
10. Blend blue ink from the centre point upwards to create a sky effect, softening the colour transitions. ▶ watch 10:45
11. Mount the coloured panel onto a glitter card base using wet glue, creating a border around all edges. ▶ watch 12:30
12. Stamp a sentiment onto a separate white panel using embossing ink and white embossing powder. ▶ watch 13:45
13. Create masking templates from card to protect the owl and sentiment areas during stamping. ▶ watch 15:00
14. Stamp the tree pattern onto the sentiment panel, using sticky notes to mask off protected areas. ▶ watch 17:30
15. Heat set the embossed trees on the sentiment panel. ▶ watch 19:00
16. Apply the same colour blending technique to the sentiment panel, concentrating colour over the text and owl to make them pop. ▶ watch 21:30

Tips from the show

• Apply embossing powder as you go to ensure the ink stays sticky and the powder adheres properly.
• Use textured cardstock to help pick out the pigment and create a more rustic effect.
• You can choose any two colours to make this technique work, not just blue and green.

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