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Wednesday 30 July 2014

Resist Embossing...

I've been on the hunt for some white embossing powder - when you emboss onto coloured card, a lot of them seem quite creamy, but I tried a little pot of Wow bright white, and I love it, and am pretty addicted to it at the moment. So I played around with an old favourite, resist embossing. I first saw this done at CHA at the Hero Arts Boot Camp with the wonderful Shari Carroll, and I reprise it every so often. 

I white embossed some Heartfelt Creations posy stamps in different sizes onto white card...



Dug out the distress inks and started dabbing away - the colour was quite vibrant, when you are finished, wipe the flowers with a baby wipe to take off the ink from the white embossing. 


Then I remembered another old favourite......and made myself some pearlized water - just a little scoop of Perfect Pearls added to a mini mister full of water....


and here is the end result. I stamped the sentiment with Memento London Fog grey ink to match the grey of the paper. I rounded the left hand corners of the card which looks a bit different........


and I must admit, it was turned into a sympathy card simply because the sentiment was a perfect fit for the space! I love the way the flowers look almost like satin, and unlike glitter, the sheen really shows up in the photos


So if you've never tried this, do give it a go - you can use any inks or markers to colour the flowers and the white raised edges look so pretty. You could use black embossing for a more dramatic effect, but personally I love the white.  I'll show you another, quite different card made with the same flowers in a different colourway on Friday, but tomorrow is Letraset day, and I still haven't finished my project, so cheerio for now x

31 comments:

  1. I saw your post title and thought, "Resistance is futile" lol. OK mebbe too much Star Trek : D.

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  2. That is a beautiful card, I will have to keep an eye out for Bright White, as all that I have is more of a Vintage White... I'll have to try the pearlized water too.

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  3. This so pretty...see here's another video I would have luv'd to watch how you did this..I do have pearl ex and a mister will have to give it a go...

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  4. Fabulous card and I love your silk touch flower!!!

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  5. I was white embossing the other day and thinking this looks a bit yellow'...so thanks for the tip about Wow ep. Your resist flower is glamorous and gorgeous.

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  6. Thanx Enfys for a wonderful reminder of two easy, fun and beautiful techniques.

    I have not seen the Bright White embossing powder, but will look for it because I love the look ... it really is a brighter whiter color. I also like that the raised embossed edges have the look of stitching on your flower (at least in your photos) ... almost like an applique, and I like that.

    I never really did use the Glitter Mist type products much, which is really silly since I do love that shimmery look. And as it happens, my arsenol of crafting supplies includes Perfect Pearl tubs in a very nice selection of colors and also have several empty mini misters. So, I guess the next question should be ... WHAT AM I WAITING FOR? Looks like I have some crafty supplies go play with. Thanx for the inspiration!

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  7. The silky sheen looks beautiful. What a great card.
    Toni xx

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  8. Thanks for this, must emboss more. Love the pearlised effect, mmmm need a mini mister now

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  9. Beautiful card Enfys, I love the shine on the flowers. Pat x

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  10. Love your card, love the sheen! I can't imagine what it looks like in real life because it shows up great on your picture! Thank you for the reminder of techniques I haven't used in a while!!

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  11. that looks fab it really
    does gleam thanks for the tips

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  12. I've never tried to make pearl spray; I will have to try it, now that I've seen how pretty it is! Thank you. BethAnn M.

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  13. So pretty, Enfys. I made some perfect pearl mist a while ago, so maybe it's time I started using some of it for this technique. Love the satin sheen. As for white embossing powder, I've heard good things about Hero Arts white embossing powder.

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  14. Those flowers look gorgeous. Much more subtle than glitter. Great card

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  15. Pretty card! The flower looks like its made of satin. Gorgeous!

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  16. Beautiful!!!! You did a great job on the flower. Love the white embossing powder.I have one more sympathy card to get done and my Sisters Birthday card for Friday. I think I may make her one like this for her Birthday. Thanks for the idea.

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  17. Beautiful En! But I'm not surprised;)
    Hugs,

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  18. I love this technique and have used it often, but haven't used the Perfect Pearls like that, just never thought of it I guess. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  19. Your card is absolutely lovely !!
    Thanks for sharing !!
    Anna N.

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  20. Flower turned out awesome. Great idea.

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  21. Maryellen WebberWednesday, July 30, 2014

    Thanks for showing how you created these pretty flowers. I have never tried this technique before.

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  22. I will give this a try if I can find some in OZ . My powder looks very creamy against a black background.

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  23. Thank you so much for this tutorial Enfys. I'll definitely give this a try. Love that flower. Hugs Rita xxx

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  24. Lovely flower. Thanks for sharing.

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  25. This is gorgeous Enfys. Love the flower.
    Mags
    x

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  26. Gorgeous flower. I must try that soft spray.

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  27. I love the way you did the flower and it really is a perfect sympathy card. I hope you don't mind if I copy as a friend lost her father this week and I am sure she would appreciate a card like this. Time to dig out the Pearl ex.

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I love reading your comments, thank you for taking the time
Enfys x