How To Emboss Resist

 Today I have a super fun technique for you and there are a few different way to achieve results. It is called Emboss Resist. I made this card using this technique. So for this technique you will need a versamark ink pad, embossing powder, a stamp, heat gun and either an ink pad with a sponge dauber or an ink refill with a water brush. For this specific card I used the ink refill and water brush method but I will go through both with you today.

You will want to start with your stamp and the versamark ink pad. I stamped the rose from To A Wild Rose on a scrap of Basic White cardstock. I then used some sparkly clear embossing powder I found in my stash of products. I then heated it up with my heat gun. I let it cool for a couple of seconds before I started coloring in the image. I took this time to set up my water brush and ink. I placed a drop of ink refill in the lid of the corresponding ink pad. I chose to use Rococo Rose for this project, I had some color left on the lid from my last project so I didn't feel it was necessary to add another drop.

I then began to do a light color wash over the whole image. You don't have to be concerned with coloring in the lines because the embossing powder resists the ink and water leaving you with nice crisp lines. I decided where I wanted darker spots and so I picked up extra pigment and laid it down carefully in the areas I wanted.

Now you can use a sponge dauber and an ink pad in the same way. You will ink up the sponge dauber and starting outside of the image you would want to gently swirl the ink onto the image. Simply going over the same spot multiple times will give you a darker color (and you don't necessarily need to re-ink in between either). 

I think the trick to this technique is remembering that you can always add more. Start light and work your way dark because you can't work backwards if you start to dark.

Happy Paper Crafting!  

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