Here’s an idea for our February Pink and Red Challenge – embossed and stenciled Bright Hearts in yummy shades of Angel Pink, Love Letter and Electric Pink. Add a greeting from Best Life Typewriter Sentiments and a strip stamped to resemble washi tape.
Hi – Jean Okimoto here with some challenge inspiration and an easy way to multi-color an embossed design.
Cut watercolor paper with the 3-¼” Circle Basics die. Pressure-emboss the circle with Bright Hearts – use the embossing mat and plates required for your machine. I’ve used the platform, die (face-up), watercolor paper (face-down), rubber embossing mat and the purple embossing plate on my Platinum.
Cut three Bright Hearts paper stencils. Daub the two larger embossed hearts with Angel Pink Memento Luxe. Use a cotton swab for the two smaller hearts. Heat-set the ink.
Ink the other hearts with Electric Pink Radiant Neon and Love Letter Memento Luxe – use Post-it Notes between the colors to prevent smudges. Heat-emboss everything with detail clear powder. Although the Angel Pink ink was heat-set it attracted some embossing powder too.
Use well-inked stamp pads for this technique – you don’t want to spend all weekend daubing hearts. The vibrant inks from Imagine Crafts are perfect!
Stamp the stripes – from the Bold Christmas Greetings Clear Stamps Set – on gray cardstock with Nocturne VersaFine Clair and dry the ink. Trim it to ⅜” x 4-½”.
Cut a ⅜” x 3-¾” strip of pink cardstock. Cut a ⅜” x 3-¼” strip of charcoal glittered cardstock.
Prep dark gray cardstock with anti-static powder and stamp the greeting – from Best Life Typewriter Sentiments – with VersaMark. Emboss it with detail white powder.
Attach everything to a light gray 5-¼” square card – use foam dots for the greeting. Add silver gem stickers.
Many of the designs from our Valentine’s 2019 Collection are perfect for pressure-embossing and stenciling…it’s hard to decide which one to use next. Have fun with this technique!
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