Printing white on colored paper
 

No, there's no white ink in a printer. To get white text on a coloured background you need to print a coloured block with white text which basically means your printer will lay down colour everywhere except where the lettering is. If you need a step-by-step on how to do that, just shout and I'll put a quick one together for you.

Oh, there's a neat trick you can pull with embossing powder too if you're using an inkjet printer - let me know if that's of interest too!

Thanks, Angel, for your reply. I figured that was going to be the case, but just thought I would post the question anyway. You never know when someone will have a solution to a question such as this!!! Hope you have a wonderful day. Looking forward to a sunny day in OH. We have been averaging 1 day a week of sun for weeks now. So depressing... And apparently today is the sunny day for this week. lol.... Going to enjoy it while it lasts. :)

I'd love to know about this one please!

OK - if you're fast enough, you can cover a printed sentiment with embossing powder (fine detail stuff seems to work best). Here's an example from way back in my gallery: To love & to cherish

Get everything ready before you start - take the lid off your EP container, put a piece of scrap paper onto the bit of your printer where your print-out will emerge and preferably swipe over the card you're going to print on with an Embossing Buddy (or used dryer sheet etc - whatever you'd usually use to reduce static when you heat emboss).

Now print your sentiment and as soon as it emerges from the printer, sprinkle your EP on there. Tap the excess powder off onto the scrap paper, tip it back into the container and now just heat your piece as normal.

It's best to go with black for printing - you'll get maximum ink on the paper which will give maximum sticking power. As long as you're using an opaque embossing powder the printing colour won't show. So if you wanted a white sentiment on a coloured base, you'd just print in black and use a white EP over it.

Hope that all makes sense!