I have had a few PM's since posting this to describe what I did...
I sure appreciate your praise..I was pretty happy how it turned out. It was inspired by a few places, for layout and ideas. I used a vanilla base to stamp the French script on in Cherry Cobbler. Then I stamped the Medallion with Versamark ink over a portion of the French Script and clear embossed over that. at this point you won't really see the Medallion over the script. Then you take your brayer and roll a dark ink (I used Cobbler, but Navy blue, or chocolate would be lovely, too, I think...or a dark purple!) once you start brayering over the vanilla card stock the medallion will appear over the French script, After your ink dries a bit, wipe away the ink that is on the embossing...I had to use a damp cloth on the embossing, careful not to use it much on the inked BG. I hope this helps. If you have more questions you can ask again...
If you click on Resources and then type in 'emerging' in the search...(or scroll down and see all the fabulous techniques there are for us to spark our creativity) There might even be a video...
but just go pull out some ink and try, you'll see it come together just like you want it to!
Then link back your example to here for me to see!
Enjoy your weekend
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Wed, Oct 20, 2010 @ 8:48 AM
Laurie, this is AMAZING!!! I love the cherry cobbler color. So rich and beautiful for Christmas. Your medallion is beautiful with the script. LOOOOVE it!!
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Fri, Oct 29, 2010 @ 9:49 PM
I PM'd kelleyj to let her know...when she asked I went to the Resource section to see if there was a tutorial there, to steer people to...and there is.
I know the technique as Joseph's technicolour Dreamcoat, but it's essentially the same, I think. Instead of random stamps I decided to do a solid BG with the French Script, then with a solid type image (the Medallion) you versamark and emboss clear over the BG, then brayer a dark colour over the whole panel. (we used to use Black to really make colours pop underneath, but this card was inspired by an elegant Christmas card I'd seen in the gallery, I just wanted to reverse the colours, so used Cobbler instead.) There is a great tutorial for more details...can't wait to see what you come up with, come back with a link to yours here!
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Laurie, Thanks for the update on the technique. Also what a great thing for your young daughter to do. My daughter in law does this every couple years, last year she cut 17" and is on her way to do it again.
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Sat, Oct 30, 2010 @ 3:47 PM
I got a couple more PM's for more instructions, so I'll post here and edit to give more directions too under the photo...
I sure appreciate your praise..I was pretty happy how it turned out. It was inspired by a few places, for layout and ideas. I used a vanilla base to stamp the French script on in black. then I stamped the medallion with Versamark ink over a portion of the French Script and clear embossed over that. at this point you won't really see the medallion over the script. Then you take your brayer and roll a dark ink (I used Cobbler, but Navy blue, or chocolate would be lovely, too, I think...or a dark purple!) once you start brayering over the vanilla card stock the medallion will appear over the French script, After your ink dries a bit, wipe away the ink that is on the embossing...I had to use a damp cloth on the embossing, careful not to use it much on the inked BG. I hope this helps. If you have more questions you can ask again...if you click on Resources and then type in 'emerging' in the search...or scroll down and see all the fabulous techniques there are for us to spark our creativity. THere might even be a video...
but just go pull out some ink and try, you'll see it come together just like you want it to!
Enjoy your weekend
------------------------------ Smiles and laughter, Laurie
Finally I have a Blog..come visit and lend me a hand decorating with some of the nifty sidebar thingys! LOL http://www.actofstamping.blogspot.com/