This is a twist on Joseph's Coat techniqe. Normally, you sponge or brayer color on cardstock, stamp with Versamark, emboss in clear, then brayer black over it. Then you buff the excess ink off the embossed parts. But I got an idea from a Stampington stamp I saw recently of a snowflake that was a black block with the snowflake in white with newsprint inside it. Hmmm...so I did a little fooling around and came up with a number of pieces, each a little different. I'm not done playing with this technique...it adds so much depth! This particular one is stamped with the By Definition stamp, some chalk inks (olive, navy, and gold) are dabbed on in places. Then the whole thing is gone over with the embossing buddy (a very important step), then stamped with the paint prints stamps and embossed in clear. Then I brayered on top with Rose Red and Eggplant Envy.
Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 GMT Views: 4666
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Registered: June 22, 2004 Location: Mission Viejo, CALIF Posts: 7650
Tue, Jan 18, 2005 @ 11:39 PM
Janine, girlfriend, this is marvelous!!! I saw that same snowflake stamp and loved it, but wont buy it. Why? Cuz you made this card!!! thanks, I love it!! Its stunning!
Tandra
Registered: July 9, 2003 Location: Set into the baseboard of your stamping room Posts: 18415
Wed, Jan 19, 2005 @ 4:29 AM
Thanks for so many kudos everyone!
To answer the question of the embossing buddy, I PM'd montanacowgirl, but here is what I told her in case anyone else is curious:
The embossing buddy is something that SU! sells. It's a little bag full of rosin or some other powder. It helps keep the static on your cardstock to a minimum and to neutralize greasy fingerprints and wet ink so that when you emboss you don't get stray specks of EP where you don't want it.
I used it in this instance because of the chalk ink in particular, which stays wet longer than classic ink. Even though I used the embossing buddy, it doesn't totally get rid of the stickiness of the chalk ink; but the little speckling you get (after you rap the back of the cardstock to dislodge the embossing powder that isn't meant to stick) actually adds to the look. Because the chalk ink is still wet, I'd pounce the embossing buddy up and down on the cardstock rather than rubbing...otherwise you get chalk ink on the embossing buddy and that might clog up the openings in the fabric.
Registered: July 19, 2004 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 961
Mon, Feb 14, 2005 @ 10:22 PM
This card pushes a unique and fun technique that one step further. I absolutely adore it. I will be fiddling with it for a scrapbook page. This would make an amazing frame for a picture....
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