More Colouring Dry Embossing

Hi everyone.  You may have noticed that I haven't been posting much lately.  I'm sick with a virus that seems to want to hang around.  Hope to be back creating and posting on a regular basis soon.

A quick post of more cards for July's Group of Seven technique - Colouring Dry Embossing.

For the card above, I started with a piece of Audrey Blue card stock (SSS) --- absolutely LOVE this colour.  I dry embossed with Holiday Greenery folder from Simon Says Stamp and then lightly swiped white pigment ink over top to catch the highlights.  I dried the ink and repeated this a few more times to intensify the white ink.  I splattered with diluted white acrylic paint.  LOVE the soft look of the blue with white.

I die-cut the Peace Edger from white card stock and then the Peace die from more blue and adhered it on top of my dry embossed panel; then adhered the panel onto a white card base.

I'm sharing this card with NBUS Challenge #53 ... first time using my Peace Edger die. :)

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Here's another card using the same inkpad swiping method to colour dry embossing.  Another Christmas card ...

I dry embossed a white panel of regular card stock using the Poinsettia Embossing Folder from Nellie's Choice.  I then used my Candied Apple distress ink pad to swipe directly over top, with light pressure so that I would catch the highlights of the embossed design.  I finished the panel by using a metallic gold pen to colour over the center of the poinsettias.

The panel is popped up on top of a red card base and I added a green die-cut Joy (Joy Edger die from Penny Black --- not using the edger part), which I coated three times in UTEE (Ultra thick embossing enamel) and heat set.

I'm sending the above card over to Merry Little Christmas Challenge #51.

These two cards were very quick and easy to make.  Love this technique!

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Card #1:

Stamps:  n/a

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Audrey Blue card stock (Simon Says Stamp)
Ink:   White Pigment ink (Hero Arts - Unicorn)
Accessories:   Holiday Greenery Folder (Simon Says Stamp), Peace Edger Die (Penny Black), diluted white acrylic paint

Card #2:

Stamps:  n/a

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Real Red card stock (SU!); Gumball Green card stock (SU!)
Ink:   Distress Inks:  Candied Apple (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Poinsettia embossing folder (Nellie's Choice), gold metallic pen, Joy Edger die (Penny Black), UTEE, heat tool, diluted white acrylic paint

Challenges:

NBUS Challenge #53

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #51