When
I saw the
gum4backgrounds stamp from The Stamps of Life, it immediately
made me think of a fun technique called emboss resist. So, I thought I
would use the large background stamp to share with you a photo tutorial
on how to do the emboss resist technique using the
Stephanie Barnard color Sprays!.
Here is a detail photo of the panel I created using the emboss resist technique. Let me show you how it's done!
The
supplies you'll need are watercolor paper, embossing ink, embossing
powder in white or clear, water, several color sprays, a waterproof
craft surface, a heat tool, and of course the stamp.
Start by embossing the stamp image onto watercolor paper using embossing ink and an embossing powder.
You
can use white or clear embossing powder, or even a clear based
irridescent powder. The powder I chose is irridescent and has a bit of
sparkle to it as well. Beautiful, and really adds to the "bubble" look
of the stamp image.
Spray
your waterproof craft surface with a couple of spritzes of each spray
color, overlapping them slightly, but not completely. I chose to use two
different blue sprays as well as a bit of purple, for a nice
complimentary color palette. Spray water onto the colors until your
colors start to form slightly larger pools of color.
Next,
lightly spray the embossed side of your watercolor paper with water.
This step preps the paper fibers for absorbing the color sprays. Once
your paper is dampened with water, set your watercolor paper (embossed
side face down) into the pools of color. Press the paper onto the
crafting surface so you get color on the entire surface of the paper.
Lift
the watercolor paper from the crafting surface to reveal the color. You
can see how the embossed area resists the color, and leaves you with a
beautiful pattern.
Using
a heat tool, dry the watercolor paper to set the ink colors. If you
like the results, you can be finished with the coloring stage... or, you
can take it a bit further!
To
add more color, tap the dried paper down into the remaining pools of
color, adding a random assortment of spots to the surface of the paper.
Tap randomly, into big spots and little spots. When you're happy with
the additional splotches, heat set your paper again to dry the ink.
You can repeat this process until you're happy with the results.
The
Stephanie Barnard Sprays! have wonderful, intense color payoff, and
blend together beautifully! I was thrilled by how they took to the
watercolor paper. I trimmed my dyed paper to size and assembled my card.
One
more thing ... you could simply clean up your craft surface with paper
towels, but don't let that left over color on your craft surface go to
waste! Use the left over color to make hand dyed ribbon! This is white
seam binding ribbon that I used to wipe up my crafting surface after I
was finished coloring my paper. Once I had the ink all wiped up with the
ribbon, I gave the ribbon a couple spritzes with water to help soften
the edges of the inks, and then set the ribbon aside to dry. Now I have
some beautiful hand dyed ribbon to use on future projects.
I hope you try out this technique. It's super easy, and so FUN to
watch the color transform the white paper (and ribbon!) into a
beautiful, one of a kind, surface.
Supplies:Stamps: gum4background and bubblegum4me by The Stamps of LifeInk: VersaMark, Black StazOn, Stephanie Barnard Color Sprays in Blueberry, Sky, and GrapePaper: Fabriano Watercolor, NeenahOther:
bakers twine, button, tracing wheel,
Transparent Embossing Powder, heat tool, craft mat, white seam binding
ribbon
Thanks so much, Anna!
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