Friday, May 18, 2012

Emboss and Ink


I am in love with a new technique I saw on the "You and Your Big Dreams" blog.
Pear it with the Papertrey Ink May Blog Hop beautiful colors from the inspiration photo and I knew which card I want to make.  

So here is my card:



I started with a white cardstock. I white embossed the sentiment and then I colored the page with the pear tart ink (in retrospect, I could start with a green card stock...). Then I stamped the beautiful Mehndi Medallion stamp from PTI and clear embossed it.
Then I covered the card with black ink and cleaned it with a baby wipe. 
The ribbon and pearls were white, and I colored them with a copic marker to match the card colors.

I really love the way this card turned out. I am just not sure black and love goes together. If you get a card as black as this to a wedding - would that make you feel bad? I wonder... Maybe I need to make another card with a more romantic background.

Some stamping on the envelope to match.


Here is a close up to the details of this embossing card.



One word of advise, the original post suggested to make sure the ink is completely dry before embossing - they were not kidding!! Look what happened on my first try - Embossing disaster, I also used another ink which didn't turn out quite as good as the pear tart memento ink.



I am adding this card to the following challenges:



9 comments:

  1. Lovely card, the embossing is ver effective and your image pops against the black. Thanks so much for joining in thevSimon Says Stamp and Show Challenge. Tracy x

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  2. מתי אני מוזמנת לסדנא פרטית?
    קרן

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  3. קרן - אין לי את האימייל שלך. שלחי לי אימייל (יש בצד ימין של הבלוג) ונתאם מועד :-)

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  4. Oh, this is lovely! I love the white sentiment & green medallions on the black background! Very striking!

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  5. Love your card! The embossing is so beautiful! Gorgeous technique!

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  6. Beautiful job on the technique...might not be a great wedding card but it would make a wonderful anniversary greeting.

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  7. I LOVE your BEAUTIFUL card!! Great take on the challenge!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)

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  8. I'm so glad I inspired you :) Your card came out gorgeous! I think black for a wedding is just fine, it has a very classy feel to it

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בחלק מהלינקים באתר (אמזון, סקראפבוק וסיימון) יש לי שיווק שותפים שזה אומר שאם אתם קונים מהלינק שלי אני מקבלת עמלה קטנה ולכם זה לא עולה יותר (באמת שלא... בדקתי את זה).