AECP: Impressive Heat Embossing
Hello, Do you love to heat emboss? Do you have lots of different colored embossing powder? Today’s blog post is about using heat embossing in my handmade cards. Armed with some “basic” embossing powder, such as white, clear, silver and gold embossing powder, I will show you how embossing can add more fun in card making. I love batik. From batik fabric to painting batik cards. The first card uses Altenew’s Floral Shadow stamp set to create a batik background. Using some distress oxide inks, I blended the card panel with colors I like - such as pink, blue and green. I stamped the images from Floral Shadow and embossed it in clear embossing powder. Then, I used a darker blue distress oxide ink to blend onto the whole panel. Using a dry cloth, I buffed the embossed image to remove any excess ink. The embossed images resist the dark blue distress oxide ink and shows the ink under the images. This creates a batik effect that I like. I sprinkled some clear water onto th...