Group of Seven Cardmakers - September Post - 3D Embossing with a Twist

Today I'm sharing the cards I made using this month's Group of 7 Cardmakers technique - which is 3D Embossing with a fun twist!    

The fun twist is that you  ink up the debossed side of an embossing folder with black ink and emboss your water colored with reinkers panel which creates a black background around the colorful embossed image!

You'll find a link to a tutorial by Devid Roodenburg over at the Group of 7 blog as well as some beautiful inspiration from the rest of the seven!

Here are the 4 cards I created using this technique.

Here's how I created my cards:

Misted both sides of a panel of watercolor paper with water.

Dropped 2-3 colors of reinker inks onto my craft mat and used a wet paintbrush to spread one color at a time over the panel. Painted equal amounts of each color on the panel randomly.

Dried panel with heat tool or set aside for an hour to dry.

Inked the debossed side of a 3D embossing folder with Nocturne Versafine Clair ink

Placed the water colored panel in the embossing folder, color side over the black inked side, and ran through my Big Shot. 

Some photos of each card as I was creating.

I started with this.

Ranger Distress Reinkers: Peeled Paint and Stormy Sky

And created this

Tall Pines EF

I started with this:

Ranger Distress Inks Rusty Hinge, Wild Honey and Tea Dye

and created this

Acorns EF

I started with this:

Ranger Distress Reinkers Cracked Pistachio, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint

I made two panels for this one

and created this

Glorious Leaves EF

I started with this

Ranger Distress Reinkers Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, Fired Brick

I made two panels for this

and created this

Poinsettia EF

Notes:

1.  The background is supposed to be solid black.  I could have tried to reink the folder and emboss again OR gone over the background with a marker but I decided to leave them the way they came out with the first embossing. I was afraid I would misalign the folder, or the black ink and black marker wouldn't look good together -  So I  get a B- for the class (!) not following directions....

2.  If you don't have any water friendly reinkers - try smooshing Distress Ink pads onto your craft mat and use a wet brush to apply the ink to the misted watercolor paper.

3.  I found that each 3D embossing folder seems to be a slightly different thickness and had to adjust the sandwich used to emboss.  (Don't force it through your machine!)

4.  When I look at my panels -  it seems that the parts that didn't fully color with black are where the pressure rollers might be on my Big Shot as it definitely looks like a  vertical linear miss along both outside edges.  Maybe I need a new machine...?

5.  I also tried a few embossing folders that did not work well with this technique before finding some that did!  Don't give up!

Be sure to check out the tutorial, listed supplies and instructions, and all the wonderful samples by the rest of the Group of 7 over at the blog!   

You can also link up your creations using this technique there!  We'd love to see what you do!

I'm linking my Tall Pines card

 

to:

Cards for Guys

Stars

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Jingle Belles: A Christmas Story

my favorite movie - White Christmas

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Tall Pines

Stamps:  Christmas Quotes - Poppy Stamps.

Paper:  Water Color - Canson Cold Press, Kraft Stock Silver - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology

Ink:  Ranger Distress Reinkers Peeled Paint, Stormy Sky, Nocturne - Versafine Clair.

Accessories:  Tall Pines 3D Embossing Folder - Simon Says Stamp, White POSCA Pen, Star Die from Wisemen - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, foam dots.

Acorns

Stamps:  Mini Strips: Harvest - Taylored Expressions

Paper:  Water Color - Canson Cold Press

Ink:  Ranger Distress Reinkers Rusty Hinge, Wild Honey and Tea Dye, Nocturne - Versafine Clair.

Accessories: Acorns 3D Embossing Folder - Tim Holtz/Sizzix,  Mini Strips Die - Taylored Expressions, Black POSCA Pen, foam dots

Glorious Leaves

Paper:  Water Color - Canson Cold Press, rainbow Glitter Paper - Scrapbook.com

Ink:  Ranger Distress Reinkers Shabby Shutters, Cracked Pistachio, Peeled Paint, Nocturne - Versafine Clair.

Accessories:  Glorious Leaves 3D Embossing Folder - Memory Box,  Let's Have a Word Die - Autumn - The Greetery, Orange Peel Stickles 

Poinsettias

Paper:  Water Color - Canson Cold Press.

Ink:  Ranger Distress Reinkers Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, Fired Brick, Nocturne - Versafine Clair.

Accessories:  Poinsettia 3D Embossing Folder - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, yellow POSCA Pen, Allelulia Word and Shadow Die - Simon Says Stamp.