Dramatic Emboss Resist Background with Kelly Latevola

Hello Crafters! 

Congratulations, you have made it to the weekend! 

I hope you all have had an amazing week :)

In the past few months I've seen these beautiful dark ink blended backgrounds that have been trending in our crafty corner of the world and honestly, I'm a big fan. 

I wanted to create that look but with just a little more interest. How am I going to add that interest you ask? 

Emboss Resist. 

It's a staple technique in card making that's been a round five-ever. 

I started with some robin's egg colored cardstock from our new Over The Rainbow Cardstock Pack and the Grateful Heart stamp set. 

I adore this color cardstock and wanted the color to still shine through in the finished design. I stamped the largest image for the Grateful Heart stamp set in Versamark ink and heat set it using clear embossing powder. The clear embossing powder "resists" the added ink we put on top of it trapping the original color underneath. 

For that really dramatic color in the background I used Distress Inks. You can absolutely use whatever inks you love for ink blending to accomplish this. I just love the richer color that distress inks provide. I started with my lightest color, completely covering the cardstock. I then added progressively darker ink colors coming in from the edges. Which each consecutive color you can see more and more of the emboss resist since the lighter "trapped" color contrasts the darker ink we're applying. 

For my focal point I stamped two of the smaller flowers and one bud. I colored all the images with my copic markers. For the base of the two larger flowers I colored them a yellow gold. Because Copic markers are transparent I could then go in with my oranges and add some color variation. In nature flowers are seldom just one color so this technique adds a bit more interest to the flowers themselves. 

I stamped and heat embossed my sentiments and send everything through my die cutting machine. I adhered the sentiment and flowers with a mix of glue and foam adhesive for added dimension then finished it off with some sequins from our Like Magic mix.  

You can check out the entire card from start to finish in the video below! 

Thank you so much for stopping by! 

Have an amazing weekend! 

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YOU'RE PRETTY - NICE AND NEAT DIES Shop at: NT	Neat & Tangled YOU'RE PRETTY Shop at: NT	Neat & Tangled Grateful Heart Shop at: NT
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Copic Coloring Transparent Wings with Kelly Latevola

Hello Crafters! 

I'm super excited to share today's technique with you. I love when you formulate an idea in your crafty brain and it actually turns out don't you?!

I really wanted to be able to show this moth landing on the flower bouquet as realistically as possible. So I had to do two things, 1. a little research and 2. color them transparently. 

I knew I wouldn't be comfortable doing no-line coloring so I got a little creative to keep my lines. 

I started by stamping my moth and then masking it. I stamped the Heartfelt Thanks bouquet in my MISTI over top of it. A stamp positioner is key here. After I stamped the flowers once I removed the mask over the moth and then stamped again without reinking. This is called second generation stamping and leaves a lighter impression which is exactly what I needed. 

I used my copic markers to color up the image. I started by "Mapping" my colors underneath the wings. I colored in the flowers and leaves using my lightest green, violet, yellow and pink. 

Transparent items are see through which means you will see the color underneath the wings but it will have a green overcast to them. Copics are transparent which allows us to layer colors. 

I colored the rest of the images (the ones not covered by the wings) as I normally would before adding my green over the wings of the moth.  

You can see the entire process in the video below. 

Like I said in the video there is nothing wrong with sticking to the lighter colors. The technique still works to create a transparent look but adding a bit of bolder color really drives the look of it home as you can see in the close up below. 

I really hope you decide to give this technique a try! Moths, butterflies, fairies, the options are endless :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Neat & Tangled Heartfelt Thanks Shop at: NT	Neat & Tangled Moon Magic Shop at: NT	Neenah Solar White 250 Sheets Shop at: SSS

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