EMERGING COLOR HELLO TUTORIAL

I first introduced you to a fun technique called Emerging Color almost a year ago in this post. Following is the card I included to accompany this introduction and tutorial:

At my most recent Stamp-In Workshop in May, I reintroduced the technique to my stampers with this card:

When I finished with the background of the card, I wanted to add a little "hello" using the Hello You Thinlits. 

First, I diecut the word from Mossy Meadow cardstock. However, when I held it against the busy background, it was sort of lost in the forest, so to speak. I then cut the word again from Coastal Cabana. Same thing. Grrr. How to fix this? 

Ta da! I decided to layer the word pieces, shifting them just slightly to give a shadow effect, and -- YAY!! -- it worked!

You can see in the following image the way the embossed parts look by the way they reflect the light. I just love all the layering and new colors that occur with this simple technique!

In the sample from August 2014, I used a brayer to apply the background ink. I did it differently in this current card. Would you like to know how I made it? OK! Here goes:

Supplies:

Flower Patch stamp set

Pear Pizzazz cardstock

Mossy Meadow cardstock

Coastal Cabana cardstock

Whisper White cardstock

Coastal Cabana ink

Pear Pizzazz ink

Mossy Meadow ink

VersaMark ink

Big Shot

Hello You Thinlits

Heat Tool

Embossing Buddy

Clear Embossing Powder

Stamping Sponge

Instructions:

Fold a half sheet of Pear Pizzazz cardstock in half, creasing well with a bone folder.

Adhere a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Mossy Meadow cardstock to the card base.

Stamp the various flowers randomly across a 3 3/4" x 5" piece of Whisper White cardstock in your chosen colors, cleaning the stamps each time you finish with a color. Try not to overlap the flowers at this point, except for stamping the darker centers in the large flowers.

Rub this piece well with the Embossing Buddy. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!

In VersaMark, stamp the largest flower around on this piece, overlapping some of the colored flowers, but not overlapping the VersaMarked flowers. You can hold the paper at an angle to see where you've stamped the clear flowers.

At the Heat Station, dump clear embossing powder over the entire piece, tapping any excess powder back into its container. Heat the embossing powder with the Heat Tool until it is completely shiny and set.

Back at your table make sure the embossing is cooled. Once it is, sponge Pear Pizzazz ink over the entire piece in a circular motion. You can keep adding layers of color to make it darker, so start off softly and fairly light. Once all the unembossed spaces are colored green, take a tissue and gently wipe any excess ink from the embossed flowers. Adhere this piece to the card front.

Use the Hello Thinlit to cut two hellos, one in Coastal Cabana and one in Mossy Meadow. First adhere the green hello with tiny droplets of green glue. Follow with the Coastal Cabana hello, offset from the green one just a bit so it looks like a shadow.

There! Wasn't that fun!?!?

Emerging 

Smiles.