Mixed Media Monthly Guest Artist

Hi all! I'm SO excited to share a new challenge blog with you. It's called The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge and I was thrilled to be invited to be their first guest artist. Each month they'll have a different theme and a prize for one lucky participant. This month our own Inspiration Emporium is the sponsor, so I hope you'll join in!

The theme for this month's challenge was spray inks. I decided to experiment with a resist technique - dry embossing and then heat embossing the raised area. I absolutely love how my piece turned out and shot a quick tutorial to show you how I did it.

Begin by embossing a piece of Ranger's Distress Watercolor paper using one the Book Covers Texture Fades. Open the folder, but leave paper in place. This will help support the raised design when you brayer it. Load brayer with clear embossing ink and roll over the embossed paper.

Next, cover inked design with clear embossing powder and heat to melt powder. If you have any stray powder, brush away prior to embossing.

Mist paper with desired colors. Since I wanted a more muted palette for this piece, I chose to dilute my Adirondack color washes to more of a pastel hue. Dab with a paper towel to remove ink from embossed area and let dry. If the color is not intense enough, continue to spritz until you like it.

Here is the embossed piece after it's dry. How cool is that resist?!

I felt like the embossing was just too shiny, so I covered the panel with paper and used a hot iron to melt and remove the ink - just like you'd do for the faux batik technique. It also flattened the embossing just a bit, which I really loved!

To complete the panel, I covered a piece of medium weight chipboard with burlap paper - instant burlap panel! - and added Tim Holtz's new Mini Corners. I layered the embossed piece (which was stamped with a quote from Artistic Outpost) to a piece of Prima paper and then to the panel. I added a few strips of Tissue Tape, some paper flowers created with the Sizzix Tattered Flower Garland die (you can find the full tutorial for these HERE), and some idea-ology embellishments.

As always, you can find most of the supplies I used at Inspiration Emporium via the links below. Be sure to use my coupon code - stamptramp - to save 10% on your order! I also have links to Sizzix for the embossing folders and Amazon for the chipboard. Please note that the discount will not work on these sites.

Sizzix Tattered Flower Garland IE Sizzix Distress Watercolor Cardstock Grafix Medium Weight Chipboard Sheets, 12-Inch by 12-Inch, Natural, 25-Pack Ranger Clear Embossing Powder Ranger Emboss It Clear Ink Pad Distress Paint - Picket Fence Perfect Pearls Mist Adirondack Color Wash - Denim Adirondack Color Wash - Cranberry Adirondack Color Wash - Butterscotch Worn Lipstick Distress Ink Distress Ink - Scattered Straw idea-ology Mini Corners idea-ology Adornments - Nature idea-ology Tissue Tape - Symphony idea-ology Tissue Tape - Laboratorie Idea-ology Long Fasteners Kaiser Rhinestones - Silver idea-ology Plaquettes Idea-ology Word Keys Idea-ology Pen Nibs idea-ology Jute String idea-ology Paper String - Solids Liquid Pearls - Buttercup Xyron Mega Runner Inkssentials Mini Misters Inkssentials Blending Tool

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Thanks so much for stopping by today - have a great week!