I've been playing with my Copic Various Inks and polished stone techniques again, but with an added twist of embossing on top. First lesson: the embossing must be on top, because if you clear-emboss on the white glossy cardstock, and then think that you will create polished stone in the crevices and get a resist, let me tell you that it doesn't work that way with the Copic inks! They cover embossing as beautifully as they cover everything else, so all you'll get is interesting texture--not a resist technique.
Begin with white glossy cardstock and two or three compatible colors of Copic Various Inks. I was a bit daring and chose complementary colors, knowing that I would run the risk of ending up with a muddy gray if I overworked the inks. You may use a blender-solution or a 91% rubbing alcohol-soaked cotton ball, or you can simply drip colors and blending solution if you prefer. Work the colors until you are pleased with them, but try to avoid over-mixing complementary colors.
After you are pleased with your polished stone effect, and after it is completely dry,ink a background stamp with Versamark or another embossing ink and stamp the polished stone background. This particular background is the CHF Paisley Scrapblock.
Use a detail embossing powder to cover the stamped image and heat-emboss. Proceed to finish the card as you wish. I chose to keep mine simple with a ribbon treatment and a sentiment from the Mona Lisa Moments Motivational Centers set, framed with a Spellbinders Curved Mega Rectangle Nestability. (The white silk can be found here, and rhinestones here.)
If you try some embossed polished stone, I would love to see it; feel free to post a link here. Thank you for visiting the CLASSroom!
