Good morning and welcome to the CLASSroom. I don't know about you but I have become a little overwhelmed with all the coloring choices available to us today. I have several different kinds of markers, watercolor paint, acrylic paint, watercolor pencils, etc., but I still love using Distress Reinkers when coloring gold embossed images. My clean and simple card today was made using the cherry blossom images from the Impression Obsession Pink Clouds by Pink Ink and the sentiment is a sneak peek from one of Julie's new sets being released on March 4th.
Secure the flowers, foliage and sentiment stamps and white cardstock and in the Mini MISTI, apply versa to the images and stamp the images.
Sprinkle the image with gold embossing powder and heat with heat gun. I always use Ranger Super Fine Gold Embossing Powder for fine lined images.
Use a small brush and pure Spun Sugar, Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo reinkers to paint the images. I like to use the lids of my coordinating Distress Inks as a palette for my reinkers so whatever is left when I'm finished will be there the next time I use it.
Cut out all the images with scissors to avoid having the white outlines left by die cutting. There is nothing wrong with cutting out the images with dies and having the white outline around the images. I just personally prefer using the images without the borders. There is a coordinating Pink Clouds die set you may want to use.
Use a Rose Pink Copic marker to create a border for the background layer that perfectly matches the pink flowers. Attach the border layer to the base image layer with ATG adhesive.
Apply mounting tape to the back of the image layer and attach to the card base.
Gently form the flowers and leaves using a molding pad and the stylus from the Garden Tool Set.
Create dimension and interest to the background image by arranging and attaching extra flowers and leaves with glossy accents.
I used the Pink Rose marker to add a little extra color to the flower centers but was very careful to use a soft touch so the alcohol ink wouldn't damage the gold embossing.
I love how elegant the colored gold embossed images look against the all white background. The arrangement of cherry blossoms was a perfect choice to use with the Sending Good Fortune Your Way sentiment. You are going to love the sentiments in Julie's new set. I can't wait for you to see all of them. Thanks for coming by the CLASSroom and I hope you have a great day.
