Hi friends! This week I have a fun resist technique to share with you, using white embossing powder (I’m using Altenew’s Pure White) plus Altenew’s Waterbrush Markers. The stamps today are from the PaperArtsy Eclectica line, and it’s ESN62.
For this technique, you’ll need to stamp your image onto a sturdy, smooth cardstock like mixed media cardstock. Watercolor paper is also fine—just make sure it’s not textured.
I stamped the image with clear embossing ink (WOW! Embossing)…
…and covered it with white embossing powder.
Here it is heat-set:
Then time to bring in the color. I like Altenew’s Watercolor Brush Markers. These are water-based markers with lovely tips that can be used for detail coloring as well as backgrounds. This set is Winter Wonderland—you can see the range of 10 colors on the package. They have loads of these sets in a variety of color palettes, like Tropical Fiesta,
With this butterfly, I first covered the image with yellow (Citrus Burst).
Once that was dry, I added light green in the butterfly image only. (Mountain Mist)
Then I added a bit more, darker green. (Lagoon)
Then a it of blue (Persian Blue)—you can work wet-on-wet or let each of the colors dry in between.
While that dried, I spritzed water onto a piece of patterned cardstock, then added white embossing powder and heat-set. Be sure to heat-set from underneath the cardstock so the embossing powder doesn’t blow off!
After the butterfly dried, I decided to add more Mountain Mist and a bit of Lagoon. in the background, keeping the glow of the yellow… but toning down the brightness of the color. Then I trimmed it down and layered it onto patterned cardstock and added a few gemstones in the butterfly center.
I also splattered a bit if the Persian Blue over the dried image.
Here’s another card, using another butterfly from the stamp set, using the pink (Rouge) and red (Ruby Red).
I hope you’ve enjoyed these cards and this technique—it’s a fun way to create colorful cards with waterbrush markers! And yes, this technique works beautifully with variations on these mediums… so swap the white embossing powder for gold, and trade the waterbrush markers for watercolor paints. Either way, the embossing will be a resist to the water-based medium and can provide a lot of fun for eye-catching card focals.
