Embossed Painted Mount Card with White Ink Highlight

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Create a sophisticated layered card featuring a painted mount run through an embossing folder to create dimensional floral texture. The raised details are highlighted with white ink to bring out the beautiful depth, creating a striking effect with soft watercolour tones of pink, purple and grey. This elegant technique combines embossing, painting and ink work for a truly eye-catching result.

You will need

Stamps By Me - Wistful Charm - 5 X 7 Stencil - Floral 180723CSEE IT

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Step by step

1. 

   Place the painted mount into your embossing folder, ensuring it is positioned correctly so the floral detail will push forward when embossed.

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2. 

   Run the painted mount through your embossing machine to create the raised dimensional effect from the stencil design.

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3. 

   Tap a white ink pad over the embossed surface to highlight the raised areas and bring out the detail of the floral design.

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4. 

   Use a sanding block to gently sand the raised embossed areas of the painted mount to soften the white ink effect if desired.

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5. 

   If the background blends too much with the embossed design, place the painted mount back into the embossing folder. Run it through the die-cutting machine again to add more texture and definition to specific areas.

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6. 

   Apply Heather ink to the embossing folder using an ink applicator. Add touches of pink ink randomly across the folder to create colour variation.

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7. 

   Spray the inked embossing folder with water to activate the dye-based inks. This will help transfer the colours onto your card when embossing.

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   Place the painted mount back into the embossing folder and run it through the die-cutting machine again to transfer the new colours onto the embossed design.

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   Using white ink, carefully highlight the raised embossed details on the painted mount to make them stand out against the coloured background.

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    Adhere the finished embossed and painted mount onto your card base to complete your card.

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Tips from the show

• The painted mounts carry a good amount of water, so you can run them through embossing folders multiple times to build up colour and detail.
• White ink is a pigment-based ink that will resist dye-based inks, creating beautiful contrast and definition.
• If you are not happy with the result, you can always bring it back with white ink and try again with different colours.

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