Emboss Resist Technique Tutorial - Have you tried it?

stampin' up! Colourful Season perfect for emboss resist technique

Welcome to the July 2019 Totally Techniques Global Stampin' Up! Demonstrators Blog Hop.  Today we are sharing ideas for using the emboss resist technique as chosen by Satomi Wellard our team member in Japan.

Seems crazy that at the moment in the UK and Europe we are having mega heat waves so why would I choose autumn leaves to share, but they just came to hand and they are from the Stampin' Up! set called Colourful Seasons and that is certainly what we are experiencing right now.  

This is how to create this colourful scene. 

Start with a piece of white card and sponge your chosen colours across the card. I used Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler and Crushed Curry.  I used sponges and daubers to add the colour.

Next you need to stamp images across the sponged card with versamark ink.  I used a mixture of the solid and line stamps to cover the card to make sure I got various looks once the rest of the process was complete.  

Add clear embossing powder to the stamped images and heat in the usual way for heat embossing.  

Once this is done take a colour darker than all your other colours used, so I used Early Espresso, and sponge brayer it all over the card.  You can take excess ink off the embossed images with a kitchen towel.  

The final element is to place a piece of copier paper over the whole piece and use an old iron to iron off the melted embossing powder.    Of course you could leave it on also as that works just be sure to take excess ink off the images using the kitchen towel mentioned above.  

You can then finish your card by adding copper die cuts and a sentiment.  To create veins on the solid copper leaf I used my stylus  from the Simple Scored Scoring Tool to emboss the foil card. 

I stamped and embossed the sentiment also in Stampin' Up! Colourful Seasons with white powder onto Soft Suede card and smudged the edges gently with Early Espresso ink and some 2nd generation leaf stamping.  

The artwork is matted onto Cherry Cobbler card and onto Very Vanilla thick card base.  

It's a fun and easy technique and allows you to make bold designs.  I hope you'll give it a go!

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Now it's time to visit the other lovely ladies in our share of this technique around the world.  

Thanks for stopping by 

Happy Crafting 

Zoe x

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Shaker Card Tutorials from the Totally Techniques Demonstrator Blog Hop Team

Our Totally Techniques Team are sharing shaker cards this month. The choice was  from Lynsay in Canada.  I've made mine in readiness for my lovely little neice's birthday. She's a girlie girl and loves pink and purple.

I was inspired by my lovely friend SJ who created a shaker card and used vellum to cover the 'hole' for the shaker part.  You can see here card here.  I've used vellum to give a frosted glass look for my shaker bottle from the Bottles and Bubbles Stampin' Up! framelit dies and coordinating Stampin' Up! stamp set Bubble Over.

I started by stamping the large bottle onto a piece of whisper white card. Then die cutting the bottle out to create the aperture for my shaker. I stamped the bottles to the left and right of this one and all the other stamping on this layer, before adding any vellum to give the whole project depth and make it look like the bottles are behind.

I then stuck a piece of vellum on the reverse using tear and tape to cover the aperture. I've added the striped paper just so that you can see the vellum more easily. To add the straw, which I die cut from the Saleabration Botanical Butterfly Designer Series papers, I made a very small slit in the top of the vellum to slide the straw through and have it in the bottle.

 I then flipped it over again and  added foam adhesive strips around the rectangle of vellum.   I added some sequin assortment prior to removing the backing strips on the foam. Removing the backing I added a piece of whisper white card to seal in the sequins.  I added extra foam strip to add this layer to a matting layer of Lemon Lime Twist card.

To finish my design I added other bottles which I had stamped and die cut to the design along with the die cut 'birthday' from the Well Said Stampin' Up! bundle in the spring catalogue and also some rhinestones. You'll see I also stamped and die cut bottle labels including one in sparkle glimmer paper which I coloured with a Lemon Lime Twist Stampin' Write Marker.  I also used the two different sized bottle top dies to add silver foil caps to all the bottles.  To make it easy to stick these on I added double sided adhesive sheet to the back of the foil card prior to die cutting.  Quick Tip keep offcuts of foil that already have double sided adhesive sheet for mini die cuts like this, it saves breaking into a larger piece of foil.   A handful of rhinestones amongst the bubbles add to the 'pop'.

I'm really pleased how this turned out and I know that my neice will love this purple and pink pop bottle card. 

Now we have a new way of you visiting our team of International Demonstrators for this hop to click through the pictures below. You should be able to click on the next picture from the next blog, but you can also return here and go to each in turn. Enjoy our Shaker cards and tutorials.  

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Hugs all Zoe x

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Totally Techniques - Faux Torn Edge Technique

Stampin Up Botanical Bliss for faux torn edge tutorial with zoe tant

Hi and welcome to our September Totally Techniques Blog Hop where this group of International Stampin' Up! demonstrators are sharing inspiration for the Faux Torn Edge technique.  If you're starting here you can find your way around the hop using the next button below and if you've just joined me from Kelly's blog you've already seen a show stopper of design.

 I have a video tutorial but Youtube isn't playing with me right now. So here are a few details of how to do this.
UPDATE
After 3 days !!!! I can now finally share my video with you.



 The bottom line is all you need is a torn piece of copier paper for the top card and a torn piece of scratch card for the one below.  You can use sponge brayers or sponges to add colour above the torn edge using it as a mask.  I used both pieces of torn paper and washi tape to hold them in place leaving a gap for the Happy Birthday card and then added ink with the brayer.  I used Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana for adding the colour band. I used the same colours and Pacific Point to stamp on images in first, second and third generation ink whilst keeping the masks in place.  I also gold heat embossed the flower from Botanical Bliss again with masks in place. Finally I removed the masks and added a no line watercolored flower, sentiment stamped with Berry Burst and added some pearls.

For this second card I used a card mask and gently sponged on colour using the mask, but only so far up my artwork.  I then moved the mask to reflect the bottom sponging and repeated the process leaving some 'white' space in between the two bands.  I stamped the flower in black Staz On ink starting in the middle and moving outwards making sure to stamp off the edge to draw the eye outwards also.  I used a sponge to add Granny Apple Green to the flowers to make them pop leaving odd white spaces.  I've added a handful of the sequin assortment and a sentiment to finish and matted my artwork onto a Coastal Cabana card base.

These are really simple, but impacting techniques and even a beginner stamper can do this with just ink, stamps and paper.

Hopefully I'll have the video up for you soon, but in the meantime all products used are available in my Stampin' Up! Online Shop.  

You're off next to visit talented Barbara in Austria.

Thanks for stopping by and come back soon.

Zoe x

1. Lynsay Mahon - Canada
2. Nadine Weiner - Germany
3. Kelly Acheson - USA
4. Zoe Tant - UK
5. Barbara Meyer - Austria  
6. Annette Elias - The Netherlands
7. Satomi Wellard - Japan
8. Marine Wiplier - France

Totally Techniques Blog Hop - Crinkle Special

Easter Card with Stampin Up Layering Oval Dies and Basket Weave Embossing folder

Welcome to our Totally Techniques blog hop for March 2018.  If you've arrived from Shannean's blog you've already seen a fabulous example of our technique this month which was chosen by Annette Elias and we are showcasing the 'Crinkled Paper' process. I've used it to create the top layer for each of my Easter Eggs and in a similar but slightly different way the basket also.  

To create the crinkle effect I used off cuts of whisper white card and basically screwed them up.  I also spritzed with a little water to make the card more pliable.  I opened the scrunched balls and used an ink pad to sweep ink across the card and on the whole just the creases pick up the ink.  I also used a sponge to smudge ink around the edge of each egg to define the edges.  With the lemon lime twist and daffodil delight eggs I also embossed each piece of card prior to scrunching them up to add even more texture.  I used embossing folders Polka Dot Basics on one and Petal Burst on the other.    

Using my Layered Ovals dies I cut the eggs out and also added a scalloped matting layer using the same set of dies in the same colour of each egg.  I've used ribbon and enamel dots to add decoration.  For the two smaller eggs I used white organza ribbon which in the case of the melon mambo egg I put my hand inside an empty embellishment bag and pulled the ribbon over the same colour ink pad and then dried it with my heat tool which also melted the ribbon and gave it a gathered appearance.  I did the same heating with white ribbon on the yellow egg.  The large egg has night of navy gingham ribbon.  

Cute Easter card using Hello Easter stampin up stamp set and the Layering Oval dies

I made the basket by first cutting one side of a box shape and then prior to sticking the sides in place I put it through the big shot with the SAB Basket Weave embossing folder and then ran the ink pad over it in the same way as the crinkled card earlier to add shading to the basket.  

The eggs themselves are layered and I built up the layers with glue dots and stampin dimensionals.  Luckily this card will be hand delivered so I don't need a box for posting.

My trusty Teeny Tiny Sentiments helped me with a simple sentiment and I cut it out with the stampin' up! classic label punch.  My sweet bunny is from the Stampin Up spring catalogue set Hello Easter.  

Hope you like this new technique. 

Zoe x

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Enjoy the rest of the hop by going via the next buttons on each blog or following the list below.  Next stop is Lynsay in Canada.

 

1. Annette Elias - The Netherlands
2. Shannean Moncrieff - Australia
3. Zoe Tant - UK - You're here
4. Lynsay Mahon - Canada
5. Satomi Wellard - Japan
6. Nadine Weiner -  Germany
7. Paula Dobson - New Zealand
8. Barbara Meyer - Austria
9. Kelly Acheson - USA

Totally Techniques Blog Hop - Stencils

Welcome to August's Totally Techniques blog hop.  We are featuring cards using stencils to create our desgins this month.  I have used the Stampin' Up! Pattern Party Design Masks on top of a watercolour washed area created by using an aqua painter and ink from the lids of my ink pads.  

Water Colour Wash Instructions

1.  Using an aqua painter add water to an area of the card you wish to colour.

2.  Again with the aqua painter pick up colour from the inside of the ink pad lid having gently squeezed the ink pad prior to opening which puts the ink pad onto the inside of the lid.

3.  Add the colour to the wet area on your card and move it around using the brush of the aqua painter. You can add more water from the painter if required. 

4.  Once happy with your wash allow to dry.  You can remove excess water carefully with kitchen roll/paper towel and also dry off with a heat tool. 

Once the wash is thoroughly dry you can add all sorts of design using the masks.  I sponged some with Stampin' Up! sponges and daubers and also used a marker pen to create the black design by scribbling through the mask and colouring in blocks of the pattern through the mask.  You'll also see that I used embossing paste which was coloured with a DROP, just a drop, of re-inker and then spread using the paste tools over the mask.  

Additional colour was added with a couple of stamps from the Stampin' Up! Touches of Texture set.

All this was done on a piece of shimmery white card stock so that it has a splash of sparkle.  Final touches were to add some black bakers twine and a gold faceted gem.  I've left it blank for adding a sentiment later.  

Have fun with masks and stencils and don't forget you can create your own stencils with window sheet and dies or your trimmer.  

You're off to visit Barbara now who has a beautiful project to share with you. 

1. Nadine Weiner Germany

 2. Shannean Moncrieff Australia

3. Zoe Tant UK That's me

4. Barbara Meyer Austria

See you soon Zx

Totally Techniques Water Colour Spritz Blog Hop

 Welcome to our blog hop. You're now in the UK having jumped from Shannean down under in Australia.  You can continue the hop from here down under my post.

Water colour spritz with Swirly Bird stamps from Stampin' Up!

It's technique time and another Totally Techniques blog hop with Stampin' Up! demonstrators from around the globe.  Today we are sharing the water colour spritz technique.  You can stamp onto shimmery white card stock for a more blended look, but I went with water colour paper which reduced the blend of colours a little, but has created a fun back ground for my new die Happy Birthday available from 1 June.

To create the background you first need to stamp images and then liberally spritz with water using a stampin' spritz bottle.  These come in packs of 2.  Allow the colours to blend and bleed into each other and let your paper dry.  Once dry you can stamp onto it again perhaps with black ink to add images that will pop from the back ground or in my case I've added two layers of the die cut Happy Birthday with the black one adding shade and depth to the top layer in the soon to arrive Berry Burst card stock.  To make it pop even more I've added a layer of fine tip glue to give it a glossy coating and make it shine.  The fine tip glue is perfect for this as it dried clear, but shiny and also as its name suggests it has a fine tip to make application easy and controlled.

I've layers the piece onto black card stock and then on whisper white.  It's actually a 6 x 6 card and the colours used for the stamping include Wisteria Wonder, Rich Razzleberry, Fresh Fig, Powder Pink, Berry Burst and Perfect Plum.  A little touch of silver thread and some new very sparkly Color Theory accents keep my bling fetish under control.

Enjoy our hop we've got some great ideas and inspiration for you. Next stop is with Barbara in Austria.

Happy days and if you get lost the hop list is below.

Thanks for stopping by Zx

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1. Patrice Halliday-Larsen (New Zealand) 2. Amy Koenders (USA) 3. Nadine Weiner (Germany) 4. Shelagh Freemantle (Canada) 5. Marine Wiplier (France) 6. Shannean Moncrieff (Australia) 7. Zoë Tant (UK) 8. Barbara Meyer (Austria) 9. Mathilde Kortekaas (Netherlands)
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Totally Techniques Design Team Blog Hop

Hello and welcome if you have arrived here from Nadine Weiner's blog as part of the Totally Techniques November Blog Hop.

I'm so excited to share my post today.  I was recently asked to join the Totally Techniques Design Team Monthly Blog Hop and to share some technique cards with you.  Our theme for my first blog hop with the team is Emboss Resist which is a fun technique that can be done in so many ways.  I've gone for a simple use of the technique here using the fabulous Stampin' Up!  Celebrate Today stamp set with Balloon framelits.

I stamped the designs on the balloons in versa mark ink one by one and added whisper white embossing powder each time after I had stamped.  Then using the large balloon shaped stamps I added the colour with basic stamping over the embossed designs.  The embossing resists the ink stamped over them and any excess can be wiped away with a clean tissue making the white design 'pop' just like the printed balloons you can buy with designs on them.

The balloon framelits make it so easy for cutting out the neat little bows that you can add like ribbons tied to the balloons.  I love these bold colours of cucumber crush, daffodil delight and real red and with a few of the self adhesive enamel shapes it makes a fun birthday card for anyone young or old.

PRIZE PATROL

Having shopped for myself in the Stampin' Up! extravaganza that's on until Monday 28th November I've got some enamel shapes to give away.  Visit and like my Facebook page to be in the draw to win a pack.  I'll draw a couple of names on Tuesday 29 November.  If you would like to share a post also that would be much appreciated.

Don't forget that you too can shop the Stampin' Up! Sale in my online shop.

Blog Hop order 

Patrice Halliday-Larsen  (New Zealand)

- Amy Koenders (USA)
- Shannean Moncrieff (Australia)
- Nadine Weiner (Germany)
- Zoe Tant  -  You're here in the UK

Challenges
Die Cut Divas - anything goes