double emboss resist + video tutorial

Welcome to another MFT Stamps challenge! This time its all about the ink and more specifically, emboss resist. This challenge is titled Resistance is Futile. If you are a fellow sci-fi nerd, you will love that title as much as I do! And if you are not, who could "resist" playing along with this challenge!? Ha!

Emboss resist is one of my all-time favorite techniques! There are about a million ways to achieve some amazing looks with this technique and I am going to make it a million and one! Double emboss resist is what I am calling this technique because I add another layer to the classic way of doing things. 

In a traditional emboss resist, you stamp an image with clear ink and use clear or white embossing powder to heat set the image. Then color is applied over the top and the heat embossed images show through. I add another layer of texture with stamping and I show you how in the video tutorial below.

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Watch me make a huge mess on this video tutorial and also hear which of my tools I confess my undying love to! Then visit the MFT Stamps Blog to see what the rest of the team has created. I am looking forward to being inspired!

thanks for stopping by!!

~kimberly

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Polished Watercolor with MFT Hybrid Inks +Video Tutorial; MFT Stamps Ingenious Inking

Today's challenge is about showing how compatible MFT Stamps Hybrid Inks are with Copic Markers. Yes, they are perfect for coloring with Copics or even doing the watercoloring Copic technique, but of course, I had to experiment and go all crazy. But look at these results!! How beautiful is this card's background!?!  

This is a riff on the old polished stone technique, but with a modern twist. By leaving things looser and more open, the effect becomes like watercolor.

Even more fun than the background, is the way that you can stamp on top of it with MFT Hybrid Inks! Check out how to create this look by watching the video below. Click to watch:

Direct Link: Polished Watercolor with MFT Hybrid Inks

Visit the MFT Stamps Blog to be linked up to the rest of the team. There are some insanely talented designers when it comes to coloring on the team. I cannot wait to learn from them today!

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

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watercolor background with an acrylic block: MFT Ingenious Inking Challenge

This month's Ingenious Inking Challenge is about watercolor and more specifically, creating a watercolor wash for your card. Another super fun challenge! My life is rough, people. ;)

I chose to go a different route than simply applying a watered down ink to my card, I decided to give it some definition by using an acrylic block. Cool part about this technique is, you can create a ton of shapes for your background by simply using different blocks!

I pushed my Coral Crush ink pad and Persimmon ink pad directly onto my clean acrylic block. You can control how much color your background will have, depending on how much ink you apply. I used a large amount of Persimmon, so my background will be bolder.

Then, holding the block slightly away from myself, I spritzed water onto my block. About 4-5 squirts. More water will equal less intense color on your paper. Less water will yeild a stronger color on your paper.

This is what the block and the paper looks like when you set it on your paper. By the way, this is watercolor paper. You definitely need that paper to handle the water!

I did have a wee bit too much water...so I grabbed a paper towel and gently dabbed away the excess. I finished the card off with stripes (Striped Backgrounds), a bold sentiment (True Friends), and a flower (Die-namics Rolled Blooming Rose). 

Visit the MFT Stamps Blog for more information about this challenge, and all the fun challenges we have each month. And be sure and check out yesterday's post, as I once again got to do the MFTv Video for Monday!

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

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