I love the bright boldness of this rose over the softness of the stenciled background.
Instead of adding the ink colour to the embossing paste, I put the colour directly to the paper. Then I added transparent embossing paste, removed the stencil, and sprinkled over clear embossing powder. Then I heat set it. I like that you can get a more subtle and variant shading on the stencil this way.
Here's a close up of the stencilled background ...
My entry to ...
The cue word at CASology Challenge is Copper this week.
I stamped the outline stamp in Versamark and embossed in dark brown embossing powder. Then I used Distress Stains in Tarnished Brass (the closest thing I had to copper) to stamp the lightest layer stamps for the flower and leaves. I also used it to colour some white card so that I could die cut my words in the same colour. I love that it has a metallic shimmer.
Pop on over to the design team to get more inspiration ... and then I'm looking forward to seeing how you interpret copper.
