A new year, a new technique

Yesterday I picked up a copy of CardMaker magazine and read an article about Gina Krupsky from Gina K. Designs.  One of her favorite stamping techniques is called emboss resist.  You emboss an image and then sponge ink over the top.  The embossed area won't absorb the ink so it makes it stand out from the background paper.

I had never tried this so, using her example in the magazine, here's what I came up with.

Background is SU Ballet Blue and Old Olive cardstock.  I ran the blue through my Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder.

In Microsoft Word, I typed in the sonnet How Do I Love Thee?  by ELizabeth Barrett Browning and printed it out on white cardstock. 

The butterfly image is embossed with white embossing powder and then I used MS inks to cover the image.

I computer printed the "miss you" and punched it off center with an 1 1/4" punch, mounted that onto a blue 1 1/2" scallop and a 1 3/4" green scallop.

Since I used the white embossing powder, the butterflies have sort of a yellow-green tinge to them.  I like the way this card turned out!  This is a technique I'll have to keep in mind.

This next card's just a fun one I made last night.  The sun image is from Hello Kitty Greetings.  The sentiment inside is " you brighten my day".