I was sitting looking at some paper I bought. It had this very pretty resist embossed design on kraft. Unfortunately it looked flat. So, I took my distress markers and started coloring.
Below on the right was the card I started with. On the left is the same card, colored. Pretty cool, huh?
I colored over the lines (the embossed parts will resist the color) & I used a paper towel to BLOT up the excess ink. This left the kraft paper colored. (Not a new technique I know, but nice to see again).
The kraft paper muted the colors I was using so I needed to use darker colors to get them to show up. I used my darkest colors (blues) on one of the center designs as my focal point.
So, pull out some of your embossed papers and try a little coloring.
Lis
Below on the right was the card I started with. On the left is the same card, colored. Pretty cool, huh?
I colored over the lines (the embossed parts will resist the color) & I used a paper towel to BLOT up the excess ink. This left the kraft paper colored. (Not a new technique I know, but nice to see again).
The kraft paper muted the colors I was using so I needed to use darker colors to get them to show up. I used my darkest colors (blues) on one of the center designs as my focal point.
So, pull out some of your embossed papers and try a little coloring.
Lis
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