Last Tuesday, we learned how to sponge colour as a background. So today I am going to expand on that abit, only this time using a brayer. If you don’t have a brayer, you don’t need to run out to get one, you can still use your sponge. I used Upsy Daisy once again for the stamp set, can you tell I love it? I thought it was retiring, but turns out I was wrong, thank goodness!

Stamp Upsy Daisy using versamark, onto glossy cardstock, and heat emboss using Black embossing powder.

Punch out a circle (doesn’t matter what size, I used 1-1/2″). This is going to be your “mask”. Place the mask where you want your moon to be. Ink up your brayer with bashful blue, and run it across your entire piece of glossy cardstock. You are going to have to hold the mask in place so that ink does not go where mask is. You can always use a tiny bit of tape to hold it, however if you don’t get it all off, it takes away from the look. Keeping, mask in place, then ink up brayer with tempting turquoise ink, and brayer along the bottom, Then switch to Marina Mist and brayer over the top half of the card.

You can use ANY blues you want, and of course you don’t even have to stick to blue, you can use yellows, or oranges; whatever colour you want to achieve the background look you want.

There is a similar tutorial on splitcoaststampers. However they use masking sheets. These ARE NOT necessary, just cut out, or punch your shapes using scrap cardstock, or even regular paper (as long as the ink does not soak or leak through). Go here if you want to see another tutorial.

I am so sad that this stamp set is retiring, it has been one of my favourites and I am going to miss it.

Today’s technique is emboss resist. So simple, yet very pretty.

You can use any image you like at all, but for today I am demonstrating with Upsy Daisy. Use Versamark, and White Embossing Powder, and heat emboss image on a piece of Whisper White Cardstock. Then ink a sponge  (in this case I used Elegant Eggplant ink) and dab onto the white cardstock. You can dab the white cardstock several times before re-inking. As you dab, you will notice that the ink does not stay on the white embossing. Continue to dab until you reach the desired effect. You want to have varying degrees of dark and light ink around the image.

For this card, I used Wisteria Wonder, and Elegant Eggplant.

Uses Pendant Park. There is actually more than one technique used on this card. Brayering, sponging, masking and reflection.  If you want to learn how to do this technique click here.