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Hi, this is Dina for Splitcoaststampers. In this tutorial I'll show you several ways that
you can add color to dry embossed images. In the photo tutorial Jeanne shows a method
using ink and paper stumps, so I'll begin with that first. I'm just rolling the end
of my stump onto an inkpad to pick up the color - these are Versamagic chalk inks. Then
I'll use the flat side of the tip of the stump to carefully rub the color over the raised
areas of my embossed leaves. The key to doing this technique successfully is really to work
slowly and carefully, and to keep the stump, blender pen, brush pen or paint brush
as flat as possible against that raised area of the image. If you work with the tip of
the stump or marker, you'll tend to get down into the crevices and outside the outlines
and you'll lose the effect of the raised colored image. If you're layering colors, you'll want
to work from your lightest color to your darkest color, and if you only have one stump to use,
you can use a sanding block to remove the ink from the tip before you move on to another color.
You can run the sides of the stump against the sanding block to remove the ink,
and then pull the stump away from the tip to bring it back to a sharp point again.
I like the results I got with the Stampin' Up! blender pen too, so I'll show you that method.
Here I'm using Distress Markers, and creating a palette for myself on a ceramic tile, just
scribbling the marker right on there, and then I'll use the blender pen to pick up the ink.
Notice that I'm holding the pen really far back from the paper - that allows me to
hold the brush tip at a very flat angle and get the broadest surface of the brush against
the embossing. The final effect with the blender pen is much more of a watercolored look, so
if that's the kind of effect that you enjoy, you might try this technique yourself. If you
don't have Distress Markers, but you have some other water based markers, you can use
those in the same way. You can even drop dye reinkers or tap the corner of an ink pad onto
a palette like this, and that will work with the blender pen as well. I tried using the
Distress Markers directly onto the embossed image, and that does work too, but it's a
little bit difficult to control. Play around with what you have at your house and see what
works for you. You can do this technique with alcohol markers but again it takes a really
steady hand and a very light touch to keep the alcohol ink from bleeding into the open
areas of the embossing. I'm working on watercolor paper, so it may be a little more absorbent
than a smooth cardstock. If that's what you have and you want to give it a try, it can
be done. Experiment with what you have and see what works best for you. You can also
use the blender pen with your blending chalks or PanPastels, just by touching the tip of
the blender pen into the chalk and then coloring with the tip as we did before, keeping the
brush tip very flat against the embossed image. Here's a closer look at the sample from our
photo tutorial. I just really love how the color on this embossed image really brings
the detailed embossing to life. And then this is a card that I created using the blender
pen and Distress Markers, with a few added spritzes and splatters of paint and water.
I hope you'll share your colored embossing with us too. Thank you so much for watching.