Christmas Card-Inkadinkado Angel

[gwenj]

Working on a few Christmas card designs--this is an Inkadinkado angel stamp, stamped with black and then embossed with silver...

[Sharonv]

Beautiful Love the stamp and the embossing!

[ChristyB]

very pretty

[troublesmom]

Gorgeous Gwen! Rich looking.

[Paula]

Very elegant--love the color combo and stamp

Paula

[gwendols]

Very cool!! I agree with the others, that is a really pretty stamp.

[pbp908]

Very pretty! I'm glad I'm not the only person with Christmas on my mind.

Pam

[azemigh]

Very Pretty, Gwen! What an elegant stamp.

I'm thinking about Christmas cards, but haven't done a thing about it yet.

[Judi in IL]

Beautiful card, Gwen! We picked up that stamp last month when we were in WI and haven't used it yet. I am definitely going to CASE your card!

[EDelValle]

Very elegant!

Love it

[pamcook]

It really is pretty -
embossing question - when you use a colored embossing powder, does the ink change the color at all?

[donnak]

Elizabeth took the words right out of my mouth
Very ELEGANT!!!

[gwenj]

It really is pretty -
embossing question - when you use a colored embossing powder, does the ink change the color at all?

Thanks to all of you for your nice comments!

I used black ink, and then silver embossing powder. I find that the black ink gives a little bit darker silver image that when I use the clear embossing ink, so the image shows up better.

[nancine]

Here is some good information about embossing powders and embossing. It's straight from another board where Mary Jo McGraw did a session "ask Mary Jo". Someone had gotten a bunch of EP and didn't know what to do with it!

It usually is what gets everyone started in stamping since it looks so great when done right. I find that these are the biggest booboos folks make...

1 Not using a good wet pigment ink that matches the color of the powder. Most folks are taught to emboss using a clear type pad this is so wrong. Match the pigment ink as close as you can to the color of the powder. It will look richer and cover any mistakes more easily.

2. Not pouring on enough powder. dump the whole jar over the image DO NOT sprinkle the powder over the image. Getting the powder to cover the ink is key.
All the powder can get poured back in the jar.

3. Heat gun not low enough to the surface you are embossing. About half and inch and keep the gun moving slowly over the images. Just heat it till it turns shiny then pull away.

Remember... Most colored EP's are based in white so if you overheat them thy tend to turn a pasty gray -white. Metallics and clear or black are great for beginners!:

I hope this is helpful!

[Flintstone]

I love it!! Very elegant!!
Especially thank you for the tips! I'm just starting to "dabble" with cards. Your hints will be most helpful!!