A Year of Card Techniques - (January) Emboss Resist

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This is the first in a year long series of monthly blog hops focusing on techniques for card makers.
Each month we'll feature a different technique or fold or product. We've assembled a team of card makers who range from new to advanced so you'll get a great variety of cards and ideas.

This month we will be focusing on emboss resist techniques and WOW have we got
some cool cards for you today. We really love feedback so please leave a comment on each of the blogs in today's hop. Each comment on the 12 hops throughout the year will be entered into a prize drawing for a $25 Blitsy.com gift certificate at the end of the year.

Now on with the projects.

First of all... you all know... I'M A DORK!!!! I totally did a whole 'nother project (layout), which was totally out of my box... It was a layout about ME! I took a lot of time, sweat and tears doing this... (and I'll post it all tomorrow [Sunday] so I can still share it). My brain was on post-holiday overload, and I was simply thinking the resist... on anything paper. Actually, I was trying to think of what other media forms I could do it on as well... but I must digress at this point and let you get on with the actual purpose of this post...

Since the original project I did see above was totally NOT ok for this, I still decided to go with the same theme. Short story (you'll get the long story tomorrow... I promise...)... I joined a 90-day challenge and invested my own $$$. Since I spent $$$, I totally believe I'll do it, because I'm a total cheapskate I'm a penny-pincher and live on the cheap very frugally. So... I did this super quickie card for my distributor of It Works! (Zeni!)

I went with a "Snowflake" opaque pigment ink by Martha Stewart as my clear embossing inks were a little less than what I would like, see tomorrow's post and stamped "2016" and "Dream Big" (in a set a won from the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop from Jessi! Thank you, Jessi!) and added clear embossing powder...

Then used my trust heating tool...

Blended a pretty (and sunny!) yellow ink all around the edges. (This is supposed to be inspirational and uplifting... hint... hint...)

Then brushed on my SUPER POSITIVE watercolor pens... (see the beading over the resist?)

And brushed it off with a handy wipe.

Voila!

Things I might want to remember in the future. Use Watercolor Paper when using water and watercolors... Duh... Be sure to swipe and wipe in other words: CLEAN as I go... otherwise you get residual ink on the card... Duh.

And with that... be sure to come back tomorrow to get my whole "DUH!" moment and my layout. (It's about ME! and I've never EVER done one! until now...)

Up next is Jearise!

I sure hope you see how really easy it emboss resist is to do. Try one, it's kind of addicting! You can't "resist"! Yes... that pun was intended...

Here's today's line-up in case you get lost along the way
Theresa
Kim
Claudia
Denise
Debbie
Sharon
Lisa
Jearise