I teach classes regularly, and I just love getting together with a bunch of people, having fun, and stamping! Mostly I love watching someone who has never stamped put ink to paper for the first time! And watching them as they complete their first project successfully never gets old! I also love sharing new techniques with my students and watching them add a new skill to their paper crafting arsenal! My classes usually are 2 projects, and I try to not only make a project that is fun and seasonally, but also to include a new tip, trick ,or technique. I want my students to learn something too, not just make something.
Tonight I wanted to teach heat embossing, as several of the newer regular students have never done that. My upline Lisa Pretto shared a card that she made that I just had to totally CASE (copy and selective edit)! It was just perfect for my class. This card includes heat embossing (in white) on colored cardstock for the sentiment and heat embossing white on white AND resist embossing! Win-Win! So here’s my take on Lisa’s card: 
It features the Avant Garden stamp set (free during Sale-A-Bration) stamped with Versamark ink on whisper white cardstock and them embossed with Whisper White embossing powder. Resist embossing is accomplished by rubbing ink (with the help of a sponge dauber) in a circular motion aroumd the stamped image. The ink does not stick where the heat embossing is which creates that soft muted background. A quick ribbon and a little tag with a sentiment is all you need.
I thought this card could be made in any color, or with any sentiment, so I tried it out in a few other colors. Here it is in Sweet Sugarplum:
And here in Wisteria Wonder. My MIL’s birthday is this weekend and she loves purple so this is for her. I stepped it up a notch by adding a Wisteria Wonder cardstock layer under the feature panel.
Which color is your favorite? I love to read your comments, so please leave me a comment and tell my what you think of this card, and what color you like the best.
I wish you could attend my classes and learn these new techniques with me. Next class will include sponge brayers and inking up embossing folders. If you live in NEPA, consider taking this class with me. Feb. 6th from 6:30-8:45PM.
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Happy Stampin’
Nancy
They are all pretty. I need to make a form of purple myself. What is resist
embossing? I don’t want to appear dumb, but, I don’t know what it is! Thank you for sharing!
Gloria, Resist Embossing is a technique where you emboss white (or clear) on white as I did above with the flower. Then you take ink (I used a sponge dauber) and the ink doesn’t stick to the embossing; just the paper around it. I have been asked to make a video showing this which I will do soon. Please watch for it. No such thing as a dumb question! I encourage questions! 🙂
I loved all of them. A very soft card for sympathy or get well.
Betty, all the ladies were saying how they thought it would be a perfect Sympathy card too! Thank you. 🙂