Sunday, July 18, 2010

Beautiful embossed resist card - cased from Karen Barber

The two cards pictured, I cased from an example from Karen Barber. I just love her technique (and couldn't wait to try out this technique using the same stamp set, Nature's Nest because I think the turtle is just adorable!). The technique is basically embossed resist stepped up with a white gel pen. The first one is actually a plain version with no embossing and colored with blender pens... It looks nice, but the second one is really stepped up with this technique. I did change the colors on my cards. I went with the new yellow, daffodil delight, pacific point (I'm not sure what color blue she used) and used all the new neutrals, including Choc chip, which Karen used), instead of close to cocoa and creamy caramel. Karen is definitely an expert in coloring and although I thought I did a good job, it's still no where near her talent. Thanks for looking!