Embossed and Inked Cards

 I have a difficult time with adding inks to embossing folders... the results are always inconsistent. I suppose that is part of the technique as it isn't supposed to look perfect, but I have a hard time with that. 

The first card began with a white piece of cardstock that was lightly inked in shades of blue and then embossed. That panel was taped to the inside of the embossing folder and I inked the reverse side with dark blue ink. I had to do that a few times to get full coverage. I also used a sanding block to lightly sand the raised images. I trimmed down that panel, adhered it to silver foil and added it to the card base with craft foam. The sentiment was placed on an angle across the card. 

The two sunflower cards were embossed and ink was added to the sunflowers on the debossed side. Once that was finished, I dragged a dark brown ink pad across the paper, filling in the raised sections. I cut the large panel down to make two cards. Each section was adhered to holographic paper and adhered to a bamboo embossed background. The sentiments were die cut from bronze glitter paper and one was adhered to the same holographic paper and the other to dark green cardstock. I added some enamel gems around each card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson