I used an older Tim Holtz Poinsettia ef and used the blackout technique to combine the two challenges and came up with this...
I love this technique because you don't have to be too careful with your inking of the main image and it still comes out looking great! After embossing the image on a piece of white cs, I flipped it over (using the de-bossed side) and added color using my mini brushes to the Poinsettia flowers and leaves with Gina K inks. It looked like a hot mess at this point! Then the magic happens when you run your black ink pad over the panel and it only inks up the flat surfaces.
I cut my image down to leave a lot of white space, and then added a thin matte gold frame from Kristina Werner (A2 Thin Frame Dies) and embossed my sentiment strip on black with gold embossing powder, using Gina K's All At Once Christmas Greetings. So simple and I love the way it turned out! And one more for the Christmas stash too...YAY!!
Both of these challenges are open till Saturday, October 31st.
Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!
18 comments:
The poinsettias are very striking against the black. I'll have to try to figure out how to do this. I'd like to give it a try. Very pretty, Marcia!
Oh, Marcia! This is absolutely exquisite! and lucky me, I have this EF!! I love the elegance of that teensy gold frame and gold embossed sentiment, too!
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A lovely make Marcia - your gold frame highlights the blackout EF perfectly. Thank you for joining us at CAS Mix Up!
Amazing work, Marcia! This is beautifully done, my friend. So happy to spot this in our CAS Christmas gallery!
Gorgeous card Marcia! This embossing folder looks amazing with this technique. Great work!! Thanks so much for joining us at CAS Christmas and CAS Mix Up!! xx
This is a beautiful card! I love the technique, but especially that you said it "looked like a hot mess" because that's where I usually stop. You end result is anything but a hot mess, and a reminder to trust the process sometimes! Well done.
This is awesome, Marcia! I'm glad you proceeded in spite of the looks of a hot mess! That black ink made it so dramatic and beautiful!
I have this folder too and I'm definitely CASEing your gorgeous card, Marcia. I love it with the gold frame. Thanks for sharing it with us at CAS Mix-Up.
What a wonderful technique, Marcia! that I have to try now! Your inked poinsettias really pop off the black - so pretty framed in the gold! Thanks for joining us at CAS Christmas! Julia xx
Great card using this technique Marcia. I also used a poinsettia EF with this technique but haven't got mine posted yet. I like how you framed the image. Lovely Christmas card. Have a great weekend my friend. ((hugs))
This is an absolutely stunning card! It's the perfect example of the black-out technique! Well done! Sue N
WOW! This embossing folder is perfect for the Blackout Challenge. Your colouring is beautiful, and the black makes the poinsettias really stand out ...... gorgeous!! Thank you for playing along at CAS Mix Up
I was thinking about using this folder for this technique. WOW! It looks amazing! What a deeply dramatic and stunning image you created. The gold frame makes it all the more striking. Hooray for one mor for your stash!
Absolutely stunning Marcia! Such a fabulous example of the blackout technique. Thank you for playing along at CAS Mix Up:)
The red poinsettias really pop against the black background, and I love the thin gold frame and coordinating gold embossed onto black sentiment strip..a beautiful Christmas card Marcia. Thank you for joining us over at CAS Mix Up. x
Marcia, beautiful red poinsettias really pop with that black background. Beautiful card. Thanks for joining us at CAS Christmas.
Your a genius, Marlinda! Why didn't I think of combining the two challenges?! I love the blackout with the pretty red poinsettias and appreciate the idea for some batching making that needs to happen here! Hugs, Darnell
oooh Marcia, you really made me want to try this technique again 🤩 (just catching up xx)
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