How to Emboss Resist | Awesome Stamping Techniques For Papercrafting | CraftStash

Emboss resist is a wonderful stamping technique for you to have in your crafting toolkit! It's a way to give your stamps a whole new lease of life and also a way to create interesting and colourful backgrounds.

The technique involves heat embossing with white embossing powder on white cardstock. Once your heat embossing is complete, you add colour on top of your embossing (either with watercolours, Distress Oxides, or Distress Inks) to create a resist effect. The embossing will "resist" the colour you add and leave you with a bright white stamped image surrounded by gorgeous colour!

How to Emboss Resist:

Step 1: Stamp your image on white cardstock with embossing ink. (It is best to prime your paper with an antistatic product, like this one.)

Step 2: Sprinkle white embossing powder on your image and shake off the excess powder for later use.

Step 3: Melt your embossing powder with a heat tool.

Step 4: Let the embossing cool.

Step 5: Take an ink blending tool and your medium of choice (watercolours, Distress Oxides, Distress Inks, coloured stamp pads, etc.) and blend the colour across the cardstock. You don't have to be careful about ruining your embossing. Sweep your colours directly on it. The colours will resist the white embossing and leave you with a crisp, white stamped image.

Supplies List:

Crafter's Companion A6 Unmounted Rubber Stamps
crft.st/mphyri (CraftStash UK)
crft.st/OmyqBV (CraftStash US)

Letter It Embossing Ink
crft.st/j3uyvg (CraftStash UK)
crft.st/TIbzLK (CraftStash US)

White Embossing Powder
crft.st/KtlTlz (CraftStash UK)
crft.st/hkDrqy (CraftStash US)

Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Carved Pumpkin/Wild Honey/Wilted Violet)
crft.st/eYHi0q (CraftStash UK)
crft.st/HiPeuL (CraftStash US)

Embossing Heat Tool
crft.st/SbTQPW (CraftStash UK)
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