Happy Easter Card by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone! Today's card features a fun technique called Blackout Embossing. I watched several YouTube videos featuring this technique and I thought I would give it a try. I felt the 3D embossing folder from the new spring release would be perfect for this technique.

I began by dry embossing white cardstock using the Cheerful Floral 3D embossing folder. Next, I used blending brushes and dye ink to add color to the debossed side of the embossed image.

I know this picture looks like it's the embossed side of the paper, but it's not. You don't have to be precise with the coloring because the final step uses a dark ink to cover the background. Usually, black ink is used to fill in the background, but I went with a dark blue ink to give the card a more spring like look.

You need to use a pigment or foam ink pad for the next step. Keep the ink pad flat in your hand and gently swipe over the embossed image. I went in both directions across my paper and it took several times to cover the background. The 3D embossing folder allows you to pick up color on the raised areas of the image.

See how dramatic the black inked background looks? I'll use this for another card.

Next, I spattered the background with gold ink

I cut a strip of vellum to go across the bottom of the card and used gold metallic cardstock to die cut the "Happy Easter" words which I glued to the vellum strip.