This technique combines a few of my favourite things, stamping, embossing and Nuvo Shimmer Powders (or Cosmic Pixie Powders/Brushos). Because I was going to be using the Shimmer Powders with water, I needed to have the stamping done in Archival Ink instead of just reaching for my usual Distress Oxide Ink Pads. I recently bought the 3 sets of the mini Archival Ink Pads in the Distress colours and I'm so glad I did! They are wonderful colours as you can see below in the stamping. These were stamped on gloss card, then after the stamped image had dried I spritzed on some water and added some of the Nuvo Shimmer Powder. Next, I tapped off the excess water then dumped clear embossing powder over the whole thing. No embossing ink was used, the water was enough to hold the clear embossing powder which I then heated to create the gorgeous glossy, speckly effect. It turned out with a rough texture as some of the water had dried and the embossing powder wasn't stuck to the whole card, just sections. The other thing I noticed was that the stamping seemed to create a resist type of effect too!
"Poke the dragon"...
"Figureoutable"...
"Edible"...
"Melts in your mouth"...
"Science puns"...
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