Technique: Feather leaves

I like heat embossing and I like Copic colouring, but they don’t get on too well together. With the possible exception of clear embossing powder, the usual advice is that colouring over embossing powder will damage your nibs. But I wanted to be able to use the two together, so it was time for an experiment.

In hindsight, this is a pretty obvious technique, and I’m wondering why I didn’t think to try it sooner. I’m sure someone else must have done this before, but I haven’t seen it anywhere.

1. Use the MISTI to stamp the feathers in a light Copic-friendly ink and leave the stamps in position.
2. Colour them with Copic markers.
3. Put the card back in the MISTI and stamp the feathers again, this time using Versamark.
4. Heat emboss as usual.

I fussy cut the feathers out and popped them up on a black card base, which contrasts nicely with the bright Copics and the liquid platinum embossing powder.

A flower in the middle, some white dots around the edges, and a scattering of clear droplets provided the finishing touches.

Supplies:

• stamps:
  Wow! – flights of fancy
• inks:
  Versamark
  Memento desert sand
• pens:
  Sakura soufflé – white
• embossing powder:
  Ranger – liquid platinum
• Copic markers:
  blue-violet – B04, BV04, V09
  green-blue – G09, BG07, B05
  yellow-green – Y19, YG25, YG09, G19
  red-orange – Y38, YR07, R17, R29
  violet-red – V17, RV19, RV29
• embellishments:
  Pretty Pink Posh – clear droplets – 4mm
  Pretty Pink Posh – clear droplets – 6mm
  paper flowers
• paper and card:
  Papermill Direct – plain – black
  Neenah solar white 216gsm
• miscellaneous:
  foam squares

Another catch-up post; this card was originally made on 8th March 2017 as part of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge.