So, just last week I had my Terrific Techniques class focused on heat embossing. I always forget how fun and how many options you get with heat embossing and when I remembered this card I made recently, I figured it was another great way to share one of the awesome things you can do with heat embossing – make watercoloring gorgeous and really easy! Check out this idea with the Birthday Blooms stamp set –
White Embossing Powder + Aqua Painters = Gorgeous Watercoloring!
I love how this flower seems to be this fragile, delicate image on the card. It is all thanks to the white embossing powder I started with! Heat emboss your image by stamping in Versamark Ink and then coating in White embossing powder.
TIP – Don’t forget to wipe the area first with your Embossing Buddy! This is REALLY important for images with fine lines and details! The embossing buddy de-statics your paper and makes sure stray embossing powder doesn’t stick to parts of your card that you don’t want it at.
Once you’ve heat set the embossing powder, it then acts like a guide for your watercoloring. I told the folks in class, it is like bowling with the bumpers down in the gutters! 
Use your Aqua Painters to pick up color from the lid of your ink pad and color over your image. You don’t have to worry about the ink sticking to the embossed areas, so just color straight over the top of them.
Since the embossed areas resist the ink, you end up with an amazing delicate result!
Don’t forget the finishing touches!
I pierced the edge of the my embossed cardstock … an no it isn’t hard to do! Grab the Essentials Piercing Pack and place the template with the rows of dots along the edge of your cardstock and start poking to your hearts content!
And yes, I realize there are dies out there now the do the poking for you, which is awesome… unless you have a piece of cardstock that you want to be a different size, or you want your dots to be closer or further from the edge. Just saying, it is nice to have options!
And then I had to punch out the sentiment from this same Birthday Blooms stamp set because I wanted to sponge the edge in Wisteria Wonder to match the flower and the card base. And then I just balanced out the flower by layering my sentiment over one of the small gold Metallic Doilies from the annual catalog. Seriously, why aren’t you all using these more… they rock!
Oh, and don’t forget to add the White Perfect Accents to the upper corner for the finishing touch. They come with adhesive on their back, so it is easy to just grab and go.
What I Used to Make This project
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What do you think? Like the watercoloring with white embossing powder? Try it with different colors and see what comes out!
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) and you have lots of control over what you are coloring. Here is my favorite technique:
Today’s card was one that I saw during the new catalog preorder and I LOVED the use of the new lace trim that I had to make it myself. Isn’t it cute?
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It’s a win-win!
Like I mentioned last 
). Oh, and retiring ink colors for my stamped image too! Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, and Baja Breeze.
From the Real Red polka dot dsp from the Polka Dot Parade pack, to the wrapped Cherry Cobbler bakers twine… and just a touch of bling in the corner. All adds up (I think) to a sweet little card that needs no sentiment at all.
