watercolors and embossing powder

This is old school stamping! But all things come back around, yes? Embossing seems to be back.

To do this, I started with a small piece of watercolor paper. I stamped the poppy image (Heartfelt Creations) using versamark and then embossed with white embossing powder. Then I wet the watercolor paper and sprinkled Brusho watercolor powder around, one color at a time. I used a water filled brush to help things along. Then when as I liked it, I dryed it with a hairdryer- NOT a craft heat tool, as I didn't want to re-melt the embossing powder.  Then I took a piece of 110 pale blue card stock and using a square the new Stampin' Up stitched die set, I cut out the square. (Ill use the stitched square in another card). I used glue to adhere the watercolor paper to the blue card.  

B2B - Cherry blossoms birthday card using embossing technique

 Using flowers that I made awhile back, I made this pretty card last night. The blue strips are washi tape and the rest is paper. For the blue background, I used an embossing technique. First I embossed the paper with clear embossing powder. Then I painted in the small flowers and leaves with watercolors. Then I used a brush and brushed in the blue color. Below is a red arrow that shows the embossed area.

Embossing is one of those techniques that I learned over a decage ago and haven't used for years. Lately I am getting Back to Basics (B2B), and embossing is one of those B2B techniques.