How can you Resist? It's Monday Motivation!!!

Welcome to our second edition of Motivation Monday! I have a tutorial that I hope you find irresistible :)

I am June Houck and I have a resist technique to share with you. For this technique, you need:

• a solid stamp image
• patterned paper
• VersaMark watermark pad
• clear embossing powder
• heat gun
• coordinating dark dye ink pad
• brayer
• tissue or old rag

Tutorial:

1. Stamp image with VersaMark watermark stamp pad and heat emboss with clear embossing powder.
2. With dark ink brayer over your embossed image.
3. Rub off excess ink with a tissue or old rag.

Tip #1:
My rubber stamp has 3 pears. The pear on the left is the most detailed and the pear on the right is the least detailed. I think this technique works best with stamps that are less detailed.

Tip #2:
This was my first attempt at the resist technique:
I stamped on hand-made paper and the black ink resisted the silver flowers in the hand-made paper.

Other resist techniques:

• Stamp and emboss images on glossy paper, then using a rainbow pad and brayer over the embossed images to create a background.
• Stamp images on white card stock with black Stazon ink. Using a white crayon, add doodles or hi-lights to the images. Sponge color(s) over images...the crayon will resist!

I hope you found some inspiration here today. Maybe this technique is new for you, or maybe you tried it years ago and are inspired to try it again. Either way, please share your thoughts. I would love to hear from you!
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Fun technique, huh? We'll be back on Wednesday with the HoneyBee Showcase, so you can see what the HoneyBees have done with June's tutorial. What will you create? We want to see your designs and creations!
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Have a great day!

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