Embossing Powder Techniques #12

Faux Mosaic Resist

Previously, in Heat Embossing Techniques #3, I showed you a similar technique. This one is a lot faster to make, but first you have to make a Mosaic stamp. Here's how.

Stampin' Up! stamp sets are die cut when you receive them. After you mount your stamps, save the foam backed adhesive rubber to make a Mosaic stamp. Cut the flat rubber into "shards" and adhere them to a suitable block leaving some space between the pieces. Use this stamp to turn any image into a mosaic without cutting.

I stamped the rose on white card stock with Jet Black StazOn ink and used markers and a blender pen to colour the image. Let the inks dry completely; you can speed the drying with a Heat Tool.

Swipe the card stock with an Embossing Buddy and stamp your Mosaic stamp with a VersaMark pad. Apply Clear EP, shake off the excess and melt with a Heat Tool.

When the EP is cooled, swipe the piece with a black ink pad, NOT StazOn, working the ink into the "cracks". Then, clean the ink from the EP with a tissue.

Supplies
Stamps
-Happiness Shared 117038 IBC p. 100
-Mosiac stamp (see instructions)
Ink IBC pp. 165-169
-VersaMark pad 102283 IBC p. 195
-Old Olive ink pad
-Basic Black ink pad
-Pretty in Pink ink pad
-Jet Black StazOn pad 101406 IBC p. 195
-Pink Pirouette marker
-River Rock marker
-So Saffron marker
Paper IBC pp. 165-170
-Whisper White card stock
-Basic Black card stock
-Pink Pirouette card stock
-River Rock card stock
Tools
-1/16 in. hand punch 101227 IBC p. 202
-Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch 119275 IBC p. 201
-Heat Tool 100005 IBC p. 196
-Embossing Buddy 103083 IBC p. 196
Accessories
-Clear EP 109130 IBC p. 196
-Clear Rhinestone brad 113144 IBC p. 187
-Black Satin Ribbon 117285 IBC p. 191