Red Peony Heat-Embossed Card with Bleached Effect

Apply distress oxide ink in Fired Brick directly to white cardstock using the ink pad, then allow it to dry completely before proceeding.

Use an anti-static bag to cover the inked cardstock to prevent embossing powder mess.

Stamp the peony design onto the inked cardstock using sticky ink.

Apply gold embossing powder to the stamped image and heat set with a heat gun until the powder melts and changes colour.

Turn the card around and repeat the stamping and embossing process on the reverse side of the design to create a double-stamped effect.

Wet a clean brush with water and paint into selected petals and leaves to reactivate the oxide ink.

Place tissue paper over the wet areas and gently pull to lift out some of the colour, creating a bleached effect.

Heat set the bleached areas with a heat gun to make the lighter areas even brighter.

Use a blending brush to add a tiny amount of black oxide ink around the edges to draw the eye into the design.

Die-cut the outline die around the embossed peony design using the coordinating die set.