Hi everyone. Today I'm sharing that my focus will be changing as we deal with a serious illness in our family. At the same time, making cards brings me joy and is very therapeutic for me, so I will continue to create cards when I have time / energy. I may not be posting as much, but I will still be posting. I have hit pause on my two challenges (CAS Mix Up and CAS Christmas) for a while. On to today's card ... Here is a technique that I tried following the video by Altenew (Magic Effects with Water) ... with this particular technique starting at 6:55 of the video. Basics are to sponge DOX inks (Tumbled Glass and Shaded Lilac used above) to cover a card front, place the panel into a 3-D embossing folder (Peony Bundle - Simon Says Stamp used above) after spritzing water (I used shimmer spray) over the deep embossed inside, and then running it through your embossing machine. Once dry, I lightly swiped my white pigment ink pad over the embossing to highlight the raised areas. I wish I could have gotten more white ink on the raised design, but if I pressed harder, the white would also show on the background (guess how I know this!). :) I finished by splattering the front with diluted white acrylic paint and then adding a white sentiment banner with hello sentiment (Happy Messages - Stampendous), stamped in Shaded Lilac DOX ink. Close-up ... this shows a bit of the sparkle from the shimmer spray. Thanks for coming by for a visit! If you would like to subscribe by email, please fill out the subscription form in the upper right sidebar. Make sure to add "subscribe" to the message. It is also important to add [email protected] to your contact list so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates. To unsubscribe, please use the same form on the right sidebar, making sure to add "unsubscribe" to the message. Thank you. Stamps: Happy Messages (Stampendous) Paper: White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media paper (Strathmore 140 lb.) Ink: Distress Oxide Inks: Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glass (Tim Holtz); Unicorn White Pigment ink (Hero Arts) Accessories: Peony Bundle 3-D Embossing Folder (Simon Says Stamp); sponges, shimmer spray