Magic Embossing Tutorial: Create Interference Magic with 3D Embossing Folders

[@sherryshumay]

Those flowers being just white were pretty too. Love all the cards. Thanks ❤

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Glad you like them!

[@PaperToPetals]

I love the juxtaposition between the dark background and the rich, vibrant colors! I have these inks and many 3-D embossing folders. You’ve inspired me to break them out, use them, play with them! Thank you, great tutorial!

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

That's awesom! I hope you have fun playing. I love the combination of bright colours with black as well 🥰

[@dizzinese]

That floral folder is really pretty and I loved the black and white!

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

💕 So do I! I’m definitely going to revisit it again!

[@pennefreeman1053]

Beautiful. Ty

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you so much 🥰

[@StampinSafari]

This Blackout Letterpress method streamlines the Blackout Technique where the embossed cardstock is swiped with black ink instead of the embossing folder. It imparts a richer, more solid black background. Excellent! 💕

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

It does! 😊

[@christinebrooks5556]

Thanks for sharing, clever techniques. I esp liked how you the matched your backing card, saves loads of time hunting for the right colour x

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

💕 Thank you🥰

[@sonyacreel6600]

NICE to learn some new knowledge on the use of stamping pads. Thnk U🎉

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

You’re very welcome 💕

[@Dotalina33]

I am so attracted to contrasting card colors using black. I just love them. I was really pleased to see the black ink take so well to the first flower card. I have tried this technique on reg embossing folders with not too much success. So the 3D ones are the way to go. I’m excited to go try it out! Thanks for sharing.

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

You are welcome, the black definitely makes those colours pop! 💕

[@CraftingMyWorld]

Absolutely beautiful 😍 I will have to check out those ink pads 😊

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

💕They are so awesome! I created a playlist with all of the videos using them😊

[@purple_scorp146]

These look amazing. You are an excellent presenter, very easy to follow.

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

@@purple_scorp146 thank you so much 💕

[@dianehoffman3508]

Once again, I love the interference ink! The cards are so pretty. I never thought about inking the embossing folders. Beautiful...

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you🥰 yes, inking the folder makes the embossed backgrounds even more interesting! (Imho)

[@PhilomenaCarolan-i9u]

I absolutely LOVE watching this.

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you 🥰

[@doreenwatson-read]

absolutely beautiful colours. Wow, you talk quickly, you remind me of my daughter.

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

I try to slow down but get caught up with so much info i want to share! One of my brothers is even worse, my mom used to say she would need to concentrate so hard to listen and hear what he was saying that she would stop breathing.

[@kathylarsson8388]

This technique works so well fabulous effect. tfs

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

You’re very welcome !💕

[@Linda-qq5mg]

Thank you so much for sharing your method of using the 3D embossing folders. The cards are so special! Also your hint on matching the background paper with matching ink is a winner! i have subscribed!

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you and welcome! 💕

[@michelegourd5742]

I love embossing folders and those ink pads!! I have started using them more and love different ways to use them!! Enjoy your videos!!

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

💕 Thank you 🥰

[@peggyrose204]

Love the flower background, I LOVE 3d embossing folders and this gives me another thought on how to use them. Thanks so much!

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

You’re very welcome! 🥰

[@theresagerman3717]

Love you color choices. Beautiful.

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you💕

[@pennydouphinett4545]

Beautiful cards. You were the final convincing I needed for those inks! New subscriber.

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Welcome! 💕 The problem with the inks is you start to want to use them for everything! 😅😂

[@DeLayneJoseph1104]

Ditto! 😊 New subscriber and loving those inks!

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

@@DeLayneJoseph1104 thank you so much! 💕

[@julieorme9646]

Beautiful ❤

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you🥰

[@elstongunn4277]

Beautiful! The balloons are my favorite…so GRUNGY! :)

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you! I definitely love the grungyness of them and half way through I wasn’t expecting to like them at the end! Sometimes these things surprise me!

[@berylsheppard7052]

The flowers look fabulous

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you💕

[@celiamartinez7943]

Beautiful colorful cards! Thank you for sharing.

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you so much! 🥰

[@sibylleherbe8260]

Your cards are gorgeous. You are working hard to persuade me to buy those ink pads. I’ve loved all the projects you used them on. I so enjoy your videos! ❤

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

lol! I just keep getting I dead that I have to try so I can get those ideas OUT of my head! 😅😂 I’m glad you are enjoying the videos🥰

[@StarqueenB]

Hi Cheryl, I love this technique! I’m new to your channel…so happy to find you!👏🏻 I am wondering if another black ink will work for this technique?🤔

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Yes, any black dye or permanent ink would work. If you used pigment ink, you would need to heat set it.

[@RobertaSharpe]

Love the technique. Love the colors. Thanks for sharing.

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you so much🥰

[@melodieisreal5933]

Beautiful cards...because of you I had to have those inks and I am waiting for them to be delivered... Thanks for all of the great ideas to use them!

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you so much🥰

[@christinesmith989]

Beautiful cards and fab techniques, thank you! I have just ordered the floral embossing folder as its so gorgeous. xxx💖💖💖

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you🥰 That floral one is a gorgeous one isn’t it?!?

[@christinesmith989]

@@ArtsyIslandGirl It certainly is! xxx

[@Sondra5951]

I love Lisa Horton cloud 9 inks, thanks for the cool idea.

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

💕 you’re welcome 🥰

[@mandyhall1674]

Really pretty cards and love the technique you used. Thanks and have a beautiful day.

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

💕 Thank you! 🥰

[@susangoodrow7157]

another awesome inspiration I ordered more inks already had folders! you idea's are amazing so much talent please give us more! ordered more brushes so not to use with others thanks for tip

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

I’m glad you enjoyed them!🥰

[@RenaMiller-u1v]

love the colors last balloons example

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you🥰

[@pcdebb]

I am totally new and this is the coolest idea, thanks!

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you so much! 🥰

[@whoooami2090]

So pretty! I’ll need to get some of those inks.

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

They are awesome to work with💕

[@beaborsato5209]

Beautiful cards, thanks for sharing

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

💕 Thank you so much🥰

[@julieagar4483]

Thanks for sharing your cards are beautiful ❤❤

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

💕Thank you 🥰

[@paulineweir4804]

These are absolutely beautiful thank you for the tutorial, where could I buy the chisel tip ink blending pen?.❤

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

The detail ink blending brushes are from Amazon, the link to them is in the video description 😊 There are some with a chisel tip and some that are flat

[@PaperToPetals]

Love all your cards!

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you!🥰

[@louiseadams5437]

Love yr tutorial what is the brand and company of these inks are they water reactive please😊

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

They are cloud 9 interference pads. They are water soluble but I don’t believe water reactive ( like distress inks are). There is a link to the colours I used in the description and there may be more information about the pads and their properties there 😊

[@louiseadams5437]

@@ArtsyIslandGirl thank you

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

@@louiseadams5437 you’re welcome 😊

[@robingoff322]

Beautiful colors…..my favorite color I purple and all of the different shades of it. I’ve never seen those detail brushes you used with the inks. Can I ask where you got the, and what they’re called?

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

I just call them detail ink blending brushes. Not sure if they are called anything else. The link to the ones I bought are in the description under supply list😊

[@eileenroth9868]

Lovely cards!

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thanks so much! 💕

[@elizabethjones2088]

Hi from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 uk May I ask what’s the name of the pen like tool you used with the green ink on 🍃 leaves

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

It’s a detail ink blending brush😊

[@747cindy]

Love the colors. Beautiful cards. Is Cloud 9 Interference something like Lunar paste?

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you💕 No it’s an interference ink pad that looks one colour on light cardstock and a different colour on dark cardstock 😊

[@pennefreeman1053]

Ty. Love these

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you 🥰

[@artsydancequeen2964]

Very pretty! What kind of embossing machine are you using in this video? I love that it folds up.

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

It is a Spellbinders platinum 6. It is definitely a fantastic machine and the fact that it folds up makes it take up so much less space when not in use. I also love how well each plate is labelled. You can find a link to it on Spellbinders website that (I’m sure) will have more info on it😊

[@cynthiapowell-cobb2742]

So pretty!

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you! 🥰

[@Betty.H4]

Lovely cards you created TYFS!!! Question if you could only have 3 or 4 of the Lisa Horton Interference ink pads which ones would you pick??? Love the butterfly card and the flower one is growing on me lol!!

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

🥰 That’s a really tough question. It really would depend on your favourite colours. I tend to lean towards the pinks/blues/purples so those were my first choices. The pad names that pop in my head that I remember loving a lot would be Galaxy Dream, Teal Twist, Opal Blush (I may be partial to that one because of the name and Opal being my birth stone😅) and then Magic Garden because I really loved how it looked on the dragon die cut in one of my last videos. I hope this helps, but definitely start with some of your favourite colours or the ones you enjoy working with most and go from there. I have yet to find one I haven’t liked💕

[@Betty.H4]

@@ArtsyIslandGirl thank you for your input I’m a Blue purple girl myself. I will check out the ones you listed. Thanks for taking the time to list them for me. 😊

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

@@Betty.H4 you’re very welcome! It’s definitely hard to choose and narrow them down😊

[@juliebergacker5680]

Awesome

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you!

[@lu-ellenhafner4968]

Are you not picking up black onto your brush from the bottom of the balloons?

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

No, the ink is dried and doesn't transfer back onto the brush.

[@cherylstephens4268]

❤WOW ❤

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you💕

[@daynajackson1129]

Is your Black Soot distress or distress oxide? I'm just asking because I have both and I want to use the correct one to recreate this type of card.

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

@@daynajackson1129 it’s just distress ink.😊

[@daynajackson1129]

@@ArtsyIslandGirl Thanks so much!!!

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

@@daynajackson1129 you’re very welcome 💕

[@CraigsOverijse]

Nice technique and enjoyed the video, but fyi you do not need to wash brushes for distress ink, infact would not recommend that as they will not dry for days, just take a sheet of white paper and keep brushing small circles until the ink is gone.

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Correct, you do not need to and I rarely do but they can be washed if someone wishes to do so because it is a dye ink and will wash out of the brush😊

[@CraigsOverijse]

@@ArtsyIslandGirl I do not have as many tools as pads, so I tend to use mine by colour ways reds, yellows blues etc. I find it just as easy to check them before use on white paper and keep brushing after use to remove excess but its up to everyone to decided what tools they wish to get and use. Really I was just commenting so that newer crafter do not think you need one for each you really do not.

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

@@CraigsOverijse you’re absolutely correct. I worked in a scrapbook store for over 10 years and was asked on a regular basis if they could be washed out and was answering that question before being asked simply because I’ve been asked it many times in the past. I too have one brush for each colour family and will use the same brush for many different colours within that colour family. For this video, the exception would be the brushes I use for the interference pads. I have a brush for each pad that I label. It is just a personal preference and the excess ink can likely be rubbed off on scrap paper to use with another pad, I just choose not to 😊

[@berylsheppard7052]

Could you heat emboss the black parts and then brush in your colours ?

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Yes, you could heat emboss the black background. Only difference is it would give that background a shiny black look instead of the matte black look 😊

[@jeonbakson2576]

3-D embossing folders? Is general embossing folder OK?

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Yes, they would work for this, the look would be slightly different, but they’ll work😊

[@lu-ellenhafner4968]

Would a cue tip work for smaller images?

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

I think it might!

[@lu-ellenhafner4968]

Why not cut the stock a little larger , then pare down after?

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Because more paper would be wasted. The way I cut them I get 4 4 1/4”x 5 1/2” pieces out of a sheet. If they were cut larger the most I could cut would be 3 pieces and since the cards I wanted to create were 4 1/4” x 5 1/2” anyways, it’s the most efficient way to do it😊

[@julieb737]

I don’t see a colour on the black in the balloon card . Isn’t that what those interference inks are supposed to do ?

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Yes, it’s visible when you tilt the card in the light. It doesn’t show up well in the video

[@lu-ellenhafner4968]

Or perhaps the foam end of a pen?

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

for ink blending? I don't have a pen with a foam end and have never seen one before.

[@roseharrington2360]

What mat are you using

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Do you mean the white mat that I'm working on? it's the Tim holtz Media surface mat. Ad linktw.in/PYkRgu (this is the link to it on amazon if you wanted to know more about it:))

[@roseharrington2360]

Thank you

[@beckykent6674]

I don't get what you mean by interference?? It's just a black background with color added.

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Interference inks of powders change colours depending on the background or when you tilt it in the light. These ink pads show up one colour on white and a different colour on black. While most of what shows up on camera is the bright colour against the black, when you tilt these cards in the light you see a shimmer of a different colour😊

[@virginial3438]

Great I can’t wait to try. But sorry your questioning almost every time you talk bothers me. But liked what you did. Thanks

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Thank you.

[@RenaMiller-u1v]

Interference ?

[@ArtsyIslandGirl]

Yes, if you tilt the card in the light a different colour shows