Hello, hello, hello!!! I tried something I've never done before not knowing if it was even going to work. When Marcella first showcased this Vital Rose digital image, I knew I wanted to emboss it in white and watercolor it. But, it was a digital image. So, I thought I could use my Minc machine and add white foil after coloring it. Well, that was a fail. When I tried photo copying the image onto watercolor paper, the toner ink spread to random places. Nope.
I was discouraged until I remembered I had a Versamark pen. Why couldn't I just print the image, onto watercolor paper, in a light gray, and trace it with the Versamark pen? Fingers crossed...IT WORKED!!!
Now, it transformed the rose a little bit by making it more whimsical with the bolder lines, but it only proved how versatile the Power Poppy images are. The pen has a thick brush side, and a nib, but the nib is still pretty wide, so you really do need more "coloring space" before outlining because of the bold lines it creates after embossing. But with digital images, you can just enlarge them.
I used Zig Clean Color Brush Markers to color the Rose, cut it out, and added some pizazz with a Gold Leafing Pen by shaking it over the top. I also added some gold roughly around the edges of the layers. The sentiment (from the clear stamp set Chrysanthemum XL) was stamped onto Gold Metallic cardstock with white pigment ink and embossed also.
That's it. I hope you give it a try. It's easy, and expands the use of your digital images even more. How fun is that?!?!?!?
Happy Stamping!!
Tosh
