Stamping Inkspirations March Blog Hop Technique Challenge - Etching

Welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations March Blog Hop and this month we have a Technique Challenge to share with you. We will be sharing projects created using the Etching technique to help inspire you. Our Design Team is looking forward to showing you all the wonderful possibilities using this technique.

I must admit, I had not heard of this technique before this month's challenge, so I was a little nervous about how to approach using this technique. I was fortunate enough to watch this video on You Tube by Debbie Yeomans that shared how to use this technique using line images. When I looked through the stamp sets that I had, I couldn't find an image that I thought would work well for this technique, so I instead chose to use one of the beautiful images from the Nature's Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper as my focal design. This beautiful paper can be found in the January-April 2024 Mini Catalog and it is part of the Nature's Sweetness Suite Collection. I also used the Notes of Nature stamp set, which is also part of this suite, to add the sentiment and detail with Gold embossing. I love the simple elegance created using this technique with Watercolor Pencils and the way it adds a touch of color to the design. I have discovered that Etching is a lot of fun and can be very relaxing and therapeutic. I hope my card design will help inspire you to give it a try. 

Products Used:

Notes of Nature stamp set (item #162630)

Nature's Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper (item #162616)

Pecan Pie Cardstock (item #161717)

Watercolor Pencils Assortment 1 (item #161700)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Festive Pearls (item #159963)

Measurements:

Pecan Pie Cardstock

Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Nature's Sweetness Specialty Designer Series Paper 

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

This beautiful card design has a simple elegance to it and once you learn the basics to this technique, you will find that there are so many wonderful ways to use it to create your projects. Etching is a way to add texture and in this case color as well, using small lines to the image. I wanted to add color to the focal image and I love that this technique gave me the ability to a hint of color using Watercolor Pencils to add the etched lines. For the leaves, I chose to use Old Olive, the the seed pods I chose to use Pecan Pie and for the small blossoms I chose to use Daffodil Delight. As you can see, this small lines give the different elements of the image depth and dimension and help them to come alive. I didn't want to overpower the simplicity of this design, so I chose to heat emboss the sentiment with Gold embossing powder towards the bottom right of the card front and then added some Gold splatter detail that I also heat embossed. The stamp images from the Notes of Nature stamp set coordinated perfectly with this image to help me complete the design. I layered the card front onto a Pecan Pie card base and added Gold Pearls to the center of the flowers to finish off the design. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will inspire you to try this wonderful technique. There are so many wonderful possibilities to explore to create your own beautiful projects. Etching is a great way to add texture, depth and dimension to your designs and even a hint of color if you choose. As I have discovered, there really is no right or wrong way to do this technique. Just have fun and enjoy the experience. 

Now it's time to visit Leonie's blog and see what she has created with this month's technique challenge. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List to find your way. We would appreciate it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop.

Roll Call List

Angie McKenzie  ●  Jan Musselman

Tricia Butts  ●  Leonie Stuart   ●   Mo Rootes

Karen Henderson  ●  Aurélie Fabre  ●  Rebecca-Jo Unwin

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Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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