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Dry Embossed and Water Colored Card

August 19, 2021 by Heather Holbrook

Dry Embossed and Water Colored Card

Dry embossing with an embossing folder with had a nice dimension to your card but adding color over top can sometimes flatted out the design. Lydia has a simple solution for that, after water coloring her floral dry embossed image she ran it through with the folder a second time. Now, why haven’t I thought of that!? 🙂

Visit the Altenew blog to watch her video card making tutorial.

-Heather

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