Emboss Resist

Can you believe that it is the end of September already?  I always wonder how fast time flies by.  I am sharing a card today using September Stamp of the Month.  This set comes with two big stamps - one with a fall theme and one with a winter theme.  I have used the fall-themed one many times but have yet let the winter-themed one see ink.

I've decided to let it see some embossing ink!

I'm afraid the picture was not taken by a professional photographer nor with a professional camera so it is not capturing all the details.  I hope you'll see that the middle panel is embossed with clear powder (but it may appear to be embossed with white powder because the card base is white), then I've used some red and green ink to buff over the entire surface.  I added a hint of brown to delineate the border for a final touch. 

It has been a long while since I last did emboss resist and I almost forgot how fun it is!  At first I wanted to do trapped emboss resist (with a background stamped before embossing) but the embossed image does not have enough solid background so the result was so busy that I felt dizzy just looking at it.  I tried a couple of times with different colors but none led to a nice result so I gave up that idea and settled on emboss resist. 

My card is based on the sketch provided by Sketch Saturday:

and is using the technique requested by 52{CCT}:

and is entering the following challenges:
Crimbo Crackers - Embossing
CHNC Challenge - use three main colors
Totally Gorjuss - traditional Christmas colors
Christmas card challenge - Anything Goes

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