Need advice please

[Ellibelle]

how do I stamp the pine cone over the pine bow so that you can't see the pine bow thru the cone? I have tried embossing with pigment ink by stampabilities, masking...but I am not happy with the results. I do not want to cut out the pinecone, that would be much too time consuming for the amount of cards that I am planning on doing. Does anyone know if dark brown embossing powder would be any better? Or will you see thru that too? I don't even know if anyone sells brown embossing powder :confused:

[gv-copperdog]

I'm not sure why masking doesn't work, but I would use brown pigment/craft ink and clear embossing powder if you are looking for that color to emboss. You can buy one of those tiny pigment pads in brown. I just did to stamp and flock monkeys. Hope that helps. - Gay Howe

[Joan B]

I also think that masking or cutting are the only way to go! There are lots of brown embossing powders on the market.

[kitcat]

Could you emboss the pine cone after you have stamped the pine bough, then it will be solid enough not to see through. That is what I did on this card
Gallery at Splitcoaststampers
If you need to do the cone first I would mask it with a very closely cut mask so the pine actually touches the cone. Good luck!

[Ellibelle]

Thanks everyone, the reason why masking did not look good is, because the pine bough did not stamp all the way to the pine cone, maybe I will try to cut the mask a little smaller. I tried embossing with stampabilities pigment ink (walnut color) and clear EP. I embossed after I had stamped the pine bough and you could see the pine bough right thru. Does anyone know if the SU craft pads are a whole lot better?

kitcat, those pine cones are beautiful, could you tell me what kind of embossing powder you used and what color? I am so frustrated, this is such a beautiful set and I really want to make it work.