Embossed Floating Inlay Technique / Inlaid Floating Technique using Lasting Elegance Dies

I was inspired by a technique by fellow demonstrators Alissa Tilsner and Heather Cooper with a new technique that I hadn't seen before.  

Here is my take on this technique.  My card base is basic black with a layer of whisper white that has been sponged with the range of blue's we have in the catalogue using blending brushes.  Next I cut the focal image out of basic black and put it aside.  I then layered the die on the white rectangle towards the corner, and moved it slightly off the edge in both directions.  I then cut using the die hence creating the place to inlay the black die cut.  Greeting is tamped in memento and is from Here's a card stamp set.  

Well Written Dies meets Basic Pattern Decorative Masks

 

Todays card features some retiring product from the 2020-2021 Stampin' Up Annual Catalogue.  

The base card is balmy blue with a layer of basic black and whisper white.  I have sponged the filigree pattern from the Basic Pattern Decorative Masks using our new blending brushes with pool party, balmy blue and seaside spray inks.  The leaf die is from Well Written and the leaves are coloured using the dark balmy blue blends.  This makes the leaves "pop".   Sentiment is stamped in memento and is from Here's a Card stamp set.