Technicolor Cards -- The 'Real' and 'Unreal' Joseph's Coat Technique

Recently I saw an amazing butterfly card using a colouring technique called Joseph's Coat which was so beautiful I had to try it for myself. 

Butterfly Brilliance card with many colourful butterflies

After giving it a go with the Butterfly Brilliance stamp, I thought of Dolly Pardon's song 'Coat of Many Colors' and decide to make a colourful coat card using the Suit & Tie dies, Buffalo Check stamp and some sentiments from the Handsomely Suited stamp set. 

Coat of Many Colours card for Father's Day

This technique is an unique way of adding colour to a card. I used my blending brushes to create different sections of colour on a piece of Basic White cardstock. Then I stamped my image in Versamark and heat embossed it with Clear embossing powder. The next step was to cover the entire white piece with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. It sounds a bit strange at first but the clear embossed areas will resist the black ink and allow the technicolour to show through, which I believe is why this technique got it's name -- Joseph's Technicolour Dreamcoat!

Two cards made with the Josephs' Coat technique

It's an amazing technique but very messy with all that ink, so I decided to try to replicate it without all the mess. That is how I created my faux Joseph's Coat technique. I made my cards by stamping the images with Versamark ink on dark cardstock and then heat embossed with White embossing powder. I then used my Stampin' Blends markers to colour on the white embossed image. Since the Stampin' Blends are permanent markers the colour stays on top of the embossed sections.

Two cards made with the Faux Joseph's Coat technique

Here are the two techniques side-by-side for comparison -- Real & Unreal.

Card made using the real technique on the left and the faux technique on the right.

I don't think there's a lot of difference between the two techniques. What do you think?

The two cards on the left were made with the 'unreal' technique and the one on the right is 'real.'

This is such a fun way to add colour to projects and the possibilities are endless. I even made a little card to fit in a 3" x 3" envelope using several stamps from the Floral Essence photopolymer stamp set. This was a little tricky trying to line up the images since Versamark ink is clear, however using photopolymer stamps makes it easier. I think I did a pretty good job.

Mini card made by colouring white embossed image with Stampin' Blends.

I am a member of the Global Monthly Video Hop and this card was perfect for our May theme 'Only for Men'. If you'd like to see how to do this new technique have a look at my video below and you can learn how to make your own coat of many colours!

I'd love to hear your feedback on this to learn which technique you prefer -- the real one or the fake one!

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