Embossing background

Played with the Craft Stamper Magazine's embossing background idea.  I thought I would make an ATC but I backed it onto black card so its too big.  As I did not have very many coloured embossing powders, I used dull silver, dull gold and pink, then the stencil was embossed with silver pearl, which added texture but not colour, then I put a bit of sparkly gold on using my finger to add the versamark ink, and the stamping was embossed in black.  I love the way the images slide around a bit, adding to the distressed look. The final layer of the background was to add some sprinkles of sparkly gold powder, without any ink, and heat from below to melt them.  Mind you, I got a similar effect on the flowers I made, by adding gold glitter glue, but still... it was embossing!  I made a few matching flowers separately, and put them on with sticky pads.  Nice idea, I'll try it again sometime.  I like the fact that it looks a lot more textured than it is, although the background is not completely flat.