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I believe this technique is called emerging color. It is very easy to do. Simply stamp any design (I used the Medallion stamp) with Versamark™ on a piece of DSP and emboss with clear embossing powder. Then brayer a dark color of ink (I used Elegant Eggplant) over the entire paper. Wipe off the excess ink on the embossed image and TaDa! Instead of using DSP you could stamp, sponge, swipe ink on a piece of paper to make a background piece and emboss an image over that. Just make sure your background piece is completely dry before you emboss or embossing powder will stick everywhere (yes I know this from experience!). 
This card is a humble attempt to CASE a card by Michelle Zindorf. Here is her card. I absolutely love the cards made by Michelle Zindorf. Her blog is wonderful and she has step by step instructions for recreating her stunning cards. Her cards are like works of art! She does lots of embossing, brayering and sponging.
I must say that my first 2 attempts making this card were total flops!! (And both went flying across the basement floor!) I kept adding embossing powder before the background was dry. Michelle's card was brayered with Apricot Appeal in the background; instead I cheated a little and started with Apricot Appeal paper. First I stamped the tree from Lovely as a Tree with Versamark and embossed with black EP. I then stamped the Medallion with Versamark and embossed with clear EP. I sponged Pumpkin Pie ink in the middle and around the edge of the embossed Medallion and at the bottom of the panel. Taken with Teal was sponged around the top of the panel and about 3/4 of the way down the sides; Chocolate Chip was sponged at the bottom. As you can see I forgot to mask off the bottom of the card so my ground would be more distinct but. . .this was my third attempt. I have to add that I love the Medallion stamp! Believe it or not I this is my first Big background stamp! Yes, it is true I am background stamp challenged! But, maybe there is hope for me yet because I do love this stamp! 
I couldn't wait to try out the new Gold Lame Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink™. (Wow that is long name for such a little bottle!!!!) This ink comes in a little bottle that looks like a bottle of nail polish. The "brush" is more like the tip of a marker. The main image is the Medallion stamp that was stamped with Versamark on Cherry Cobbler card stock and embossed with Black embossing powder. I layered that piece on some Basic Black that I outlined with the Gold Lame ink. I used the Gold Lame ink to color in a few places. This ink is very opaque and vibrant. I was also surprised how easy it was to outline the Basic Black paper. It was much easier than using the Painty Pens. I did not need to use a ruler or straight edge. A big thumbs up
