Here are some gift tags I made for Christmas gifts in 1997. These have all been stamped using a black pigment ink pad, then embossed using clear embossing powder and coloured using Le Plume II brush markers.
The background was made by stamping the image using a black pigment pad. I didn't emboss that one, just let the image dry and then coloured in using the brush markers.
The Merry Christmas image below was stamped using a black pigment ink pad and embossed with gold powder.