Let’s kick off our Monday morning with some Sparkly inspiration…it’s all about WOW Embossing Glitter today! (okay – a few embossing powders too…) Thanks for stopping by – you’ve probably hopped on over from the incredibly talented Ilina Crouse’s blog. We have quite a hop for you today, so let’s get to it!
SO what exactly is WOW Embossing Glitter? The geniuses behind the incredible powders decided to mix their regular embossing powders with some sparkly glitter and voila! And let me tell you – no one does embossing powder or embossing glitters like WOW. If you haven’t tried them yet – don’t wait, don’t pass go – RUN…you’ll thank me for sure.
If you’ve followed me for a bit, you know that glitter and I are not exactly on the best of terms. Oh, don’t get me wrong – I LOVE the look, I just seem to always get more on me (and ultimately my hubby) than my project?!! Enter Embossing Glitter. The sheer fact that the glitter melts into that gorgeous embossing powder and stays put had me at hello!
Now, I’ll admit, I do still get glitter on me, don’t ask me how – it just happens. I’m quite sparkly as I write this, but the cool thing is, I have six super sparkly cards all ready to hit the mailbox. I had so much fun making these cards, and I know each one will definitely brighten up each person’s day – what’s better than that!
So let me show you too can create!
WOW Embossing Glitter Tutorials
No. 1 – Well Hello There
My original project ended up being #1 and #2 on the same piece. It didn’t quite turn out as I expected – so I could do one of two things – toss and start over, or split and create two cards! Obviously the only one that made sense was to create two, right? Have you ever had that happen to you? Come on, I know you have!
This one is simple, straightforward and quite honestly – striking! The beauty of using Catherine Pooler Ink…it stays wet for a few seconds. The key to this is to be completely ready. Have everything you need out. If not, once you’ve stamped in your desired colors, you’ll just need to stamp over it with versamark and then add your WOW Embossing Glitter. Here, I used Wanderlust. Wanderlust is a special blend inspired by Catherine Pooler. It’s drop dead gorgeous. Just like a little jar of diamonds!
Mask of a border, stamp your Say it in Diamonds pattern alternating in Mandarin Spice and Skylight. The key is to stamp and image or two, and add the powder. Don’t get too ahead of yourself – you want to get excellent coverage. Emboss and repeat, it’s that simple!
Smoosh your versamark ink pad onto a scrap piece of Midnight cardstock, add Black Twinkle and voila – you have your own glitter paper!! Stamp and emboss your sentiment from Say it in Diamonds in Black Twinkle, adhere your strip and that’s it! Super quick, VERY sparkly, and perfect for any occasion.
No. 2 – Make a Wish
The other half of my original project was a sunburst. I wanted to sponge some colors, glitter them up and then create my border. What I didn’t account for, was adding the wrong Embossing Glitter…lol! Whoops! I was supposed to add Sunset Boulevard, but added Turkish Nights. It was a happy accident for me, as I ended up with two projects instead of one!
Mask off a few inches, and sponge Limoncello rays through your Twisted Sunburst stencil – this stencil ROCKS! Shift and sponge Mandarin Spice in the open space. It’s okay if a tiny bit overlaps. You will get a bonus while highlight to the rays.
Place your stencil over your Limoncello rays. Smoosh a Versamark pad through your stencil. Lift and add Aladdin Embossing Glitter to half your rays from the sun outward. Tap the excess off and add Turkish Nights (or better yet, Sunset Boulevard). Emboss. The different between Turkish Nights and Sunset Boulevard is Purple vs. Orange hues.
Shift your stencil to cover your embossed areas, and smoosh a versamark pad through your stencil onto the Limoncello Rays. Smoosh a little versamark from the corner of your pad onto the white sun. Add Wanderlust Embossing Glitter and heat set.
Create your own glitter strip using Midnight cardstock and Black Twinkle. Adhere over seam on card and emboss a sentiment in your remaining white space. I used a few from the new Starlights stamp set with some Primary Ebony Embossing Powder. It’s that simple. You can create this with just glitters, or sponge and glitter like I did. The result is pretty darn eye-catching!
No. 3 – Love Makes the World Go Round
I had a little fun with this one. And I have to say – it ended up being quite relaxing! The fun part, seeing all the WOW Embossing Glitter sparkle to life.
Start out by smooshing versamark over several word dies. I used the Love Word Die with (Left to right) Fools Gold, Aladdin, Vintage Peacock, and Turkish Nights. Once you have your word dies – pick some ink colors that will compliment the sparkle! Here are the combinations that spoke to me:
Fools Gold – World embossed in WOW Earthtone Pepper, Rose Petals and Icing on the Cake inks and Chocolate cardstock. Fools Gold has an earthy gold quality to it with a dark reddish undertone to it. So Rose Petals seemed like a fun pairing. I love the look of pink and brown, so this ended up being one of my favorites!
Aladdin – Emboss the world in Ebony, and give a nod to our British hosts from WOW today. I thought it would be fun to honor not only the UK, but it’s the 4th next week, so red, white & blue it is! Aladdin was the perfect compliment. It wasn’t gold – but has a little gold in it. This one uses Peppermint Scrub, Juniper Mist and white to its advantage. The Postage Stamp Die edges are embossed in Black Twinkle and the card base is surrounded with Wanderlust – it’s a beauty!
Vintage Peacock – This one was my all time favorite of the day. I’m a sucker for the complimentary colors – Blue and Orange together. The Vintage Peacock has some gorgeous teal in it mixed with deep black and silvery sparkle. For an added twist, the world and postage die border is embossed in my favorite brown by WOW – Primary Bark. Done on Chocolate cardstock or with Black ink underneath, it’s super deep. The edge of the card base is embossed in more Vintage Peacock – this card is a STUNNER!
Turkish Nights – This one is a bit different than the bunch. Turkish Nights has this deep Lavender hue mixed with Gold, so naturally – Sugared Lavender and Shea Butter were my ink choices, right? The world is stamped in black and embossed in Clear Regular powder. The postage die edge is embossed in Black Twinkle and the card base has a perimeter of the Twisted Sunburst stencil embossed in Wanderlust. It isn’t too visible, so I switched to just smooshing the edge of the base in later cards.
Each one has it’s own personality and character. It was fun to mix and match powders with embossing glitters. Ultimately I kept the palette more to the Spa side, which seemed to work well with the glitters. I love the variation in the die cut rectangles from the Postage Dies – the alternating Stamp/Stitched look. And The World Awaits is the perfect stamp set. It’s fun, has endless sentiment options and is totally unique on the market.
Prizes and Hop List
So I hope you enjoyed these couple of projects! Be sure to comment on everyone’s blogs. We have prizes!!! WOW is giving away 6 powders of your choice along with a carry case, and Catherine Pooler is giving away the Life of the Party collection of inks!
Winners will be announced the week of July 2nd on the WOW Blog.
Enjoy all the inspiration. Jaine Drake is up next from here. And then hop on through the list!! If you ever get lost along the way – be sure to start back up at the WOW blog!
Now it’s your turn to add a little sparkle to your day!
Supplies
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