Hi friends! Its Katie here to welcome you to another fabulous Tuesday. Its time to get your embossing powder and heat gun out again. I just love this technique, but I seriously have a soft spot for embossing! The process is so magical and the results are amazing.
It always looks like a ton of stuff, but this is really quite simple. The star of the show of course is this fabulous little set called Art Deco Medallions. This is such a super versatile set and is really a must have.
Let's get started. All you need is a piece of cardstock and to be honest, the color doesn't really matter since its going to be entirely coated with embossing powder.
Take your Versamark ink pad and just brush it across your piece of cardstock. Just make sure that the surface covered is large enough for your stamp.
Next just pour silver embossing powder on top of the inked area and tap off excess.
Then use your heat gun and melt away.
Then quickly pour more embossing powder on top... your first layer NEEDS TO BE STILL WARM.
Use your heat gun and melt again. Repeat this one or two more times for a total of 3 or 4 layers. Your embossed area should look like the picture below... smooth.
Make sure your stamp is ready to go on your block and you have space ready to go to stamp. You have to move quickly.
As soon as the powder has melted, set your cardstock down and quickly and firmly stamp your image onto the embossing. Gently lift off.
Next, take a 1 3/8" circle punch to cut out the image.
And there is your embossed medallion.
Just a little side note here... see that cheese clothy looking thing in the picture below? Well, that little thing is a glitter and/or embossing cloth that is fabulous. It works great. It is a Scor-pal product and Lori carries them at the store... when you get it, unfold, cut to desired size and just wipe your glittery surface. When it no longer picks ups just throw away and grab a new piece. You can get yours HERE.
So now that I have these great medallions, I decided that they would make a great Christmas card.
I continued on with love of embossing and decided to create strings for my Christmas ornaments, but this time I decided to use the Versamark embossing pen.
I decided on some pretty paper from Cosmo Cricket... and another side note here... the paper is pretty, but one of the things that I do like about these mini decks is the extra space that they provide when tearing the sheets off... its the little things sometimes.
Ok, so now for the fun stuff. I just took my embossing pen and a ruler and made a mark on my paper.
Add embossing powder...
Shake off...
Heat and melt... Here's a tip for you. I embossed on some thin paper and it did warp a bit afterwards. All I did was use a brayer to roll my paper smooth after I glued it to my cardstock.
I positioned my medallions so I would know where to draw my next line.
Before I attached my ornaments I tied ribbons and then just attached them at the very top of my ornaments with a tiny glue dot.
Then I used more glue dots to attach my ornaments to my card front. And then I added just a bit of glam with the Basic Grey Bling It right into the center of my ornaments.
That's it for me today and I hope you have a wonderful Tuesday!
This is Katie signing off fro Clearly iStamp.
Items you can find at Clear Dollar Stamps:
Clear Stamps (Art Deco Medallions stamp set)
Versamark Ink Pad (reinker)
Versamark Pen
Embossing Powder (silver)
Scor-pal products
Cosmo Cricket (Mini Deck Jolly by Golly)
Acrylic Blocks
Atg tape
Ribbon (Ivory Woven/Iredescent 1/2")
Basic Grey Bling It
Other items used: CTMH cardstock, heat gun, glue dots, paper cutter, 1 3/8" circle punch, ruler, brayer
This embossing technique is AMAZING. GORGEOUS!!! Thanks for the tutorial!!
Posted by: kelly | November 29, 2009 at 04:17 PM
What a Beautiful card! This technique has stunning results, and wonderful for having to do a large amount of cards!
Thank you for doing such a great tutorial and for sharing this technique!
You just made my holiday cards easier to do this year!
Thank you!
Mary
Posted by: Mary Friederichsen | September 23, 2009 at 12:29 PM
This totally took my breath away! Seriously, it's so gorgeous. I've always been too intimidated to try this, but you made it seem very easy - something I can do! Thanks so much for sharing with us, I LOVE it, and I've found more items to add to my order this week!!
Posted by: Karinn | September 23, 2009 at 11:25 AM
love this technique, Katie, and can't wait to try it. The card is wonderful!
Posted by: Shawna | September 23, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Katie, you're my hero! I haven't tried this technique in a loooong time, and what a cool effect with the silver! If there are those who are impatient (like me!), Ranger has a product but you see Suze Weinberg use it in her Melt Art "art" and it is UTEE (ultra thick embossing powder) and it comes in silver, gold, clear, white, pearl and all kinds of brightz now, but it only takes one or two powder coats to emboss to that super smooth, thick state. Makes a nice deep pool to impress your stamp. Works the same way you describe. Cool effects! Love the card!
Vicki C.
Posted by: Vicki C | September 22, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Absolutely coolest!
:-)
Posted by: Nancy Grant | September 22, 2009 at 05:06 PM
Hi Kate,
What a geat idea. I love embossing also but have never done this. I guess I will try this technique I will also check out the medallions on line si I may order them.
Thanks so much for sharing this simple but elegant technique!!
Posted by: Audrey | September 22, 2009 at 11:04 AM
That is really pretty!!
Posted by: Becky Sorensen | September 22, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Such a simple project with stunning end results! Thanks so much for the tutorial!
Posted by: DJ | September 22, 2009 at 10:14 AM
what a cute and simple card, i think this is what i will do for my cards this year... THANKS!
Posted by: Jamie S. | September 22, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Incredible job! And I had never heard of the cheesecloth-y stuff. I have to look that up for my next order!
Posted by: Tricia T | September 22, 2009 at 09:23 AM
Wow -- the card looks great! I always forget about this technique and you make it look so easy.
Posted by: Candyf | September 22, 2009 at 07:29 AM