Hello there, Maya here with two garden inspired cards. I love gardens full of flowers in all colors. I don't like taking care of my own garden, I've learned the hard way to keep it simple. It's a bit like that with my cards too. I love seeing all these cards full of pretty flowers but I can't make them myself. I had a lot of trouble coming up with some inspiration for the garden themed challenge this month until i remembered to simplify. Well, the technique is a bit time consuming depending on how intricate the design is. One was quicker than the other, but it is so much fun and the effect is great!


Here's how to do it. I used my Cameo to cut out two flower designs out of white cardstock. Save all the pieces, even the tiny ones. For this card (the quicker one) I embossed the outlines with Ebony black embossing powder. I started with attaching the big square piece from around the flowers onto a kraft colored card base. I then glued down the embossed piece like a puz…

Hi WOW embossing powder fans,
The Powder Puff Girls team is up today and we have some Holiday themed projects that are sure to inspire you!


Silver embossed journal by DT memberJan Hennings
Supplies:
Metallic Silver Ultra High Embossing Powder, Studio Calico Fab Scraps and Journal, Prima, Maya Road Butterfly pins.


Merry Merry Christmas card by DT member Birgit Koopsen
Supplies:
"Merry and Bright Christmas" stamp set, Earthtone Olive Regular and
Opaque Primary Azure Regular.
I first stamped the trees and embossed them with Olive. Then I colored in
the ornaments with an embossing pen and embossed it with Primary Azure.



Season's Greetings tag by DT member Katarina Damm-Blomberg
materials used:
WOW embossing-Neutral ultra shimmer
Spellbinder M-Bossabilities-Winter wonders
Faber Castel-Gelatos
The Twinery- platinum shimmer



Deck the Halls layout by DT Lead Gina Lideros
I used a Versamark ink pad to stamp my title and Christmas trees onto pattern paper and tags and then adhered to my layout.

Suppl…

H there!
Katarina here today with a short tutorial on how to make your own faux wax seals.

I love christmas, and I love to make cute cards and giftwrappings, and I L:O:V:E wax seals.. but I hate making them, the wax always ends up cracked, and since I´m a "headache girl" the smell isn´t that great eighter....
Now I have found a solution to this, and it´s a faux wax seal, using my favourite embossingpowders and a crafters sheet, or one of those teflon baking sheets (what ever they are called)....
just check out this video, and you can learn how to make your own wax seal in minutes... and they are flexible and will not crack on top of your project.. Great huh!!

Enjoy!



Have a happy crafty day!
//Katarina

Hi there!

Katarina here with todays educator post :)
Time flies right?! and this year my goal is to be a bit prepared for the holiday season.. uhm.. yeah who am I kidding..??

I´m scrapping all year round.. and let me tell you who always do the gift tags for the Christmas tags all freaked out just hours before the kids wake up at christmas eve... Yes that me!! always last minute.

well this year I think I will manage to get the Christmas tags ready on time... bec I have the new  Christmas stamp sets from Wow embossing The Suzy West Collection..

 They are so cute, and so easy to work with.. and it makes the tag making a lot easier and I got myself the Pillow Box template on my Silhouette,,, so I have the entire gift set package ready for christmas... just check it out...


and as usual on my educator blog posts there is also a short tutoral video... yup it´s me talking :))

enjoy!!



//Katarina

Hello everyone!! Tanisha here with with a really cool embossing technique that I used to create acrylic embellishments.  I grabbed my purple cows laminator and hot pockets, embossing ink, WOW's Gratitude Stamp set, powders in a few different colors, and circle dies.

I started by stamping the "looped squiggle" inside the hot pocket and then coated with WOW embossing powders (I did one color at a time).
 Once all of the stamped images were covered with embossing powders, I placed the pocket on a piece of cardstock, to prevent curling, and ran it through the lamintor.

The heat from the laminator melts (and seals) the powders, leaving you with an acrylic sheet to work with.  At this point, you can use the acrylic sheet as is...
...or pull out your dies and put them to work!  I wanted to create a banner, so I die cut circles and cut some of them in half and stitched them across the top of my layout.


I used the other circles to highlight embellishments and create a visual triangle…

Have you seen the wonderful Challenge that Erika put up on Tuesday?  Are you going to participate?  I know I am what an inspiration.
Did you see Birgit Koopsens wonderful canvas?  Her Canvases are amazing.
Hi Jenifer here with you today sharing a quick and easy Mini Album that I made using the Gratitude Stamps and some of the Earth tone embossing powders. I kept the mini small 4x6 that way I could quickly install some of my favorite pictures of this fall season and do some journaling when needed.  I used the leaf from the gratitude stamp and just cut close to the edges, I love how they look like they are falling down the page. Here is a peak at the inside and a couple close ups of some of the cute patterned paper.

 Supplies:  Gratitude Stamp
Earth tone Honey and Olive embossing powders
Gold Rich Pale embossing powder
My Little Shoebox "O Dear Collection"
May Arts Ribbons
Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my project today.  Make sure you stop by tomorrow for more inspira…

Hi, it's Gini here to share a fun fall project with you. I recieved this cute burlap bag earlier in the week, and knew that it would be so fun to alter it as the perfect little gift bag. I cut metal leaves using Cheery Lynn Designs Dimensional Large Leaves. I love the deep embossed patterns. I pulled out some of my favorite fall colors from Wow Embossing Powders and inked the leaves with Versamark. When you heat emboss the metal, it heats up fast - so make sure to hold it with tweezers or lay them on a heat resistant mat. The metal tends to shine through the embossing powder and makes a gorgeous charm for your bag. Wow Colors used: Suzy West Earthtone Honey Suzy West Cable Car Red Suzy West California Sunshine Suzy West EarthtonOlive Nutmeg Suzy West Earthtone Paprika Suzy West Earthtone Olive Thanks for stopping by!

Hello!  Jen Roach here and today I have a vintage inspired hello card for you using four of the Suzy West Earth tone colours from the Pantry Collection.  I've used this gradient technique several times now and I love how all the colours coordinate so that you can use them all on one project! 

For this card, I stamped the brocade stamp in Versamark ink onto some white cardstock and then added one colour of embossing powder at a time before heating the whole panel at the end.

Here's a close up of the flowers and embossing.  I used a blending sponge to apply dark brown distress ink across the embossed panel. I used more ink at the edges and then kept swirling inwards.  Another advantage to using some distress inks after embossing is that it covers any of the spots that might not have been completely covered with the embossing powder (due to incomplete inking of the stamp on my part). 


Supplies:
WOW! Embossing Powders used:  Suzy West Earthtone Pantry Collection - Blueberry (SW-WJ06…

Hi Jenifer here with you today with a fall layout for you.   I used the Gratitude stamp and punched several of the tree branches with the leaves.  I then cut out each individual leaf and made it look like the leaves in my photo where actually cascading down the page.  I also used the Metallic Gold on the new Momenta Metal stickers to change the color a little and it worked like a charm and matched my brads :)  Love it when that happens.
Here is a close up.
Supplies: Wow Embossing powders in  Earthtone Olive, Pepper, Nutmeg, Honey and Paprika.  Sierra Sunrise and Metallic Gold Rich Pale Wow Gratitude stamp May Arts Ribbon Momenta Metal Sticker My Little Shoebox, papers and letter stickers.
Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my project today, make sure you come back tomorrow for more inspiration. Have a great week, Jenifer

Jen here and it's my 20th high school reunion this weekend (and my 38th birthday;) and I thought as a tribute to those good times, I'd create a layout with my senior portrait from *gasp* 1992!
 My graduating class started posting photos from our time in high school on our Facebook page and I went digging for "old" photos... I found lots of fun and memorable ones.  There was no Facebook or email then... I guess it was a simpler time.  Can you imagine what we would have done with that technology?

This layout was fun to make!  I started with a woodgrain paper and added VersaMark ink through some punchinella and added WOW!  Bright white powder to it.  I love this powder... it's so opaque and bright!
 Next, I stamped a Basically Bare chipboard frame with VersaMark and used Bronze Metallic on it.  I added some more VersaMark and mixed Cotton Candy and Earthtone Olive to create a patina look to the frame.


 Underneath that fun frame, I layered a canvas page from Basically B…