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1890 Hat

Hello, WOW fans! Anne here with a greeting card I made using my favorite of all the WOW Embossing Powders, Metallic Gold Rich Pale Regular. As my focal point, I used a lovely digi stamp created by Rick St. Dennis. Being completely enamored of turn-of-the-century fashion, I knew I had to color this image the moment I saw it. You know how some images or colors or designs just speak to you? Well, this was one of those things for me. If there is anything I love as much as heat embossing on my projects, it's coloring with alcohol inks.

Anyway, I'd like to share this little card with you today. As you can see, I used the gold embossing powder on my greeting but I also used the WOW Embossing Pen on the flower shapes around the frame to color them gold as well as the earrings and brooch, which on which I used the Clear Gloss Super Fine Embossing Powder to give them the look of crystal and onyx. In addition, I pressed the edges of the image, which I die cut with a Spellbinders die, into…

A Little Break From Holiday Crafting

Hi, WOW fans! Anne here from the 7 Girls and a Smoking Gun team. Can you believe that Christmas is just over a week away??? I sure can't! I still have lots to do before the big day and I'm not sure I'll get them all finished in time. Since this month is all about the winter holidays, and Christmas in particular, I decided to present a little project that has nothing whatsoever to do with the holidays. Truthfully, as much as I love Christmas, I needed a little break from it so I made a cute little card for a new baby!

This gate fold card could almost (but not quite, in my opinion!) work for either sex even though I made it specifically for a sweet baby girl. I used the traditional baby colors of pink and blue because I think they look so pretty together. I decided not to get too frilly with the layout with only some pretty flowers, pearls and glittery goodness to adorn the design.
I used Opaque Bright White Regular to emboss the letters, which I then cut out and mounted on 2 …