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Three ways to use heat embossed vellum

Hello, it's Verity with another video and blog post as a Creative team member for WOW! Don't you just love the look of heat embossing on vellum? It can add such a lovely soft feel to the card and looks elegant with any design.  Today I have 3 ways to use heat embossed vellum on your cards and can be used with a whole host of embossing powders colours and used for any occasion. The only limitation to this technique is your imagination, so make sure you play and experiment! Three ways to use heat embossing on vellum in card designs video: v

(You can view this directly on WOW! Embossing Powder YouTube Channel HERE)
Three ways to use heat embossing on vellum in card designs photos:For the first heat embossed vellum card, we are going to create an embossed vellum overlay with an ink blended background. For this card, use the Handpainted stripes stencil from Thirsty Brush and Co along with two Catherine pooler inks.  

To start off with, tape the stencil down to some WOW! Superior smo…

Stepped up stencilling with Fab Foils

Hello, it's Verity with another video and blog post as a Creative team member for WOW!Do you love to create backgrounds using stencils, but want to step up your stencilling? Why not try adding foils to you stencil designs for beautiful striking backgrounds. Fab foils work so well for this technique, pairing with an array of ink colours and stencilled designs.


Stepped up stencilling with Fab Foils video:

(You can view this directly on WOW! Embossing Powder YouTube Channel HERE)
Stepped up stencilling with Fab Foils photos:The stencil I am using for all three cards today is the Handpainted Chevron from Thirsty Brush and & Co - a fairly new stamp, die and stencil company here in the UK.   I'm combining this with three Fab Foils colours and using the bonding powder from WOW! to adhere to the foils.

For the first card, I'm ink blending through the stencil like you normally would using Rose petal and peppermint scrub Catherine pooler inks for an Ombre look. Make sure the ink …