Hi guys! It's Erica here and I have a couple of totally off the charts sparkly cards for you today! I've used two of the new trios, Toteally Awesome and Summer Scoops , and they work so great together. There is also a video on the YouTube channel !  My first card is a no-stamping card, if you discount the stamping with the Embossing Pad of course. I used a cover plate from The Stamp Market called Color Block 1, and I have cut it out of white card stock. As it cuts out eight pieces I picked out four colours of the embossing powders, and did two pieces in each colour.  A lot of puzzling and glueing later, my background was finished!  To finish off this card I diecut out a sentiment that says 'thinking of you' four times out of white card stock. These I layered up and then on top of these I heat embossed White Twinkle to make them pop and sparkle even more, because clearly it wasn't sparkly enough.  The second card is done with the Painted Dots Turnabout stamp from

Hello everyone and welcome to the WOW! Embossing Powder New Release giveaway hop!  We are so excited to showcase to you our New Release collection.  WOW! Embossing Powders is giving away 2 x $25 gift cards to either our UK or USA stores. The Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on THE BLOG & YOUTUBE POSTS. To join this GIVEAWAY you must leave a comment on each blog & youtube posts to have a chance at getting your hands on the prize. This hop is open internationally. Jenny from our design team is kicking things off right here on blog with a project that really  shows   off each of the new Toteally Amazing Trio powder - Gilded, Iced Teal and The Real Teal - all on one card.     We have two hops going on we have a BLOG HOP & a YOUTUBE HOP . For the blog hop your next stop is -  Karen J Reategui For the video hop visit our WOW! Embossing Powder! Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/WowEmbossingPowder where it kicks off from our channel. She's

Learn how to make WOW! Changers snow embossing powder. There are lots of specialty powders that puff up and are perfect for snow, but I don't have so I made an alternative. All the details to create these easy watercolor backgrounds and WOW! Changers snow is in this short cardmaking video tutorial. Watch it here or in HD on YouTube . While you're there I'd love it if you like, subscribe, and share it with your crafty friends! Winter Watercolor Backgrounds Before I get to WOW! Changers snowmaking, let me share these easy watercolor backgrounds. They're quick and easy. Grab your favorite watercolor paper. Mine is Saunders Waterford High White Cold Press paper. Cut it to A2 size, 4.25 x 5.5-inches, and die-cut a scrap with a round rectangle die of your choosing. Wet the A2 size paper with clean water and paint wet on wet stripes with four different blue pigments. Here I used Daniel Smith Watercolor Phthalo Blue Green Shade, Ultramarine, Mayan Blue Genuine, and Indig