Hello, it's Verity with another video and blog post as a Creative team member for WOW! If you didn't know, WOW! has a technique library with many different simple tutorials showing you the basics behind different heat embossing techniques. Well, I had a look at the technique library and found the odd technique or two that was new to me, and today I'm featuring one of those techniques in the video today. This crackled glass heat embossing technique creates beautiful texture to your cards and heat embossing without adding any bulk. I've used this method to create two very easy masculine cards but they can be tailored to any occasion by simply switching up the colours. So let's get started!
Crackled Glass embossing Video Tutorial:
Crackled Glass embossing written Tutorial:
Start off by covering a white card panel with embossing ink and clear gloss embossing powder. If you have clear gloss ultra-high this works best, but you can use regular as well like I have done. Heat set this and repeat at least 3-4 more times.
To add a little more interest, sprinkle some Ultra Hight Metallic Gold Rich embossing powder and heat set from above to add a speckling to the panel. To create the crackle, make sure your heat embossed panel is cool and solid before bending the cards in multiple directions.
This will crack the heat embossing and start to create veins in the embossing. From this card panel, die-cut different circles using nesting circles dies. The sentiment on this card comes from the Natural Flourishes stamp set.
For the other panel/card, I repeated this process of heat embossing a white card panel but this time used Ullar's Cognac. Now, this is not translucent, so the crackling will be less noticeable.
Again this will need several layers of heat embossing to build up the thickness in order to make cracks.
Again, die-cut circles from this panel and interchange the circles with the previous panel to create interest. For the sentiment, I used a sentiment that was foiled in WOW! Gold Fab foil from the Sweet Sentiments Fab Foilers.
The sentiment was added to the front and then ebony black Nuvo drops were added to embellish the card.
Crackled Glass embossing Supplies:
Affiliate links used: Altenew (ALT), Catherine Pooler Designs (CPD), Scrapbook.com (SB), Hero Arts (HA), Craft Stash UK/US (CS / CS US), WOW! Embossing Powder (WOW UK/US) and Picket Fence Studios (PF).
All other links are not affiliate: Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP) and Hixeysoft.com (HS)
 Natural Flourishes stamp set - Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 Nesting Circle Infinity Dies - Hero Arts Shop at: SB | HA | BP |
 WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) | SBP |
 WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink refill Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
Minc Foiling Machine 12" - Heidi Swapp Shop at: SB | CS (UK) |
 Sweet Sentiments - Fab Foilers - WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 Gold Fab Foil - WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CPD | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 Opaque Bright White -WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 Metallic Gold Rich Ultra High - WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 Clear Gloss - WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 Ullars Cognac - WOW! Shop at: WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 Ebony Black Crystal Drops - Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Cardstock Shop at: SB | BP | SBP |
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb Cardstock Shop at: BP |
2" Brayer - Speedball Shop at: CPD | SB |
 Precision Glue XL - Hero Arts Shop at: SB | HASP | BP |
 Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4" white Shop at: CPD | SB | BP |
 WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS (UK) | WOW (UK) |
WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: CPD | WOW (US) |
 Crafter's Essential Bone Folder - Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP |
 Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer - Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
 Trim and Score Board - We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
Till next week,I hope you enjoyed today's video and stay tuned for more to come. If you make a card with this technique, make sure to tag us #wowembossingpowder so we can check your creations out!
Verity
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This is such an interesting design Verity and I love the way the clear gloss built up will crack when bent and then the bits of added gold look great over the top. The bronzy brown and gold look of the other circles is beautiful and you have made two brilliant cards. x
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