What Else Can We Do With Our Embossing Powder Stash??

I recently watched this Masterclass video by Marion Emberson where she taught a new (to me) technique with embossing powders on folded parchment paper. Marion used WOW embossing powders and I have a few which I used in the  as well as some favorites from Stampendous and Nuvo. All the cards I am sharing include these unique pieces of art created with embossing powders, parchment paper and a heat gun. On the cards below, I also show embossing powders melted on sticky two sided sheets for a bumpy textured look such as on the strips on this card and the next: 

The sentiment on this card is from Quietfire Design. Here are two more cards I created  with both of these techniques:

Marion's video (linked above) is a great one to watch to learn this technique. If you would like to learn how to do my technique with two sided sticky sheets and embossing powder, watch this video here. 

On the background of these cards are pinpoint patterns created with dies from Birch Press Designs and Poppystamps. I had great fun playing with this new technique and the technique I discovered, and hope you will give it a try.

Experimenting with Mixing Embossing Powders For My Newest Video

I had great fun recently mixing embossing powders to make cards for my newest video here. I mixed three embossing powders - two Stampendous Aged Enamels and a green glitter - to create the background on the card above. I sprinkled the mix onto a sheet of Scor-tape and melted it with my heat gun for the textured mix of green and gold. The wreath cover die is a favorite of mine from Taylored Expressions and the circular "thank you" was created with a die from Impression Obsession. 

I purchased some super thick embossing powders over a year ago and meant to experiment with them but never did until now (and now have ordered more to create a video with them!) I mixed the super thick Pink Cheeks embossing powder with the WOW Bright Lady pink embossing powder to create the unique butterfly. And look at what happens when I simply add the super thick pink embossing powder to a scor-tape strip and melt it with a heat gun! Watch for more mad scientist experiments with this type of embossing powders soon! (The link above takes you to Glitters Galore who sells the super thick embossing powders and the Pink Cheeks thick embossing powder- there are many other colors available there too.)

The die cuts on this card were created by attaching different widths of scor-tape to a piece of white cardstock and then sprinkling on different mixes of glitter embossing powder and then melting them with my heat gun. I die cut "hello" using a die from Bright Rosa and punched and die cut butterflies out of the colorful striped embossed paper. Then I added my favorite gems from Gina Marie Designs. I continued the colorful striped theme on the inside of the card:

To see more cards and how easy it is to stretch your supplies by creating new embossing colors by mixing them, watch the new video here.

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Video - How to Make New Embossing Powder Colors With Additives and Mixes

As part of my ongoing video series Stretching Your Supplies, in my newest video I show how to take one or two colors of embossing powder and make new colors with mixatives and mixing. Science was not my favorite subject in school, but I sure have fun experimenting with embossing powders and other crafty supplies! 

This slimline card shows 4 different versions of the same Stampendous purple embossing powder on the feathers! I die cut the feathers with a die from Kelly Purkey from cardstock covered with scor-tape. The bottom one was covered with just the purple embossing powder melted with my heat gun. I recently discovered WOW's Changers Lightening Effects Kit which includes 3 additives you can add to your embossing powders to lighten or change them. On the upper feather in the bottom three, I added WOW's Glisten for the lighter sparkly look. 

Here is a closeup of the top three feathers. The back one was created by adding WOW's texture and sheen changers and for the front one I mixed the regular purple embossing powder with Stampendous Aged Wine Embossing Powder. I also die cut 3 vellum feathers and added a Happy Birthday sentiment from Crafter's Companion.

I created the ombre background on this card for my new video with three new WOW colors and a mix of Deep Sea Embossing Powder from Seth Apter with the Sheen and Glisten WOW Changers for the 4 colors you see. They were all sprinkled on a piece of a scor-tape sheet and heated with my heat gun  for the lovely textured look. The animal silhouette die is from Gina Marie Designs and the sentiment is a die from Crafter's Companion. 

I sure had fun mixing and playing with embossing powders and additives for this video and hope my cards inspire you to have some mad scientist fun too. 

I am entering the second card in the Masculine challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.