Embossing Glazed Snowflakes

I buy so many great new products and then they languish on my shelves.  So I'm hoping to challenge myself to use something I rarely use at least once a week.  Here's a card using Embossing Glaze:

I went over the TH snowflake stencil with embossing paste and then, while it was still wet, I added Speckled Egg embossing glaze to give it colour. I heated it with my heat gun which caused some of the glaze to bubble a bit and then subside, adding even more texture to the snowflakes.

I added a very thin black cs border, stamped the sentiment in black on a small scrap and heat embossed it with clear powder, and added a thin black border to that piece as well.

Sneaking in just in time for:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown "Snowflakes"

 

And I don't think aqua-coloured snowflakes are very traditional so it's also going to:

Sparkles Christmas Challenge "Non-traditional Christmas Colours"

Supplies:
Stamps - unknown sentiment
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper - white and black cs
Size - 7x3.75"
Accessories - TH snowflakes stencil, embossing paste, TH Speckled Egg embossing glaze, clear embossing powder

Slimline Snowflakes

Just one card for you today.  I wanted to get it posted for a few challenges before they close.

I went over the TH snowflake stencil with embossing paste and then, while it was still wet, I added Speckled Egg embossing glaze to give it colour.  I heated it with my heat gun which caused some of the glaze to bubble a bit and then subside, adding even more texture to the snowflakes.

I added a very thin black cs border, stamped the sentiment in black on a small scrap and heat embossed it with clear powder, and added a thin black border to that piece as well.

Challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge "E is for Embossing" (I have both embossing paste and embossing glaze.)

Christmas Craft Creations "Slimline"

 

Cardz 4 Guyz - "Add Texture"

 

Supplies:
Stamps - unknown sentiment
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocture
Paper - white and black cs
Size - 7x3.75"
Accessories - TH snowflakes stencil, embossing paste, TH Speckled Egg embossing glaze, clear embossing powder

Holly and Crocuses on Square Cards

Christmas and Spring on the same day!

For the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown "Holly and  / or Ivy" challenge:

I started by sponging my background with different shades of green Distress inks. I then stamped the text over it.

I inked the holly leaves with Peeled Paint and did the berries and stem with red and green markers, and then heat embossed with the Peeled Paint Embossing Glaze - it adds some colour and shine but allows the text stamping to show through.  (For more detail on the technique I used, see this video.)

I used red raindrop embellishments for the berries and added the sentiment on a die cut strip at the top to cover up a very blobby bit of background sponging.

Moving on to crocuses.  For The Paper Players' "Clean and Simple Blooms" challenge, The Four Seasons "Anything Goes Spring" challenge, and the We Love Stamping "Anything (stamped) Spring challenge:

 
I watercoloured the image, trimmed it with a square die, and bordered it with green cs before adding to a cream coloured card base.

52 Christmas Card Throwdown
 

The Paper Players

 

We Love Stamping "Anything (stamped) Spring"

 

The Four Seasons Challenge "Anything Goes Spring"  (I was inspired by the crocuses on the top left and the yellow of the forsythia on the bottom left for my card.)

Wishing you all a happy spring!

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Penny Black holly, Make an Impression sentiment, unknown text stamp
Ink - Distress Scattered Straw, Old Paper, Bundled Sage, and Peeled Paint
Paper - white cs
Size - 5.25" square
Accessories - red and brown markers, Tim Holtz Peeled Paint embossing glaze, red raindrop embellishments

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Serendipity crocuses, Rosie's Roadshow sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - watercolour paper, green and cream cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - watercolour paints, Spellbinders square dies

Text-Backed Snowflakes

A Christmas card using text as a background for the Jingle Belles "Text Me Christmas" challenge:

I started by sponging my background with different shades of blue Distress inks. I then stamped the text over it with a grey-blue ink.

I repeatedly stamped the Visible Image snowflake with Versamark and then heat embossed with the Weathered Wood Embossing Glaze - it adds some colour and shine but allows the text stamping to show through. The tint in the embossing glaze adds a bit of colour and makes the snowflakes stand out more than a clear embossing powder. You can see the nice shine it gives on the upper left snowflake - they are all like that even though the photo doesn't show it.

I stamped the sentiment on a strip of white cs in Distress Broken China and heat embossed it with the same Weathered Wood embossing glaze.

I popped the panel up on fun foam on the card base for some dimension.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps - Visible Image snowflake, Wendy Vecchi script stamp, Hero Arts sentiment
Ink - various blue Distress inks
Paper - white cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - Distress Weathered Wood embossing glaze, fun foam

Embossing Glaze on Snowflakes

I got together with Christine (in her large craft room where two of us can socially distance) and Loll joined us via Zoom.  The three of us played with our new Distress Embossing Glazes, following the steps in this Jennifer Maguire video.

Here's my card:

I started by sponging my background with different shades of blue Distress inks.  I then stamped the text over it with a grey-blue ink.

I stamped the Visible Image snowflake with Versamark and then heat embossed with the Weathered Wood Embossing Glaze - it adds some colour and shine but allows the text stamping to show through.  The tint in the embossing glaze adds a bit of colour and makes the snowflakes stand out more than a clear embossing powder.

I stamped the sentiment in navy pigment ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. 

I popped the panel up on fun foam on the card base and added a few blue sequins.

This was a great technique that I'll definitely use again.  

If you want to see what Loll and Christine created go to these pages on their blogs:

Stamping with Loll

It's a Card Day's Night (Christine)

 

Supplies:
Stamps - Visible Image snowflake and sentiment, Wendy Vecchi script stamp
Ink - various blue Distress inks, grey-blue dye ink, Versamark
Paper - white cs
Size - 5.75" square
Accessories - Distress Weathered Wood embossing glaze, clear embossing powder, blue sequins, fun foam