Today's cards led me to finally organise my collection of WOW embossing powders and glitters...it's something I've been meaning to do for ages, but would put off in favour of using my crafting time to actually craft! All of my ink pads and embossing powders are stored in Really Useful Box...whilst they're relatively neat, it often takes a me little while to locate the one's I'm looking for as the embossing powders are stored in a couple of layers and the lids are solid. So, I spent an evening cutting little circles of card (using the smallest of my circle Nesties), embossing each one with a different embossing powder/glitter, then attaching them to the lids of the pots. My collection is fairly 'comprehensive', so the photo below just shows the ones I used on today's cards, but you get the idea:
The cards I made with those embossing glitters, feature a Woodware stamp called 'Butterfly Cascade' and I had the idea to emboss them in a rainbow effect. I stamped it on to white card using Versamark Ink, then added the different coloured embossing glitters, working down from the top. Colours used: Metallic Gold Sparkle, Fool's Gold, Ho Ho Ho, Majestic Mauve, Midnight Dream, Vintage Peacock & Emerald City. I added a sentiment (from the 'Doodled Flowers' set by Happy Little Stampers), then distressed the edges of the panel a little, before piercing a border using my CutterBee Bug and adding the panels to DL card blanks.
As always, it's so difficult to capture the sparkle in a photo...these glitters are so pretty in real life, but here's another angle:
- Allsorts - I Love... (Embossing Glitters - I've always found heat embossing magical, but these glitters take that to another level!)
- Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
- Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
- Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Slimline Cards
- Stamping Sensations - Anything Stamped (Optional 'Wings')
- Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
- Use Your Stuff - Birthday
Wow Helen, a whole kaleidoscope of Butterflies in rainbow colours, absolutely beautiful.
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What a great idea and it looks good too. Your card is so very pretty. Thanks for taking part in my challenge theme of I love at Allsorts this week.
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Beautiful work Thank you for entering our Anything Goes Challenge atThrough The Craft Room Door this week. Looking forward to see you again next challenge. Good luck Ginny
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Wow Helen these are absolutely beautiful .. love how you ahve used these embossing glitters. Thanks so much for joining us at Allsorts challenge this week
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This is beautiful love those butterflies. Thanks for joining us over at Allsorts Challenge this week. Good Luck and we hope to see you again soon. Alison DT
ReplyDeleteGlitter is so difficult to phototgraph. Great card. Thanks for joining Stamping Sensations and TTCRD challenges. Anesha
ReplyDeleteI saw your card on one of the challenges I entered and I had to pop by and tell you how much I love it!! I had NO idea the butterflies were embossed but that makes them that much more beautiful - I love them!! Now I need to know what Really Useful Boxes you use. . . Thanks!! Christi https://art-without-anxiety.blogspot.com/2022/02/you-warm-my-heart.html
ReplyDeleteWhat a great solution to your storage struggles. I did something similar with my stash and totally understand the desire to create over having to clean and organize but the time you spent sorting and setting up the embossing powder will give you more time to create and less time searching. Thank you for sharing your beautifully sparkly card with us at Use Your Stuff
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards Helen, the colours of the butterflies are gorgeous.
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Beautiful butterflies! Thanks for joining us at Penny's paper challenge. Hugs Ela DT
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