I used Embossing Paste with die cut “stencils” last night on my Facebook Live, and while it’s hard to appreciate the texture provided by the paste in pictures – it is a nice effect in person.
The snowflake here is made with our white embossing paste, spread over a die-cut snowflake that had been previously sponged in Misty Moonlight ink. The paste picks up the blue tint as it is spread, resulting in a mottled color. (You can premix the paste with a reinker and spread over a Whisper White die-cut if you prefer a more uniform color.)
Backing up a bit, I first made this pretty background. I cut the large snowflake die (So Many Snowflakes die set) from a piece of Whisper White cardstock. The die cut served as stencil for this background piece. I used a dauber to fill in the Misty Moonlight color to create the snowflakes. I finished this card with a layer of vellum, some additional snowflakes, and a greeting.
I then used the daubered die cut as a stencil for my embossing paste projects. The embossing paste picks up color from the ink, creating the effect on the first card shown above, and the cards below.
I also made some really easy note cards…
In the simpler version, I simply daubered (is that a word?) over a die cut from the Christmas Layers collection. The “stepped-up” version is not much more difficult. I simply added a 1/2″ strip of designer paper, a strip of vellum doily, and a snowflake. Wouldn’t these be cute to make in sets for holiday giving?
I brought back the embossing paste for my final project using the In the Pines bundle. The Shaded Spruce tree in the foreground is cut from a die in this bundle, and there is a coordinating die that I used to make a stencil for the embossing paste.
This post is meant as a supplement to last night’s Facebook Live. Please click here to see the video – and please join the Buckeye Inklings Stampers Group on Facebook to get notifications of all of my live videos.
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