Welcome to Day 5 – our last day- of WOW! Embossing Powder week on the Paper Crafter’s Library blog!  We’re had a wonderful week partnering with WOW! to showcase their extensive line of  fabulous Embossing Powders.  Since discovering Wow! Embossing Powders at Winter CHA 2012 in Anaheim, they’ve rapidly become our favourite line of embossing powders, and we just can’t get enough. We’ve been finding ourselves reaching for them over and over again – our projects really come to life with the addition of our WOW! Embossing Powders.  

Every day this week we’ve been sharing fantastic projects featuring WOW! Embossing Powders created by both the WOW! Design Team as well as the Paper Crafter’s Library Designers/Educators – and today is our last day. Today at 4 pm we’ll be announcing the two lucky winners that will be receiving  a Wow! Embossing Powder Prize Pack consisting of a variety of Wow! Embossing Powders. The winners will be drawn from all the comments left on the Paper Crafter’s Library Blog or the Paper Crafter’s Library Facebook page as well as the WOW! blog or the WOW! Facebook page.  

As part of our collaboration with Wow! Embossing Powder, each day this week, that day’s Wow! Designer has also been giving away a 3 month membership to Paper Crafter’s Library. Today’s WOW! Designer  is Jennifer Matott - be sure to stop by Jennifer’s blog and leave a comment in THIS POST for your chance to win a 3 month membership to Paper Crafter’s Library.  Winner will be announced on Friday.  While you’re there, be sure to browse all her fantastic creations.

WOW Designer Project

Today’s WOW! Designer is Jennifer Matott.  You can see her project below, but before that, here is a little more about Jennifer:

My name is Jennifer Matott and I live outside of Syracuse, NY with my 2 boys and husband of 11 years. I have been a visual art teacher for grades K-9 for over 15 years and have a passion for all things ART!  I am a mixed media artist and have been papercrafting for at least 12 years.  I love to “play” with materials and create unique techniques. Mixed media allows me to get creative with imagery and create 3D effects using a variety of tools.  My pages lean towards the dramatic and I love experimenting with all materials. Currently I’m a design team member of WOW! Embossing Powders, Basically Bare, Faber-Castell DMC, and Scrapbooking From the Inside Out kits.  I’ve been published in several paper and online craft magazines, including Scrap N’ Art, Scrapbooking and Beyond, Scrapbook Trends, Somerset Memories, and others. I hope you will visit me on my blog:   http://arttalk-sigmagirl.blogspot.com/

Nicho Shadow Box

Jennifer Matott here to share a project that I made using WOW! Embossing powders and a fun technique that guarantees texture and WOW factor!  I created this Nicho (Mexican Folk Art inspired) shadow box using cardboard, Basically Bare shapes/ frames and some cardstock.  First I stamped the cardstock with some embossing ink and Pink Paislee’s Bleu Indigo stamps. I sprinkled Gold Ultra High powder on it and heat embossed it.  Then I stamped the embossing ink over the chipboard frame and covered it with the Gold Ultra High powders.  I did this twice so as to create a thick coating.  I heated up the first time, dipped it in more powder and then heated it again.  While it was still warm, I stamped with a paislee stamp into the melted powder.  No ink necessary!

I repeated this for the other parts of the Nicho box using Basically Bare’s Fleur de Lis and I also cut an oval the size of the frame to fit as the back.  It was stamped and embossed too!

Next I assembled the pieces.  The cardstock was cut into strips and hot glued onto the back of the frame with the oval as the back.  The entire inside was sprayed with Tattered Angels Turquoise.  The embossing powders act as a resist!

I also embossed the felt wings along the edge and used the Gold and Bubble Gum color for the cardboard heart from Basically Bare.  The little mosaic tiles were an inspiration!  I had these scrap pieces from another chipboard shape and decided they could create more of that Mexican art feel as mosaic squares.  I used Black Glint, Bubble Gum, and Cotton Candy powders on them and alternated the pattern inside the Nicho.

The little nest and spool was an added embellishment for my little box.  I love how it looks so rich, textured, and creates that metal look that I was striving for.  The WOW powders are awesome and melt like a dream!  They stand up to multiple stamping and can even be mixed! I hope you enjoyed my project.

Paper Crafter’s Library Designer Projects

Today we’re showing another technique featuring Wow! Embossing powders, this time showing you how easy it is to emboss on ceramic.  I picked up this little ceramic dish at the dollar store for $1 and turned it into a customized pet food dish. I created a stencil using my Silhouette, placed it against the ceramic and patted my VersaMark pad through it.  I then removed the stencil and sprinkled on my embossing powder. Stencils and templates – whether purchased or homemade are a great way to be able to emboss on a slick surface like glass or ceramic – because you can hold them in place.  Stamps can be a bit tricky since they have a tendency to slip.

You can view a video on how I heat embossed on ceramic below.

One of the things I’ve been so impressed about as I’ve really been diving into the world of heat embossing this week and in the weeks leading up to Wow! Week is how many different things that you can emboss on, and how easy it is to incorporate it into different projects to add just that perfect amount of dimension.  One of the things I’ve been experimenting with is using heat embossing in my art journaling.  The trio of canvases I showed you last week incorporates heat embossing on the chipboard letters:

In the art journal page you see below that I created a few weeks ago, I used Wow!’s Black Twinkle Embossing Glitter for all my stamped images:

And then in the SOAR art journaling page you see below, I edged my pages with Wow!’s Verdigris Embossing Powder.

The final project I want to show you today is a Paper Crafter’s Library exclusive created by Sophia.  Sophia colors the beautiful vintage fish image from La Blanche stamps using Distress Inks and the Ranger nibs, and then embosses the image with Wow!’s Clear Matte Embossing Powder.  The Dull embossing powder is the perfect way to add dimension and textural interest to your projects without taking away from the vintage feel as a glossy finish might.   

There is a video tutorial and handout for this project available to our Paper Crafter’s Library members.

So there you have it! Day 3 of our celebration of Wow! Embossing Powders I hope you have enjoyed all the projects that our design team and the Wow! design team have created for you.

A Bit About Paper Crafter’s Library

The world of paper crafting is HUGE! Whether you are a beginner, or you’ve been creating for years, the sheer number of different products, tools, techniques and project ideas can be overwhelming. After spending 6 years helping thousands of paper crafters around the world become more successful in the creative space through her series of kits, digital tutorials and online classes, Andrea Walford began looking for a new approach to education. In 2011 she launched Paper Crafter’s Library – the first, and still to this day, only website that provides an all-in-one learning solution for paper crafters. With almost 800 videos currently in their library and 4-5 new videos added each week, Paper Crafter’s Library offers comprehensive training on products, tools, techniques, and project ideas. From beginner through to advanced, whether your interest is in stamping, card making, scrapbooking, creating 3D items or altered art – you’ll find all the resources you need to navigate the world of paper crafting in ONE place, organized and indexed so that it’s quick and easy to find.

Be sure to sign up for our free email newsletter which features weekly video tutorials. For more information about Paper Crafter’s Library and how we can help you take your paper crafting to the next level, check out the Benefits of Becoming a Member.

Wow! Embossing Powder Give-Away

To enter to a Wow! Embossing Powder prize pack consisting a variety of different embossing powders please leave your comment below. Be sure to come back at 4 pm today as winner’s will be announced!

Paper Crafter’s Library 3 Month Membership Give-Away

Welcome to Day 4 of WOW! Embossing Powder week on the Paper Crafter’s Library blog!  We’re very excited to be partnering with WOW! to showcase their extensive line of  fabulous Embossing Powders.  Since discovering Wow! Embossing Powders at Winter CHA 2012 in Anaheim, they’ve rapidly become our favourite line of embossing powders, and we just can’t get enough. We’ve been finding ourselves reaching for them over and over again – our projects really come to life with the addition of our WOW! Embossing Powders.  

Every day this week we’ll be sharing fantastic projects featuring WOW! Embossing Powders created by both the WOW! Design Team as well as the Paper Crafter’s Library Designers/Educators. At the end of this week, two lucky winners will receive  a Wow! Embossing Powder Prize Pack consisting of a variety of Wow! Embossing Powders. The winners will be drawn from all the comments left on the Paper Crafter’s Library Blog or the Paper Crafter’s Library Facebook page as well as the WOW! blog or the WOW! Facebook page.  

As part of our collaboration with Wow! Embossing Powder, each day this week, that day’s Wow! Designer is giving away a 3 month membership to Paper Crafter’s Library. Today’s WOW! Designer  Jan Hennings - be sure to stop by Jan’s blog and leave a comment in THIS POST for your chance to win a 3 month membership to Paper Crafter’s Library.  Winner will be announced on Friday.  While you’re there, be sure to browse all her fantastic creations.

WOW! Designer Project

Our WOW! Designer today is Jan Hennings.  You can see her project below, but before that, here is a little more about Jan:

My name is Jan Hennings and I’m enjoying life in rural Iowa and am a wife to Ryan and mom to seven, we still have 3 teens at home. I enjoy altered art, mixed media and love to teach and share my passion with others.  I would consider my style vintage, shabby, unique and thrifty! Many of my altered projects are made using thrift store finds. I teach at a Scrapbook store when I have an opportunity.  My art has been published in numerous Stampington and Company Publications.

You can visit my blog here: http://papercraftpleasures.blogspot.com

Altered Energy Drink Can

As an Altered Artist, I’m always looking for new ways to use “items”.  My boy’s drink energy drinks and I was inspired to alter the can when I saw there was a lid.  I love adding knobs to the center of the lids. The knob gives the can a completely new look.  I always give the can a coat of white gesso because I want to hide the name of the energy drink.  This gives the can a clean “canvas” to work on.  This can will be a gift for my sister as the vintage photo is of her and my mom.  This could be a gift if it were dressed up in fun papers or  use a holiday theme and fill with sweet treats.  I have altered several cans and have the sitting in my home as home décor items.

Supplies:

Energy Drink Can, moss, Door plate and knob (Graphic 45), flowers (Prima), stamp and embossing powder (WOW!) Versa Magic ink, Hot glue gun and glue sticks (Glue Arts), dolies, Vintage family photo.

As an Altered Artist, I’m always looking for new ways to use “items”.  My boy’s love energy drinks and I was inspired to alter the can when I saw there was a lid.  I love adding knobs to the center of the lids. The knob gives the can a completely new look.  I always give the can a coat of white gesso because I want to hide the name of the energy drink.  This gives the can a clean “canvas” to work on.  This can will be a gift for my sister as the vintage photo is of her and my mom.  This could be a gift if it were dressed up in fun papers or  use a holiday theme and fill with sweet treats.  I have altered several cans and have the sitting in my home as home décor items.

Preparing your can for stamping and embossing:

• Start with a clean Energy Drink can.  Paint the can with a coat of white Gesso.  Let dry.
• Ink Brocade stamp with Versa Magic.
• Roll the gesso coated can over the inked stamp.  Repeat this for the bottom portion of the can.
• Sprinkle the embossing powder over the stamped image.  Heat emboss.
• Using Versa Magic and a paper towel, add Gold embossing powder to random areas of the can.  Heat emboss.
• Embellish can as desired.

We hope you have enjoyed the project from Jan. 

Paper Crafter’s Library Designer Projects 

In today’s projects Paper Crafter’s Library Designer Sophia continues on the theme of embossing with metal.  In her first project she alters a cute enamelled metal tin with her daughter’s name, and then embosses stars on the tin using Wow!’s Glow in the Dark Embossing Powders.  So when the lights are off at night, her daughter Naomie will see the stars glowing brightly!

Download  the pdf handout here

Our Paper Crafter’s Library member exclusive video by Sophia is this Rustic Country Mailbox. Soph found some adorable metal mailboxes at Walmart and altered it using a variety of Wow! embossing powders to make it look as though it were splattered with dirt.  The cute little tractor finishes off the theme.  A perfect decoration for her two little boy’s bedroom!

 There is a video tutorial and handout for this project available to our Paper Crafter’s Library members.

So there you have it! Day 3 of our celebration of Wow! Embossing Powders I hope you have enjoyed all the projects that our design team and the Wow! design team have created for you.

A Bit About Paper Crafter’s Library

The world of paper crafting is HUGE! Whether you are a beginner, or you’ve been creating for years, the sheer number of different products, tools, techniques and project ideas can be overwhelming. After spending 6 years helping thousands of paper crafters around the world become more successful in the creative space through her series of kits, digital tutorials and online classes, Andrea Walford began looking for a new approach to education. In 2011 she launched Paper Crafter’s Library – the first, and still to this day, only website that provides an all-in-one learning solution for paper crafters. With almost 800 videos currently in their library and 4-5 new videos added each week, Paper Crafter’s Library offers comprehensive training on products, tools, techniques, and project ideas. From beginner through to advanced, whether your interest is in stamping, card making, scrapbooking, creating 3D items or altered art – you’ll find all the resources you need to navigate the world of paper crafting in ONE place, organized and indexed so that it’s quick and easy to find.

Be sure to sign up for our free email newsletter which features weekly video tutorials. For more information about Paper Crafter’s Library and how we can help you take your paper crafting to the next level, check out the Benefits of Becoming a Member.

Wow! Embossing Powder Give-Away

To enter to a Wow! Embossing Powder prize pack consisting a variety of different embossing powders please leave your comment below. 

Paper Crafter’s Library 3 Month Membership Give-Away

As part of our collaboration with Wow! Embossing Powder, each day this week, that day’s Wow! Designer is giving away a 3 month membership to Paper Crafter’s Library. Today’s WOW! Designer  Jan Hennings - be sure to stop by Jan’s blog and leave a comment in THIS  POST.  Winner will be announced on Friday.  While you’re there, be sure to browse all her fantastic creations.

Welcome to Day 3 of WOW! Embossing Powder week on the Paper Crafter’s Library blog!  We’re very excited to be partnering with WOW! to showcase their extensive line of  fabulous Embossing Powders.  Since discovering Wow! Embossing Powders at Winter CHA 2012 in Anaheim, they’ve rapidly become our favourite line of embossing powders, and we just can’t get enough. We’ve been finding ourselves reaching for them over and over again – our projects really come to life with the addition of our WOW! Embossing Powders.

Every day this week we’ll be sharing fantastic projects featuring WOW! Embossing Powders created by both the WOW! Design Team as well as the Paper Crafter’s Library Designers/Educators. At the end of this week, two lucky winners will receive  a Wow! Embossing Powder Prize Pack consisting of a variety of different Wow! Embossing Powders. One winner will be drawn from all the comments left either here on the Paper Crafter’s Library blog or the Paper Crafter’s Library Facebook page , and one winner will be drawn from all the comments left either on the WOW! blog or the WOW! Facebook page.  Remember, each comment you leave is one entry, so be sure to visit every day not only for the great project ideas, but also to enter your name into our give-away.

As part of our collaboration with Wow! Embossing Powder, each day this week, that day’s Wow! Designer is giving away a 3 month membership to Paper Crafter’s Library. Today’s WOW! Designer  Jennifer Roach - be sure to stop by Jennifer’s blog and leave a comment in THIS POST for your chance to win a 3 month membership to Paper Crafter’s Library.  Winner will be announced on Friday.  While you’re there, be sure to browse all her fantastic creations.

 WOW! Design Team Project

Our next WOW! Designer with her lovely scrapbook layout project is Jennifer Roach.  You can see the fabulous project below but in the meantime, here is a little bit about Jennifer:

Hi my name is Jennifer and I live in Ontario Canada with my husband and two and a half year old daughter.  I’m a scientist by day and a crafter by night. I started out my paper crafting journey in the early 2000s and I love to scrapbook and make cards.

What I love the most about doing design work is the chance to try new techniques and new ways to use products.  I currently design for WOW! Embossing Powders and two stamp companies.  I hope you’ll enjoy the embossing techniques I have to share with you today.

Scrapbook Embossing Layout

Hello!  Today I’m going to show you how to add some WOW! Embossing Powders to your scrapbooking pages. It’s quick and easy to add embossing powder to regular scrapbooking embellishments and it gives your pages gorgeous shine, glimmer and texture.

Supplies: WOW! Embossing Powders:  Suzy West Candy Counter Collection – “Whirly Pop” (SW-WK00), Neutral Ultra Shimmer (SW-WS02) Papers:  Fancy Pants Designs (Wishful Thinking Collection), Recollections (green polkadot) Ink:  Tim Holtz Distress embossing ink (Ranger Industries) Accessories:  Rectangular paper doily (party supply store), Heidi Swapp Chipboard Letters, Prima burlap flowers, Prima pearls, “Blossom” baker’s twine from The Twinery, manila mailing tags, Kaisercraft mini letter stickers.

Directions:
On the layout I’m showing you today I added some WOW! Neutral Shimmer powder to the burlap flowers and chipboard letters and I also created a custom coloured doily mat for my photo by covering a regular paper doily (from the party supply store) with some WOW! Suzy West Candy Counter Collection Whirly Pop pink embossing powder.

To add glitter to the flowers and chipboard letters I simply inked them up (just the edges for the flowers) with Ranger Distress Embossing ink, sprinked on the embossing powder and heat with a heat gun.

For my background doily photo mat, I applied the embossing ink all around the outside of the doily, sprinkled on the powder, shook off the excess and then heat embossed.  I did two layers on the doily to get an even coat.

So why not give change up your embellishments by adding some WOW! embossing powder?

Close up 1:  Shows the embossed doily

Close up 2:  Shows the glitter I added to the edges of the burlap flowers.

Close up 3:  Another view of the flwoers and doily

Close up 4 and 5:  Shows the glitter on the chipboard letters.

Paper Crafter’s Library Designer Projects

We have three video tutorials in all for you today. In the first two videos I’m going to show you a couple of different techniques for heat embossing on fabrics.  In the first video I’m going to show you how easy it is to easily double, triple or even more your selections of ribbon with some patterned stamps and Wow!’s opaque bright white embossing powder.  In the picture below you can see two patterned ribbons I created – one with polka dots and one with stripes. The picture of the card shows you what these ribbons look like incorporated into a project.

You can view a video on how I created the patterned ribbon below.

The second example of stamping on fabric we have for you today is this Decorated Baby Onesie. I bought a plain striped onesie from the dollar store for $2, and customized it with a star.  I used my Crafter’s Workshop Basic Star template and Wow!’s Puff Embossing Powder.  I have to tell you that stuff is amazing – you’ll see exactly how awesome it is in the video.  It expands to three times the height of all the other embossing powders and has a cool texture.  It’s also machine washable, and won’t crack.

You can view a video on how I decorated this baby onesie below.

The final video tutorial we have for you today is this baby card. Tracy uses embossing in several ways – she stamps and embosses for the greeting and label, she shows you how easy it is to emboss just the edges of your paper creating beautiful contrast and definition against the card stock below, and then finally – the punched border you see below?  When the card is closed you see glitter shining through – Tracy uses Wow!’s Embossing Glitter to create a gorgeous glittered strip on the inside of the card.

Download the pdf handout here

You can view a video on how Tracy created this Baby card below.

Part 1

Part 2

Our last two projects are Paper Crafter’s Library member exclusives.  In the first project Tracy shows you how you can add embossing glitter to an outline greeting, and how to step up die cut images with a little embossing. 

This second card is the one I showed above with the swatches of homemade patterned ribbons.  

 The video tutorials and handouts for both projects are available to our Paper Crafter’s Library members.

So there you have it! Day 2 of our celebration of Wow! Embossing Powders I hope you have enjoyed all the projects that our design team and the Wow! design team have created for you.

A Bit About Paper Crafter’s Library

The world of paper crafting is HUGE! Whether you are a beginner, or you’ve been creating for years, the sheer number of different products, tools, techniques and project ideas can be overwhelming. After spending 6 years helping thousands of paper crafters around the world become more successful in the creative space through her series of kits, digital tutorials and online classes, Andrea Walford began looking for a new approach to education. In 2011 she launched Paper Crafter’s Library – the first, and still to this day, only website that provides an all-in-one learning solution for paper crafters. With almost 800 videos currently in their library and 4-5 new videos added each week, Paper Crafter’s Library offers comprehensive training on products, tools, techniques, and project ideas. From beginner through to advanced, whether your interest is in stamping, card making, scrapbooking, creating 3D items or altered art – you’ll find all the resources you need to navigate the world of paper crafting in ONE place, organized and indexed so that it’s quick and easy to find.

Be sure to sign up for our free email newsletter which features weekly video tutorials. For more information about Paper Crafter’s Library and how we can help you take your paper crafting to the next level, check out the Benefits of Becoming a Member.

Wow! Embossing Powder Give-Away

To enter to a Wow! Embossing Powder prize pack consisting of 12 different embossing powders please leave your comment below.

Paper Crafter’s Library 3 Month Membership Give-Away

As part of our collaboration with Wow! Embossing Powder, each day this week, that day’s Wow! Designer is giving away a 3 month membership to Paper Crafter’s Library. Today’s WOW! Designer  Jennifer Roach - be sure to stop by Erika’s blog and leave a comment in THIS POST.  Winner will be announced on Friday.  While you’re there, be sure to browse all her fantastic creations.

Welcome to Day 2 of WOW! Embossing Powder week on the Paper Crafter’s Library blog!  We’re very excited to be partnering with WOW! to showcase their extensive line of  fabulous Embossing Powders.  Since discovering Wow! Embossing Powders at Winter CHA 2012 in Anaheim, they’ve rapidly become our favourite line of embossing powders, and we just can’t get enough. We’ve been finding ourselves reaching for them over and over again – our projects really come to life with the addition of our WOW! Embossing Powders.  

Every day this week we’ll be sharing fantastic projects featuring WOW! Embossing Powders created by both the WOW! Design Team as well as the Paper Crafter’s Library Designers/Educators. At the end of this week, two lucky winners will receive  a Wow! Embossing Powder Prize Pack consisting of a variety of Wow! Embossing Powders. The winners will be drawn from all the comments left on the Paper Crafter’s Library Blog or the Paper Crafter’s Library Facebook page as well as the WOW! blog or the WOW! Facebook page.  

As part of our collaboration with Wow! Embossing Powder, each day this week, that day’s Wow! Designer is giving away a 3 month membership to Paper Crafter’s Library. Today’s WOW! Designer  Erika Taylor - be sure to stop by Erika’s blog and leave a comment in THIS POST for your chance to win a 3 month membership to Paper Crafter’s Library.  Winner will be announced on Friday.  While you’re there, be sure to browse all her fantastic creations.

 WOW! Design Team Project

Today’s WOW! Designer is Erika Taylor.  You can see her project below, but before that, here is a little more about Erika:

Cutting rings of paper to create garland, making ghost gum from glue, and adding a little too much glitter to any heart I drew. The creative bug bit me at a very early age and I’ve never looked back. Hi everyone, I’m Erika Taylor and I’m a craftaholic!!! In 2008, I decided to start paper crafting and one thing led to another. I’m blessed to have been on numerous design teams over the past few years and I’m expanding my own creative muse to include so much more than just cards and scrapbook layouts. I love getting inked up to create mixed media projects and if I can alter something, I will.

I live in Southern Alberta with my loving and supportive husband Mark and our 2 boisterous children age 4 and 7. Anything to do with Vampires and the Fantasy Realm gets my attention, and yes that includes Twilight!  I love Italian Sweet Cream in my coffee and there is nothing better than Tiramisu. I’m moved by the colors around me, emotions and the media. Creatively, I embrace change and love to try new things and I’m super excited about being a part of this amazing adventure. Grab your favorite beverage and stop by my blog for a visit http://taylordconcepts.blogspot.com

Decorated Canvas

I love working with canvas and mixed media. They are a perfect match for just letting go and seeing where the creative journey will take me. Working with Wow Embossing Powders on canvas can result in some amazing looks. For this canvas, the entire background has been created using Wow Embossing Powders, a little bit of Molding Paste and a few small sprays of Glimmer Mist. The texture is amazing and everything really pops.

First for the canvas, I prepped it sparingly with Gesso. Once dry I applied Versamark to the entire surface and using a spoon, sprinkled Wow Embossing Powders onto the surface itself. I used a combination of Berrylicious, Silver Regular, Angel Wings, Bubble Gum and Pastel Pink. I layered colors over top on one another until I achieved the texture, color and height that I wanted. In certain areas, when the embossing powder was still molten, I sprinkle a combination of water drops and embossing powder to gain even more texture.

The FabScraps Chipboard pieces have been covered with Berrylicious and Angel Wings Embossing powder as well. Overall, a perfect canvas for our little girls bedroom was created using some amazing colors of embossing powders from Wow Embossing Powders.

Paper Crafter’s Library Designer Projects

For today’s Paper Crafter’s Library Projects Tracy shows demonstrates the technique of embossing using a template from Crafter’s Workshop, VersaMark ink and Wow! Embossing Powders as she shows you how to create the For My Friend Card shown below.

Download the pdf handout here

You can watch a video on how Tracy created this card here.

Our last project for today, is a Paper Crafter’s Library exclusive – this  Mr. & Mrs. card. This card features both Wow’s embossing powders as well as embossing glitters.  Unfortunately the picture is not the best, but Tracy uses the Wow! embossing glitter to create the swirls on the background paper and then the regular Embossing Powder for the greeting.

There is a video tutorial and handout for this project available to our Paper Crafter’s Library members.

So there you have it! Day 2 of our celebration of Wow! Embossing Powders I hope you have enjoyed all the projects that our design team and the Wow! design team have created for you.

A Bit About Paper Crafter’s Library

The world of paper crafting is HUGE! Whether you are a beginner, or you’ve been creating for years, the sheer number of different products, tools, techniques and project ideas can be overwhelming. After spending 6 years helping thousands of paper crafters around the world become more successful in the creative space through her series of kits, digital tutorials and online classes, Andrea Walford began looking for a new approach to education. In 2011 she launched Paper Crafter’s Library – the first, and still to this day, only website that provides an all-in-one learning solution for paper crafters. With almost 800 videos currently in their library and 4-5 new videos added each week, Paper Crafter’s Library offers comprehensive training on products, tools, techniques, and project ideas. From beginner through to advanced, whether your interest is in stamping, card making, scrapbooking, creating 3D items or altered art – you’ll find all the resources you need to navigate the world of paper crafting in ONE place, organized and indexed so that it’s quick and easy to find.

Be sure to sign up for our free email newsletter which features weekly video tutorials. For more information about Paper Crafter’s Library and how we can help you take your paper crafting to the next level, check out the Benefits of Becoming a Member.

Wow! Embossing Powder Give-Away

To enter to a Wow! Embossing Powder prize pack consisting of a variety of different embossing powders please leave your comment below. 

Paper Crafter’s Library 3 Month Membership Give-Away

As part of our collaboration with Wow! Embossing Powder, each day this week, that day’s Wow! Designer is giving away a 3 month membership to Paper Crafter’s Library. Today’s WOW! Designer  Erika Taylor - be sure to stop by Erika’s blog and leave a comment in THIS POST.  Winner will be announced on Friday.  While you’re there, be sure to browse all her fantastic creations.

Welcome to WOW! Embossing Powder week on the Paper Crafter’s Library blog!  We’re very excited to be partnering with WOW! to showcase their extensive line of fabulous embossing powders.  Since discovering Wow! Embossing Powders at Winter CHA 2012 in Anaheim, they’ve rapidly become our favourite line of embossing powders, and we just can’t get enough. We’ve been finding ourselves reaching for them over and over again – our projects really come to life with the addition of our WOW! Embossing Powders.

Every day this week we’ll be sharing fantastic projects featuring WOW! Embossing Powders created by both the WOW! Design Team as well as the Paper Crafter’s Library Designers/Educators. At the end of this week, two lucky winners will receive  a Wow! Embossing Powder Prize Pack consisting of 12 different Wow! Embossing Powders. One winner will be drawn from all the comments left either here on the Paper Crafter’s Library blog or the Paper Crafter’s Library Facebook page , and one winner will be drawn from all the comments left either on the WOW! blog or the WOW! Facebook page.  Remember, each comment you leave is one entry, so be sure to visit every day not only for the great project ideas, but also to enter your name into our give-away.

About Wow! Embossing Powder

WOW! Embossing Powder has been established as a brand since May 2006 and has grown dramatically since then. We are a UK based company and we are rapidly becoming very well-known and respected within the craft industry. Wow! takes pride in our fast and friendly customer service, and personal touch with each of our customers’ orders. We are the largest manufacturers of embossing powder in the world, and therefore are very proud to offer crafters what we believe is the best embossing product available at a very competitive price.

WOW! Embossing Powder successfully launched 51 of our embossing powders at CHA Winter 2012 Show along with a selection of stamps and stamping accessories. All our powders are specially treated to be static free to give a clear, crisp image everytime so there is no need for any anti-static bags to get that perfect result.

Basics of Heat Embossing

For those of you that are either unfamiliar or have limited experience with heat embossing, we’ve put together a two part video that covers everything you need to know about heat embossing. In our video Basics of Heat Embossing Part 1 we talk about what heat embossing is, what kinds of projects you can use it for (way more than simply cards), what kinds of surfaces you can heat emboss on (just about anything you can imagine), and what basic supplies you need to get started heat embossing.

In the video Basics of Heat Embossing Part 2, we cover the three main ways of heat embossing.  The most common way of heat embossing is using stamps and ink, but if you watched Part 1 of the video you’ll have learned that stamps are actually a “nice-to-have” supply rather than an essential for heat embossing.  You can use templates for heat embossing or you don’t need anything except your medium.  You can check out how it’s done here:

So the basic techniques you learned in the video above are essentially everything you need to know to heat emboss,  regardless of what surface or what type of embossing powder you’re using.  As the week progresses, we’ll share more information about the different types of embossing powders that Wow! Embossing Powder offers as part of their extensive line. 

So next, let’s take a look at the project created by one of the talented members of the Wow@ Embossing Powder Design Team.

WOW! Design Team Project

To start off the week, we have WOW! Designer Patti Hamil.  You will find her beautiful project below, but first here is a little bit about Patti:

My name is Patti Hamil and I’ve been scrapping for over 15 years now! I’ve been lucky enough to be on Design Teams, attend CHA, teach CKC classes and lots of other fun things through my hobby. The best thing about it is the lasting friends that I have made! I am the Mom to 3 grown children,a wife to a wonderful husband and also mom to an adorable English Bulldog, a 150 pound Rottweiler, a mut and a 15 year old Tomcat! I love scrapbooking, and also spending time with my family and doing anything that has to do with water!

LOVE Scrapbook Layout

Hi! I was asked by Suzy West to do a special “WOW” project for Paper Crafter’s Library. I was honored to do it. I wanted to feature a technique for embossing so I thought I would share one of my favorite things to do with the Susy West WOW embossing powders and stamps.

This is a layout where I used the powders and one of the stamp sets. I also used the powder on the title letters.

One of my very favorite things to do with embossing is to emboss on vellum. If you have a thicker vellum like the vellum from WorldWin papers, it won’t curl when you heat it. Here is a close up of the leaves. I first use am embossing pen and draw the leaves. On these I used the Earthtone Olive for the leaves. The gorgeous blooms are from ManorHouse Creations and the paper is Anna Griffin. 

 On this, you can see the butterflies. For these, I use two different colors, I use one color for the solid outline stamp, and then a different color for the center that I choose. I cut them both out and layer them together, Then I add some pearls for the body of the butterfly. I curl the wings on the top layer slightly.

 Here you can see the detail on the butterfly and on the title letters. Also one of the little leaves.

This is just another view of the butterfly, shows the dimension of them. These are so easy, and so much fun to play with the different color combos!!!

Suzy West WOW products used:

Build AButterfly Stamp Set

Pantry Collection – Olive

Candy Counter Collection – Berrylicious and BubbleGum

WOW – regular Grape

Other products:

Manorhouse Creations blooms

WorldWin Papers vellum

Anna Griffin Inc. patterned paper

Paper Crafter’s Library Design Team Projects

One of our goals during our manufacturer spotlight weeks is not just to introduce you to fantastic product lines that we’ve tried and loved, but to share with you a variety of different styles and differing levels of difficulty.  Embossing is one of those techniques that can be either as elaborate as you’d like, or as simple as you can like.  You can incorporate embossing into a variety of different elements in your projects, or you can simply add little touches here and there.  As the week progresses, you’ll notice that the projects from the talented Wow! embossing powder team are very intricate and absolutely stunning, so we decided to balance their projects with simpler projects of our own that focus on one, at the most two techniques at a time.

In our first card, a Happy Anniversary Card, Tracy uses the Wow! Embossing Powder Pearlescent Finish to create a gorgeous background on her card.  She uses that same powder to create the outline on her label, and then a black embossing powder for the greeting. You can watch the video tutorial for this and download the pdf handout below.

Download the PDF Handout HERE

In our second card for today, our Paper Crafter’s Library member exclusive project, Tracy takes this simple background technique one step further by created a mulit-colored background behind it using a combination of different Ranger Distress Inks.

There is a video tutorial and handout for this project available to our Paper Crafter’s Library members.

So there you have it! Day 1 of our celebration of Wow! Embossing Powders I hope you have enjoyed all the projects that our design team and the Wow! design team have created for you.

A Bit About Paper Crafter’s Library

The world of paper crafting is HUGE! Whether you are a beginner, or you’ve been creating for years, the sheer number of different products, tools, techniques and project ideas can be overwhelming. After spending 6 years helping thousands of paper crafters around the world become more successful in the creative space through her series of kits, digital tutorials and online classes, Andrea Walford began looking for a new approach to education. In 2011 she launched Paper Crafter’s Library – the first, and still to this day, only website that provides an all-in-one learning solution for paper crafters. With almost 800 videos currently in their library and 4-5 new videos added each week, Paper Crafter’s Library offers comprehensive training on products, tools, techniques, and project ideas. From beginner through to advanced, whether your interest is in stamping, card making, scrapbooking, creating 3D items or altered art – you’ll find all the resources you need to navigate the world of paper crafting in ONE place, organized and indexed so that it’s quick and easy to find.

Be sure to sign up for our free email newsletter which features weekly video tutorials. For more information about Paper Crafter’s Library and how we can help you take your paper crafting to the next level, check out the Benefits of Becoming a Member.

Wow! Embossing Powder Give-Away

To enter to a Wow! Embossing Powder prize pack consisting of a variety different embossing powders please leave your comment below. Please take a minute to also stop by the WOW! blog or the WOW! Facebook page for a second opportunity to win.  Please note that they are in a different time zone than us so their post may not be up until later today.