Embossing Paste Techniques

Hello dear crafty friends,

Dolly here, I hope you all had a lovely Valentines Day Celebration with your beloved ones. We are so excited to see the entries for the current challenge at Lulupu - Love you SWEETS. Please remember to link your creations for this challenge till the 28 Feb 2015.

Today's post will be a little different from the usual because I will be sharing a couple of techniques which you can try using embossing/ texture paste. I hope you try the techniques and share your creations with us :)

1. Colouring Embossing paste

For this technique, I mixed the embossing paste with some distress inks before using it with a stencil and as you can see you get a lovely color with the embossing paste. The white embossing paste can be turned into any color by using colored inks. The best inks to work with the embossing paste would be the distress inks/stains/re-inkers. Always remember to mix the embossing paste with the ink on a craft sheet. If you do not have a craft sheet, you can also use acetate sheet. It works just fine. Don't forget to clean your stencil and craft mat immediately after working with embossing paste since the paste hardens after drying.

Once the background for the cards was made with the colored embossing paste and some Prima stencil, I just had to add the sentiment and some embellishment to complete my cards.

2. Embossing paste and glitter

For this card, I just mixed some fine gold glitter with the embossing paste to use with the stencils. The look you get by mixing the glitter is super cool to look at. The close up picture show the gold glitter mixed with the paste. Tip: Do not mix a lot of glitter since the embossing paste would then not dry properly and the chances of sticking to the paper reduces.

Once the background was done, I completed the card with the sentiment. Its a pretty clean and simple card with a lovely touch of glitter.

3. Stamping on Embossing paste

Now this technique is my favourite, since the texture which you get it really amazing. For this tag which I created using the embossing paste, I just created a layer of the paste on the tag and then pressed a background stamp on the paste directly to get the texture imprinted on the tag. Tip: Mist the stamp surface with few drop of water which will help in the stamp not sticking to the paste. One the paste dries up, I colored it using some distress inks and added copper dust for some interest.

To create the card, I just scored the border using the score board and used the tag as the main focal point. You can see the texture in the close up picture :) Its beautiful in real.

I hope you enjoyed seeing the different things which you can try using the embossing paste. I would love to hear which card/ technique you liked the most!

Thanks for stopping by! Looking forward to see what you create for the monthly challenge!

Ciao!

Dolly

Supplies from Lulupu:

Peacock Feathers Distress Inkpad	Inkssentials Ink Blending Foam 10/Pkg	Antique Linen Distress Ink Pad	White Studio 490 Embossing Paste
Loew Cornell Simply Art Palette Knives 2pc	Doodle Twine Primary Assortment Pack 60yds	american crafts foam tabs	Sizzix Big Shot Cutting-and-Embossing Roller-Style Machine
Archival Ink - jet black	Martha Stewart Tools Scoring Board 0 Reviews | Write a review

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Create Beautiful Backgrounds with Distress Inks!

Hello dear friends! This is Deepti again with a photo tutorial  

'How to create back grounds with Distress Inks'..

I think and feel that back grounds are very important to build a beautiful card. Today I'm going to show you very simple techniques on creating these backgrounds. And these techniques aren't mine, I've got inspired and learnt from many other talented crafters all around the blog world. As our current challenge 'Make it Macho' is all about Distress Inks so I thought why not share the techniques i know..(I'm not here to share a masculine project anyway).. If you already know these techniques kindly skip this post, so this post for those who wish to learn and this is especially for the newbies and the beginners to the love of Distress Inks.. <3

Well.. I'm gonna show you 5 cards with 5 different backgrounds and for each card I've used a different technique and I've divided them into 2 parts.. 

1. Creating a Monochromatic look (2 cards)

2. Misting technique (3 cards)

The basic technique I've used here is sponging.. Hope you guys are not getting confused!! ;)

Alright! let's jump into the procedure..

(picture heavy post)

1. Creating a Monochromatic Look

You can achieve this look by stamping and stenciling..

Stamping

Materials required

White cardstock, any stamp, your fav distress ink and a sponge dauber

I've sponged the background with peacock feathers distress inks. 

Sorry my sponges are not that good.. 

Now I've stamped the butterfly with the same peacock feathers distress ink..

And that's it.. :)

Stenciling

Materials required

White cardstock, any stencil, Distress ink and a Sponge dauber

I've sponged with peeled paint distress ink..

then I took a stencil and sponged it with the same ink..

And that's it we are done with the monochromatic look.. :)

2. Misting Techniques

a. Distress inks reacts with water..

yes.. it reacts with water and it's such a cool and great technique

Materials required

White cs, distress ink, sponge dauber, clean water and a paint brush

I've sponged it with frayed burlap distress ink

Now place tiny drops of water or tap some water using a paint brush

And look how beautifully it reacts with water.. :)

 

The background just looks like some winter night, so I made a Christmas card..

b. Distress ink misting

Materials required

White cs, water mister bottle, two or more colors of distress inks and an acetate or craft sheet

Now rub the distress inks on to the acetate or craft sheet

 

Spray lots of water.. 

Now place the cardstock directly on to the misted area..

Now lift the paper and let it dry for sometime.. Isn't it cool.. 

And here is the card!

c. Acrylic block technique

Materials required

An acrylic block, Distress inks,water mister and a white cs..

Apply ink on to the acrylic block and spray water..

Now place it directly on to the cs and repeat the same with the other color..

Here is the card!

And that's it friends! Hope you like the techniques and the cards, hope you would give it a try and if you've already made something using these techniques kindly leave a comment below I shall get back to your blog soon.. If possible I'll be back with a few more techniques.. Until then take care and have fun.. ;)

Supplies Used

Distress Mini Ink Kit 1	Peeled Paint Distress Ink Pad	Heat It Craft Tool Europeon Version	2 Mini Misters Set
Archival Dye Ink - Jet Black	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad 1"Cube	Gold Super Fine Embossing Powder 1oz Jar	White Super Fine Embossing Powder 1oz Jar
Crystal	Mini glossy accents- Rangers	Frayed Burlap Distress ink Pad

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