Every so often the stars collide and fireworks ensue. Today is one of those days. Two of my absolute favorite companies -
StencilGirl Products and
Emerald Creek Craft Supplies are combining forces to bring you a stellar blog hop and giveaway. Twelve artists are participating and the event starts today (12/13) and runs through 12/15. Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of this post to see how you can enter the two giveaways and to find the links to all the participating artists.
DISCOVERY
Two of my favorite products to use are stencils and embossing powder. And I absolutely love using them together. My method...easy.
Simply position the stencil on your surface, press a craft sponge into the surface of an embossing pad, and pounce the sponge through the opening in your stencil. Remove the stencil, tap off any excess powder and heat with a heat gun. Final step...watch the magic happen.
For this piece, I started with an 8x8 inch cradled wood panel and added layer after layer after layer of gesso, paint, collage and ink.
And of course, stencils and embossing powders. For the background, I used an embossing pad, a background stamp (
Splattered from Impression Obsession), and two of my favorite flavors of embossing powder from Emerald Creek:
The main focal feature of this piece is a series of words.
To add the text detail, I once again used Emerald Creek
Charred Gold Embossing Powder through a series of words (Discovery, Explore, Destiny) from two of my StencilGirl stencils:
The piece was finished off using collage material, hand made marks, and some of my stamp sets from Impression Obsession (
RPMs,
Planetarium,
Pathways).
If you are completely new to using embossing powders, check out my video tutorial from an episode of Make it Artsy. You may discover a new technique even if you are an embossing pro.
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BLOG HOP
Be sure to visit all the participating artists
December 13
Seth Apter (you are here)
December 14
December 15
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Giveaway #1
(now closed - congrats to Barbara Bytwerk)
I will be giving Discovery, the artwork in this post, to one lucky person. Simply leave a comment on this post by Tuesday, 12/19 at 11:59PM Central Time to be eligible. Make sure I have a way to reach you if the random number table picks your name. And yes...of course Internationals are eligible too.
Giveaway #2
One lucky winner will receive a $25 Gift Certificate to StencilGirl Products
AND a $25 Gift Certificate to Emerald Creek!
Enter to win by leaving a comment below.
Then be sure to visit the other blogs in the hop and comment to win.
The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN!
One winner will be chosen at random from all blog comments!
(One comment per blog please.)
You have until Tuesday, December 19th at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.
Winner will be announced on
StencilGirl's Facebook page on Wednesday, December 20th.
Have fun and good luck!