' ' ' 'Crafty Endeavours: Miniature & Embossing powders

Wednesday 25 February 2015

Miniature & Embossing powders

The topic over at Paper Artsy blog is Miniatures. I was inspired by the glossy pieces Leandra showed in her post but as I don't have Ice Resin I thought of embossing powders.
Now have you ever had cardstock buckle after a layer of embossing? So much that the embossing cracks? Well, me too... For this project I wanted to make sure there would be no buckling so I selected a hard and thick surface, a Tando Wavy Arch.


I used a technique shown by Trish Latimer here. I applied several colours of embossing powders in layers finishing with a WOW Blue Pearl in combination with a stencil and detail white with a Paper Artsy stamp (Hot Pick ESN10). At this stage as there is quite a thick coat of EP the surface turns liquid and it's difficult to keep the details. Still I managed to get the effect I wanted and I had LOTS of fun doing it!

And another pic so you can see the Blue Pearl in action:

I am also entering the Craft Barn and Tando challenges.
Thanks for coming by,

21 comments:

  1. Ooooh this is glorious, some fab colours and how clever to keep all your different embossing colours just as you wanted. Fantastic project Christine! :-) xxx

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    1. Loved your humoristic panel too, made me smile!

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  3. Lovely pearlescent effect and what a good idea to use this substrate. xx

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  4. This has a gorgeous gothic feel to it. Love it :)

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  5. Very effective technique lovely project

    MaggieH

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  6. Very clever precision embossing! Love the colour combination too.

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  7. This looks great with things that are new to me

    Love Chrissie x

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  8. so this is made up all out of embossingpowder? neat

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  9. Great idea, well done creating a super miniature project.

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  10. Great idea, the colours are beautiful and three dimensional. xx

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  11. Elle est chouette ton arche Christine, moi aussi j'aime beaucoup cette technique de multi-embossage!.. Après je trouve ça difficile à réaliser car parfois, en refondant on perd les détails comme tu le dis, et du coup c'est parfois un peu décevant. J'ai eu ce pb avec mes 3 lettres ART mise sur ma boite à mouchoirs dernièrement, elles restent belles mais en refondant l'utee clear et le doré sur les bords j'ai perdu en précision et en finesse, j'ai presque regretté sur le coup d'avoir ajouté de la poudre transparente ahah!! Bisous et souhaitons nous bonne chance à toutes les 2! :)

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  12. This is so nice, love the quote! Thank you for joining in the Tando challenge.
    Jane (The Craft Barn) x

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  13. This is fabulous! Such a cool technique that looks awesome! xxx

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  14. Wow you did well to get that quote looking perfect on top of the rest of the embossed layers. I know how that can turn to blur so easily in a blink ! Nice layers.

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  15. What gorgeous colours! This turned out fab, well done!

    Lucy x

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  16. Great combination of embossing powder colors, makes for an outstanding background for your beautiful sentiment.

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  17. Fab idea, I love this!
    Alison x

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  18. Wow wow such an awesome idea and looks totally fab, love it. Happy Art :-) Kezzy xxx

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  19. A fabulous effect you have achieved with embossing powders.

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