5 Ways to Add Texture With Embossing Paste
Hi everyone and Happy Sunday! It’s Shari here with a look at some embossing pastes that are more of the specialty variety. These are shiny, matte, shimmery and some are clear!
I’ve decided to work with the same card stock (Slate) and stencil so you can clearly see the comparisons.
I’m starting off with Ranger’s transparent matte Texture Paste. This was the first time I’ve used it. Once it dried, I was really impressed with the look. I’ve always liked flat or matte paints but didn’t expect this to look like I had used an embossing folder. One of my new favorite pastes for sure!
Next up is the same paste but I’ve used Rock Candy Glitter on top while it was still wet. You can use any clear paste with the glitter, but used this one out of convenience. This has a beautiful sparkle to it and would be a fantastic texture to use for snowflakes on Winter cards.
My next selection is the Wendy Vecchi Black Embossing paste. The effect looks like stamped velvet to me. One of the things I noticed about this paste is how concentrated and true the black is which is perfect for an elegant, formal look. It’s also a nice compliment to the slate card stock.
Now for the shiny pastes. This is the Wendy Vecchi Translucent paste. It starts out white and dries to a super shiny clear. This is a great paste to use on any color card stock! You could also use this paste with glitter and embossing powders (let paste dry before heat setting embossing powders). Also note that Ranger’s Transparent Gloss is very similar.
To finish off my comparisons, I’ve used the Wendy Vecchi Metallic Silver Enbossing paste. This has a gorgeous metallic finish and can be used just as is!
I have shot a video of the process, and how to use these pastes with a stencil. You can view the video below or on our YouTube Channel.
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Thanks for stopping by today. I hope I’ve given you some insight on some of the specialty texture pastes available in our store.
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Looks like fun! I especially like the silver.
Looks beautiful I would love to to try some of these, especially the silver and I would love to try gold on Christmas cards too.
The black reminds me of the flocked wallpaper so popular in the 70’s.
Thanks for showing the embossing paste comparison. It helps so much to see how to use these new products and what they look like – before one invests.
I love emb. paste – just don’t use it often enough…maybe THAT’S what I’ll do today!
All these effects look really great. I need to start playing with this stuff.
Love the comparisons, they all look so beautiful, the black is really stunning!
GreT comparison. I love working with pastrs
Love the shine and glitz you can achieve!
Thanks for the informative video.
Gonna give these a go.
I am sold on that black embossing paste!
I loved the comparisons with the same stencil and paper. My favorite is the silver one. Thanks so much for sharing this.
Karen
need to get my hands on the clear one!!
Love all the different looks you can achieve with this, thanks for the video!!
I like the translucent paste.
Really like that silver paste.
It is so much fun to work with so many different paste! It takes you further and further on the art journey!
FANNN-TASTIC!
Thanks for sharing!! The samples are just absolutely beautiful!!!
I had been wanting to try the silver and black paste and wondered about the others. This post and video was so helpful and now I want them all!!! I have one jar of embossing paste and love using it so now I know I need to save my pennies and work on getting some more. Thank you for the very informative post.
I have yet to try embossing paste. I find it a little intimidating. I love the effects it produces though, so may have to give it a try!
This is awesome, thanks!! LOVE the silver!!
Very, very useful info! I have been sceptical about the various embossing pastes. But this has convinced me! Especially loved the black and the metallic ones!
ooooohh the silver is so pretty. so far I have only used white ranger paste with inks for color
The black is STUNNING! I’ve worked with clear pastes before, but I’m definitely going to try out the colors. Thank you for the tutorial!
Awesome! Thank you!! =)
I’ve only just started playing with embossing paste but find I really like the texture — and it’s easy to use. I love that silver paste!
Nice comparison, thank you!
LOVE all these!
WOW that black!! wondering what applications/designs you would use it for…
good ideas…thanks for sharing. I have the ranger white embossing paste and have used it a little…like the texture it gives.
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the comparison of the embossing pastes.
Fantastic. Thank you!
Thanks for the comparison. Good to know!
Thank you, Shari, and I haven’t even watched the video YET! There seems to be so many products that are so close in use that the only difference seems to be who put their “designer name” on the product. I am thrilled to have you tell and show us the difference in these products.
Thanks so much for the awesome video, very informative and fun! TFS
So cool to see all the different types out there. I didn’t realize there was such a variety. Thanks for sharing!
These different embossing pastes are really pretty! Thank you for the comparison video. Very helpful!
Looks like a fun technique. Nice variety of products shown.
Love embossing paste, one of the most fun things to use for paper crafting.
I’m loving texture paste right now, so thanks for all the inspiration!! I’m totally going to have to try the clear one!
I love the black on black embossing paste. Thanks for the video.
Thank you for this review! There are a few here I haven’t tried so I can’t wait to check them out!
So glad to see a comparison of these pastes. They all result in such cool looks.
Great comparison, love seeing the different textures together. I think my favorite is the glitter, but they are all beautiful. Thanks for the guide.
Great comparison! I do love my texture and embossing pastes.
thanks for showing us the different kinds of pastes.
I love using embossing paste but I have trouble spreading it evenly over a stencil.
Awesome samples!
Would love to try that, looks neat
Thanks for sharing how each of these pastes look when using them with a stencil. I think I need to get a few more types.