{"id":302,"date":"2013-09-10T13:00:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T17:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=302"},"modified":"2013-08-19T14:28:52","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T18:28:52","slug":"blending-white-heat-embossing-with-ashli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simonsaysstampblog.com\/mondaychallenge\/?p=302","title":{"rendered":"Blending White Heat Embossing with Ashli"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi there! Ashli<\/a> here to share some fun creative play with you. Embossing powders… Ah the choices, the colors, the textures…. What’s not to love?<\/p>\n

One of my favorite things to do when working with all of these lovely powders is to blend them together while heating them. Let’s take a look, shall we?<\/p>\n

My starting inspiration for this home decor piece is the amazing Kelly Purkey Home Sweet Home<\/a> stamp set:<\/p>\n

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Isn’t that the cutest? I have put those little house images to good use and stamped them up on a sheet of watercolor paper<\/a>. To add a little color, I simply washed a bit of watercolor<\/a> and followed behind with some white paint highlights:<\/p>\n

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While that dries, we can begin our embossing adventure! I have selected a few of my favorite background stamps: Hero Arts Life of the Party Dots<\/a>, Hero Arts Chevron<\/a>, and Hero Arts Fabulous Flourish<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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Once I stamped with my Embossing Ink<\/a> , I chose my “background” embossing color of Zing White<\/a>. Any color will do here. Since I am going for a light and airy look, I am going to start with white:<\/p>\n

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With that heat set, let’s get ready to play! I find it easiest to get all of my chosen powders ready, with a little Craft Stick<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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Here is where it gets exciting! First, re-heat your embossing powder that is already on your stamped area. Then, while it is still nice and hot, take your first chosen color, in my case Zing Powder Blue<\/a>, and sprinkle a bit on. The re-heated background color will allow the new color to stick.<\/p>\n

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And reheat! And repeat! Don’t be afraid here. The great thing about embossing powders is that they are opaque. Get too much in a certain area? Just go back over it with white. Have fun! You will notice that the colors will start to blend, making new colors and lovely shades.<\/p>\n

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And then just continue heating and repeating….<\/p>\n

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…until you have something you like! I added more of that Zing white and powder blue, along with Wow Pastel Yellow<\/a> and Wow Angel Wings<\/a>. And decided to call it done! You see all that powder around my desk? Yep, this does make a bit of a mess. I’ve never been one to worry about such things, but if that concerns you, you might want to try this inside a cardboard box.<\/p>\n

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Now what can we do with this sheet full of blended embossing fun? Cut out shapes to make houses, of course!<\/p>\n

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You could really cut or punch out any shape, use a piece as a card base, layer this up on a scrapbook page… the possibilities are endless! But, since I was inspired by those awesome house stamps, houses it is!<\/p>\n

Once I layered up my paper pieces with some Elle’s Studio<\/a> bits and placed that adorable little dog from October Afternoon<\/a>, I added my sentiment from that same awesome stamp set and called it done! Well, after the usual misting and doodling and touches of washi.<\/p>\n

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I plan on framing this in a shadowbox frame and hanging it in my home, so I simply mounted the entire piece on a sheet of card stock, and tucked some scrap note paper around the edge to add some dimension:<\/p>\n

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Ah yes… Love lives here! I hope this has inspired you to look at your embossing powders in a new and different way. Remember to link up with our challenge this week.<\/p>\n

I can’t wait to see what you make!<\/p>\n

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I’ve never tried blending colors with my white embossing powder – thanks for the fun idea Ashli!<\/p>\n

Now – what are you waiting for?\u00a0Join us in this week’s challenge! For the full rules, read the “challenge rules” posted in the side-bar here on our blog, and be sure to enter the challenge in the post below this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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