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Saturday, May 2, 2020

Picket Fence Studios + WOW Embossing Giveaways!

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I think most of us were won over to stamping with embossing powder, right? That first, magical melt into shiny gold magic?

The very first time I embossed is hard coded into my brain. My mom and I got embossing powder and a chili pepper stamp at a craft store, and came home and embossed ON THE GAS STOVE! Heat guns weren't a thing! I was so addicted that I made all of our Christmas cards that year, embossing the peppers in gold on the stove and coloring the chiles red and green. It was magic.

So today is all about embossing! I'm hopping with the WOW and Picket Fence Studios teams today and I have a video for you with today's cards. Thank you to the reader who told me that my embedded videos aren't coming through in email - I will add a link to the video as well. I made a tweak that might fix it, so if you are an email subscriber, please let me know if today's video shows up as embedded - thank you!

First up - a super fun combo of Golden Rose Paper Glaze and two of my favorite WOW powders - the Fluorescent Tickled Pink and Earthtone Olive. You'll see the way I used these together in the video.

The stencil is this adorable retro lady stencil, and the sentiment is from this perfectly snarky set. I love the way the glaze bubbles and that you can see both the shimmer from the glaze and these embossed colors. I made this card live with my class group.


Then - in an old trick I learned in a class with Fred Mullett, I did his "dancing fish" technique to blend powders on this beautiful tree image. The hello die is here, and I used it on all three cards you'll see in the video. All embossing powders I used are listed below.


So ready to watch the video? Here is a link if you don't see the video player below! Stay tuned for giveaway info after the video and more inspiration!



Hello Word Die – Picket Fence Studios
[ PFS ]
Watercolor Trees and Bushes – Picket...
[ PFS ]
It's Peopley Out There – Picket Fence...
[ PFS ]
Fashion Icon Stencil – Picket Fence...
[ PFS ]
Paper Glaze - Golden Rose – Picket...
[ PFS ]
Pixie Spray | Therm O Web Online
[ THR | SSS | ELH ]
WOW! Special Colour Embossing Powder...
[ CST | SSS | ELH ]
WOW Embossing Powder COLOR BLEND...
[ SSS ]
WOW Embossing Powder AZTEC GLINTZ...
[ SSS ]
WOW Embossing Powder EARTHTONE OLIVE...
[ SSS ]
WOW! Embossing Glitter Metallic Gold...
[ CST ]
WOW! Fluorescent Embossing Powder...
[ CST ]
GKD Color Companions Ink Pad- White...
[ GNK ]
Juicy Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink
[ INK | SSS ]
MT300 MISTI Regular Hero Black - Hero...
[ HA ]
Art Anthology BIG CRAFT MAT 24x36 311473
[ SSS ]
Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- White
[ GNK ]
Rotatrim Professional Series Cutter -...
[ BLIC ]
LightView 2in1 LED Magnifier for...
[ BRG ]
Teflon Bone Folder - Ellen Hutson LLC
[ ELH | SSS ]
Crafter's Companion GEMINI...
[ SSS ]
Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring...
[ SSS ]
Essentials by Ellen Storage...
[ ELH ]
Die Storage - Clear Storage Pockets...
[ CHC ]
XL Stamp Storage Pockets
[ ELH ]
Mermaid tidy towel case and glue...
[ ETS ]
Lawn Fawn STAMP SHAMMY Cleaner LF1045
[ SSS | CST ]
Airtable: Organize your stamps & dies
[ ART ]





WOW! Embossing Powders is giving away a $25 gift certificate to either their UK or USA store. Picket Fence Studios is giving away a $50 gift certificate to their store. The Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on THE POSTS. To join this GIVEAWAY you must leave a comment on each blog post to have a chance at getting your hands on the prize. This hop is open internationally.
Want more inspiration? Hop to Carisa's blog next!


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42 comments:

  1. I love the one with the paper glaze and embossing powders, will try that one today.

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  2. The cards are simply beautiful. I have wondered about the paper glaze. Now I know. Love the look. thanks for sharing.

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  3. Those trees on the hello card turned out incredible!

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  4. Beautiful cards and great video. I loved the embossing on the black card, but then I watched the video and saw the white one. I think I like it better. Either way, I like them all lol. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. I’m loving these techniques! Your cards turned out so pretty!

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  6. WOW!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE! Your cards are stunning! Thank you so much for showing this technique. I can't wait to try it.

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  7. Beaitufl cards. Love the metallics. Thanks for sharing.

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  8. As I said on you IG, I love this and am definitely going to try this. Love your out of the box approaches to paper crafting. Thank you xx

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  9. I love that tree stamp!! I emboss quite a bit but never thought of mixing the colors but you can bet I will be playing with that today.

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  10. Wow, wow, wow... I am speechless, almost, lol. The people and the trees were stunning, thanks for the video to see how you made these fabulous cards.

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  11. that "peopley" card is just too cute. Thanks for sharing!

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  12. Awesome cards! Love the colors.
    Thanks for sharing...

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  13. The magic of embossing powder never gets old! Love those colors mixed together!

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  14. It's nice to see the colors of Embossing powder on the different colored cardstock. Thanks for showing that. The stenciled card was amazing, as well.

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  15. Boy did I enjoy that video. It cost me a brownie... didn't have a coffee stirrer so bribed my neighbor for one (it actually got me 6 Woo Hoo) The power of the brownie. Love WOW powders! I am addicted to the sparkle! Thanks and please continue to stay safe!

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  16. Good video showing the combinations. I like the look of the mixed up powders.

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  17. Beautiful cards, fantastic techniques! Gotta love the sparkle!

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  18. Embossing powder, the gateway drug, lol. Inkon3 is my favorite embossing ink. I just love this technique and your cards are beyond gorgeous. I spent yesterday swatching my embossing powders! WOW! carries a Clear Ultra Slow Embossing ink pad, that might help those who need extra drying time.

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  19. That was an amazing video! I too loved that coffee stirrer trick, and enjoyed it was a Fred Mullett trick- I have some of his fish rubber stamps from many years ago! I love the look of all 3 multi-colored embossed images. I am looking forward to trying this. Also, the stencil image of retro ladies is sooo cool!

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  20. Nice cards thank you for sharing

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  21. The embossing on these is SOOOO COOL! I love it!

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  22. Thank you, Lydia! Paper glaze AND mixed embossing powders? I’m in love!

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  23. This isn't really schadenfreude, but I was kinda glad to see somebody besides me knocks over pots of embossing powder... ;) And isn't Fred Mullett just the best for techniques - I wish he were still teaching. Anyway, I love how these all turned out, so I'm going to go mix up some embossing powders (and probably spill one of them while I'm at it)!

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  24. Love your cards. Those trees look amazing. Thank you for sharing.

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  25. Gorgeous cards. I love the beautiful embossing powders.

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  26. Love this technique with the embossing powders! Beautiful effect for your cards!

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  27. Wow, what a fantastic mix of sparkle and colours, love these ! And the sentiment about it being Peopley - PFS have the most hilarious sentiments!

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  28. The combination of powders is so beautiful and so fun! I must try that technique!

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  29. Wow, super cool cards and amazing technique.

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  30. Beautiful colors. The trees are beautiful

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  31. Love the ladies dresses - the mix of
    colors and the shine is great. that
    tree is gorgeous. thanks for sharing
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  32. These cards are so beautiful. The glimmer is enchanting. Love the paper glaze and the multicolor embossing powder! Inspiring.

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  33. Absolutely amazing! I can’t wait to try it!

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  34. Beautiful cards, love the colours you have used. Enjoyed your video.

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  35. Thank you for all the ideas. Love your style.

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  36. FABULOUS cards and video!
    LOVE your MAGICAL colours using the "dancing fish" technique ... it was fun to watch and I look forward to trying it soon - THANK YOU for sharing :)

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  37. Very magical cards Lydia! They have such wonderful sparkle and shine to them! Love the fun playfulness they give off!

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