For the Love of Embossing!

Kimberly Crawford was inspired by her blog readers to do a week long video series on heat embossing. We’ve reposted her videos here, but make sure to check out her blog to learn more about different types of embossing powders, how to use the heat tool and emboss, discover several embossing techniques and get creative card ideas!

Video Tutorial: Basic Guide to Heat Embossing

Video Tutorial: Gradient Color Embossing

You can buy the Damask Fall Perfectly Clear Stamp Set here.

Video Tutorial: Creating a Scene with Powders

You can buy the Cling Poppy Scene Stamp here.

Video Tutorial: Emboss Resist

New Scenic Serenity Stamp Series

We just know you’re going to fall in love with our new Scenic Serenity Stamp series just like one of our favorite designers Kimberly Crawford did. We made these stamps in a smaller size several years ago and while we loved the designs, inspired by Fran’s 2005 trip to Italy, we were frustrated with coloring in the too small spaces. Since they came out Fran has wanted to make these designs larger, and as she developed her Painting with Powder™ Technique she took the opportunity to enlarge them.

Just look at them now! WOW! We’re all dreaming of trips to Italy as we play with these beauties in so many ways! We took some of them to Kimberly at CHA and asked her to do her Copic magic with them and oooolala!!! She has posted some incredible samples on her blog today, and she sent us this other beautiful card. What a fabulous job! Now we love them more than ever! Look out Tuscany, the Stampendous team is dusting off our passports!

You can buy and get details about the scenic serenity stamps Kimberly used here:

• P112 Sunflower Scene Woodmounted Rubber Stamp (also in Cling Rubber)
• M235 Olive Scene Woodmounted Rubber Stamp (also in Cling Rubber)
• P113 Lavender Scene Woodmounted Rubber Stamp (also in Cling Rubber)
• M234 Poppy Scene Woodmounted Rubber Stamp (also in Cling Rubber)

Stamps & Glue Pad with Fun Flock Tutorial

We love all the great things Kimberly Crawford creates over at For the Love of Paper! Today’s blog post is a tutorial using stamps and a glue pad with Fun Flock by Kimberly Crawford herself!

When I use Fun Flock, The Essential Glue Pad has always worked well for me. There is a little trick to it, so read on. It also cleans up easily with stamp cleaner. (clean the glue off as if it was ink, any cleaner will do)

When I am going to Fun Flock in a darker color, I stamp the image in ink similiar to the Fun Flock color I am going to use first. Using acrylic stamps makes this so much easier.

Once the colored ink has dried, push your stamp into the glue pad, just like it was ink. Line up the two images and stamp. Here is the little trick *let the glue dry for a minute or two*. Yep, let it just sit there. (remove the stamp though)

After a few minutes, be very liberal with your Fun Flock application. I poured almost the entire bottle over this ornament. Gently push the Fun Flock down onto the image and let it dry for several minutes. (get a soda or a treat while you wait )

Here is the finished card. Fun Flock is wonderful for holiday cards and believe it or not, it is time to start thinking and planning for those! *wink*

For this card, I stamped the leaves on the bottom half of the card with glue and then applied the Fun Flock.

On this card, I stamped the entire butterfly image on the cardstock and another piece of cardstock. The second butterfly got stamped with glue and then Fun Flock was added. I cut out the butterfly and foam mounted it. (stamping it first, lets you “keep” the antennae )

The background was stamped with glue and then Fun Flock was applied. The butterflies were stamped with watermark ink.

Recipe

Stamps:

• SSC169 Wild Blossoms Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
  
• SSC098 Happy Flowers Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
• SSC195 Butterfly Beauties Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
  
• SSC1022 Damask Season Perfectly Clear™ Stamps (to find this stamp set, ask your local retailer. Find your local retailer here)
• SSC1023 Damask Fall Perfectly Clear™ Stamps (to find this stamp set, ask your local retailer. Find your local retailer here)

Other:

• Stampendous Fun Flock (FL402 Chili Pepper Red, FL821 Chocolate Lotto, FL407 Lemonade Yellow, FL803 Pixie Pink )
• Tsukineko Versamark Watermark
• Tsukineko Essential Glue Pad
• Palette Ink (Belle Rose, Chartreuse, Paris Lights, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate)
• Prism Cardstock (Simply Smooth, Frosted Pink, Intense Pink, Frosted Teal, Intense Teal, Suede Brown Medium, Suede Brown Dark)
• Ribbon (Offray Striped, May Arts White Sheer, American Crafts Pink Striped, Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy Grosgrain)
• Button from Making Memories
• Twine from May Arts