Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Embossing Powder Techniques #3

Mosaic

Embossing powder can be used as "grout" to imitate tile or tesserae on paper crafts.

The bubbles on the page are Vellum card stock. I just can't stop finding uses for vellum!













I adhered Sticky Page to a white card stock mat and arranged squares of card stock for tiles. Cover with White embossing powder and shake off the excess powder. Only the powder between the squares will remain. Melt the powder with a heat tool.

Next, I stamped on some of the squares and applied a VersaMark pad to the surface. Cover with Clear embossing powder, shake off the excess and melt the powder.



Supplies
Stamps
-Circle Circus115778 IBC p. 136
Ink IBC pp. 165-169
-Marina Mist
Paper IBC pp. 165-170
-Bashful Blue card stock
-Marina Mist card stock
-Whisper White card stock
-Vellum card stock
Tools
-heat tool 100005 IBC p. 196
-1 in. circle punch 119868 IBC p. 203
-1 1/4 in. circle punch 119861 IBC p. 203
-1 3/4 in. circle punch 119850 IBC p. 203
Accessories
-Sticky Page 114300 IBC p. 205
-White embossing powder 109132 IBC p. 196
-Clear embossing powder 109130 IBC p. 196
-VersaMark pad 102283 IBC p. 195




For this card I stamped and coloured white card stock with images that reminded me of blue and white china and cut them into shards.

Adhere Sticky Page to a white card stock mat and arrange the shards on the top sticky side. Add white embossing powder, shake off the excess and melt the powder between the tesserae with a heat tool. Let cool.

Apply VersaMark pad to the entire design and cover with clear embossing powder, shake off the excess and melt with heat tool.

Supplies
Stamps
-Elements of Style 118611 IBC p. 133
-Bella Toile 111598 IBC p. 142
-Elizabeth 117120 IBC p. 18
-Vintage Vogue 117690 IBC p. 126
-Charming 116519 IBC p. 130
-Perfect Punches 117022 IBC p. 131
Ink IBC pp. 165-169
-Not Quite Navy
-Pacific Point
-Marina Mist
-Baja Breeze
-Bashful Blue
Paper IBC pp. 165-170
-Marina Mist card stock
-Pacific Point card stock
-Bashful Blue card stock and DSP
-Whisper White card stock
Tools
-heat tool 100005 IBC p. 196
-Oval punch 119855 IBC p. 202
-Scallop Oval punch 119856 IBC p. 201
-Blender Pen 102845 IBC p. 195
Accessories
-Sticky Page 114300 IBC p. 205
-White embossing powder 109132 IBC p. 196
-Clear embossing powder 109130 IBC p. 196
-VersaMark pad 102283 IBC p. 195
-Organza ribbon 114319 IBC p. 190

1 comment:

Lisa said...

AWESOME card...definitely 5 stars!!!!