Tricia's Stamping Creations: Technique Tuesday October Blog Hop Heat Embossing

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Technique Tuesday October Blog Hop Heat Embossing

Welcome to the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop and this month we are showcasing Heat Embossing, which is one of my all time favorite techniques. It was the technique that had me falling in love with stamping from the moment I first saw it. I love how it can step up a card to the next level for a simply Wow look.

I love heat embossing with Metallic embossing powders so I was excited to create this beautiful Fall themed Thanksgiving card using Gold and Copper embossing. The warm colors of Fall just seem to fit with these beautiful metallics and I love how the leaf images look embossed on the stamped backgrounds. I chose to use the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set with its wonderful organic images and I paired it with the sentiment from an old favorite, the Banner Year stamp set. The colors I chose for this card are Cajun Craze, Mango Melody and Crushed Curry with Very Vanilla for my neutral.

Products Used;

Gorgeous Leaves stamp set (item #153365)

Banner Year stamp set (item #153464)

Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock (item #144237)

Vanilla Cardstock (item #101650)

Cajun Craze Cardstock (item #119684)

Cajun Craze Classic Ink Pad (item #147085)

Mango Melody Classic Ink Pad (item #147093)

Crushed Curry Classic Ink Pad (item #147087)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Linen Thread (item #104199)

Gilded Gems (item #152478)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Very Vanilla Cardstock

Card Front - 5" x 3 3/4"

Cajun Craze Cardstock

Layer 1 - 5 1/4" x 4"

Sentiment Label - 1/2" x 3"

This wonderful Fall card design is all about the heat embossing. I stamped the background of the Very Vanilla cardstock layer with Cajun Craze, Mango Melody and Crushed Curry Classic inks with the large background stamp from the Gorgeous Leaves stamp set to create the colors of the leaves. I heat embossed the large leaf image with Copper embossing powder over the top of the Cajun Craze background and Gold embossing powder for the other two leaf images over the Mango Melody and Crushed Curry backgrounds. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image from the Banner Year stamp set with Gold embossing powder onto a strip of Cajun Craze cardstock. To embellish the card, I wrapped Linen Thread around the card front twice and tied a knot on the left side. Using Stampin' Dimensionals, I attached the sentiment label over the top of the Linen Thread and then added two small Gilded Gems to the sentiment label.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore the world of heat embossing and all the wonderful ways you can use it to step up your projects.

Now it's time to visit with my fellow stampers and see what they have to share with us. Please click through the links in the Roll Call List below to see all the amazing projects they have to share and we would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our creations.

If you live in the U.S. and do not have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you with your creative projects. You may also visit my Online Store to place your order and have it shipped to you.