Magical Mysteries

I’m over at the Topflight blog and I hope your Friday is going well. I’ve been experimenting with some Emerald Creek Rita Barakat Magical Mysteries Embossing Powders. These have been so fun to play with and I love the colors I have and might have to get the full set soon! When these powders melt they are shiny and gorgeous. Here are a couple of cards I made with these beautiful powders.

  For this card I started with a manila folder I had used with my gel press and some acrylics.  I had made so many backgrounds play around with the gel press and I thought this one would go well with the colors of the embossing powders I had.

I started out by stamping the word image in Ground Espresso Distress Ink. That’s right you can stamp in Distress Ink and these powders will still stick which I thought was pretty great. I used the Kiss of the Fairy embossing powder to give the words a pink sheen. Then I stamped the butterflies in Antique Linen Distress Ink and used the Midnight Magic embossing powder on them.

I love the shiny texture these powders add to the paper. I then inked up the sides of the panel with the Patina Oxide Baked Texture. I finished it by adding the sentiment that I stamped in black Versafine ink and clear heat embossing it.

For my second card, I used a panel I had water colored with a pink from the Altenew Watercolor set. I used the stencil and some Versmark ink to dab in partially on the stencil. I heat embossed it in Midnight Magic and then stenciled the rest to heat emboss in Kiss of the Fairy.

I then used a stencil brush to add a little Antique Linen Distress ink on the bottom and some Ground Espresso along the side to give it a more rustic look. I stamped the sentiment in Versafine and clear embossed it. I think next time, I will use a white so that it will show better against the blue cardbase.

For my 3rd card, I wanted to make my nephew a birthday card. He’s 12 now so I wanted it to look more masculine.

I used another gel press background I had created and used the Midnight Magic and Patina Oxide after stenciling with Versamark ink.

I hope you enjoyed these cards and get a chance to try out these awesome embossing powders. Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Cheers!

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Supplies

*Listed below are the products I used and contain affiliate links at no cost to you. Thank you for your support! All products were personally purchased.

Altenew – Label Love Shop at: EH | SC | TP	Hero Arts – Hand Drawn Everyday Messages Shop at: HA | SC	Alexandra Renke – Mandala Shop at: TP	Stampers Anonymous – Tim Holtz – Layering Stencil – Burlap Shop at: BL | SC | AZ
Stampers Anonymous – Tim Holtz – Layering Stencil – Dotted Shop at: BL | SC	Emerald Creek – Rita Barakat Magical Mysteries – Kiss of the Fairy Shop at: TP	Emerald Creek – Seth Apter Baked Texture – Patina Oxide Shop at: TP	Hero Arts Embossing Powder – Detail Clear Shop at: EH | BL | HA | SC | AZ
Rita Barakat – Emerald Creek Magical Mysteries – Midnight Magic Shop at: TP	Tombow Xtreme Adhesive Tape Runner Shop at: BL | SC | DB | Misc	Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink Pad – Antique Linen Shop at: EH | BL | SC | DB | AZ | TP	Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink Pad – Ground Espresso Shop at: EH | BL | SC | DB | AZ | TP
Tsukineko – VersaFine Pigment Ink Pad – Onyx Black Shop at: EH | BL | AZ	Tsukineko – VersaMark Ink Pad Shop at: EH | BL | HA | SC | AZ	Ek Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: EH | BL	Hero Arts – Wagner – HT400 Precision Heat Tool Shop at: HA | SC | AZ
Altenew – Watercolor 36 Pan Set Shop at: EH | SC | TP