Creating Glittery Sentiments with Embossing Powder - Hero Arts
Posted by Jessica Frost-Ballas on February 12, 2020

Creating Glittery Sentiments with Embossing Powder

Good morning! Jess here with a glittery golden birthday card using the adorable new Decorate a Cake set along with some previously released sentiments!

To start I wanted a little texture in my background panel so I stamped an A2 panel of Hero Hues Nautical Cardstock with the Star and Line Bold Prints background stamp using Navy ink. It adds a subtle but interesting texture and is especially visible in person! Next I stamped the unicorn cake, horn, and flowers from Decorate a Cake with Embossing and Watermark ink on Hero Hues Dove White Cardstock and heat-embossed them with Gold Glitter Embossing Powder. I colored them with Copic markers and then die-cut them with the coordinating Frame Cuts.

Next I die-cut the Happy Message Fancy Die from Hero Hues Dove White Cardstock three times and adhered them together with Precision Glue. Then I carefully pressed the Embossing and Watermark ink pad on the sentiment and heat-embossed it with Gold Glitter Embossing Powder. I repeated it twice until I had a nice thick sentiment that almost seems to be cut from glitter paper! This is a great way to get the same effect but using any embossing powders you already own!

I also stamped the rest of the sentiment from the Hero Greetings Occasions set on a piece of Hero Hues Dove White Cardstock with Raspberry Jam ink before trimming it down to a thin label. I arranged all the pieces of the cake and adhered them together before adding the sentiment. I finished by adhering everything to my A2 panel and adding a thin layer of Crystal Clear Lacquer to the horn and centers of the flowers. It's super sparkly and glittery but elegant enough for your unicorn-loving adult friends! ;)

Thanks so much for stopping by and have an amazing rest of your week!

5 comments

This is adorable, I just love the unicorn cards!

Cheryl Cain,

Hi Jessica, I love how the gold embossed “Happy” brings out the flowers and ties it all together. I always forgot about embossing die cuts sentiments, thanks for the reminder. Happy Crafting Everyone!

Pam Weiss,

So cute. Love it

Shirley Galecki,

Awesome creation, love the big sparkly happy!

Lagene,

SO cute! I love the whole look.

Sharon Gullikson,

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