It’s blog hop time between WOW! Embossing Powder and Picket Fence Studios and today is day two of the blog hop. Both teams have loads of inspiration so make sure you hop along to see all their amazing creations. My card today features heat embossing behind die-cuts, a great way to add extra interest to your card. What’s more, the embossing powder I used has some great texture too!

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- WOW! Embossing Powders is giving away a $25 gift certificate to either their UK or USA store.
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PRODUCED AS PART OF MY DESIGN-TEAM WORK FOR WOW! Embossing powder - SEE END OF POST FOR MORE DETAILS
Creating the die-cut panel
To start off, position the Picket Fence Studios Leave Negative Die in one corner of a piece of Adriatic Hero Hues cardstock and run this through your die-cutting machine. Repeat this with the die in the other corner of the cardstock.

For a little more interest, use your blending brushes to blend Day Dream Catherine Pooler Ink onto the edge of the card, softening it up as your move inwards. For more depth, add Juniper Mist Catherine Pooler Ink with the blending brushes just around the edge.

creating the Heat embossing behind die-cuts
To add the heat embossing behind the die-cut, trim down a piece of scrap card to the same size as the card panel. Next, using the ink to paper technique, directly smoosh your WOW! Clear Ultra Slow Drying embossing ink onto the card. Once heavenly saturated, cover with WOW! Weathered Gold embossing powder from the Seth Apter Trio Metalz.

Next, using speed two on your dual speed heat gun, heat set the powder. A tip for heat embossing is to do it from beneath, this will take a little longer but you’re less likely to overheat emboss the panel. To adhere to the die-cut panel, add 3D foam pads on the back of the die-cut panel and had down. This will add a little more depth and dimension the panel.

Creating the sentiment
To create the sentiment, heat emboss using your WOW! Clear Ultra Slow Drying embossing powder to stamp the Happy Happy Happy Birthday stamp from Picket Fence Studios onto vellum. Cover this with Weathered Gold embossing powder to die in with the background and heat set.
To add the adhesive to the vellum, run this through a Xyron sticker maker machine. Now, I adhere this down onto another sheet of vellum to increase the opacity of the vellum to help it stand out from the background. Fussy cut the sentiment out and run through your Xyron machine once more.

To finish the card off, adhere the vellum sentiment onto the front of the card. Lastly, add a few Sequins from the Alatinc Sequin Mix from Lucy’s cards.
Supplies
Heat embossing behind die-cuts
Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you at these shops: Altenew (ALT), Scrapbook.com (SB), Hero Arts (HA), Picket Fence Studios (PF), My Favourite Things (MFT), and Craft Stash UK/US (CS UK/US).
All other shops are not affiliated links: Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP) and WOW! UK/US (WOW UK/US).
![]() Happy Happy Happy Birthday – Piclet Fence Studios Shop at: PF | ![]() Leaves Negative Die – Picket Fence Studios Shop at: SB | PF | ![]() Daydream Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB |
![]() Daydream Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | ![]() Juniper Mist Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CP | ![]() Juniper Mist Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CP |
![]() WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) | ![]() WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink refill Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) | ![]() WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad & refill Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) |
![]() Metalz Seth Apter Trio – WOW! Shop at: WOW (UK) | WOW (US) | ![]() Adriatic Hero Hues Cardstock – Hero Arts Shop at: BP | SB | HA | ![]() Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Cardstock Shop at: BP | SB |
![]() Original MISTI – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | BP | SB | HA | ![]() Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: BP | SB | ![]() “Life Changing” Blender Brushes 2 pack Shop at: BP | SB | PF |
![]() “Life Changing” Blender Brushes 10 Pack Shop at: BP | SB | PF | ![]() Teflon Bone Folder – Lawn Fawn Shop at: BP | ![]() Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
![]() Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) | ![]() QuickStik – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
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DISCLOSURE
This post was produced as part of my design team work for WOW! Embossing Powders have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from WOW! Embossing Powder to use. However, I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of and with products that I love. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.
36 thoughts on “Heat embossing behind die-cuts: WOW! & Picket Fence Studios blog hop!”
Love your creative card. Thank you for sharing.
Your card is so pretty!
What a unique way to use the powder! I love the texture it adds to the card even through the die cuts!
Bet that card is even more shimmery than the photo, beautiful! TFS
oooh so pretty!
I’ll bet the photo doesn’t do the card justice, it is pretty in the photo but it probably sparkles incredibly. Wish I could see it in person. Thanks for sharing.
What a gorgeous color combination- love your card!
Gorgeous card! Love the colors and the embossing.
Thanks so much for sharing.
Such a pretty card! I really like the cover die and how you embossed behind it! I also like the color combination!
How cool! Never thought of that. Thanks for the detailed instructions. Now off to my room to try this.
love the texture in the embossing. Thanks so much for sharing!
I like the use of the powder to add to the die cut panel. Great combination of color.
Such a nice way to display the WOW embossing powders.
This is a cool design! WOW!
Verity, I have never seen embossing powder used in this manner — very creative! Thank you for sharing!
I LOVE the blue and gold combo! What a perfect card!
While I like the embossing inspiration, I am even more excited to try the ink blending, which created such vibrant color!!!! Thank you for the inspiration!
What a great card. I love all the texture.
Beautiful! Maximum drama, and I always love that.
Beautiful card. I love the amazing background.
Fabulous card! I love the color of the cardstock and the gorgeous embossing powder. Beautiful design for the die too! A few more things to go on the wish list!
This is GORGEOUS!!!
That’s gorgeous, I love all the golden goodness!
What a gorgeous card! I love the blue, die-cut panel with the glittery embossing underneath!
Super cool card! Fabulous texture and creative design.
very nice card.The colors are beautiful
beautiful card
Gorgeous. Love the peek of glitter
from behind the die cut. thanks for
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Such a fun effect to have a peek at the embossing through the die cut.
Why is it that there are so many gorgeous ideas out there I’ve never seen. This has so many possibilities! Beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration and please continue to stay safe!
Pretty card. I like how you made your own gold paper from the embossing powder to put behind your card.
Love the colors! Very striking!
You have made an amazing card, never thought of using that die in the way you did, love the gold embossing powder showing through.
I love the deep blue and gold mix!
GORGEOUS card!
LOVE your STUNNING colour combo and design, feel INSPIRED by your CREATIVE way of using the negative space to show the SPARKLE that matches your vellum sentiment panel – WOW – inking the die cut panel is the PERFECT finishing touch!
… SO MUCH I NEED to try now => THANK YOU for sharing 🙂
Your card is amazing. Ive never seen anything like it. Brilliant idea to heat emboss under the die cut. Love the vellum sentiment. Gorgeous! TFS