These are the last of the embossed hot glue elements I created a while back. The purple one was very bright on that black hand decorated background and I was pleased to find some paper that coordinated with it perfectly!!! I added paper piercing to the edges of my little flower, mounted it to silver cardstock and then onto my black card with the purple background!! The second one I created onto a background which was a reject for a set of cards I had created a while. In this case, the colour I had added completely overwhelmed the little flower digital I had printed on the the white cardstock. I have been looking for a way to make these work and this hot glue technique worked very well. I did manage to find some papers that coordinated with it which are also two hand decorated papers. All this mounted on a blue card front.
Just a little note on how these were created - they are super easy and quick!!
Choose any substrate you like - decorative paper, cardstock, etc. Outline in very light pencil the shape you would like to create. Get your embossing powder ready to use - any colour you want. Use hot glue - any colour - and squeeze out glue following your outline and just go with it. There will be threads but some of these will disappear when you emboss your image with embossing powder. As soon as you are finished your image sprinkle on a generous amount of embossing powder. The embossing powder will start to melt where the glue is the hottest. Pour off the excess and heat with your heat gun until the embossing powder it all melted and smooth!! A fun and interesting accent. For the arty ones I simply made a couple of lines of glue and then pulled a bamboo stick through them to create more texture before adding the embossing powder. The sky is the limit with this technique!!! Have a fun!! You can find a tutorial here on Splitcoast Stampers. Therese
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