Picket Fence and WOW Embossing Collaboration Bloghop

Hello and welcome to day 1 of the collaboration hop with Picket Fence Studios and WOW Embossing Powders. You should have arrived here from Ericka's blog but if not there is a complete list at the bottom of this post. 

My cards are two completely different cards but the WOW embossing powder gives each of them a sparkle.

PRIZES - No Blog hop is complete without a prize!

WOW! Embossing Powders is giving away a $25 gift certificate to either their UK or USA store.Picket Fence Studios is giving away a $50 gift certificate to their store.

The Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on THE POSTS.

To join this GIVEAWAY you must leave a comment on each blog post to have a chance at getting your hands on the prize. This hop is open internationally.

Winners will be announced on May 11th on both company blogs.

Now for the deets on my cards.

To create my first card I started with a white top folding card base, a white panel the same size as the base (A2) and a panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock. I used the Roses stencil and masked off the leaves to the roses and then spread Snowdrop White Paper Glaze over each rose while it was still a little damp.

 I added the Fairy Tale WOW embossing powder and then heat set it. I purposely left some of the snowdrop glaze showing on the roses. 

Next I placed the stencil back over the roses and used the Life Changing Blender Brushes to add two different greens to the leaves. I removed the stencil and the placed the Fancy Flourish stencil over the front and very carefully blended some blue ink as a background. 

I cut out the Hello word die several times using Bristol paper, embossed one of them with the Fairy Tale embossing powder and glued them all together for dimension.  For the backer to the hello die, I used vellum and colored it using a Copic marker to match because the regular vellum blended in and was hard to see. 

To finish the card I took embossing ink and the Fairy Tale embossing powder and created a mat for the focal panel by swiping the panel across the ink pad and embossing with the powder. 

 To create my second card I started with a white top folding card base, a white panel and a purple panel cut to the same size as the card base (A2) for a mat.

I blended the background using the Life Changing Blender Brushes and some distress inks. 

 I stamped the adorable mermaid from the I am A Mermaid set on watercolor paper,  painted her using Daniel Smith watercolors and then cut her out with the Coordinating Die. 

I Stamped A Bottomless Sea using embossing ink twice, once using the Calypso  embossing glitter and the second time I used the Under The Sea. I added some seaweed from the Things on the Seafloor set and cut them out with the Coordinating Dies. To finish the card I popped up all the elements on the focal panel and added a greeting to let a special little girl know I miss seeing her. 

Your next stop is the Picket Fence Studios blog where Michelle has some gorgeous projects to show you. 

Here is the lineup for day 1

WOW! Embossing Powder Blog
Ashlee McGregor
Judy Rozema
Karen J Reategui
Ilina Crouse
Amber Rain Davis
Becky Roberts
Dunja Traumann
Angela Bode
Lisa Henke
Ericka Strange
Ceal Pritchett <<<---You are here
Picket Fence Blog - Michelle <<<<--- Next Stop

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