Hello creative friends! Today I’m sharing a card that I made after participating in Altenew Academy’s Impressive Heat Embossing Techniques online course.

My inspiration for this card was my box of Distress Embossing Glazes! I enjoyed the lesson that the instructor shared where she used embossing powder for several layers of a layering stamp set flower. I decided to do the same, and I wanted to use my distress embossing glazes to see what it would look like with the more transparent glazes, as opposed to embossing powder, which tends to be more opaque. I picked 3 glazes that I was hoping would go together fairly well: Tattered Rose, Saltwater Taffy, and Candied Apple.

I chose the Altenew Golden Days layering stamp set, as it had a nice, large flower that I thought would work well for this technique. I also used the coordinating Golden Days die set.

I felt it was important to use anti-static powder between each stamped layer, before stamping the VersaMark ink. This kept things clean and neat. I started by stamping the outline flower layer (A1) with VersaMark ink, and then applying a gold embossing powder and heat setting. This gave me a nice reference point to line up the layering stamps. Next I stamped the A2 layer with VersaMark, applied my lightest embossing glaze, Tattered Rose, and heat set. I used Saltwater Taffy embossing glass with the A3 layer, and Candied Apple with the A4 layer. I didn’t think it was necessary to use the center flower stamps, so I skipped them. I was thinking that the Candied Apple would be too red, but since it is layered over Saltwater Taffy, and it is translucent, it appears more orange. As I was styling the card to photograph it, I realized I had an artificial flower that almost matched my embossed flower in color.

After I finished the flower, I used a color wheel to pick blue-green for the leaves. I skipped the outline leaf stamp, and only used the 2 top layers of the leaf set. I like how the leaves turned out to be a more muted style than the flowers. That really made the flowers stand out, in my opinion.

For the background, I considered using an embossing folder, but used this linen texture paper instead. I used one of the included sentiments in the Golden Days Stamp Set, using Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink to coordinate. The A2 card was finished with a few orange gems. Thank you for stopping by my blog. I appreciate you!

Altenew products used:
Altenew Golden Days Layering Stamp Set
Altenew Golden Days Die Set

Other products:
Ranger Distress Embossing Glaze – Tattered Rose, Saltwater Taffy, Candied Apple
Ranger Distress Oxide Ink Pad – Candied Apple, Evergreen Bough, Pine Needles