Welcome to the WOW! Embossing and Gerda Steiner Designs Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from Gemma’s blog. If you get lost along the way, the full list is at the end of this post along with details of the PRIZES you can win. WOW! and GSD have teamed up to showcase some of their gorgeous powders and cute stamps!
I have two cards to share today. The first features Gerda Steiner’s Balancing Mouse which is darling little 3 x 4 set so a great price point! I created my background first, by repeat stamping the light strip over the background on a panel of Canson XL watercolor cardstock. This is super easy to line up and I stamped it in WOW! ink and heat embossed in WOW! Metallic Rich Pale Gold after every stamping so I could see where to stamp next.
I colored the lights in with pale pink and purple paint (I was in my daughter’s room while I made this so I used Crayola paint LOL!) I then added some Nuvo Crystal Drops in Morning Dew which is clear, to add some ‘glass-like’ dimension. When they were dry I felt the background still . needed a little something, so I ink blended Spun Sugar Distress Ink around the edges and added some water splatters, before mounting it onto a white card base.
I stamped the mouse and ball and heat embossed in the same way. I colored the mouse in with the same crayola watercolors, and then fussy cut him out. On the bauble, I smeared liquid glue, let it dry slightly and the sprinkled Frisky Sparkles glitter all over it, then let the glue dry. I gently removed any excess Sparkles with a craft pick, and then to keep them fully in place, I added Crystal Glaze all over the top and left it to dry fully. I then mounted the ball and mouse on my card with foam tape. I also added a sentiment from the set heat embossed and inked in co-ordinating colors.
For my next card, I used the super cool On the Bookshelf stamp set by GSD. This is a great builder set that you can build up little scenes with. I first stamped all of my images with Copic friendly black ink, stamping the cat on the books first, and then masking him off with a Post-It so that his tail wasn’t covered by the shelf. I added the shelf, two of the stacked books, and the plant, then colored them all with Copics. I also added a little highlight of white gel pen too.
For my background, I stamped the little mouse in grey ink all over a panel of WOW! cardstock, and then trimmed it down with a stitched rectangle die. I also added some black ink splatters.
I stamped the ‘Relax’ sentiment from the set in WOW! ink and heat embossed in the gorgeous Metalline Flame embossing powder. I did the same on a scrap of white cardstock for the other sentiment and popped it up on foam squares. I then added the shelf with foam tape and popped the whole thing onto a white notecard. As a finishing touch, I added some brown-gold sequins from the Catherine Pooler Cincinnati sequin collection.
PRIZES
It wouldn’t be a blog hop without prizes! You could be in with a chance to win a WOW! Embossing Powder $25 Gift Card or a Gerda Steiner Designs $25 Gift Card. Just make sure to leave a comment on every stop on the hop. Winners will be announced on Monday 25th November on the WOW! Embossing blog.
With that, let me send you over to the next stop on the hop, my stunningly talented friend Ashlee. The full list is below, along with all of the supplies I used. Have fun!
Full Hop List
Jenny Colacicco << YOU ARE HERE!
Ashlee McGregor << GO HERE NEXT!
Supplies
All of the supplies I used that aren’t in the new release are listed below. If you purchase through my links (here or on YouTube) I receive a small amount of compensation which helps me run my blog and channel to bring you more crafty creations! Thank you for your support.
Ohhh I love the gold and purple together. So cute~~
Two cute cards. I love the bookshelf card and the design of your first card. The purple glitter is gorgeous.
Really cute cards.
Great job embossing. Love the bookshelf cat too!
2 lovely cards
Both cards are just beautiful! I love the gold lines for the Christmas one.
Both cards are wonderful!
Very fun cards!
Awe, so cute! Love that second card, that sleeping cat is so cute!
Great layouts and the mouse is one of my favorites! Nice job. 🙂
Cute sparkle on the mouse
beautiful snapping cat on the shelf!
WOW!!!!! You used all kitties too, well one mouse on an Xmas ornament. Very nice job coloring and the cool WOW embossing powders you used..
I wanna curl up with that kitty and nap too.
I love the colors! Great embossing! And I love the kitty card!
There’s a lot of wonderful playfulness going on in the first card. I love how you embossed around the mouse, and the string of embossed lights really adds to the playfulness. Beautiful colors! I really like the background in the second card showing mice while the cat relaxes. Pretty colors.
Love the embossed Christmas lights.. super cute cards!
Adorable cards 🙂
Super cute cards.
Your cards are charming and I love your use of the embossing powders.
Lovely cards 💕
The mouse stamp set is really cute, and I really like your use of the bulb strings. The Wow ep really lights up the string of lights!
Such sweet cards!
So super cute!
Love seeing the different ways you all have used these stamps.
love the detail on both cards. the embossing powder on the mouse bauble card is awesome.
Nice
I would have never thought to use that color combo for the mouse card. Wonderful!
Cute color scheme
I have never been a “non-traditional color” fan but…these beautiful cards are sure changing my mind 🙂
Hi Jenny, I love the little mice background of the second card, so so cute. And the little light strips in the first with the mouse balancing….great idea.
Love Ramona
Super cute cards! Thank you for sharing your talent.
The balancing mouse set is sure popular on this blog hop! Cute cat on a bookshelf! And more creative coloring & coordinating embossing powders! I need to be independently wealthy to try them all!
These are so cute…
love the cards and wow powder, i use it alot myself !!!!
Great Cards.
Thank you for sharing you creations!
Cute cards. Great use of the embossing powder. Darling GS images
That purple glitter with the crystal glaze over the top is very eye catching.
Cute cards! The embossing powder adds so much to the card.
wow, that purple embossing powder is fantastic
Great cards, love the non christmas colors!
Love the coloring and the cute cat❤, love both cards😁👍
Yay a kitty card! Love it. (from Laura P in case it shows up at Unknown)
Such fun stamps and ideas.
Wow, Jenny, that pink card. Just gorgeous and adorable. Hugs X
Such sweet cards! I love the purple sparkle – it looks amazing!
love your cards, the gold embossed mouse is very different from a black outline, i love it though, you made it work! and the cat is just too cute
Love the nontraditional colors of your card!
Cute cards and love the colors of embossing powder.
Love the books and kitty!
I am loving the non traditional Christmas colors used! That clear glaze over the purple glitter looks amazing! You have great coloring skills!
OMG, these cards are soooo adorable. I love purple so your first card just took my breath away.
Oh the first card is
darling! Love the
sparkles and
embossing. Cute
second card.
Carla from Utah
Such adorable cards! Love the embossing…
Thanks for sharing.
Charming card. The cat image with the mouse background is dreamy.
Great color combos! Nice!
Im new to card making reading your techniques for these cards was very helpful. Thanks!
Sweet cards! Love the charming mouse and kitty! Pretty sparkle and details on your cards!
So sweet. Love gold embossing.
Excellent cards with these cute critters! Your embossing powder choices are just right. Thanks for sharing!
Your cards are adorable ! The balancing mouse is really cute ! Thank you for the inspiration.
how cute! love the dreaming cat! soo cute!
Awesome creations! I especially love the lights card!
Love how you did the background on the first card. So darn cute and the colors… love! Great job with the super cute GS stamp on the second card!
these cards are so very pretty!
Love the card designs. You’ve given me some inspiration for some stamps I have. Thank you!!
The purple glittered ornament is dazzling! Cute card!
Love your color combinations and these are very striking cards!
Both your cards are great, my fave is the first one, pink and purple are awesome. xoxo
Love the colors such cute cards!
I love the non traditional colours of the first card but it’s the second one that really caught my eye. Such a delightful image and the way you’ve coloured it and created your card with it is just wonderful.
Wow..i am thoroughly enjoying the hop..getting treated with cute cards one after another !! Your cards are so cute..and the purple ball is start of the show (or card I must say ? )
I really love these cutie pie cards, look at that cute mouse balancing over the bauble!
such great cards
Such a fun card, love that balancing mouse.
So much inspiration through the hop. I really like how you used embossing powder for the whole stamp. It look pretty with gold and purple.
Such cute cards!
While the cat’s asleep the mice will play. Both cards are so cute.
So cute. Thanks for the chance to win.
Such adorable cards. Love the colours and CAS style you used.
Your cards are so cute. I love how you did your first card. Great job, Sarah W
Woww super card… Fabulous…
Krithika Devi from India