Heat Embossed Eiffel Tower Card with Layered Stamping

A project from our live show Stamps By Me - Celebration Box - Bloom and Grow Class 2 · 11/01/2023 · watch it from 0:00

Create a stunning celebration card featuring a heat-embossed Eiffel Tower stamp layered in white and gold embossing powder. The design is stamped onto patterned paper and finished with paper-pieced flowers and a sentiment, creating a sophisticated multi-dimensional card.

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Step by step

1. Select your A6 stamp set featuring the Eiffel Tower design and prepare two pieces of patterned paper from the Bloom and Grow pad as your base. ▶ watch 0:45
2. Use an antistatic bag and sticky ink pad to stamp the Eiffel Tower design onto your first piece of patterned paper in white embossing powder. ▶ watch 1:15
3. Ink the stamp twice to ensure all intricate details of the bouquet flowers surrounding the tower are fully captured. ▶ watch 1:45
4. Apply white embossing powder to the inked stamp and heat set with a heat gun, chasing the design until all detail is visible. ▶ watch 2:45
5. Repeat the stamping process on a second piece of patterned paper, this time using gold embossing powder instead of white. ▶ watch 3:15
6. Heat set the gold embossed design with your heat gun, ensuring all powder is melted and the detail is crisp. ▶ watch 4:45
7. Use the coordinating die that comes with the stamp set to cut out the Eiffel Tower from the gold embossed piece, aligning it at the sphere at the top. ▶ watch 6:30
8. Trim your papers to size and run the die through your cutting machine to create clean, precise cuts. ▶ watch 7:45
9. Manually cut away the flower elements from your design pieces to create individual flower shapes for layering. ▶ watch 8:45
10. Layer the gold-embossed tower on top of the white-embossed tower piece, creating a two-tone effect. ▶ watch 10:00
11. Attach the cut flower pieces using small amounts of glue and cinch the ends slightly to create subtle 3D lift without using large foam pads. ▶ watch 11:00
12. Add your sentiment saying 'The Next Chapter' flat to the card to complete the design. ▶ watch 11:45

Tips from the show

• Stamping onto patterned paper softens the design and adds visual interest.
• Use an antistatic bag before applying embossing powder to prevent unwanted powder sticking to the stamp.
• You can use the coordinating dies to cut out individual flower elements, or manually cut them for speed.

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