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Hi everyone,
This is my first time initiating a post and I'd first like to say: You ladies are so enjoyable! What a fun site to be a lurker on. You make me giggle everyday...now, on to my questions.
Has anyone used embossing paste? The kind you use with brass stencils. Do you have any tips or thoughts? I saw a sample made with it today for the first time and thought it was so cool. Are there any samples here on this site? Can I stamp on the paper with a stamp and then use the embossing paste (translucent) with the coordinating stencil over it? Thanks for any input out there.
I've been doing something like what you're explaining with my regular stencils for sometime now to create a raised surface on whatever I maybe stenciling. I use either drywall mud or Utrecht modeling paste.
I saw the brass stencil technique done on Greetings from DIY? I've attached the link for your reference. Hope this helps.
I have used it. But mine was white. You don't need much. Spread it evenly. I like to use the edge of a ruler. Carefully pull up the stencil. Let it dry completely. I then have used chalks and watercolors on it. I have also added ink to it prior to application. It's pretty fun. Just play around with it.
Embossing paste is just wonderful. I have the big tub from Golden and I love it. What I do is lay down my brass stencil and using chalks and a Qtip I colour in the areas of the stencil with the chalks. Then using an offset palette knife I spread a layer of modeling paste over the stencil. (This is a bit easier if you tape your stencil down in the first place using painters tape) Then I lift off the stencil. For a really great touch I then sprinkle Dazzling Diamonds overtop for extra pizzaz. I'll post some examples in the gallery.
Embossing paste is great - why doesn't SU sell it?!?!
I have used translucent, white & now GOLD! You can chalk it - made the most gorgeous leaves for Thanksgiving cards last year - you can use markers, you can mix Radiant Pearls (haven't tried Pearl Ex yet, but imagine would be lovely) colored pencils underneath the image. Is fun, fun, fun - oh, and did I say it was fun!? This is not instantaneous gratification - it needs to set up over night to dry. Besure to use low tack tape when you secure your stencil and "hinge" it off, do not lift it straight off the image as it may cause it to pull the paste.
I made my mom a box on Night of Navy with snowflakes on top filled with notecards with the same but lined in white for a gift last year.
Hope this helps
Okay, I have never seen translucent or gold moulding paste. Where can I find it? So, for those that color in the stencil prior to the paste, am I right to assume that you are using translucent paste?
I purchased my paste from a local stamping store - is Dreamweaaver brand (same as many stencils). What I have done is chalk the design with the stencil taped in place, then paste it up, level out the paste, pull the stencil and then wait. Or, you can mix a dab of Radiant Pearl in with a dab of paste (this time white). Or you can use translucent or white, let it dry, then use tiny stencil brushes and ink pads to color as desired. The gold is fairly new, I think, but is great for an anniversary or wedding card. Saves that coloring step.
I've used the white paste and then chalked or watercolored. But I've never applied the chalk first and then the paste. I'm wondering what kind of effect I will get. I may have to go try it. Out to my scrapstudio now.
Hopefully this link will work for you - there are some great examples here as well as full directions on what to do with your brass stencils and embossing paste. Looking forwards to your creations!
I have done this - the product is Dreamweaver Embossing Paste. Mine says "translucent" on it, but it looks white in the jar. Anyway, the way I was shown to do it was: tape down stencil with low-tack tape, color in stencil with chalks and Q-tips, layer on the paste with a flat edge knife or spatula, and wait. When dry, the color of the chalks comes through. Very neat. By the way, I tried the spackling compound and had no luck - don't know what I was doing wrong.
I'm glad to see this topic! About a year ago I saw a sample of this at a local stamp store. It must have been the transluscent (it was a pearl color embossed into a dragonfly). Anyway...I asked the owner what it was and she told me it was the embossing paste, but that they no longer sold it...so I had forgotten about it and haven't seen anything like it since.
I will have to check out the wonderful links everyone has posted.
Hi everyone,
This is my first time initiating a post and I'd first like to say: You ladies are so enjoyable! What a fun site to be a lurker on. You make me giggle everyday...now, on to my questions.
Has anyone used embossing paste? The kind you use with brass stencils. Do you have any tips or thoughts? I saw a sample made with it today for the first time and thought it was so cool. Are there any samples here on this site? Can I stamp on the paper with a stamp and then use the embossing paste (translucent) with the coordinating stencil over it? Thanks for any input out there.
Chari
Am BUMPing this up as I'd love to hear the comments on theis ....2 years later
It is a fun technique...just recently got some of the different pastes and stencils. You do have to give the paste time to set up, but it is a fun, different and pretty technique. HTH
I WENT TO A VA BEACH STAMP CONVENTION THIS WEEKEND. IT WAS GREAT.
NEEDLESS TO SAY I SPENT ALOT OF TIME AT POLLY PALS BOOTH. I LEARNED ALOT OF GREAT TECHNIQUES USING THIS PASTE.
I MADE A FEW CARDS WHEN I GOT HOME. MY FAVORITE ONE AFTER THE PASTE DRIED I USED THE TWINKLE LIGHTS H20 CAKES FOR COLOR .
YOU CAN ALSO USE THE METALLIC PASTE AND GOLD LEAFING TOGETHER WITH YOUR BRASS STENCIL.
IT LOOKS AWESOME!!!
i have also used em. paste i would like to add---to clean the stencil i was taught to have dish with water mixed with alittle simple green in it---place stencil in to clean rinse w/water and dry. ENJOY
i have also used em. paste i would like to add---to clean the stencil i was taught to have dish with water mixed with alittle simple green in it---place stencil in to clean rinse w/water and dry. ENJOY
Good point! You definately want to get the stencil in soaking ASAP, but I have done multiple images before I soaked it.
I used embossing paste to make my Christmas cards last year. They came out so beautiful. I even put glitter on the paste while it was wet.
Since then, I have found something new that I got at a scrapbook convention I went to earlier this year. It's called "Embossed Icing." You can buy it at this website:
It comes in all different colors! It is the smoothest I've used so far. It doesn't flake off or dry out like some of the others I've used. You can buy individual colors or buy them as a set. They label their sets Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring. It's a pretty neat product!
I used embossing paste to make my Christmas cards last year. They came out so beautiful. I even put glitter on the paste while it was wet.
Since then, I have found something new that I got at a scrapbook convention I went to earlier this year. It's called "Embossed Icing." You can buy it at this website:
It comes in all different colors! It is the smoothest I've used so far. It doesn't flake off or dry out like some of the others I've used. You can buy individual colors or buy them as a set. They label their sets Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring. It's a pretty neat product!
I also fell in love with the Dreamweaver paste when I did a make and take with Polly from Polly's Pals at several conventions I saw her at. I bought everything needed from her, plus several stencils before I left the booth. It was so easy and the results are incredible. Love the embossing paste! Haven't tried the icing yet, but just might have to get some.
Jean
I love embossing paste. However, I found that you must remember to clean the brass template after each attempt, or you will get embossing paste under/over/and around your stencil. I use a brush (or you can use an old toothbrush) to "smoosh" the paste onto the stencil; make sure it's completely covered. Then I take a credit card and remove the excess paste. Keep a steady hand while doing this and make sure you are pulling the credit card across the paper (or up and down) and don't stop "halfway through" this process. And, when lifting the stencil off, lift off carefully. Clean stencil, then go to the next card. Hope this helps...have fun! Linda From PA
I've used the commercial paste but found that using spackling paste (be sure it is vinyl paste) works just as well for white. My main tip is to first tape (using painter's tape) the stencil down across the top, then tape the sides and bottom. When you are through, pull off the tape at the sides and bottom and then lift the stencil carefully using the top tape as a hinge. Then pull the stencil free. This makes it easier to not smear the paste. I usually color the paste with pastels when it is dry or spinkle on glitter while it's wet.
Has anyone used embossing paste?
Embossing paste
