Crafting — Charmfully Chic

Embossing has quickly become one of my favorite hobbies! And it is super easy!

Here are the supplies that you will need:

Here is a kit to buy all the supplies together for cheaper (Except for the cardstock).

Optional:

embossing ink
stamps

Instructions: These are so so easy! You're gonna love it!

Write on your paper with the embossing pen.
Pour embossing powder on top.
Life paper and dump remaining embossing powder onto another sheet of paper.
Turn on your heat gun and watch the powder melt into each other.
Pour remaining powder back into your bottle.

Tips: Be careful not to hold the gun in one spot too long or it will start to burn your paper. It should be okay if you just keep it moving.

Also, if the powder sticks to more places than where you wanted it, lightly blow on it to give it a cleaner look. Make sure you don't blow too hard or it will the powder will come off of your letters.

You can also use a stamp with some embossing ink. Just make sure the stamp is fully covered with the ink, stamp it on your paper, and pour the powder on the same way.

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I get to serve with the cute little primary kids at my church (18 month-11 year olds) and we needed a cute way to give them these little CTR (Choose the Right) bracelets for their birthdays.

I really didn't want to spend money so I just used what I had. I made these using:

ribbon
glue gun with hot glue
black cardstock
An embossing pen, powder and a heat gun (You can buy all three here)
gold rickrack
gold spray paint

Okay, so here we go:

First, I glued the ribbon around the outside of the jar. (Tip: There are always scraps of ribbon for sale at craft and fabric stores for super cheap so you don't need to splurge on a whole spool). I chose the black and white polka dot one, then glued the skinnier gold ribbon on top of that.

I wrote "Happy Birthday" on cardstock (any paper will work but I like the look of cardstock best) with my embossing pen and poured the embossing powder on top. I then poured off the excess and heated the remaining with my heat gun. (You can get the embossing tools as a set here). I cut out my words and glued rickrack (that adorable little kinky ribbon you can use for sewing) around the outside.

Then, I wrote "CTR" in glue with my glue gun. I waited for it to dry and then sprayed it with gold paint. And voila! You're done!

Super easy and cheap! You can buy everything at Hobby Lobby or any other craft store, or just get follow the links and get it all on Amazon and never even leave your house! Jammies for the win!

Good luck and have fun!

Tiff

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