Pick of the Week ~ Embossing on Mulberry Paper

This week is my turn to show you a Pick of the Week.  Just seems like we were wishing the snow would end, and now it is June. 

For my project - embossing on mulberry paper, I used Hello from plate 9900 and Baby Owl 2613-H.  The Hello plate has multiple stamps that you can mix and match and is such a bargain for you to purchase the entire plate. 

For my supplies I gathered my Versa-Mark Ink pad, gold embossing powder, stamps, embossing folder, water, and mulberry paper.  I have had my mulberry paper for quite some time - ok a really long time - and keep waiting for it to be popular again in stamping.  One of the techniques I enjoyed was embossing on the mulberry paper. 

I stamped the Baby Owl and the hello on two individual pieces of mulberry paper, and sprinkled gold embossing powder on each.  Make sure all the strays are gone, then “carefully” heat set your embossing powder - DO NOT overheat or it will be a disappointment - ask me how I know. 

Here is the image heat set on the white mulberry paper.  After the image cooled - I sprayed with water around the image and carefully tore the edge letting some of the woven strings stay.  It will tear very easily when slightly moistened. 

I used brown cardstock and ran it through a Sizzix embossing wood grain folder to use for mounting my images on.  I attached the woodgrain piece on a piece of light kraft cardstock.  To apply the embossed images I used liquid glue and carefully dotted glue behind the embossing on both the hello and the baby owl, so the ink dries clear and can’t be seen. 

Finished card - I think this will go out in the mail this week to my senior buddy in Canada.  He is a “bird watcher” so I think he will enjoy this card.

I bet most of us have all the supplies in our stash so get out the mulberry paper and give this a try.

~ Shirley

For this week only (June 3-9, 2019), get 20% Off the stamps used in Shirley’s creation above when you use the coupon code POTW6319