How to use heat embossing on Designer Series Paper

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My name is Alison & I live in beautiful Melbourne, Australia.

For those of you who have previously visited my blog & are now returning, thank you. For those of you who are here for the first time, welcome!

Here's a little bit about me. I love creating cards & gifts for my loved ones & this blog will show you how to create something special for those you love. I blog twice a week, once on a Sunday where I mainly showcase a stamp set or dies, embossing folders, projects & sometimes special DSP and Wednesday evenings when I highlight a technique, fun folds or tools & tips. I would love to hear from you if you have any questions or suggestions & my email address for that is craftedbyalison@gmail.com.

Stampin' Up® have many ways of shopping with a physical catalogue, online shopping & in person events. When items are about to be retired or are running low they are put on the 'Last Chance' list which means that there is limited stock & when it runs out, it's gone.

In today's post I share a way to combine heat embossing with Designer Series Paper or DSP. This techniques is quite simple & gives a unique finish to your projects. It involves stamping images or sentiments directly onto your DSP using Versamark then covering it with embossing powder & setting it with a heat tool. Here are 2 cards I created using this technique...

There are so many beautiful Designer Series Papers available now & Stampin' Up® have some lovely ones to choose from. Today I am using 2 soft pink toned patterns from the Beautiful Bokeh pack.

The stamps I chose for my 2 cards are Beautiful Butterflies & Elements of Text.

I gathered together my supplies...

then stamped the images & text onto the paper with Versamark, adding white embossing powder & setting it with my heat tool...

My first card has pretty butterflies meandering across the front & I chose to colour in parts of their wings with my Aqua painter, Petunia Pop & Highland Heather inks...

The colours co-ordinated beautifully with the paper & give a stained glass effect to my card...

This matte was added to a Highland Heather matte then a Basic White card base.

I chose a sentiment from Beautiful Butterflies & heat embossed in white on Gorgeous Grape & added with dimensionals. I decided to add some pretty shimmery butterflies made with retired Shimmer Vellum & the Beautiful Butterlies dies. The final touch were a few Iridescent Faceted gems. Here's a closeup of the card front...

For my second card I chose a more bold finish with black embossing...

To begin with I stamped a large text image from the recently retired Elements of Text stamp set & embossed with black powder then added some diecut flowers & foliage in black made with the retired Cheerful Daisies dies.

I then stamped a butterfly from the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set & embossed it in black & diecut it.

The embossed card front was backed with a Pool Party matte & added to a Basic White card base. The butterfly was then added with some dimensionals & sentiment was heat embossed in white.

To finish the card a few of the Itty Bitty Bokeh mix were scattered around for a little bit of sparkle.

And that's it! Quite an easy technique but a lovely effect.

Well, that's if for my creations. I hope you enjoyed this fun & easy way to create. Now it's time to share some news & information from Stampin' Up®.

Stampin' Up® 's Annual Catalogue is sectioned it to have beginners, which is a step by step collection of materials in kits, then there is quick & easy where you select base materials & packs of pre-printed or diecut materials plus some stamp sets then there is create your way where you choose all the materials, stamps etc yourself & create your way! In the quick & easy section Stampin' Up® have also provided some inspiration with a colour wheel & information of various ways to use colour combinations. I explored this in a bit more detail in my 1/1/25 mid week blog & also in 30th April blog. The other cool feature is that they provide card sketch & scrapbook layout ideas for you. This is great for any times that you need a little inspiration.

If you'd like to browse the new catalogue online then click here. If you'd like a copy to hold in your hands, leaf through & put little notes all over it of what's on your wish list then shoot me an email at craftedbyalison@gmail.com or message me on my facebook page at craftedbyalison.

The mini catalogue is only a few weeks away & will be launched in September! There are loads of gorgeous new products in there, I've been lucky enough to preview the catalogue as all demonstrators get early access to the catalogues & products. There's scrapbooking ideas & products, great tag dies & lots of Christmas themed products ranging from cute to elegant & traditional to modern. If you'd like me to send you a copy then send me an email at craftedbyalison@gmail.com.

Stampin' Up® also have loads of additional products available only online. These are called Online exclusives & have no end date, when the stock is sold out, that's the end of it.

Stampin' Up® have a great range of other Kits including crafting, card making & gift giving. There were brand new kits added to the collection every month. Click here to check them all out in my online shop. As Stampin' Up® have so many beautiful kits available I usually feature a different kit in each blog so that you can see the range.

This week the feature kit is called Painted Wishes & has all the supplies you need to create 9 beautiful cards.

Here's how Stampin' Up® describe it...

If you’re looking for a way to spread love and kindness around you then the Painted Wishes Kit is what you need! Rich in watercolour designs, colourful florals, and heartfelt greetings, this kit includes the supplies to create nine all-occasion greeting cards that will make kind words flourish all around you!

If you feel that you need to add this to your list then click here to purchase one from my online store.

If you shop with me then there are some new changes to the rewards program that you should know about. In the past we were able to create a host code & group together individual orders & pass on the 'hostess' benefits to customers with qualifying orders. This has now been replaced with a 'Rewards' program that gives all customers who place an order with a qualifying amount a credit of 10% of their order to use on future orders. This will be displayed during the checkout process or your order. Stampin' Up® feel that this is a fairer way of rewarding all customers.

FREE Crafting opportunity!!

Stampin' Up® will be hosting a free online crafting event on Saturday 4th October for World Card Making day! How cool is that? Here are some more details for you.

EVENT DETAILS AT A GLANCE

Who: Crafters of All Skill Levels

When: 4 October 2025, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. (AEST)

Where: Online

Price of Event: Free

Registration Dates: 3 September–3 October 2025, until 2:00 p.m. (AEST)

Registration for this event is free. You must register to receive a link to view the event. Also, those who register will receive a gift after the event ends. So even if you’re gathering a group of people to craft together during the event, invite them to register so they don’t miss out on the event link and a special registration gift.

Language of Event: Most of the event will be presented in English with language interpretation voiceover and subtitles available in English, French, German, and Dutch.

Video on Demand: We will record this live event. Anyone who has the event link will be able to watch the recorded event after it’s over.

Hashtag: We encourage everyone who views the event to post about it on social media using #WorldCardMakingDay25.

Personal Information: You will be asked to provide your name and email address when you register for this event. Rest assured that we will not sell your personal information when you sign up for this event.

If you would like any more information about this event then please email me at craftedbyalison@gmail.com.

Lastly, there have been lots of great items added to the clearance rack which is now called Last Chance items so make sure you check them out using this link to my online store.

If you would like to purchase any of my creations that I feature in my blogs they can be found in my FaceBook shop at craftedbyalison or you can order something unique.

I hope you've enjoyed today's post. It's great to create something totally unique to you.

That's all I have for you this week, my next blog is on Wednesday & I will share some tags based on some of the sketches featured in Stampin' Up®s catalogues.

In my next Sunday blog I have some scrapbook layouts made with one of Stampin' Up®s kits.

I hope you can join me for both of them.

Well, that's it for another week. I hope you enjoyed this post & come back for more.

Til next time, take care & keep creating! XX Alison.

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