Hi friends! Happy to have you joining me on this StencilGirl®, Seth Apter and WOW! Blog Hop & Giveaway. As always, I am thrilled to be sharing products that I use and love. If you have never seen Seth’s Embossing Powders by WOW! or played with stencils by StencilGirl®, you are in for a treat. There are some incredible designers that have showcased their work on the hop in a variety of ways. If you missed the WOW! Hop yesterday, you can find it here. It is so worth the click over! To enter the giveaway of two, $35.00 and one $25.00 gift certificates and navigate today’s hop, simply scroll to the end of this post. Hoping you win!
I love playing with different collage elements when creating my art. It brings me back to my scrapbooking days of rearranging items until the perfect combination is found. For today’s project, I used leftover pieces of stenciled or painted pieces as well as ephemera. It really is nice to hold onto those tidbits. It saves time and adds variety to the art.
Some pieces were painted with PaperArtsy paint, some with acrylic paint, and some were actually shibori-dyed, cotton paper. I applied Kristie Taylor’s Grandmother’s Kitchen stencil from StencilClub 2018 to the back, far left piece, using blue and brown watercolors. If you have never applied watercolors to stencils, the time is now! It adds a softness to the substrate.
For embossing, I used several designs from Seth Apter’s ATC Mixup stencil as well as Seth and Mary Beth Shaw’s collaborative stencil from the Magic Mystery Tour to several of the smaller pieces using WOW! Clear Ultra Slow Drying Embossing Ink and then sprinkled and heat embossed the design with Crusty Copper (front long strip) and Weathered Gold (the piece behind it), as well as Seth’s Coffee Ring Die-Cut. (That die is a staple in my box. You might want to hint to Seth that he needs to have them made again 
And as for the Tour, you will never want to miss out on one of those sooooo, make sure to get on Ephemera Paducah’s mailing list for future workshops.)
Once I got my collage elements sized and arranged the way I liked, I adhered them in place, making use of my sewing machine and white uni-ball pen for extra details. And of course, I almost always use black cording in a circle somewhere. Not sure there is a meaning behind that (I’m sure it’s subliminal, or not, lol) but it’s more that I like circular layers.
So let’s talk about the different colors of embossing powders. As you can see, the decision as to what colors to use was very difficult. I found it easiest to set the embossing powder samples next to my painted/ephemera pieces and then choose.
Some blended in and some definitely enhanced the pieces. I went with the darker colors because I felt it gave it variety and brought some warmth to the piece.
The colors of powders from left to right are:
Sea of Tranquility, Weathered Gold, Blue Moon (duplicate-whoops! Guess I liked it a lot), Crusty Copper and Etched Platinum. I love that they all have different pieces of color in them. The Gold for example, has hues of amethyst and some black and the Blue Moon seems to have blue, aqua and clear.
So that’s it from here. Next on the hop is Mary C. Nasser. Bet she has been up to some aqua goodness! Check out her post. If you get lost, you can hop back on here…
Debi Adams-Me!
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Debi
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So pretty!
I keep coming back to this! “Perfection” to my blue and circle loving soul.
I like the colors and all the different layers. Nice blend.
Beautifully layered and composed! What a lovely piece of abstract art!
Claudia x
Well, Debi, you’ve knocked it out of the park again with this one! Love the colors and those embossing powders are amazing! Thanks to a piece you made sometime in the past year, I ordered most of Seth’s dies. I even know where they are and have used a few of them! .
wow Debi. this is gorgeous, I love the mix of blue and brown. and your tip of doing swatches of each powder to check for colour compatibility is brilliant. .wonderful piece of art.- wall worthy.
This piece is an inspiration to me. I am always drawn to the color blue. I loved how you integrated sewing into this project. Beautiful!
Love all the different layers and sparkly colors. So beautiful!
Love the layers, textures and colors!
Hi Debi! Thanks for sharing your beautiful project. I love the composition and color palette
Love the blues! And great original design!
Such a great way to start my day! You know I love the color palette……..shibori, yes please! Great tip on swatching the embossing powders…..practical and a great collage piece for later. Can’t think of a better combination than Seth and StencilGirl and embossing powder!
Beautiful page, love all that color and texture! Thanks for the samples of all those gorgeous embossing powders, so difficult to pick which to use! melissa(dot)friedrich123(at)gmail(dot)com
Oh I just love this piece! What a lovely use of the embossing powders.
Love your composition and color choices. Especially love the circles!
I love the texture and color scheme
Stunning layering and colors! I LOVE the different shades of blues!
Layering is exquisite and the colors really sing. Love what you have done here.
Such a beautiful and calming piece of art.
I love your color palette! Not colors I would normally use but definitely want to give it a try. I’m digging the circles too…they are my favorite mark making add in. Thank you for sharing your art with us!
So B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!! Love everything about this. Thanks for sharing!
Love the colors in this piece, and especially the big, gold ‘coffee stain’ circle.
Lovely! and you are right about Seth’s coffee ring die cut! I want it!
I love your color combinations and all the beautiful layering.
Really love the colours and layers. Beautiful.
I enjoy the color palette you’ve used here. This abstract piece is inspiring me to art journal now.
Ah embossign ink and stencilas – eaiser than embossing powder maybe, it all looks great and I liked the use of sewing, loads of inspiration here than!
This is just beautiful and it makes me wish I had been the one to do it. It really resonates with me.
I like learning new ways to use my supplies. this is great fun.
Beautiful! Love the embossing.
Blue is my color and I am loving this. Congrats on being selected for Seth’s design team.
Thank you for sharing your process. Beautiful piece.
O my , what a fabulous art work! Love the color combination and the use of circles! All the Wow powders are a great match with these colors. I think this is my favorite!
Beautiful color palette
Fabulous colors and texture
Oh, Debi! You have outdone yourself!
You know I am swooning over those layers of blues!
Wow! So happy you are a participating artist on this hop!
Love the layering and textures on your beautiful work! Gorgeous stencil designs and embossing powders!
I loved your colors, my favorites. I love circles, too, especially the black cord. Keep using it! It is great. Beautiful piece!
This is beautiful, Debi. Thanks for sharing.
Love how you used the embossing powders and the ATC mixup stencil.
L9ve the blues!
Simply elegant Debi. I love it.
Hello from Dana: we met in Paducah last September!
Absolutely stunning, Debi! xxx
Thanks for sharing your art, great tips and of course, beautifully photographed
Love everything about this
Simply amazing! Would love to have this hanging on my wall. Wow!!!
Love the blue color scheme and all the different layers.
I just LOVE this! SO looking forward to getting to know your work and learn from you! THAT SETH, sure brings so much joy
I’ve been a longtime admirer of your circular layering and this piece is such a gorgeous representation! Thanks for showing the different swatches of embossing and how you use them to decide which will complement your piece, that such a great idea. Beautiful work Debi x
Lovely project
This is fantastic! I think it is gorgeous. I love the colors and the overall design work all the layers. I would love to try this myself. I’m a visual learner, so I sure wish there would have been a video.
beautiful colors, textures, and design1
The colours, layers & texture you brought together on this piece is magical!
Beautiful layers and the mix of blues
I love so much!
Beautiful piece! And thank you for showing your process, swatches and products.
Beautiful, Beautiful layers! Color combo is perfect! Love It!
Debi, Love this piece! Beautiful work as always!
Cant remember if I already commented. Oops. I love your project so much. I even revisited today. Your colors are wonderful. Thank you
Love this so much! Those embossing powders add so much yumminess to the piece.
Lovely color palette and wonder textures.
Nice soothing color palette with lovely patterns and textures.
Love this composition! And your choice of the embossing powders. The piece is very serene!
I especially like your WOW embossing powder color swatches. Really helps see what works well together
Oh my, so much to see, this piece is yummy!
Really enjoying seeing everyone’s creativity! Blog hops are so much fun – some blogs I have not seen before! Excited to try some of these techniques myself.
Wow! This is a gorgeous piece! I llove the colors and the collage aspect.
Debi, this is stunning!! I really love everything about your art piece and your photos are so beautifully done.
The circles are awesome, thank you for sharing this wonderful piece !
Very nice. I love all of the different elements and the dimension they give the finished piece. Thanks for sharing.
Love your choice of colors and design
Beautiful! The blues, circles and metallic powders are perfect together.
Fabulous layout and great color scheme!
The richness of shapes and textures in this piece are enhanced by the use of embossing powder in inspiring ways. I love circles too and this is beautiful.
That CoffeeRing die cut is amazing encrusted with the embossing powders. Please tell Seth to bring it back! I adore the way you put this together and the color palette. Just gorgeous.
These colors blend so nicely together, beautiful work! Love all of the layers and textures.
Hi Debi! You certainly used the embossing powders to the max – very nice effect!
I love circles too. Thanks!
I LOVE your flow on this project!! Thanks for sharing!!
The textures are amazing, so inspiring
Truly lovely composition and colour scheme. Great idea to show us the collage papers alongside the samples of embossing powders. Thank you for the insights into your creative process.
Beautiful color combinations. Love the added texture from the embossing powders. So much to love in your work.
Your piece is very restful and I like the watercolor with stencil piece. Missed out on quite a few of Seth’s dies.. sigh. Love your idea to make a sample of the powders… such a simple idea but very effective. Glad you showed this. Wanting to try the WOW Embossing powders so much!
Love the rustic feel of this piece!
This is an amazing project! I love the gorgeous colors. And the layering is beautiful. I also love that you have put it together using scraps. That is so creative and inspring!
Hi Debi, –Colour-texture-rings/circles-embossing–layers–you have it all and you have put it all together so beautifully. Thank you for sharing your art.
You always inspire and this is no different. What a beautiful project. Those powders and the colors you chose! The design. Love it all!
Beautiful colour choice, love the different textures and of course the stitching.
Bevtextart (@) btinternet (dot) com
Amazing color and composition!
Great project. Saw the swatches of the colours and wanted to do something with them, so thanks for inspiring me. Will have a play once my new heat tool arrives
Lovin the layers! And all those blues!
I love circles too! The layered circles and textures are fabulous!
My husband always asks me if he can throw away any paper scraps since I love utilizing them in my collage work. More often than naught I keep the scraps to use sooner or later. Really like the blue and brown color harmony and the asymmetrical balance of your work. Love that you stitch in to the paper as well. Will have to try using watercolor with stencils since I like the softer edges you achieved in your collage. Thanks for sharing your work!
Gorgeous! I especially love those swatches!
this is gorgeous, I love it!
The intertwining circles are my favorite…besides everything else!
Wow. Very intriguing use of leftover tidbits. You’ve made such a lovely composition! And the idea of using watercolors with a stencil!
Great project. Love all the texture, stitching especially. And the colors!