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Adults & Crafts delivers customized DIY craft kits to your door each month. Boxes will include everything you need to go from zero to crafting hero—materials, instructions, and (most) tools you need to complete any one of their unique projects.
Adults & Crafts
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Disclosure: This complimentary box was received for review purposes. All opinions are my own, and no compensation was received.
Adults & Crafts ships via USPS, FedEx or UPS depending on what they are sending that month and your location. My box shipped via USPS Priority Mail.
I didn’t know what project was coming in advance and I had no guesses! Adults & Crafts does a great job of mixing things up!
Instructions
This month’s box featured an Embossed Card Making Kit. I have never embossed anything before, so I was excited to learn about the process.
Materials
Materials included were:
~Heat Tool
~Black & Gold Embossing Powder
~Embossing Pen
~Watercolor Paper
~Envelopes
~Watercolor Paint
~Watercolor Paintbrush
~Glue Stick
~Greeting Card
~Stamp
Additional supplies needed were:
~Electrical Outlet
~Paper Cup
~Newspaper (Mess Mat)
~Scisors
The Project
I wasn’t totally sure where to start, so I just jumped right in!
I decided to use cookie cutters to get a few shape ideas.
Looking back, I should have skipped the watercolor portion of the cards. Or planned better? I didn’t love the way this one turned out. I used my cookie cutter mustache cut-out as a stencil and then painted the rest of the card.
I colored in the white portion of my card with the embossing pen and then applied the embossing powder. This was super messy, and I really wasn’t too sure this would work.
But it did! I used the embossing tool (it’s a multi-purpose heat tool) and held it about 4 inches from my design. It turned the powder into a smooth (non-messy) glossy finish.
Instead of painting this one, I used only the embossing to freehand some hearts. I applied gold powder and then used the heat tool. It was so fun to watch the powder change! It’s very difficult to see where you have used the embossing pen, so you really need to be working in good lighting (I was not). Also, I had some stray loose powder on the card which “set” when I used the heat tool. It’s hard to get the powder off without messing up the powder in the areas you do want to emboss. That’s something I need to work on figuring out.
Final Thoughts
My cards are by no means professional quality, but I think they are fun. And I have lots of materials to keep trying.
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