So I thought I would challenge myself to make a card without using the glimmer machine or even something that had previously been foiled – and ended up going OTT with the embossing powder instead! 🤣 apparently I can’t move away from gold and shine!
I created the card blank and a panel to go on the top from green cardstock from Kingston Crafts (perfect for exposing the core with a distress tool to create a bit of interest!) and then went to town with the More Wishes stamps that I love so much but actually haven’t used anywhere near as much as I expected! I added them across the panel with versamark and then added gold embossing powder!
In some of the gaps I added the leaf images from Tidings and Trimmings and this added a softer feel.
After embossing the full panel I added inking and splatter to the panel – this gives it a little bit of a different colour to the base and the other die cut green elements but it’s only subtle to it works.
I then die cut the star from the Tidings and trimmings set from the green and those sprigs (which are from a spellbinders set).
Next I embossed a panel of the leftover green with the gold and once it had cooled and set I die cut the fancy star to layer on the background star.
I then added a sentiment that was already embossed and die cut – it is in a lighter green than the rest of the card but I think that works ok.
The red gems I added as a nice contrast to the rest of the green and gold card!
Loved how this ended up – and no foiling – but major amounts of embossing instead!
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Inkyfingeredcat 
Well gold & shine definitely works! Love heat embossing but haven’t done any for a little while – may be time to rectify that…
I suspect your playing with heat embossing won’t be quite as OTT as mine 🤣 this was pretty insane amounts of powder melting!
If you’ve got it, flaunt it!!