Stampendous Fran'tage Embossing Enamel

Let's talk about this incredible product :) 

 Stampendous Fran'tage Embossing Enamel is one of my all time favorite products and I recommend it to everybody. Honestly, this stuff is phenomenal...none of the photos I managed to get really do justice to this stuff so please keep that in mind as you're scrolling through them. 

While it's a little more difficult to work with than regular embossing powders, the results are beautiful. If you're looking for something to give you fine detail this may not be the best product for you. This is an embossing ENAMEL and it melts with much more texture and dimension than a typical embossing powder. It's just thicker...not sure how else to describe it. I know you've all seen me post layouts and projects where I've used this stuff but I wanted to dedicate an entire post to just highlighting these because I really love them that much. 

Here are some photos I snapped this morning of some of the colors that I own. And remember...the pictures do not do justice to how beautiful this enamel is. 

These are the colors that I own and there are a couple more
colors available that are still on my list. The majority of mine
I ordered from ebay because my nearest Hobby Lobby doesn't have them.

 These powders run at approximately $8 per bottle but a little goes a long way. I honestly don't think anyone would be disappointed in these.  I'm not much on doing videos myself but there are some great ones on YouTube that might better depict how to use these. I try to heat from beneath with these because otherwise the goodies tend to get blown around by the heat gun. However, I have also heated from above using another piece of paper as a buffer between the powder and the heat gun.

You can kind of see the combination of powder, gold flecks
and gold glitter in this shabby pink. It's the combination that gives
such a stunning effect when these are melted.

This is the Chunky Metallic...you can see that's it's an
incredible combination of different granules of enamel and
when melted looks amazing. (see photo above)

I encourage anyone who wants to add dimension and pizazz to their scrapbook layouts or cards or any other project to give these a try. Get just one bottle...that's what I did. I started with the "aged teal" and as soon as I opened the bottle I was completely hooked. I'm betting the same thing will happen to you.

Summertime scrapbook layouts

So in case you haven't noticed, it's been slightly more than just a couple of days since I promised to upload some layouts in "a couple of days", lol.
We went on vacation and I've just been super lazy since we got back. Now summer is just about over and we go back to school in less than a week.

Without further ado, here ya go :)

Hagan this past Halloween. He wasn't very
cooperative for pictures and this is the best I got. 

Nothing special...just wanted to note that I punched
each of those little arrow/chevron pieces and glued
them on one at a time...it felt like it took forever!

Coordinations cardstock...lightly sanded with a
template underneath to get the design to show through. 

I push the STAMPENDOUS FRAN'TAGE embossing
enamel every chance I get...and it's pretty obvious why, right?
The color variation in this title is right out of the little jar. I believe
the color is "chunky metallic". 

This layout just did not photograph well...it's much brighter
in person and more sparkly.

The hair dryer is a cut file from *Silhouette Design Studio
I used a glitter embossing powder for the blue tip
and I used an EK success punch for the "ric rac"
lines. 

The Minnie Mouse shape was purchased from
*VectorKitchen on Etsy.

The circles were made from a Minnie Mouse duct tape
I had. I just adhered it to some cardstock and used a punch
to cut the circle and then used a larger circle to "mat" it. 

My favorite part of this layout are the "subjects" I
created using the ever trusty label maker. I think they were
the perfect embellishment and yet they blend right in. 

embossed chipboard

I used "shaved ice" for the snow...I'm pretty sure it's
Stampendous but I'd have to check to be certain.

Title is a cut file from *Silhouette Design Studio

This one is much prettier in person. The title is again
from *Silhouette Design Studio*
I made all the flowers and used lots of Goosebumps Spray
as well as Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.
The doilies are from *Wild Orchid Crafts*

You can see the Goosebumps spray here...I love that stuff!

Title for this one is a combination of another
Silhouette Design Studio file and some Echo Park
stickers. I embossed the word "joy" with clear
embossing powder and also embossed the #loveyou 

Pulled embellishments from several different
manufacturers 

I used a chunky yellow glitter for the sun and it's
covered much better than it appears in the photo.
I also mixed a small amount of texture paste with
just a smidgeon of yellow acrylic paint and then
used a Tim Holtz template for the design. 

That's it for now...if you waded though all those then I sincerely thank you :)
Have a great day!