I tried your recipe, it did work well, I did get some cracking so I added a teaspoon of glycerin, to your recipe. That completely eliminated any cracking. Thank you for sharing! Great tutorial, presented very well.
Glycerin is my go to for many things acrylic related. Good for you! ❤ Just use a few drops at a time until it goes the way that you want and know that it will extend the drying time, so keep that in mind as well.
Good to know I'm not the only person who refuses to pay a small fortune for embossing paste! Many thanks, Sam, for giving us an affordable alternative.
Thanks so much for this! Thanks also to those who posted substitutions and suggestions for alterations! 🙏🏿 I’ve learned it’s a good idea to check UA-cam for DIY tutorials on high priced specialty craft supplies. _The Frugal Crafter_ and _AL John_ channels are must have channels for this. My latest score was a recipe for Wink of Stella pens. You can use water brushes for them or just keep the mixture in a small jar and apply it with a cheap paintbrush. The manufactured glitter pens start at $6 - $8 each in craft stores, but you can get one bottle or tube of iridescent medium for about $8-$10 to make your own and that one small container will probably last you a lifetime! You just add a few drops (use a pipette or dropper) to about one ounce (2 tablespoons) of water. Be careful not to make it too thick. If it’s too thick it won’t have the translucent sparkle you’re looking for. To improve the shelf life for your homemade glitter pens, it’s best to use distilled water or just be sure to make it in small batches, like the 1 ounce size. Like the texture paste, you can add color to them if you like.
Ok I watched this 3 years ago and it just came up in my feed. So as a true fan of Sam I watched it again. I cannot believe I haven’t made this yet. So wonderful! Again Thank you Sam!
I tried your recipe a few weeks ago, and the paste texture has not changed since (and is working great). So now I am starting to built a stash with different colours. Thank you so much for sharing!!
In my experience, cornstarch creates a much wetter mixture than talc. That may be why this recipe needed more glue and no water to get the consistency you prefer. Thanks for your recipe and including these important details. 😊
Before I got to the end I had it saved to four separate playlists to make sure I don't miss it. CHEERS! Seriously. Low funds at mo to buy embossing paste so this is lifesaver. Big bag of cornflour in the press so time to paste.....
Hi Sam, Thanks for sharing your recipe for embossing paste. It looked so easy that I had to give it a try. I couldn’t find any non-sented baby powder and used 100% corn starch instead. I had to add more powder and my paste isn’t as dry as yours but it works beautifully. I really love it.
@@deborahanne9793 plus there is the problem of baby powder and the risk of causing cancer from the old talc and there are still unscrupulous companies still mining and selling it hence I won’t but any talc I did have Small Johnson and Johnson tub of it somewhere but can’t find it so I used Cornflour instead and it works fine
This is brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing it! I usually start a new project expecting to have to try it a few times, but this worked great on the first try. And in case anyone in the US is reading this and curious about brands: I used Craft Essentials brand acrylic paint; Elmer's white school glue; Equate pure cornstarch baby powder (with aloe vera & vitamin E ... I couldn't find unscented). It did take quite a bit more baby powder than the recipe to get the same consistency, but it got there. And the color of the paste was several shades lighter than the paint in the bottle. Next time, I'll get paint a few shades darker than I want!
Thanks for the US "translation"! Very helpful. I had embossing paste on my list to try, for the first time, not realizing that it was costly. Thank you Kat and Sam! 😀
Hi Sam. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe. I have made 3 different colours so far:- a Prussian Blue with glitter, a Metallic Lilac and a Green with glitter ✨. When I used the blue, I think I was a bit heavy handed smoothing it on the stencil. But after the third one I seem to be getting the hang of it. Love the effect. Thanks again for the tutorial. X
Thanks for this! I think if you're ever wanting to experiment to make a slightly more flexible paste... a bit more gel-like than chalky, I'd be inclined to try mixing in a bit of glycerine... and more importantly I'd try adding some Pledge/Future w. Finish Floor Polish (must be specifically that brand, and the type/formulation that is basically like pure liquid acrylic)... and if wanting to go even further in the gel direction & less paste-like, then I'd maybe try something in place of the cornstarch/talcum powder... or try mixing a blend maybe... with something that has more give & flexibility... like perhaps xanthan gum?? or maybe agar powder ground finely??.. dunno if those would work, but that's what I would try if wanting to experiment... (I suppose I'm also thinking about a Viva Decor Embossing Gel that I'd bought a whole tub of a while ago... only to have the whole thing dry out on me in seemingly no time flat! So not only am I trying to think of ways to revive it (if possible)... but also ways to perhaps make my own version and avoid spending so much money on a big store-bought tub of 'soon-to-be-pretty-paper-weight-in-a-jar'... lol)
Just getting started with trying to do crafts, so have been scouring the YT tutorials. Love your video and your beautiful cards. Hope to try this soon.
I don't even know how I got here....but I'm so glad I did....okay, I was watching someone else making 'diy' embossing paste (but their method cost a lot more $$ or ££ than I have to spare)....but...I can get acrylic paint, white craft glue, baby powder, and even the little containers at "Dollarama" so, guess where I am heading my daughter's next day off from work! :)
I have just found this video and really really enjoyed watching and learning such a valuable lesson. Thank you for sharing and I will be trying this almost straight away. Have to get the talc powder.💖
I am so glad that Im not the only who remade other recipes and that they didnt work... I thought I was doing something wrong! Although, I have nust finiahed making ypur recipe and was very precise on measuring and mine is not as 'dry' as yours... I even added some extra talc powder. Im adsuming it may be from different brands of paint. But thanks for sharing, at least your recipe is usable, the others were awful!! Love your videos. Appreciate your hardwork
Hey Melody, thanks for message, it was very frustrating making others it turning out wrong! Glad you managed to get good results with mine. Yes I guess we are all using different products so that will effect the overall finish, but close is good. 😀
Hi From Down Under I just tried making your white embossing paste and I used the last of my Corn Flower it was approximately 1/4 Cup … lol … instead of Baby Powder as I can’t find the only small bottle I have from when I tried making paste yrs ago … and it worked perfectly funny I have 2 sets of those containers I was keeping die cut pieces for shaker cards in … lol … As I have the white and pink as well I used the white one for the white paste and I decided to try it with Baking soda too so used a pink box for that … lol … I just had enough white acrylic paint for the 2nd trial … lol … I had bought a cheap tacky glue which I had found to be too runny for normal use it worked great so I haven’t wasted the $4.99 AU on it lol … I wiped a little off my fingers of both pastes onto a scrap of white Cardstock to see how it dried they dried well the first one bubbled a little with my heat gun might have been holding it a little too close but it was smooth once dried albeit a few bubbles lol … so when I go shopping will buy some more cornflour and try making more with other colours of paint in my stash … lol … Funny I do have that large scraper already … lol … forgot I had it … lol … so Thanks for your UA-cam … love the coloured paste idea good thinking 99
Scotland calling? Can’t thank you enough for sharing your video . I added fine glitter through to match the pastes I had already. Never too late in life to be starting a new hobby and this way makes it so much cheaper to make your own, took no time at all, . Love the boxes, great size. Can you please tell me where you purchased them Sam? 😀😀
Thank you so much for sharing this I'm always looking for a way to create a new embossing powder and things to add to our cards changed are good no matter how some people feel and creativity is where it's at for the person who making her own ideas and saving time and money and with prices going Up and up I think what you did is absolutely awesome 👍😎 I am not into staying in on we way of buying higher cost paints and stuff I can't afford it but I do believe if something works for some one great no harm no fowl I say but there are some who like to make a difference in their own experience like you me so yeah Thank you so much happy to see you took the risk made it yourself explain it and what materials to have and how to mix it can't ask for more thank you again you have a wonderful blessed day 🙏💕😀
Yay! DIY Embossing Paste - I hardly ever buy any because it is expensive for what it is! Any excuse for buying 'Johnson's Baby Powder' (I was an NNEB Nanny in a previous life and I wish Johnson's would make an air-freshner!) Sam - your recipe has more PVA glue in it than any I've ever tried. Selecting the right talcum powder is important. Your recipe looks perfect for a thiner application. I've used corn-starch (I prefer this for thickening sweet sauces and proper Sunday Roast gravy) before - it makes a more glossy paste. I don't dry emb. paste with a heat-gun unless I want a bubbly effect - I find it dries it out too quick and leads to sheading and cracking. But I'll try yours as it has more pva glue in it - which obviously makes it more pliable/less chalky. Tfs ~ C ~
and a PUTTY KNIFE!!! of COURSE!!! it's PUTTY!!! i don't know why i didn't think of that lol. my dad is a professional painter. i can get used knives from him!!! tada!!!
Sam, Wow is this really all that embossing paste is? I can't believe it!!!! I definitely will be making my own because I have wanted some embossing paste but it has always seemed very expensive. Thank you so much. If you are making white you don't need any acrylic do I?
Hi Sam. I couldn’t get the 100% cornflour talc so I used half ordinary talc and half cornflour. Needed to use a lot more of it though!!! I haven’t tested it out yet, will have to see how it works! Thanks.
Thank you for the video, I would like to use the same ingredients as you so that I get it right however I cannot find the same glue could you please tell me what make it is
Someone commented about using 100% cornstarch - I think she has to add a bit of glycerin but otherwise it was fine. I think cornstarch would be much safer than talc, so that's what I plan to try.
I tried your recipe, it did work well, I did get some cracking so I added a teaspoon of glycerin, to your recipe. That completely eliminated any cracking. Thank you for sharing! Great tutorial, presented very well.
sropehorses thanks for sharing. I was worried about the drying. Now I’m ready to try this.
Glycerin is my go to for many things acrylic related. Good for you! ❤ Just use a few drops at a time until it goes the way that you want and know that it will extend the drying time, so keep that in mind as well.
Good to know I'm not the only person who refuses to pay a small fortune for embossing paste! Many thanks, Sam, for giving us an affordable alternative.
Thanks so much for this! Thanks also to those who posted substitutions and suggestions for alterations! 🙏🏿 I’ve learned it’s a good idea to check UA-cam for DIY tutorials on high priced specialty craft supplies. _The Frugal Crafter_ and _AL John_ channels are must have channels for this.
My latest score was a recipe for Wink of Stella pens. You can use water brushes for them or just keep the mixture in a small jar and apply it with a cheap paintbrush. The manufactured glitter pens start at $6 - $8 each in craft stores, but you can get one bottle or tube of iridescent medium for about $8-$10 to make your own and that one small container will probably last you a lifetime! You just add a few drops (use a pipette or dropper) to about one ounce (2 tablespoons) of water. Be careful not to make it too thick. If it’s too thick it won’t have the translucent sparkle you’re looking for. To improve the shelf life for your homemade glitter pens, it’s best to use distilled water or just be sure to make it in small batches, like the 1 ounce size. Like the texture paste, you can add color to them if you like.
Ty 🥰 Blessings
Ok I watched this 3 years ago and it just came up in my feed. So as a true fan of Sam I watched it again. I cannot believe I haven’t made this yet. So wonderful! Again Thank you Sam!
I tried your recipe a few weeks ago, and the paste texture has not changed since (and is working great). So now I am starting to built a stash with different colours. Thank you so much for sharing!!
Thank you for a great tutorial! We appreciate you doing this for so many crafters out there! ❤👍🏼
I have watched several videos on different products for this technique, yours is the more simple one I have found so far. Thank you.
This video needs 10 thumbs up!!! Thank you...now on to your storage box video
This is fantastic! Especially when you need a color you don't have of embossing powder..why not make your own. Thanks so much for posting!
Yes Brilliant! 🎉
So excited to make my own. Thanks!
In my experience, cornstarch creates a much wetter mixture than talc. That may be why this recipe needed more glue and no water to get the consistency you prefer. Thanks for your recipe and including these important details. 😊
Thank you for this tip. You just saved a lot of people a lot of money!
Leanne Mitchem thank you Leanne, I love making this for less then 6 pound I have 9 colours and still going!! Glad you liked the video x
So nice
Before I got to the end I had it saved to four separate playlists to make sure I don't miss it. CHEERS! Seriously. Low funds at mo to buy embossing paste so this is lifesaver. Big bag of cornflour in the press so time to paste.....
Honestly, I love my homemade paste, you can dye it any colour you want and it works perfectly, I always have a large tub at hand. :)
Hi Sam, Thanks for sharing your recipe for embossing paste. It looked so easy that I had to give it a try. I couldn’t find any non-sented baby powder and used 100% corn starch instead. I had to add more powder and my paste isn’t as dry as yours but it works beautifully. I really love it.
Hi Crea Made, I am sensitive to the smell of baby powder as well, so you found cornstarch works well in it's place? Thank you
Thanks for ur imput,I was wondering if I could use 100% corn starch N u answered my question, thankyou
@@nikkirosindale7854 in my experience the cornstarch will work, but it requires more powder to get the right consistency
@@deborahanne9793 plus there is the problem of baby powder and the risk of causing cancer from the old talc and there are still unscrupulous companies still mining and selling it hence I won’t but any talc I did have Small Johnson and Johnson tub of it somewhere but can’t find it so I used Cornflour instead and it works fine
Baby powder is no safe for the lungs....cornstarch is best....
Cant wait to try this Sam
Thank you Sam, it looks so easy! I love your no nonsense way in which you demonstrate
WOW, just as others have said - what a wonderful idea. I certainly will give this a try. TY for sharing. Love all you do. You're a great teacher!
Beautiful texture your embossing paste, well done , the black and white is so nice, they are all nice colours
This is brilliant! Thank you so much for sharing it! I usually start a new project expecting to have to try it a few times, but this worked great on the first try.
And in case anyone in the US is reading this and curious about brands: I used Craft Essentials brand acrylic paint; Elmer's white school glue; Equate pure cornstarch baby powder (with aloe vera & vitamin E ... I couldn't find unscented). It did take quite a bit more baby powder than the recipe to get the same consistency, but it got there. And the color of the paste was several shades lighter than the paint in the bottle. Next time, I'll get paint a few shades darker than I want!
Fab Kat, I'm glad it worked out for you, I love using this :)
Thanks for the US "translation"! Very helpful. I had embossing paste on my list to try, for the first time, not realizing that it was costly. Thank you Kat and Sam! 😀
Love your project,and your cards are lovely especially the silver and purple one .
Julie Calcott thank you, glad you enjoyed it. X
thanks for sharing Sam
Very, very nice. Will give it a try. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you!!! This looks like the best recipe I've seen in other videos. The paste looks perfect, not causing the paper to warp.
I love love love this! Thank you so very much💖💖💖💖
Hi Sam. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe. I have made 3 different colours so far:- a Prussian Blue with glitter, a Metallic Lilac and a Green with glitter ✨. When I used the blue, I think I was a bit heavy handed smoothing it on the stencil. But after the third one I seem to be getting the hang of it. Love the effect. Thanks again for the tutorial. X
Thanks for this! I think if you're ever wanting to experiment to make a slightly more flexible paste... a bit more gel-like than chalky, I'd be inclined to try mixing in a bit of glycerine... and more importantly I'd try adding some Pledge/Future w. Finish Floor Polish (must be specifically that brand, and the type/formulation that is basically like pure liquid acrylic)... and if wanting to go even further in the gel direction & less paste-like, then I'd maybe try something in place of the cornstarch/talcum powder... or try mixing a blend maybe... with something that has more give & flexibility... like perhaps xanthan gum?? or maybe agar powder ground finely??.. dunno if those would work, but that's what I would try if wanting to experiment...
(I suppose I'm also thinking about a Viva Decor Embossing Gel that I'd bought a whole tub of a while ago... only to have the whole thing dry out on me in seemingly no time flat! So not only am I trying to think of ways to revive it (if possible)... but also ways to perhaps make my own version and avoid spending so much money on a big store-bought tub of 'soon-to-be-pretty-paper-weight-in-a-jar'... lol)
Did you ever try your ideas? How did they work out? Blessings!
use water
Enjoyed watching this....😊
Def will try this xx
This is awesome. Can’t wait to try it out. Thank you. Lorraine
Great tip. Thank you xx
love how you cut the strips from the embossed card. turned out great. i'll have to remember that. thanks.
Thank you it was very interesting , ans will be easy for me to make .Have a great day Sharon from Montréal QC Canada
Just getting started with trying to do crafts, so have been scouring the YT tutorials. Love your video and your beautiful cards. Hope to try this soon.
The cards are lovely. The recipe is very easy to follow. Thank you for sharing...
Joyce H. I
Thank you so much, this is the best recipe that I've tried. And have tried a few, lol. Thank you so much !!! Hope you have the best day.💜 💜 💜
I don't even know how I got here....but I'm so glad I did....okay, I was watching someone else making 'diy' embossing paste (but their method cost a lot more $$ or ££ than I have to spare)....but...I can get acrylic paint, white craft glue, baby powder, and even the little containers at "Dollarama" so, guess where I am heading my daughter's next day off from work! :)
I have just found this video and really really enjoyed watching and learning such a valuable lesson. Thank you for sharing and I will be trying this almost straight away. Have to get the talc powder.💖
This is a great idea. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, glad you liked it. x
Thank you for sharing this. I love it
Excellent video and recipe for this technique!!
Just started making this and I love it. Thank you for sharing xx
Thank you for the recipe. I haven't bought any because of the price. Now I can make my own. :)
This is awesome, I wonder if you have tried adding mica powders in the coloring? I will certainly try your recipe, thank you~
I am so glad that Im not the only who remade other recipes and that they didnt work... I thought I was doing something wrong! Although, I have nust finiahed making ypur recipe and was very precise on measuring and mine is not as 'dry' as yours... I even added some extra talc powder. Im adsuming it may be from different brands of paint. But thanks for sharing, at least your recipe is usable, the others were awful!! Love your videos. Appreciate your hardwork
Hey Melody, thanks for message, it was very frustrating making others it turning out wrong! Glad you managed to get good results with mine. Yes I guess we are all using different products so that will effect the overall finish, but close is good. 😀
Hi From Down Under I just tried making your white embossing paste and I used the last of my Corn Flower it was approximately 1/4 Cup … lol … instead of Baby Powder as I can’t find the only small bottle I have from when I tried making paste yrs ago … and it worked perfectly funny I have 2 sets of those containers I was keeping die cut pieces for shaker cards in … lol … As I have the white and pink as well I used the white one for the white paste and I decided to try it with Baking soda too so used a pink box for that … lol … I just had enough white acrylic paint for the 2nd trial … lol … I had bought a cheap tacky glue which I had found to be too runny for normal use it worked great so I haven’t wasted the $4.99 AU on it lol … I wiped a little off my fingers of both pastes onto a scrap of white Cardstock to see how it dried they dried well the first one bubbled a little with my heat gun might have been holding it a little too close but it was smooth once dried albeit a few bubbles lol … so when I go shopping will buy some more cornflour and try making more with other colours of paint in my stash … lol … Funny I do have that large scraper already … lol … forgot I had it … lol … so Thanks for your UA-cam … love the coloured paste idea good thinking 99
Scotland calling? Can’t thank you enough for sharing your video . I added fine glitter through to match the pastes I had already. Never too late in life to be starting a new hobby and this way makes it so much cheaper to make your own, took no time at all, . Love the boxes, great size. Can you please tell me where you purchased them Sam? 😀😀
Awesome I will definitely try this
So Cool! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
👍🏼Thank you Sam!
Great! Thanks for sharing...
Thankyou so much for sharing this🥰🥰🥰
Thanks for this great recipe!
Brilliant idea ❤
Thanks for your reply
just did recipe and like other coments used 100% cornstarch ir works beautiful
ty
Thank you so much for sharing this I'm always looking for a way to create a new embossing powder and things to add to our cards changed are good no matter how some people feel and creativity is where it's at for the person who making her own ideas and saving time and money and with prices going Up and up I think what you did is absolutely awesome 👍😎 I am not into staying in on we way of buying higher cost paints and stuff I can't afford it but I do believe if something works for some one great no harm no fowl I say but there are some who like to make a difference in their own experience like you me so yeah Thank you so much happy to see you took the risk made it yourself explain it and what materials to have and how to mix it can't ask for more thank you again you have a wonderful blessed day 🙏💕😀
thank you for sharing
Fantastic!!!!!
Great video ❤
Just came across this video years later, was wondering instead of talc can cornflour be used? Thanks for the recipe.
Wow thank you you will save me a fortune
I am going to make it.
AWESOME...TY Sam. 💕. BTW, can I use the Elmers clear glue instead?
Sam?????
Yay! DIY Embossing Paste - I hardly ever buy any because it is expensive for what it is! Any excuse for buying 'Johnson's Baby Powder' (I was an NNEB Nanny in a previous life and I wish Johnson's would make an air-freshner!) Sam - your recipe has more PVA glue in it than any I've ever tried. Selecting the right talcum powder is important. Your recipe looks perfect for a thiner application. I've used corn-starch (I prefer this for thickening sweet sauces and proper Sunday Roast gravy) before - it makes a more glossy paste. I don't dry emb. paste with a heat-gun unless I want a bubbly effect - I find it dries it out too quick and leads to sheading and cracking. But I'll try yours as it has more pva glue in it - which obviously makes it more pliable/less chalky. Tfs ~ C ~
Thank you for the recipe. I am certainly going to try this asap.
Great video, now I need to try this. TY Couldn't find on your blog - the recipe.
mixedupcraft.com/2017/06/03/diy-coloured-embossing-paste/
not only is embossing paste expensive, but it dries out FAST. how great is it to have a recipe!!! thanks, Sam.
and a PUTTY KNIFE!!! of COURSE!!! it's PUTTY!!! i don't know why i didn't think of that lol. my dad is a professional painter. i can get used knives from him!!! tada!!!
So great!
I can’t wait to try this thank you Sam x
Brilliant, will try. Thank you!
I love this idea. It makes me crazy to pay high dollar for embossing paste!! Thank you!
I love my homemade paste and totally agree to not liking the high price of the ones on the market atm. x
I'm going to try this and thank you for sharing..........
hello you very good i like this video
Another great tutorial.Can I use any acrylic paint or does it have to be Reeves.
Blessings Jocelan.
Thank you for this educational tutorial. Can you use chalk paint
Wow!! Looks like you should patent ur very own recipe!! Great job and stunning cards😍TYFS GOD BLESS🙏
Thank you! Great instructional video.
Thanks for sharing.
I will be trying this, thank you x
thanka a lot for sharing , i am sure it will be much cheaper than buying from the shop
Sam, Wow is this really all that embossing paste is? I can't believe it!!!! I definitely will be making my own because I have wanted some embossing paste but it has always seemed very expensive. Thank you so much. If you are making white you don't need any acrylic do I?
Thank you Lorraine, yes its really that easy, I would recommend White Acrylic paint x
Amazing that will be on my To Do List for 2018. :O)
Have you tried the re inkers for color instead of the acrylic paint?
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 wow! Simply a great idea!! Do you know how long do the paste last in the container before it gets dry? Thanks for sharing tour recipe!!!
Hello, you said acrylic glue but where did you get it as the only glue paint I can find is normal glue? But can’t wait to try it, thank you.
Hi Sam. I couldn’t get the 100% cornflour talc so I used half ordinary talc and half cornflour. Needed to use a lot more of it though!!! I haven’t tested it out yet, will have to see how it works! Thanks.
Thank you!
Thanks for the share 💕
Wow
Thanks Sam. X x
Dear i like it one doubt please. Normal texture paste also making same ingredients na how it emboss
Thank you for this. I'm going to try it tomorrow.
Hi, I haven’t ever tried embossing paste, but I believe I will give your recipe a try. Do you know if it will adhere well to acetate? Thank you
Thank you for the video, I would like to use the same ingredients as you so that I get it right however I cannot find the same glue could you please tell me what make it is
Thanks
Thanks you soo very much for sharing!! I do have one question. Will basic corn starch work?? Happy crafting from Phoenix,AZ. 🤗❤️
Hello . I’ve not used cornstarch so I would suggest you you try it on some scrap paper to see if it works 😀
Hi Sam do you need the baby powder or can a person just use straight cornstarch?
Sigo tu canal me encanta y me gustaría que pusieras los ingredientes para poder traducir gracias 🫂❤❤❤
That is a great video. Have you tried it with straight corn starch? Thank you.
Someone commented about using 100% cornstarch - I think she has to add a bit of glycerin but otherwise it was fine. I think cornstarch would be much safer than talc, so that's what I plan to try.
@@bunnylands916 Thank you for your reply. 👍👏🙏🏻