December crafting is all about sparkle, shine, and texture — the little touches that make every tag, card, journal page, or December Daily entry feel magical.
Glitter and embossing are the perfect festive secret weapons. This post covers the essential products, how to use them, handy tips, and five quick techniques to get you crafting fast and beautifully this season.
The Essentials — Glitter & Embossing Products
Loose Glitter is pure sparkle power - it is perfect for perfect for edges, die-cuts, titles, or frosty embellishments. It can be used to create great snow effects, shaker pockets, bauble pages & mixed media textures.
Tip: Apply with clear-drying glue for clean sparkle.
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Luckyfindings Elixirs
Glitter Pastes are dimensional & mess-free shine. They are ideal for stencilling and raised textures with zero fallout and are great for snowflake stencils, starbursts, title pages & card borders.
Tip: Spread through a stencil for crisp designs.
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Shimmer Sprays have a soft glow & luminosity. They add fine sparkle for layering, misting, or soft embellishments. Use these for journal backgrounds, white die-cuts, subtle festive sheens.
Tip: Spray lightly and build layers gradually.
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Embossing gives texture, shine & a professional finish
Embossing Powders raise your designs with glossy, luxurious texture. They are great for titles, snowflakes, borders, mixed media layers.
Tip: Use a clear embossing pen for extra shine.
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Embossing Ink Pads are slow-drying inks that hold detail beautifully for crisp embossing.
Embossing Glazes have a translucent color + glossy finish over inks or tags.
Five Quick & Festive Techniques
Once you’ve chosen your glitters and embossing supplies, it’s time to turn them into beautiful projects quickly. Here are 5 Quick & Festive Techniques to help you achieve that -
1. Embossed Edges for Luxe Holiday Cards
Heat emboss edges for instant elegance. This is technique perfect for cards, photo mats, December
Daily title pages
Supplies: Ranger Embossing Powders, VersaMark Ink, Heat Tool
2. Glitter Paste + Stencils = Instant Festive Flair
Create crisp, sparkling textures in seconds. A great technique for snowflake backgrounds, tags and album dividers.
Supplies: Prima Glitter Paste, Nuvo Glimmer Paste, Stencils
3. Shimmer Spray Over Embossing (Magic Resist!)
Embossed areas resist spray for magical effects. Use this technique when creating journal backgrounds, title cards, mixed media layers
Supplies: Dylusions Shimmer Sprays, Lindy’s Starburst Sprays, Distress Mica Sprays
4. Transform Die Cuts Into Glittered Embellishments
Turn plain die cuts into sparkling focal points. That is right titles, ephemera are perfect for this as well as cluster building.
Supplies: Loose glitter, glue, die cuts
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5. Heat Embossing Over Texture Paste = Melted Metallic Magic
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For bold, textured mixed media pages. This is perfect for mixed media tags, grungy layouts, standout focal points.
Supplies: Texture Paste, Embossing Powders, Stencils
Final Tip: Mix & Match!
Combine these techniques for maximum impact on your next project -
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Glitter-paste backgrounds + embossed edges
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Shimmer spray resist + glittered titles
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Texture paste embossing + stencilled shimmer
One or two layers = pretty. Three layers = holiday perfection.
I bet your projects will shimmer and shine this holiday season.
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