Hey Crafty People!
I’m so excited to be joining WOW! Embossing Powder for their latest Celebration Hop, highlighting the newly released Seth Apter “Heritage Quad”—available now!
This brand-new Designer collaboration features four richly textured, earthy-toned embossing powders that reflect Seth’s signature mixed media aesthetic. Whether you’re into vintage layers, grungy textures or industrial tones, the Heritage Quad adds bold, dimensional detail to any make.
The WOW! Design Team and a lineup of talented guest designers have come together across blogs, Instagram, and YouTube to share our creative interpretations and inspire your next project.
? And of course, there are prizes to be won! WOW! is giving away three fabulous prize bundles, each featuring a curated selection of Seth Apter’s WOW! products—including the Heritage Quad! Scroll down to find out how you can enter…But first—let’s dive into the inspiration!
WOW! Heritage Quad Seth Apter Celebration Hop
- Create your swatches – Whenever I get a new Quad, I like to emboss large swatches of each colour first. It helps me get a real feel for how they look once heated — because let’s be honest, embossing powders can surprise you once that heat gun hits! These swatches are perfect for die cutting too.
- Die cut your leaves – I’ve chosen a few favourite dies from two different leaf die sets and I’m cutting into my embossed swatches without much of a plan — just making sure I get a good mix of colours. I also:
- Die cut leaves from cardstock covered in double-sided adhesive, then added Sparkles and Earth Sparkles for a bit of magic.
- Cut some vellum leaves too, because that soft contrast works so beautifully.
- Layer your leaf embellishments – Once everything’s cut, it’s time to layer. I mix and match the embossed, sparkly, and vellum leaves to create rich, textured bundles. You can see my layering process in action over on the WOW channel! I made six leaf clusters in total and set aside three to use on this card.
- Create a warm, textured background. – Using a warm-toned Catherine Pooler ink, I ink-blended directly onto a panel of Neenah 80lb cardstock. Once dry, I tore a strip from the panel — tearing instead of cutting gives a lovely natural edge with lots of texture.
- Add a torn vellum layer – Tear a second strip from a piece of thin vellum, making sure it’s slightly wider than the coloured strip. Adhere the two together using liquid glue and mount them onto a full A2 Neenah card panel. Leave the vellum overhanging so you can trim it neatly once it’s in place.
- Ink your sentiment strip – I used one of WOW’s Fab Foilers sentiment strips and added ink directly from the pad using the same Catherine Pooler ink. Fab Foilers take ink beautifully, and once dry, they coordinate perfectly with the background. Just give it a quick wipe and allow it to dry fully.
- Assemble your design. – Line up three of your leaf clusters across the torn strip. Adhere the centre leaf with liquid glue, then pop up the outer two with foam adhesive. This not only adds dimension, but makes it much easier to layer the sentiment strip on top without needing fiddly bits of foam behind those open leaf areas!
- Finish with a popped-up sentiment – Add your sentiment strip over the middle leaf using foam adhesive. It balances out the dimension and brings everything together beautifully.
Seth Apter Heritage Quad Celebration Hop – Video
Giveaway Details
To celebrate the release of the WOW! x Seth Apter “Heritage Quad”, we’re hosting a special multi-platform giveaway—giving you three chances to win a fabulous prize bundle!
We’re offering three prize bundles, each featuring a curated selection of WOW! Embossing Powder products from Seth’s mixed media range, including items from the brand-new Heritage Quad.
? One winner will be chosen from each platform:
- ?? Blog Hop
- ?? YouTube Hop
- ?? Instagram Hop
- Leave a comment on each stop along the hop
- Make sure to leave your comment by 6pm GMT Wednesday, 6th August 2025
- Winners will be announced on Thursday, 7th August 2025 over on the WOW! Embossing Powder blog
Want even more chances to win? Make sure you join the YouTube and Instagram Hops too – each platform is a separate entry, and each comment on any of the stops is a separate entry!
Seth Apter Heritage Quad Celebration Hop Details
You should have arrived here from Nicki. Next up, head over to Tasha for more gorgeous inspiration!
Full Lineup:
Please be aware:
As part of my Design Team and Guest Design work I do often receive free products to use, but I only ever recommend products that I genuinely love.
Also, I know how incredibly lucky I am to have these opportunities, but you don’t always NEED the newest products or the ‘full set’.
So please don’t feel that you need everything.
I like to show a variety of brands and products; this way there will be something for everybody to enjoy.
— SUPPLIES —
 Heritage Quad Shop at: WOW USA | WOW UK |
 Fab Foilers – Sweet Sentiments Shop at: WOW USA | WOW UK |
 Clear Ultra Slow Drying Embossing Pad Shop at: WOW USA | WOW UK |
 Superior Smooth White Cardstock – A4 Shop at: WOW USA | WOW UK |
 Superior Smooth White Cardstock – A5 Shop at: WOW USA | WOW UK |
 Dual Speed Heat Tool – **UK** Shop at: WOW UK |
 Dual Speed Heat Tool – **US** Shop at: WOW USA |
 Sahara Sparkles Shop at: WOW USA | WOW UK | S3 |
 Gold Earth Sparkles Shop at: WOW USA | WOW UK |
— My Basic Supplies That I Use On Every Project —
 MINI MISTI Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Alt | SBP | Trinity |
 MISTI – Original Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Alt | SBP |
 Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: Scrapbookcom | SBP | Craftstash UK | Craftstash US |
 Neenah 80lb Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Alt | Craftstash UK |
 Neenah 110lb Shop at: Alt |
 Gemini Jr Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK |
 Tim Holtz Trimmer 8.5inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK | Trinity |
 Tim Holtz Scissors 7inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK | Craftstash US |
 Tim Holtz Mini Snips 5inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK | Craftstash US |
 Tidy Tray Shop at: Trinity |
 Pick Up Stick Shop at: Trinity |
 Reverse Action Tweezers Shop at: Scrapbookcom | SBP |
 We R Trim & Scoreboard Shop at: Scrapbookcom |
 Pressure Tool Shop at: Trinity |
 Mini Trimmer Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK | Craftstash US |
 9.5 inch Shears Shop at: Craftstash UK | Craftstash US |
 Bone Folder Shop at: Alt |
 Self Healing Mat Shop at: Alt | SBC |
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