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.

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.

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!!

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 KZfaq 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.

Thank you Sam, it looks so easy! I love your no nonsense way in which you demonstrate

Just started making this and I love it. Thank you for sharing xx

I have watched several videos on different products for this technique, yours is the more simple one I have found so far. Thank you.

Thank you!!! This looks like the best recipe I've seen in other videos. The paste looks perfect, not causing the paper to warp.

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. 😊

Beautiful texture your embossing paste, well done , the black and white is so nice, they are all nice colours

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!

Thank you for a great tutorial! We appreciate you doing this for so many crafters out there! ❤👍🏼

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!

This video needs 10 thumbs up!!! Thank you...now on to your storage box video

So Cool! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!

Love your project,and your cards are lovely especially the silver and purple one .

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

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.💜 💜 💜

Thank you for this tip. You just saved a lot of people a lot of money!

Def will try this xx

Thanks for this great recipe!

Excellent video and recipe for this technique!!

I love love love this! Thank you so very much💖💖💖💖

I can’t wait to try this thank you Sam x

I'm going to try this and thank you for sharing..........

Brilliant, will try. Thank you!

Thank you for the recipe. I am certainly going to try this asap.

Brilliant idea ❤

Great tip. Thank you xx

Thank you for this. I'm going to try it tomorrow.

Yes Brilliant! 🎉

This is a great idea. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you! Great instructional video.

Awesome I will definitely try this

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.

Thank you for sharing this. I love it

thanks for sharing Sam

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.....

Thank you for the recipe. I haven't bought any because of the price. Now I can make my own. :)

So great!

This is awesome. Can’t wait to try it out. Thank you. Lorraine

Great! Thanks for sharing...

I will be trying this, thank you x

love how you cut the strips from the embossed card. turned out great. i'll have to remember that. thanks.

The cards are lovely. The recipe is very easy to follow. Thank you for sharing...

👍🏼Thank you Sam!

Very, very nice. Will give it a try. Thank you for sharing.

just did recipe and like other coments used 100% cornstarch ir works beautiful ty

Fantastic!!!!!

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.

Thanks Sam. X x

Wow thank you you will save me a fortune

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.💖

Thank you!

thanka a lot for sharing , i am sure it will be much cheaper than buying from the shop

Thanks for your reply

Thanks for sharing.

Wow!! Looks like you should patent ur very own recipe!! Great job and stunning cards😍TYFS GOD BLESS🙏

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

I love this idea. It makes me crazy to pay high dollar for embossing paste!! Thank you!

Thanks for the share 💕

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 KZfaq … love the coloured paste idea good thinking 99

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.

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!

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! :)

Thankyou so much for sharing this🥰🥰🥰

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)

Wow!!!🎉

Thank you it was very interesting , ans will be easy for me to make .Have a great day Sharon from Montréal QC Canada

Wow

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? 😀😀

not only is embossing paste expensive, but it dries out FAST. how great is it to have a recipe!!! thanks, Sam.

Great video ❤

Thank u very much

This is awesome, I wonder if you have tried adding mica powders in the coloring? I will certainly try your recipe, thank you~

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 🙏💕😀

I am going to make it.

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 ~

I’ve just finished watching your recipe and read all the comments and learned a lot. This recipe looks real stiff and hard to spread so I was wondering if you added ink drops for color if that would loosen it up just enough to make spreading it easier. Also to make a glimmery paste if adding glitter would dry your recipe out too much, enough so you would have to add more liquid of some type? I love the glossy shine too paste too so does glycerin work with your ingredients? I’m sorry I have so many questions. Ha! I should try experimenting myself. Just wondered if since your original video you changed your recipe and how? Thanks for sharing your fun discovery.

Does the cardstock warp over time with the embossing paste on it? Is it easy to cut through the cardstock once it has the dry paste on it? Thank you.

*** Storage Tip- I use the same click and lock type containers and I found that if I turn them upside down to store they don't dry out nearly as fast. I think it's because the product falls to the "top" (which is actually the bottom), not allowing any more air to get in. Kind of like storing your 2 litre soda bottles upside down in the refrigerator... The soda around the cap doesn't allow the carbonation to sneak out and keeps your soda bubbly longer.

Great video, now I need to try this. TY Couldn't find on your blog - the recipe.

Thank you for sharing this ❤️ Can you use this on furniture that is then painted over? And what sort of stencils do you use as I'm guessing they are quite sturdy? Thank you for your help or anyone else who wants to comment and offer some guidance. Much appreciated 👍

I use Polyfilla One-Fill (joint compound). Works a treat and no fuss!

thank you for sharing

Thanks

AWESOME...TY Sam. 💕. BTW, can I use the Elmers clear glue instead? Sam?????

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 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!!!

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

Have you tried the re inkers for color instead of the acrylic paint?

Fantastic idea ❤️❤️❤️❤️i was wondering how long do they go without drying though?

Great

Awesome!!! Thank you for the paste recipe! What a great tip!!! Love the ring you're wearing. Did you make that? If so, is there a tutorial? If not, where did you get it? I know it's been a few years since you made this video. Tfs GOD Bless

Great embossing paste. Can I paint metal with this paste like they finnabair art paste? The finnabair paste it's a little bit more fluid

I have bought the paste from the shops and since I don't use it often it dries out and I have to throw it out. I am going to try your recipe since I have all the supplies.

Thank you for this educational tutorial. Can you use chalk paint

hello you very good i like this video

Can you add reinker to the white paste to color it? thank you.

Could you use regular corn starch?