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Do you have a lot of felt? If so, I think you\\u2019ll love this episode, especially if you also like Tim Holtz.

(Ahem) Yes, I just said, \\u201cTim Holtz.\\u201d Did that get your attention? Great, because whether you\\u2019re a Premium Subscriber or not, today\\u2019s episode is free to everyone and I\\u2019ll bet you haven\\u2019t seen a demonstration of a Tim Holtz product quite like this.

Have you ever noticed how how bright felt products often are? I love the texture of felt and that it gives dimension to a layout. But the colors don\\u2019t always work for color combinations I\\u2019m using. Plus, if you buy a lot of it, you may just need to do something different with it for a new look. Today\\u2019s episode is a tip on how you can adjust the color of your felt, and even make it multi-colored.

1. Here is a piece of my felt in a color that hasn\\u2019t been attractive to me. And here are two shades of Tim Holtz\\u2019s Distress Embossing Powder. If you\\u2019ve never seen this before, this powder comes in colors that coordinate with Tim Holtz\\u2019s Distress Inks. And it gives a very gritty, textured look instead of the shinier smooth texture of regular embossing powders. But instead of using it on paper like it was intended, we\\u2019re using it on felt.

You\\u2019ve probably seen embossing before and we\\u2019re going to follow th same steps. You just rub on your versamark or watermark ink, and sprinkle some embossing powder.

3. I want the original color to show through, so I\\u2019m only sprinkling a small amount. And I want to add a third color around the edges, so I\\u2019ve kept most of my edges empty and now I\\u2019m dipping the edges into the third color.

4. The tricky part is putting your embossing gun at the right distance to the felt. Your felt will get a little more crispy. The original color might darken a bit. But if you get too close with the heat tool, it\\u2019ll ruin the felt, so watch out for that.

5. The distress powder does an interesting thing to the felt that regular embossing powder doesn\\u2019t do. It raises some of the fibers so it has a lot more texture this way than when it is plain.

7. Show Gizmo layout. One tone Distress emboss to totally change the bright green felt and make it work with my color scheme. Also did it on the butterflies for multi-hued insects.

8. Show Geocaching album color for three-toned flower felt embellishment. You can do this technique with regular embossing powder but it won\\u2019t give as much texture as the Distress powder does.

Close: I hope this gives you ideas and options of what you can do with products you\\u2019ve been holding onto.

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