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Sunday 6 March 2011

Embossing

This week's challenge over at Bah! Humbug! is embossing.

For this card I decided to do the double embossing method.  First of all I decided what die to use and I've chosen a Nellie Snellen set.  I then took two pieces of card (same size as the embossing folder that I am going to use) and place the largest die on top and cut out the centre.  I repeated this with the other piece of card and made sure I had placed the die in the exact position by putting the first piece of card over the top and pencilling in the aperture.  When you have both pieces of card cut use some temporary glue to position them together.  These two pieces then get taped on top of the embossing folder (on the outside).  Cut a piece of card to fit the embossing folder - in this case I've chosen a universal e/f - and run through your die cutting machine.  You will see that the whole card apart from the central area where your die had been cut out have been embossed.  Then separate the pieces of card and taking one piece position your die back over the aperture and put this directly over your embossed card making sure everything lines up.  Again run through your die cutting machine  so the outside of the die is actually embossed on your embossed card leaving the central piece untouched.  You may have to have a play to get the correct recipe of plates etc as you don't want the original embossing to be flattened out.  I then took the same die set and made a frame to enhance the unembossed piece, stamped my sentiment (Stampin Up) and embossed in red glitter e/p.  I then placed the frame on top using silicone gel to raise it up, put an embossed line around the edge of the card using red liner tape and then matted and layered as normal.  The only addition it needed was a ribbon and some gems.

Thanks for looking.

9 comments:

  1. Very pretty christmas card Karen....you have certainly 'embossed' this card!

    Anne

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  2. Very impressive card Karen, sounds very complicated but the finished card looks excellent.
    Jose

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  3. This is lovely Karen it looks like a pillow! I'll have to print out the instructions otherwise I'll never remember it all :)
    Val xx

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  4. This looks to be an interesting technique and I'll have to read the method again after a strong coffee Lol!! Thanks for sharing.

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  5. oh wow love the double embossing - something I haven't done yet and it just looks stunning so I must give it a go.
    A fab card - very elegant. Thanks for joining us again at Bah! Humbug! and good luck in the draw.
    Ann xxx
    Bah! Humbug! DT

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  6. Hi Karen.
    Love the card and thanks for double embossing instructions! Tried it once before but not very successful - your way makes sense!
    Sandra

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  7. Fantastic card. You might like to also enter it into my CHNC challenge 10 which this week is also asking for the use of embossing - and there's a random prize this week x

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  8. WOW! Such a wonderful technique but well worth the effort to get this result. Thank you for sharing with us at Bah! Humbug!

    Luv'n'Stuff
    Max
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    Max's Craft Creations
    Bah! Humbug! Challenges DT

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