Embossing Die Cuts Tutorial

We would like to bring you another tutorial today! Nanne started us off last week with a

wonderful ribbon flower tutorial and we'd like to continue bringing you new and some not

so new ideas but hopefully ones that will give you a ton of inspiration and ideas!

Remember our entire design team will be bringing you tutorials each week

in between our sketch/challenge weeks!

So something new to see each week!

It was brought to my attention that some people do not use their Cuttlebug (or other

embossing machines) as much as they would like. It really is such a neat tool

and can add so much detail to papercrafting projects that I decided to show you

how much it can add to die cuts.

The layout above is really cute, really simple and shows you what a bit of embossing

can do, the small flower and scallop border for example.

Here is a list of basic tools:

Cuttlebug (or any embossing machine)

inks, chalks, etc

sanding tool (keep in mind that these

will really add more dimension and bring the embossing to life)

shimmer sprays (mine was made with mini misters

and Perfect Pearls)

I also wanted to show you what you can do when die cuts do not fit, like in the example below....

Since this piece was the background, I just cut the branches off and then carefully taped

it back together. For the trunk, I rotated the die cut to make sure I embossed

the entire shape. Now keep in mind how the embossing folder and the die cut

hanging off the edges will fit into the machine.

Now here is the layout completed but without any embossing...

you can really see the tremendous difference the embossing details make!

And now all the elements embossed and inked!

For the little worms body, I only put the body inside the folder and

kept the head out. But be careful what folder you use because this

one tore so I needed an itty bitty piece of tape to secure it back together.

The flowers were embossed by choosing a embossing folder with a flower on it (like Floral Fantasy), I then centered the die cut right in the middle of the flower and got a

flower design embossed on the flower die cut (those are for

the two smaller tulip flowers).

And lastly, some details of the completed project...

I truly hope this gives you some ideas and will help you to

incorporate embossing with your die cuts as well as just into

layouts in general!

xoxo, Leah