STEP BY STEP:
Cut
piece of card coloured or white card of good weight, to fit die for
background piece. As you'll see I used two different background dies
here.
Use anti static pad on card first, ink it up lightly with Versamark ink pad
TIP: Put versamark on cutting surface *only, so just dust *gently across the top of the die.
**avoid
as much as possible pressing into the crevices of the die pattern.
If you do,
you'll need to remove lots of excess powder from wrong place.
(Wonder
why I know)
After
inking, work out embossing sandwich for your machine, I used a very
thin shim on my machine, instead of thicker usual shim.
Place
cardstock on rubber mat, gently lower die, cutting side down on
cardstock and run through once. I found once with thinner shim
sufficient on my machine.
Dust well with EP of choice, remove unwanted areas with fine paint brush (much less on my third attempt) and heat set.
If not quite enough embossing, you can carefully repeat, I did on one of mine, and it worked well. Just line up carefully.
The
other background die used. First time used, I put in centre pieces of Sue
Wilson die. But left it plainer on third card, thought it looked better,
less is more.
Use a fine brush to remove excess powder.
Choose simple overlay of design on top, these Elizabeth Craft Design Quietfire dies are simply perfect.
Die cut the greeting three times with backing double sided paper on the back.
Leave
greeting in each layer, and layer the intricate top layers into placed
whilst still not separated (see photos).
Makes it much easier!
Loved both these variations, it would look great on deep burgundy cardstock too or green for a Christmas card background.
Sue Wilson background die, one with and one without centre.
Thanks for patience in reading this long post.
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