Happy Saturday!
Today I want to show a savvy way to emboss!
Have you ever wanted to personalize your embossing…something just for you? With 3,000 pounds of pressure, you can emboss just about anything in our handy dandy Wizard™! So come and join me as I personalize my embossing with a non-traditional item (non-scrapbook item). I find that flat materials work best for me such as lace, onion bag and doilies.
From the bottom, the sandwich for embossing is:
White Master Mat
Mesh
Paper
Tan Embossing Pad
White Master Mat
Pass the sandwich through the Wizard™ once and take a look…wow, instant gratification!
Using Core’dinations paper, I embossed with mesh that was packaged around my wine bottle to give my card some texture. I used S4-161 Labels One #2, #3 to frame my image from JustRite Stampers which was stamped with Clearsnap Queue. I sanded the paper with fine grade sandpaper - love how it turned out! Then I adhered it with Scrapbook Adhesives’ 3D Foam Squares to pop it up. By using papers from My Mind’s Eye, Denna’s Penny Lane Collection, I was able to finish off my “DAD” card for Father’s Day.
Something really unique was embossed by Design Team Member, Janine Blackwelder. Can you guess what she used? The answer…a piece of gutter guard! Something you can grab from the hardware store or maybe some left over in the garage? Aren’t our design team members clever?! She embossed a piece of 12″x6″ foil using gutter guard to create a metal panel in the center of her very cool layout. WOW!!!
See what you can find around the house and emboss it!
Thanks for stopping by for Savvy Saturday!
I have discovered a way to use Spellbinders Die Templates to make personalized projects. JustRite Stamps allow personalization of projects with a variety of choices of borders, fonts and images. The size is a perfect fit to Spellbinder’s Classic Circles and Classic Ovals. JustRite also has horizontal and vertical blocks to allow you to make your own phrases. Let me show you how!
Here is a quick party favor, you could whip these up for bridal or baby showers, graduations or any occasion, really. I found these tiny paper bags for candy or a small gift. I chose the border and letter from the DIY Monogram Stamper Kit. I inked it with Clearsnap Colorbox Charcoal Fluid Chalk ink pad.
When stacked, they look like this. I used Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares for dimension.
I thought the bag needed something more so I decided to cut and emboss the S5-016 Polka Dot Frame. I stenciled with Clearsnap Colorbox Lemon Grass pigment ink with the stylus tool and foam tip. I trimmed the frame so that it fit across the bag as a topper. I used a blade to cut slits in the bag and pulled a piece of Creative Impressions ribbon through, and tied a knot.
This is Debbie Seyer’s Father’s Day card. Debbie was able to make her own sentiment that fit perfectly on the die cut. She selected the fonts and lined them up on the JustRite Harmony Rectangle Stamper.
Hello, everyone! I’ll be pinch hitting for Eli while she is out for the summer.
Since reading this past Savvy Saturday post, I have been wanting to try this flower pounding technique! It seems like I didn’t have any flowers that were “pound-able.” So as I was doing yard work this past weekend, I noticed the ever growing pile of dandelions and then “AHA!” Why not reuse these into my work?! This is the only time I’m glad we had those pesky things!
When using your Wizard™, your sandwich is pretty much the same as embossing with the exception of using flowers instead of the Die Templates.
From the bottom:
White Master Mat
Watercolor/Cardstock paper
Flower (facing down)
Watercolor/Cardstock paper (or wax paper, plastic wrap, paper towel)
Tan Embossing Mat
White Master Mat
Pass through the Wizard™ once - that should do the trick! Yellowing in the flowers tend to dry brown so I sprayed an archival “fix” so the color will keep.
Hey all, it’s Eli here with a very special announcement to make. We have a fabulous friend of Spellbinders™ who is joining us for the summer to help educate, entertain and inspire those of you who frequent the Spellbinders blog…YEAH. We needed someone to support Beth’s blogging efforts because I am taking the summer off to do some traveling with my family. So we thought of Margie Higuchi, who has been a fan/user of Spellbinders products almost since the beginning. She is known as MargieH on the boards so some of you probably already know her. I interviewed Margie a couple of weeks ago and this is what she had to say about her life as a crafter and the summer ahead.
ELI: Hi Margie, Welcome to Spellbinders™.
MARGIE: Thanks, Eli. I couldn’t be more thrilled to begin a summer of fun, hanging out with my good friend Beth and all the folks who visit the blog. I love to share my artwork and teach as I go along.
ELI: So how long have you been crafting? MARGIE: It seems like I have crafted all my life…from when I was old enough to hold a crayon to what I do now which is paper crafting! I started paper crafting in the mid-70s. My father’s job took us all over the east coast, the south and the Midwest. So in order to remember each “hometown,” I would make a few pages of friends, neighborhood, school, etc. and add some memorabilia in my scrapbooks. That was the start of my scrapbooking! LOL!!
ELI: Like several of us around here, you’ve been crafting “forever”, but when and how did you “meet” the Wizard™.
MARGIE: A very dear friend was hooked on the Wizard™ and she had shown me the “PURPLE” side (the Wizard™ was purple at the time)…I was hooked! What can’t you do on this wonderful machine? OK…it can’t clean house for me or cook but it comes close! LOL!! Seriously, the die templates are so detailed and you can’t get that anywhere else! So many ways to enhance a page or project (cutting, embossing and stenciling).
ELI: Do you have some favorite die templates? (I know there is no point in asking your precise favorite because no one can choose just one…)
ELI: I understand you are of Japanese descent and you teach in the Japanese community. Can you tell me about how that came about?
MARGIE: It started when I lived in NJ/NY area back in 2000. I was on the kindergarten yearbook committee for the Japanese Children’s Society (a Japanese international school) where my oldest son attended. The mothers saw my albums that I had brought as examples. I offered to teach them basics and it took off from there. In Chicago, I went to a series of Japanese card classes to make friends. When those classes were done, the students contacted me to see if I would teach them scrapbooking. Sure! LOL!! It has been going strong for about two years.
ELI: So what are you going to grace us with this summer?
MARGIE: I’m hoping to share the versatility of the Wizard™ and to show some “AHA” moments. Of course, we have CHA (Craft & Hobby Assoc.) trade show coming up in July, so we’ll have some postings on that (wink, wink!). In addition to some FUN!! It’s all good but I don’t want to share too much…gotta have the surprise element in there. So stay tuned!
ELI: Any other thoughts before I show off some of your artwork and sign us off?
MARGIE: I just want to say thank you to everyone at Spellbinders for the opportunity to express my enthusiasm for the Wizard™! For me, it is truly the machine I go to–time after time.
Margie’s layout features a chain of Classic Scalloped Hearts, featuring her oldest son with his first girlfriend! Look carefully and see the Shapeabilties® Nested Bird cut out of plastic (using leftover transparency) and edges with ink…a sneaky little surprise right near the title.
Now this canvas is the one I can’t resist: Margie created a darling house and sunny scene, almost exclusively with Spellbinders™ die templates…see if you can find them all…
This adorable double page layout is perfect for your sweet girl. Create customized embellishments for lumpy bumpy effects. Get a hold of the labels and newest 12″ Grand Borderability dies! 1-3pm on June 4, and 9:30-11:30 am on June 5.
Card Free For All
Complete 4 amazing cards using Spellbinders’ Nestabilities and Impressabilities. You will create windows, frames, mats and more in this jam packed card class. 3:30-5:30pm on June 4, and 2-4pm on June 6.
Totally Techniques
Be amazed at the versatile and flexible ways to use Spellbinders’ die templates! Complete a technique book with instructions and examples. This has been a hugely popular class, don’t miss your chance to take your Spellbinders’ dies to the next level! 12-2pm on June 5, and 9:30-11:30am on June 6.
Remember that Spellbinders’ Dies work in multiple machines!
Here we are on the brink of Mothers Day and I get to share with you some projects made with Mom in mind, by our fabulous 2009 Design Team.
To start us off, Karen Hunsaker made this candle and card with S4-163 Daisy Borderability Petite. We saw this the other day, but it’s worth a second look. I love that the envelope flap is embossed, and the edge of the card is cut and embossed, as well as the wrap for the candle.
With all this talk of the Borderability Grands, I thought I would give the Borderability Petites some lovin’. You know how pesky those little siblings can get when they are left out of the fun. And speaking of fun, I’m so happy to be bringing you art from the new 2009 Design Team!
The Borderability Petite die templates are 5.5 inches long and vary in width, depending on the design. Each border has one cut line along the long edge. They are the perfect length for cards, but can be beautiful on any type of project.
The S4-174 Deckle Scalloped Edge Petite Borders come as a set of 2 5.5 inch borders, one with a scalloped edge and dotted embossing detail, and the other with the decked edge for the worn and torn look.
Lets not forget about the Piercabilities! Those work in exactly the same way! You can choose to pierce or not pierce.
