Wow, great ideas, Margie!  That was just the help I needed to finish this layout of my son’s first 5K race this past weekend.

I gathered my supplies and got busy.  Included are my Spellbinders’ Die Templates: S5-015 Large Deckled Mega Rectangle #5, S3-149 Double Ended Tags #3, and S7-013 Heirloom Scroll Borderabilities Grand,  as well as JustRite Stampers’ Harmony Rectangle Stamper Set and Times New Roman 50pt Font, Core’dinations Core Color and Whitewash Cardstock, My Mind’s Eye’s Free Bird “My Friend” Bonded paper,  Creative Impressions brads, Clearsnap Colorbox Fluid Chalk ink, some plastic netting, sandpaper, and a variety of fonts and sticker numbers.  Yes, I used Spellbinder’s fonts that are no longer available, but I justify it this way: you probably have some kind of font dies, or letter stickers or chipboard that will do exactly the same thing.  Let me show you!

First I cut/embossed the Core’dinations Whitewash cardstock with the S5-015 Large Deckled Mega Rectangle.  Then I cut the numbers and letters I needed from the fonts.  I stuck the fonts and stickers on a piece of scrap paper, then embossed that sheet into the Large Deckled Mega Rectangle die cut.  See, it doesn’t matter what color they are, and the more variety the better!

I sanded the raised areas to reveal the colored core of the paper.

Next I embossed the plastic netting just like Margie did here. The results differ depending on which side of the Core’dinations paper you choose to sand. The Whitewash shows a subtle diamond pattern, and the Core Color appears as dots. That’s 2 textures from 1 item!

I cut/embossed the S7-013 Heirloom Scroll Borderabilities Grand and the largest of the S3-149 Double Ended Tags set and sanded the embossed areas.  I spelled out and stamped the words with JustRite Stampers Harmony Rectangle Stamper Set and Times New Roman 50pt Font and Clearsnap Colorbox Charcoal Fluid Chalk ink.

I assembled the layout on the My Mind’s Eye Free Bird “My Friend” Bonded Paper.   I sanded and crumpled the edges a little bit.

Keep on embossing!
Beth

Tags: Beth, Clearsnap, Core'dinations, Creative Impressions, JustRite Stampers, My Mind's Eye, S3-149 Double Ended Tags, S5-015 Large Deckled Mega Rectangle, S7-013 Heirloom Scroll Borderabilities® Grand

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