Savvy Saturday: I’m Impressed…
OK, It’s my turn to share some fun projects with Impressabilitiesâ„¢, give you a few hints and show you a sweet spring layout…
First, I want to share some definitions a couple of terms that we are using with Impressabilitiesâ„¢. I know Beth showed you some amazing stuff but I think it bears repeating, I mean this is pretty fresh and hot.
1. Emboss: to raise or represent (surface designs) in relief. (dictionary.com)
2. Deboss: to indent (a figure or design) into a surface
3. Letterpress: the process of printing from letters or type in relief, rather than from intaglio plates or planographically.
4. Stencil: a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface
So, you can do all these things with Impressabilities, wanna see? Below you’ll see several images, all created with the Butterfly Impressabilitiesâ„¢ and Core’dinations Cardstock….
As a small note, the top two hearts are actually a darker blue that were run through with the Impressabilities template and sanded. The bottom two images are lighter cardstock with a dark ink.
Below is the layout that I created using sanded embossing, sanded debossing and letterpress…Thanks for letting me share. Order you Impressabilitiesâ„¢ today and start playing with them soon…
Here is a close up of the letters before and after:
Supplies: Wizardâ„¢ Embossing and Die Cutting System, Flowers Impressabilitiesâ„¢, Curved Rectangles die template, Kelly Font (Retired), Prism and Core’dinations Cardstocks, Glue Dots, etc.
So have fun with these very versatile templates!!! Eli
Tags: Eli, I2-1002 Impressabilitiesâ„¢ Butterfly, I2-1004 Impressabilitiesâ„¢ Flower, Impressabilitiesâ„¢, Layout







February 21st, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Very cool - definitely on my wish list!
February 22nd, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Your layout is FAB eli can’t wait to see more:}
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:46 am
Thanks for the definitions and samples.
So, for “letterpress” you ink up the template, then press it against the paper? Sort of the same concept as a stamp, except the template itself is the “rubber”?
February 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Carol,
What you are thinking is correct, except, when you put the the inked template through the Wizard with your paper, it not only prints like a stamp but it debosses the image “into” the paper…make sense?
Let me know if you still want more info…Eli
February 25th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Thanks for the response, Eli! Yes, I can completely picture it now. Thanks again!