Laura Vegas

i wanted to share some slice projects today, that feature the embossing tips. have you tried these yet? they're a lot of fun to play with.

 

on this layout, i used the embossing tips on the green paper. this is actually the backside of a sheet of pattern paper. you will do your embossing on the back of the paper you want to use, so that it pushes out the shapes on the opposite side. does that make sense? if you use a paper that has a white core to it, you can then sand down the embossed areas, to make them stand out more. btw, this is my parents cocker spaniel, jenny. isn't she cute!

 

the embossing tips come in 3 different point sizes, along with a 6×6 foam mat. you want to make sure and set your paper on the foam mat, and then set your slice on top of that to emboss. do not use the glass mat. BUT. if you have the handsfree mat, it has a foam mat on the backside. love that you can have just one mat, that serves both purposes. you'll want to experiment with the different tips, to get a feel for the look they produce on different papers. to use, you simply take out your blade, and screw in the embossing tip.

 

i choose a fun pawprint shape, and randomly embossed it all over the sheet of paper. then i used a sanding block, and rubbed it over the top of the raised areas. super simple to do.

 

 

i did some embossing on this doggy treat jar as well. and yes, i know what you're thinking. sarah's webkinz cocker spaniel, looks exactly like jenny. it's true 🙂

 

i used the embossing tips on some brown cardstock, to slice this bone shape. i trimmed around the edges, and then sanded down the raised areas.

 

the embossing tips work really well on vellum. when you emboss on cardstock or pattern paper, you usually want to sand those raised areas to get a defined look. but on vellum, the embossing is definately more noticable. you'll want to test it out, to see which side of the vellum is best to use. i remember one side working better than the other, and showing better. but i can't remember which side that was.

 

i used the embossing tips on some yellow vellum, for this cute little owl. you'll want to remember that you need to emboss on the opposite side of the paper that you want to use, as i mentioned before. for most shapes, it doesn't really matter what direction you're going. but take this owl for instance. he's facing to the right of my layout. i believe on the design card, he was actually facing to the left. because i embossed this on the back of my vellum, once i turned it around, he was facing the other direction.

this is where the "mirror" option comes in handy. this is a newer option that is on a lot of the design cards. it's the MS+, or the "mirror, shadow, speed boost". if you emboss, using the mirror option, it will flip your design around. so that when you flip over your paper, the shape will be in it's original form, and not backwards. this is a big plus, if you were embossing your letters. you definitely don't want your letters going backwards. lol!

 

here's another example on vellum. i embossed these cute butterflies on different colors of vellum, and then cut them out. i did cut them out by hand. if you're talented enough, and make some marks on your paper as to where the slice machine is actually placed, you can cut our your shapes using the slice. you just have to emboss. not move the paper. change out the embossing tip, for the cutting blade. and place the slice in the exact spot that you had it in. then you could cut out the same shape, using the shadow feature. this takes practice. i never quite mastered it, which is why i hand cut things like this 😉

 

 

and one last example of embossing. i embossed the outside piece of the sun, on this mini album cover.

 

i used the shadow option for this. i first sliced the yellow piece of the sun, using the regular cut. then i used the shadow cut, to emboss the orange piece, and then cut it out. this makes it slightly larger, and is the perfect size and shape to place your regular cut piece on. once again, i sanded down the raised areas of the embossed piece. i used a sheet of patterned paper, that had a solid color on one side. these papers almost always have a white core to them, which is perfect for sanding down.

i hope these projects gave you a few ideas for using the embossing tips, or maybe even convince you to get a set to add to your slice stash. if you have any questions, feel free to ask :)