Emboss it!

Happy Saturday! Today the OCC challenge is one we can all have fun with - embossing! Be it dry, heat, or resist, add some embossing to your project. Heat embossing is one of those techniques that hook a lot of people into stamping, I was no exception - and dry embossing with a die cutting machine is just a staple for most of us these days. I know it hooked me on my Cuttlebug!

This a card I made a few months ago and never got around to sharing. One of my favourite embossing tricks is to cut a shape then emboss it, I've done that on the oval and jumbo scallop strip here. Then I've rubbed over the raised portions with an ink laden sponge dauber for a little contrast.

That adorable wee girl was coloured with ink pads on watercolour paper, her dress is paper pieced.

 I used squares of that gorgeous Basic Grey paper to finish off the inside - I just couldn't bear to throw out the scraps!

Head on over to the OCC blog to see the beautiful and varied creations by our wonderful design team this week!




Paper & Card: Regal Rose, Basic Black
Ink: Various for watercolouring
Punches: Circle & Square Punches
Other: Certainly Celery Ribbon, Aquapainter, Dimensionals

Stamps: PI An Apple for You - MFT
Paper & Card: Euphoria - Basic Grey
Other: Jumbo Scallop Die-namic - MFT, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Rhinestones