Friday Die Day

Hello friends,

Today I'm not featuring a die template, instead it is an M-Bossabilities™ folder - Garden Delight -
it is still Spellbinders™ so I'm hoping you will enjoy this slight deviation.
If you haven't come across their unique embossing folders before you are in for a treat!
They are clever in that each folder has two designs - one on each side, created and matched to bring you more versatility and value.  Garden Delight brings a bouquet of flowers and vines and butterflies in flight.

 First I'm going to show you a letterpress technique, you may have seen this already - it's fab!
I've used Distress Ink and rubbed it over the raised side of my embossing folder.

Using a piece of plain cream cardstock, I've placed it inside the embossing folder.
The sandwich for Spellbinders M-Bossabilities folders in the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® machine is
A-Base Plate, M-Bossabilities folder and Grand Raspberry Plate.
When you remove it you get this wonderful colour imprinted into the embossing.

 Here's another idea, stamp onto your embossing folder.  I've used my favourite script stamp.

 It is at this point you realise the text will be back to front!  Oh well, it's more the image I'm after!

 

The end result is a lot more delicate but still effective.

 To clean your embossing folder, use a baby wipe or damp cloth, it cleans off perfectly - looks like new!

Another idea is to use vellum, it embosses beautifully, bringing out the white.

 Here comes the tag! 
I've chosen to cut, ink the edges and layer up some of my sample pieces.

 Talking of vellum, this is one of the flowers I created a while back from Rose Creations and vellum, spritzed heavily with Glimmer Mists. Added foliage - it looks effective cut from patterned paper.

 The finished tag.

 A close up....

Finally - how about this idea  - Trina McClune, a Spellblogger in New Zealand has discovered

a way to use embossing folders in the kitchen!

Thank you for all your great comments yesterday, all going to plan I should be at Ally Pally on the

Sunday of that weekend and demoing on the Creative Expressions stand.

How about this weekend - what are your plans?  Hopefully crafting....

I've got my special first Academy class tomorrow (I may have already mentioned that....)

and then on Sunday I'm going on a photography course, hoping to learn lots of new tricks, ideas etc. 

I've warned Bella and Boys that I'm going to be snapping away! 

Take care.