Technique Tuesday - Dry Embossing and Simple Stories!!!

Today we are going to talk a bit about dry embossing!!! I made my card using the Simple Stories 100 Days of Summer Flash Card paper and a sheet of blue cardstock. I embossed my blue background using the Tim Holtz Honeycomb Embossing Folder. I added a sentiment from the Flash Card paper onto a strip I cut and distress from the paper using my Tim Holtz distress tool. I made  three flags, distressed them and added them to the card using Mandarin Twine from the Twinery and pop dots!!!

Now on to how to EMBOSS, I have a Texture Boutique from Sizzix that I use for my embossing but if you have a Big Shot or a different die cut machine you maybe able to emboss with them. So make sure to check out your die cut machines to see if is able to emboss.

On most machines you will have the directions on how to use them, what I like about Sizzix is that the directions are right on the boards so they are always with you.

To show you what I did I am using a piece of pink Core'dinations paper because it has a color core inside (on my card I used a piece of blue card stock). So look at your directions and it will show you to place your paper in between the folder, close it, place the folder on one of the black boards, place white shim and then the other black board and crank through the machine by turning the handle. Make sure that it goes all the way through the machine.

The pink piece is the piece I ran though the Sizzix Texture Boutique. Do you see how the honeycomb is more pronounced than the one I have one my card. It is because the paper has a colored core in it and when you run it through the boutique it shows the core but you are able to sand it off a bit more so the core shows better. It is a fabulous look to your paper. I hope you try embossing and what is so fun is you are able to emboss on more than paper; you can also emboss on  chipboard, acrylic  and many other things. Hugs Pammejo

13 Days of Halloween Day Thirteen - Oct 19-31

Happy Halloween!!!! Thanks for stopping by my blog today, not sure if you have stopped by to see what I was up to or if you are doing the blog hop. If you are doing the hop then you are heading in the right direction if you came from our host Lisa's Scrapping with Lisa. I am so glad that you visited today it is our last day of the hop and I am sure if you participated in the 13 days of hopping you have probably seena lot of inspiration. I just want to remind you to beware of all of the little ghosts and goblins that are out tonight, so be careful driving this evening and check all that Halloween candy carefully before eating. I made my card from the Teresa Collins Haunted Hallows Collections. This card is made with a piece of the Chandelier Crow paper, orange cardstock for the card base and the sticker sheet that goes along with the paper.
You can see from this view how I took the banners and tied them together with black twine and placed them and the Oct 31st up on pop dots. I made a frame from the sticker border by cutting it in half and making mitered corners on the edge so that it would look finished. I also added a black gemstone where the pennants meet up along with adding a bow to the ends of the banner. I hope you enjoy and have a fabulous time Trick or Treating or just answering the door to all the little ghost and goblins that come to visit. I hope you continue with the hop by hopping by Janet's Create Believe Imagine at Dream Scrapbooks and see what she has created for you. I am sure you will fine some wonderful inspiration, tutorials and some giveaways along the way and I look forward to you stopping by tomorrow. Please feel free to leave a comment and if you would like to start following my blog that would be wonderful and again thank you for participating in 13 Days of Halloween. Hugs