Quilts and Cards: Homework for THCC101 Day 7

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Homework for THCC101 Day 7

The class for Day 7 was fun! It was all about embossing - heat embossing and it made me realise that I had not done much of that for quite a long time.

The combination of heat embossing and distress inking is such a dynamic one as you can get some amazing results - evidenced particularly by the tag on the right. The distress embossing powder gives a stunning result - I must use it more often!

Still haven't done my homework for day 6 as I am waiting impatiently for my distress markers to arrive...

Now off to do my homework for Day 8 - using paints!

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3 comments:

jackiescrafts said...: Lovely tags Janet

Jackie x; March 30, 2012 at 6:39 AM
crafty creations said...: Fab tags The one on the right is stunning Janet; March 30, 2012 at 7:54 PM
Shairon said...: More beautiful work, Janet. I too love the vibrancy of the one on the right but they are all fab! xx; March 30, 2012 at 10:03 PM

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Favourite Tips

If you need a brad of a particular colour and don't have one, check to see if you have some embossing powder of the colour you want . Rub embossing ink on the top of the brad, then dip it into the embossing powder then heat set it. Use tweezers or a clip peg to hold the brad while you heat it.
When you are stitching on cards, make sure you are not sewing over the top of DS tape! The needle gets gummed up and won't lock the threads underneath.
Use zip lock plastic envelopes for smaller pieces of card offcuts that accumulate when making cards. Have one envelope per colour and periodically go through and trim up so they are ready for use on another card.