In a Childs Eye

This is a quick Christmas Card that I have made.  A while back I bought this metal self-adhesive paper.  It is actually made for a Quick Kut machine.  I don’t have that machine, but I knew I would find a use for this cool paper.  However, it is much thicker than I had originally thought it would be.

The first time I used this material, I ran it through my Big Shot machine and was quite pleased with the results.  This only had me thinking about other methods where I could use the material with my Big Shot.

I decided I wanted to attempt to heat emboss on the metal material, so I grabbed my embossing folders and found one that had a little bit of wintery/Christmas look to it.  I chose this one because it is so open in the middle.

I then chose a Christmas color embossing powder and set to work.  I was pleasantly surprised at the outcome of the embossing.  Honestly, I was afraid once I heat embossed it the embossing would just peel right off the metal.  However, it did not.

I like the shine of the metal up against the darker green with the sparke snowflakes.  I will be making other cards with this fun material, and will be trying to incorporate into some of my scrapbook pages as well.

Thank you for stopping by.  I always enjoy hearing from you.

Kimberly

Happy Birthday Embossed Card

I love to use my Big Shot to emboss my cards.  I especially love to emboss shiny papers.  This is another card I embossed.  Like my previously posted embossed card, it is simplistic in style, but effective.

I have a pad of Colorbok Paper that I bought at Wal-Mart when I first started my paper crafting business.  I thought the sparkle would make some great cards. However, it is one of the last I grab for when I am crafting, however, when I emboss, this paper is thicker and works so much better without the creases around the edges.

I added the squares in the top and bottom to contrast the two blues. I think it added a certain flair to the card.  I also like how the white core of the paper highlights only certain parts of the embossed words.