I used a home made embossing folder that I made with jute twine. I got the idea from frugal crafter's blog. I simply laid pieces of jute twine on a piece of cereal box cardboard, and glued then in place with very tacky glue-I used Scoth brand white liquid glue, it is one of my favorites. I used nitrile gloves for this so I could lay glue all through the twine so it would stick well to the cardboard in straight lines. They weren't perfect straight lines and that's ok because this was the look I was trying to achieve. Then when the pieces of jute were dry, I brushed Modge Podge over the entire surface and let dry again. I let it set overnite to cure. When I made this card, in order to get the embossing to work I slightly dampened the green cardstock with a water mister and spritzed the triangle pieces, and put it through my Cuttlebug. It's a plain texture, but it worked nicely. I like the color combination inspired by the mosaic paper, and colored the butterfly with my Copics. I used Spellbinders Labels Eight nestie for the die-cut of the butterfly.
Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 GMT Views: 361
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Thu, Mar 31, 2011 @ 6:36 PM
Aren't you clever ... thanks for all of the details about how to create your own embossed textures ... they are so cool ... and I love the colors in that gorgeous mosaic paper ... wonderful inspired card.