With a little wax paper and some embossing templates, you can create a fun resist background. Guest tutorial writer Godelieve Tijskens will show you how.

Wax Paper

Glossy Cardstock

Cuttlebug

Cuttlebug Embossing folder

Ink

Iron

Q: Darcy asked: "My Cuttlebug cuts out Nestabilities die shapes perfectly, but when I try to get the embossing to show up I can just barely see it along the edges. What am I doing wrong?"

A: Here's the sandwich that Spellbinders recommends. You'll want to stack from the bottom up (without your C plate):
- Place A plate on bottom, then die face up on A plate with die cut still in the die.
- Add a tan embossing mat (from Spellbinders) on top of the die, then use two or three pieces of cardstock to shim.
When using Spellbinders Edgeabilities card making dies, shim with only two pieces of card stock. Be careful, though. Using more than three pieces of cardstock to shim the Cuttlebug Embossing sandwich may cause your B plate to break.
- Place two acrylic B plates on top of the sandwich and run it through the Cuttlebug machine to emboss your die cuts.

For added detail, turn die over and use like a stencil with inks or chalks.
Embossing with Nestabilities Die Templates
Cutting Shapes with Nestabilities Die Templates

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Maus has a suggestion for the woven basket tutorial: "An easy template for those without the die or Big Shot is a paper cup! Just take it apart and trace the cup and bottom on your patterned paper then do the rest. Voila!"

Woven Basket with Die Cuts tutorial
Woven Basket with Die Cuts gallery

A Cuttlebug and an embossing folder are optional, but good to have for next week's tutorial.