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09-20-2006, 09:41 PM
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Kookie Creator
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Ohio
Posts: 423
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Check it out--REALLY cool! :)
I was lucky enough to attend the Stampin' Up! regionals this past weekend and one of the presenters showed a technique where he embossed on a clear button using craft ink and our colored embossing powder. It looked awesome! A lightbulb went off in my head while he was doing his thing and I realized that if I used VersaMark ink after sanding the clear button and then used clear embossing powder, I could get an etched glass effect. Here are two pictures, one is the layout I created and the other picture is the detail shot. Hope it inspires you! The pictures don't really do it justice...it looks SO cool in real life! 
//www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...67209&cat=7252
http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...0&ppuser=72650 |
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09-20-2006, 09:43 PM
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Die Cut Diva
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicagoland, IL
Posts: 3,646
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This looks very cool! Thanks for sharing the technique!
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09-20-2006, 09:52 PM
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Matboard Maniac
Join Date: May 2005
Location: sacramento, ca
Posts: 224
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that's the spirit!
oh , i love it when people share! thanks so much ...what a cool idea!  |
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09-20-2006, 10:09 PM
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Polyshrink Goddess
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Boise, ID
Posts: 561
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Your button looks so awesome! Thanks for sharing the idea!
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09-20-2006, 11:14 PM
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Pearl-ExPert
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,715
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Very cool! I need to use some more of those fun buttons!
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09-21-2006, 04:45 AM
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Hardware Hotshot
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: in my own little world... they like me here!
Posts: 4,840
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ssssssssweet!
what an awesome idea...thanks for sharing it with all of us!
__________________ Renée V
Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
Alexa says I'm her mommy's Pretend Stamping Friend....what an honor!
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09-21-2006, 05:33 AM
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Matboard Maniac
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: PA
Posts: 228
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They are sooo beautiful! What a great idea! Guess I'll be buying some buttons in the near future Thanks for sharing. |
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09-21-2006, 05:39 AM
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Hyper Typer
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: SW Michigan
Posts: 20,960
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I made one of these buttons as soon as you shared in the gallery the other day. It is so easy and the results are stunning! Thanks for sharing Amy. (no more hoarding those clear buttons, they are getting used now!
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09-21-2006, 05:45 AM
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Rubber Obsessor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Plano, Texas
Posts: 126
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Looks like I am off to buy some big, clear buttons! That is a very cool idea - thanks!
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09-21-2006, 06:21 AM
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Pearl-ExPert
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Racing with Kasey! Go #9
Posts: 2,095
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Thanks so much for sharing! So coooool!
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09-21-2006, 06:51 AM
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Inking Addict
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 93
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Very, very cool. I have to try this. Thanks for sharing!
Linda |
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09-21-2006, 08:34 AM
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Kookie Creator
Join Date: May 2005
Location: St. Clair Shores, MI
Posts: 400
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I have a question about your way cool button and layout.
Did you sand only in the print pattern type area, or did you sand the whole button, but use the versamark pen to make the print pattern on the button, or did you use a stamp to make the pattern and you sanded the whole button?
I am sure this is as clear as mud, but I guess all I really want to know is the step by step directions since I am a lot muddled in the mind today
Thank you so much!! |
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09-21-2006, 08:49 AM
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Splitcoast Hall of Fame
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Whidbey Island, WA
Posts: 17,869
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Well, SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!! Clever girl!!!! That is indeed an *uber* slick trick!!!!! TFS!!!!
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09-21-2006, 09:01 AM
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Polyshrink Goddess
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: near my stamps and paper
Posts: 573
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Your button looks way cool! Thanks for sharing the technique!
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09-21-2006, 09:19 AM
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Splitcoast Team Member
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Edmond, OK
Posts: 4,017
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I am with Julie on this one. Shut up!!!!!!!! Missed seeing Julie say that lately!
Thanks for sharing! I love the look of the glass etched button! |
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09-21-2006, 09:46 AM
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Kookie Creator
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Ohio
Posts: 423
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Quote: Originally Posted by Danistamps I have a question about your way cool button and layout.
Did you sand only in the print pattern type area, or did you sand the whole button, but use the versamark pen to make the print pattern on the button, or did you use a stamp to make the pattern and you sanded the whole button?
I am sure this is as clear as mud, but I guess all I really want to know is the step by step directions since I am a lot muddled in the mind today
Thank you so much!! |
Thanks ladies! If I bounced like Julie, I would have been bouncin' when I discoverd this! I was so excited with how it turned out!
Here's what I did...so simple. You sand only ONE side of the button and brush off the dust from sanding (I wipe it on my pants-haha!) Then I inked up the harlequin pattern from the Background Sampler set with versamark and put it with the rubber facing up on my table. I dropped the button, sanded side facing the rubber, onto the stamp. I then pressed evenly until I saw that all of the VersaMark had transferred (you can see when it's inked evenly). I picked the button up by the sides and poured clear embossing powder onto it, blew off the excess, and heated it with the heat tool until it was melted. Don't touch the button for a bit...it will be hot! Then I threaded the ribbon through the button and adhered it with a glue dot that I stuck onto the back side of the ribbon. If you are wondering, the embossed side is facing up...I thought you could see it better that way. You could do it whichever way you prefer, though. |
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09-21-2006, 09:56 AM
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Splitcoast Hall of Fame
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Whidbey Island, WA
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Quote: Originally Posted by florascrap Thanks ladies! If I bounced like Julie, I would have been bouncin' when I discoverd this! I was so excited with how it turned out! |
Personally, I wanna see ya' bounce! C'mon now . . .  __________________ JulieHRR
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09-21-2006, 10:01 AM
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Matboard Maniac
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 332
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What an AWESOME idea!!!!!!! I will be trying this ASAP and can only hope mine looks as good as yours!!
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09-21-2006, 10:05 AM
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Die Cut Diva
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Oakwood (Dayton), Ohio
Posts: 3,155
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Holy cow! At first I was like "Oh, neat" then, when I saw the close up I was like "Oh my gawd!"
Cool idea. I love Jaron. Too bad I'm married. And so is he. And he doesn't live in Dayton. 
Wendy __________________ Yeah, I'm a mom with 4 kids but that only means I'm a little crazy!
I made a little gallery! |
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09-21-2006, 10:45 AM
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Mad Swapper
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: AZ
Posts: 1,545
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That's really cute. And a great idea. Thanks for sharing.
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09-21-2006, 11:04 AM
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Kookie Creator
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Ohio
Posts: 423
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Quote: Originally Posted by JulieHRR Personally, I wanna see ya' bounce! C'mon now . . . |
I am so klutzy I would probably sprain something!
You will have to teach me proper bouncing technique so as to avoid injury!  |
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09-21-2006, 03:36 PM
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Polyshrink Goddess
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Brentwood, TN
Posts: 741
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OK, I just KNEW there was a reason I bought that Bag 'O 500 clear buttons - thanks for telling me why!!
__________________ "More than what I should be, make me what I could be, finish what you started, Lord" (from a song by Marty McCall)
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09-21-2006, 04:29 PM
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Glitter Guru
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 5,362
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What an awesome idea. Thanks go much for sharing the picture and the directions!
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09-21-2006, 06:40 PM
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Rubber Obsessor
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: between the corn fields in Illinois
Posts: 165
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Any suggestions on how to keep the button from blowing away when the air from the heat gun hits it without burning your fingers? Or does it sit still pretty well? I have learned to use a clothespin to hold the paper when embossing, but obviously that won't work with a button.
Sue
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09-21-2006, 06:49 PM
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Glitter Guru
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 5,362
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Quote: Originally Posted by stampngrl2 Any suggestions on how to keep the button from blowing away when the air from the heat gun hits it without burning your fingers? Or does it sit still pretty well? I have learned to use a clothespin to hold the paper when embossing, but obviously that won't work with a button.
Sue |
I was thinking of putting a straight pin in one of the holes and then putting the pin into a piece of corrugated cardboard to hold it and keep it from flying away... What do you think???? |
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09-21-2006, 07:44 PM
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Kookie Creator
Join Date: May 2005
Location: St. Clair Shores, MI
Posts: 400
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I like the pin idea I will try that or maybe just using some double sided tape to hold it down on your flat heat resistant surface.
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09-21-2006, 08:28 PM
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Kookie Creator
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Ohio
Posts: 423
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Quote: Originally Posted by jtax I was thinking of putting a straight pin in one of the holes and then putting the pin into a piece of corrugated cardboard to hold it and keep it from flying away... What do you think???? |
Actually, the SU! buttons are thick and have a lot of substance...they are thicker than normal clear buttons. Mine didn't move at all while I was heating it. I just plopped it down in my Powder Pal and held the heat tool over it until it melted. No shifting, no fuss! |
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09-21-2006, 08:30 PM
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Kookie Creator
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Ohio
Posts: 423
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Also, if you have a thinner button that WILL move, I would think that the cardboard/pin idea would work. The tape might get gummy with the heat application and mess up the back of the button. |
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09-27-2006, 12:45 PM
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Embossing Fanatic
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: orangeburg SC
Posts: 71
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A pair of tweezers opened and stuck through the holes will hold it stable and is long enough to avoid the heat....
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09-27-2006, 01:10 PM
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Polyshrink Goddess
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 685
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AWESOME! I love it...now i gotta order buttons! Shame on you! |
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09-27-2006, 01:19 PM
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Rubber Obsessor
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 100
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Awesome idea! Thanks for sharing.
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09-27-2006, 01:39 PM
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Gabfest Goddess
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Romping in the dandys with my Dork Sisters!
Posts: 7,320
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Doing the Snoopy Dance is safer and just as effective. I dance often!!!
Awesome idea. Now where did I put those buttons?????
Quote: Originally Posted by florascrap I am so klutzy I would probably sprain something!
You will have to teach me proper bouncing technique so as to avoid injury! |
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09-27-2006, 02:12 PM
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Cardstock Collector
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: CT's quite corner
Posts: 8
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What a cool idea!!!!!! Thanks...can't wait to try it!
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09-27-2006, 04:11 PM
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Polyshrink Goddess
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 685
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I just had to add...I think your to smart for your britches! HA! I just love this so much...thanks again!
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09-27-2006, 11:46 PM
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Embossing Fanatic
Join Date: May 2006
Location: in & around the area of Lake in the Hills, Huntley, Algonquin, Barrington, & Crystal Lake, Illinois
Posts: 56
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you are so AWESOME! clever girl...you are now the inventor of a new technique....what do you call it?
I can't wait to try it!
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09-28-2006, 06:01 AM
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Crimping Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 1,244
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cute card!
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09-28-2006, 06:14 AM
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Mad Swapper
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,802
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What a cool cool idea! Thanks for sharing!
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09-28-2006, 06:28 AM
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Crimping Master
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 1,020
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That is really great!!! TFS! __________________ Diane H.
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09-28-2006, 04:38 PM
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Compulsive Stamper
Join Date: May 2006
Location: colbert, wa
Posts: 42
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This looks like fun! How hard is this if you wanted to do a big bunch of cards?
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