A new use for your Cuttlebug Embossing Folders

[casslarson]

Check out the tutorial here on the Cuttlebug Challenge blog to see how to use your machine and folders as background stamps!

http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.c...ping-with

[karentom]

I LOVE the versatility of my cuttlebug.
Thanks for sharing this link
Karen S

[a1r601]

Thanks for sharing! I've never tried this before. Love the cards that you made as a sample!

[Luciesfloozies]

What a great idea. I done this, but with the folder closed getting embossed paper. I'll have to try it to make my own dp!!! Thanks~!~

[dianerh]

Very clever! I'll have to play. TFS! :-)

[Cathy H]

Looks like a neat idea. I'll have to figure out how to do it without the cuttlebug though - I usually use the folders in my Sizzix

[casslarson]

I'm sure it will work in the Big Shot if you just figure out your "sandwich" and cardstock shims.

If you'll use this - please post here so we can see!!

[countryhearts]

Wow! Love this idea and can't wait to give it a go. Thanks so much for sharing!

[scrapperbug2002]

That woudl be so great on the new Owl embossing folder...dang it-gotta' go buy it now! Thanks for sharing such a neat idea...for going out on a limb to experiment

[luvbyloulou]

I've inked up my folder before & ran it normally through were the paper is inked & embossed. So this way that you stack it, it doesn't emboss right? Thanks for sharing your wonderful idea.

[Danielle Wycough]

I love the look on the frame I am definitely going to have to try it.

[casslarson]

Quote:

Originally Posted by luvbyloulou

I've inked up my folder before & ran it normally through were the paper is inked & embossed. So this way that you stack it, it doesn't emboss right? Thanks for sharing your wonderful idea.

That's right - I didn't close my folder so the image just "stamps" but doesn't "emboss"

[peebsmama]

Great idea. TFS.

[jeanstamping2]

Hey that is awesome!! I'll have to play around with mine later. Thanks so much for the tips.

[theresalaird]

Thanks for the great idea! Does anyone know if the ink stains the embossing folder?

[Bubink]

Cool idea!!! Now I have a whole set of new "stamps" to use as background!! OH!! And now I can use the smaller embossing folders in the middle of the paper!! Woohoo!!

[TheOtherMeg]

Very cool! I love that this will allow for coordinating the embossing and the "stamping." (I'm a matchy matchy type of gal.)

TFS!

[ckstampinkansas]

I love those projects -This give me so much more incentive for my Cuttlebug use.

[Cathy H]

No, the ink doesn't stain the folder! Just be sure to wipe it all off after doing ---- and what's nice is the folders are just plastic so can be put under the faucet

[monizcel]

Which inks will not stain the folder? I have Dye Inks (Vivid, Memento) and ColorBox (pigment). I think I might have one Chalk Ink but I don't love the color so I'd prefer to use the Dye Ink if it won't stain.

Any Advice?

[row4d]

Quote:

Originally Posted by monizcel

Which inks will not stain the folder? I have Dye Inks (Vivid, Memento) and ColorBox (pigment). I think I might have one Chalk Ink but I don't love the color so I'd prefer to use the Dye Ink if it won't stain.

Any Advice?

The darker dye inks will only stain if you wait too long to clean the folder -- wash the ink off immediately (don't even wait till you finish the card) and you shouldn't have any issues.

[Hiding in My Craft Room]

I too have done this while embossing, but how cool to just use it as just a background stamp!! Goodbye big bulky BG stamps! Okay, not really. I keep EVERYTHING!

Thanks for posting!

[DigitalStamper63]

Cassie, great idea! TFS
Kelli

[Cathy H]

I wouldn't use Stazon (But then, I hardly ever use it - don't like how it stains just about everything)

[jutta]

I was just wondering that if you opened your folder and flattened it like that, would it crack the folder in two pieces? I've been very cautious about opening them very far since I read a thread about someone breaking a folder like that.

Jutta