This is for the Clean and Simple challenge this week...faux letterpress! This is a fun and easy technique...basically you ink the de-bossed part of your embossing folder or plate (the part if the image that sticks up) and emboss! This ink falls into the crevices and looks like letterpress!
I tried almost all my embossing plates and folders...the ones that worked best had more negative space, rather than the more solid ones (like houndstooth) and word.numeral ones don't work at all...they come out backwards! Hope this helps you choose!
For this one I used a PTI embossing plate (woodgrain) and a cuttlebug embossing folder (candy cane)...both turned out pretty good!
Date: Monday, October 4, 2010 GMT Views: 1027
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Mon, Oct 04, 2010 @ 11:37 AM
Again, so many pretty CAS cards to inspire us all, Denise. I really liked this one with the woodgrain done so beautifully in the faux letterpress. Cute patterned stocking on the diagonally striped band.