These shell dies have been challenging to work with; the grooves don't show well, so I have been experimenting with ways to bring them out. I finally thought of trying embossing powder and I am very pleased with the results! I used the dies first like a stencil, daubing them from the embossing pad. Then, added gold embossing powder, heating tool and voila! Lastly, I used the dies to cut out the shells.
Date: Monday, July 22, 2019 GMT Views: 244
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131560
Mon, Jul 22, 2019 @ 11:52 PM
Your shells look beautiful with that gold. Would just sponging colour through the dies work too? It's disappointing when something is harder that expected to get a good result with.