My first upload! I really like this set, so I wanted a set of dry embossing stencils for it. I made them using a stencil cutting tool with 4 mil blank stencil. It's hard to see in the photo but you can really feel the 3D texture.
Date: Sunday, February 27, 2005 GMT Views: 1531
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Sun, Feb 27, 2005 @ 2:31 PM
Awesome card! Wish I could see your stencil! I have some blank sheets of stencil "paper" upstairs!
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Kim
"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee."
Aww, shucks! Glad you liked it.
Here's more details on the stencil cutting for those who are interested: the blank stencil was a sheet of 4 mil thick polyester stencil material I had lying around (I think you can buy them in the stencil painting area of craft stores). I cut them with a tool called the Hot Marks from Walnut Hollow--it's like a little soldering iron with different tips. You stamp on the blank stencil with Stazon or other permanent ink, then place it on a piece of sheet glass and use the tool to slowly trace the design. It melts a thin line through the material and you just pop out the pieces. I actually stamped the flowers twice, then cut out different petals on each flower that were not touching each other, so I could get dry embossing of each separate petal. Then you just use the stencil as for any dry embossing stencil. To give more curve to the leaf, after embossing I put the paper design side down on a dishtowel and embossed again with a much larger embossing tool (it was actually an agate cabochon glued to the end of a pencil). This was kind of wordy--hope it helps.