Faux Embossed Background Card with Gold Heat-Embossed Flower

A project from our live show Create Together Club - 5 Days of Creativity - Broadcast Tuesday 11TH Feb 2025 · 11/02/2025 · watch it from 14:15

Create a card with a dimensional embossed-look background by die-cutting leaf shapes from coloured card and layering them onto matching card stock. Add a heat-embossed gold poppy flower as a focal point, with layered stencil colouring and foliage accents, finished with a sentiment.

You will need

Stamps By Me 8.5 Inch Die Cutting & Embossing Machine - 170724ASEE IT

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Step by step

1. Select two sheets of the same coloured card stock (teal was used here). ▶ watch 16:00
2. Place the die-cutting machine mat on a soft surface (not hard), then position your coloured card on top. ▶ watch 17:45
3. Arrange the leaf-shaped dies from your set onto the card, spacing them to avoid overlaps. ▶ watch 18:15
4. Run the layered card and dies through your die-cutting machine. ▶ watch 22:45
5. Remove the dies and carefully extract the cut leaf pieces from the card. ▶ watch 23:45
6. Glue the die-cut leaf pieces randomly onto the second sheet of matching coloured card to create dimension. ▶ watch 25:00
7. Trim the embossed background panel to your desired size using a trimmer. ▶ watch 30:00
8. Stamp the large poppy stamp onto white card stock using a sticky embossing ink pad. ▶ watch 36:30
9. Immediately pour gold embossing powder onto the wet stamped image, covering all inked areas. ▶ watch 39:00
10. Brush away excess powder with a dry brush, then heat-set the powder with a heat gun until it becomes shiny and fused. ▶ watch 39:45
11. Die-cut the heat-embossed flower using the coordinating poppy die and your die-cutting machine. ▶ watch 42:00
12. Use a layering stencil and blending brush with teal ink to add colour to the centre of the flower, leaving the outer petals white. ▶ watch 48:15
13. Die-cut additional foliage pieces from gold card stock to use as filler elements. ▶ watch 52:30
14. Adhere the embossed background panel to a white card base. ▶ watch 57:00
15. Position and glue the gold heat-embossed flower and foliage pieces onto the card, arranging them to avoid covering the embossed detail. ▶ watch 59:45
16. Stamp a sentiment (such as 'Many Thanks') onto white card stock using sticky embossing ink. ▶ watch 1:02:00

Tips from the show

• Always place a soft surface (such as scrap card) underneath your card when die-cutting, as dies need to cut into something forgiving rather than a hard surface.
• Cut multiple die-cut pieces at once when your machine is already out, so you can make several cards without repeatedly setting up.
• If you don't have foam pads in your stash, create them by layering and gluing thin strips of scrap card together.

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