http://lousloonies.forumandco.com/technique-of-the-week-f44/-t1.htm Have you got a technique for us all to try? Post it in here. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:56:30 GMT 10 http://i31.servimg.com/u/f31/12/91/28/05/purple10.jpg http://lousloonies.forumandco.com/technique-of-the-week-f44/-t1.htm http://lousloonies.forumandco.com/technique-of-the-week-f44/metal-embellishments-t1202.htm Maria This is a good free one girls, if you've got a cuttlebug. Take an empty washed coke can (or similar) and cut the top and bottom off, cut up the seam, being careful not to cut yourselves and flatten it out into a strip of thin metal. The metal is thin enough to cut by hand but difficult to do anything fiddly with. The breakthrough was finding you can put this through the cuttlebug and it cuts fine (if its an intricate design I would roll it back again too). This means you can make a whole ... TECHNIQUE OF THE WEEK Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:32:18 GMT http://lousloonies.forumandco.com/technique-of-the-week-f44/metal-embellishments-t1202.htm#30125 http://lousloonies.forumandco.com/technique-of-the-week-f44/metal-embellishments-t1202.htm http://lousloonies.forumandco.com/technique-of-the-week-f44/wax-paper-and-your-cuttlebug-t1957.htm Lorraine You can make your own backgrounds by embossing waxed paper. You may have to experiment with your card as some work better than others. 1. Load up your cuttlebug as normal and using a sheet of waxed paper in your folder instead of card, emboss it. (you may need a shim to get a good impression). 2. Heat a DRY iron to hot. Put the wax paper onto your chosen cardstock and cover with a sheet of scrap copy paper. Iron over this until you see the wax pattern appear on your scrap. 3. ... TECHNIQUE OF THE WEEK Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:56:30 GMT http://lousloonies.forumandco.com/technique-of-the-week-f44/wax-paper-and-your-cuttlebug-t1957.htm#46467 http://lousloonies.forumandco.com/technique-of-the-week-f44/wax-paper-and-your-cuttlebug-t1957.htm http://lousloonies.forumandco.com/technique-of-the-week-f44/textured-letters-t1086.htm Lorraine No pics, just an idea. Cut some letters/numbers with your die cutting equipment, then run them through a cuttlebug embossing folder. (or cut letters from an already embossed piece of card). Lightly swipe an inkpad across the embossing to highlight the detail and then, if you choose, finish off with a coat of Diamond Glaze. There you go - textured, decorated letters for your LO's or cards. TECHNIQUE OF THE WEEK Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:32:59 GMT http://lousloonies.forumandco.com/technique-of-the-week-f44/textured-letters-t1086.htm#27282 http://lousloonies.forumandco.com/technique-of-the-week-f44/textured-letters-t1086.htm http://lousloonies.forumandco.com/technique-of-the-week-f44/resist-embossing-t936.htm Lorraine An oldie but a goodie this one. With normal resist you often get colours on your base, but with this method you retain the nice sharp white base. Stamp and heat emboss your card with Versamark and clear embossing powder. Using your inks (distress inks are best, but you can use others) colour your card as you choose. Your embossing may get slightly discoloured. Now, take a clean sheet of paper, cover your card and with a hot, DRY iron, iron over your image ... TECHNIQUE OF THE WEEK Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:23:22 GMT http://lousloonies.forumandco.com/technique-of-the-week-f44/resist-embossing-t936.htm#22919 http://lousloonies.forumandco.com/technique-of-the-week-f44/resist-embossing-t936.htm