Quick Tip Tuesday - Patch Me

Welcome to this week's Quick Tip Tuesday!  Do any of you have children that seems to wear holes in all the knees of their pants?  Well, I have avoided them until this year with my eldest boy, he has put holes in the knees of 90% of his pants.  Being on a budget, I can't afford a whole new wardrobe of pants.  So, I decided to use my fabric stash, Heat n Bond, and my Big Shot to make my own patches.

1.  Pants that need a patch.

2.  Adhered "Heat n Bond Ultra Hold" to my fabric.

3.  Select Big Shot Die and run fabric through. 

4.  Viola, you will have home made patches.

5.  Peel backing off fabric and iron on patch to pants.

6.  Finished pants.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, I have several more pants to go:)  Please come by and check out our Wednesday winners.

Happy Crafting,

Melanie

Quick Tip Tuesday - Embossing Folder Resist

Welcome back to "Quick Tip Tuesday" at FFCB, today quick tip is on how to use your embossing folders in a new way called Emboss Resist.  This will allow you to customize where you want your embossing to show up.  You will need several layers of thin cardboard, glue, temporary adhesive, embossing folder and a Big Shot or Cuttlebug.

First, figure out a shape or area that you don't want embossed on a card.  Cut that out on several layers of this cardboard and glue together.  (I used 3 layers of the cardboard that comes with the DSP from Stampin Up).

Next pick your embossing folder and place it where you would like the your resisted space to be and mark edges with a pencil.

Using a temporary adhesive at the corners to allow the embossing folder not to slip.  This is great if you are making multiples of the same card, so you will have a consistent result.

Place your embossing folder on marks you did earlier.

Add paper to embossing folder, be sure to make sure it is centered.

You will need to select "Tab 2" on the Big Shot your custom emboss resist folder and one clear plate on top.  Run it through the Big Shot.

Here is what it looks like after it has been embossed.

This is a finished monogrammed card I made with this technique.

Here is a quick video where I learned about this emboss resist technique.

I hope you enjoyed this week's tip and be sure to check back tomorrow for our Wednesday Winners.
Happy Crafting,


Melanie

Quick Tip Tuesday - Embossed Fabric

Hello everyone and welcome to Quick Tip Tuesday!  For today's quick tip, I was inspired by a wedding I attended this weekend.  So I decided to give embossing fabric a try.  Wedding dresses are so beautiful and I had some white satin fabric in my fabric stash that I thought would be great to make a card with.

Here is what you need satin fabric, big shot, & die.

I layered four pieces of white satin fabric and ran it through the big shot with the scallop die.

Once your fabric is cut out and separated you give them a good coat of hair spray.  This will help stiffen the fabric up to hold the embossing.  I am sure that you could use fabric stiffener as well, but I didn't have any on hand.  

 Next, we are ready to place all four layers of fabric in the desired embossing folder.  

Run it through the big shot and this is the result you should get.  I love the shine and texture.

Here is the card I made for the wedding.   Check out my blog to learn more details on how I made it.

Be sure to come back tomorrow when we announce the Wednesday Winners.

Melanie