Tips for Embossing with Spellbinders Dies

All November long we have focused on embossing.  This week we turn out attention to cut and emboss dies.  As you already know I am a huge fan of Spellbinders dies.  I am a fan because they are so versatile.

Included in today's blog post is a bonus video, it includes tips for getting the best possible emboss using low-profile dies.

Project #1-December Weekly Title Page
This year I am creating a December Daily album for the 1st time.  Actually it is a December Weekly album.  I do not have enough activities for a daily album, plus it be quicker for me to do weekly then daily.  I may also add Thanksgiving and New Years to the album....we shall see.  It is a work in progress right now.

I will be posting my foundation pages once they are done. I hold out little hope that I will have mine completed by the end of December.  I am hoping for the end of January. :)

Supplies: Dies (Spellbinders/Medallions 8, Tim Holtz/Tattered Banner & Ticket Border), stamps (Tim Holtz), star template, embossing ink and powder, pattern paper (Basic Grey), card stock, ink, sewing machine, Bind-it-All, stickers and white pen.

Project #2: December Weekly-Weekly Pages
This is one of my weekly foundation pages.  There are 4 days on the front and 3 days on the back.  The only mistake I made is using stickers instead of stamps for the numbers of the days.

UGGG!!! Finding that many 1's and 2's was quite a challenge.  So they do not match.  Kinda like the rest of my life.

Supplies:  Dies (Spellbinders/Charm Dies), Stamps (Just Rite Stampers), pattern paper (Basic Grey), journaling paper (Project Life), sticker letters, ink, tag punch (Martha Stewart) and oval die (Spellbinders).

Project #3-Thanksgiving Printer's Tray 
I love printer's trays.  But you already knew that....the whole world knows that.  Rest assured, I only have one or two out at a time.  I imagine it might seem like my house is filled with altered trays. LOL!  Not quite.

I still have a lot of work to on this tray and I am looking forward to it.  A wonderful escape during my 'vacation' next week.  I will have my husband and son home all week, by Tuesday I will someplace to hide. This should be a great stress relief for the coming chaos.

This piece includes the items from the 4 Project Challenge.  Be sure to sign up for our newsletter to see how I made this and other projects this week.

Supplies:  Die and Stamp (Sizzix), burlap paper (DCWV), metal key, wood banner, text stamp, ribbon, brads, stain (Tim Holtz), twine, brads, floss and ink.

Bonus Video-Getting a Great Emboss with Spellbinders Dies

The video below includes tips for embossing with Spellbinders dies.  Since the dies are so thin it is sometimes hard to get a good emboss.  In fact, it was a challenge to emboss with the dies and actually have you see the emboss on the video.  The emboss on the 1st two samples are difficult to see, but by samples 3 and 4 you can definitely see the emboss.  As I progress through the samples the embossing gets deeper and deeper.

If you want to see the video of how I created these projects, be sure to sign up for our newsletter.  In the newsletter on Monday, 11/24/2014 I will be sending out my process video.  Included in the video are steps for creating the medallion from my December Weekly Title Page

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Next week we are officially on vacation for Thanksgiving.  If you celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you are able to enjoy the company of friends and family and food. :)
Jeri'