An Introduction To Me and My First Tutorial. How to Make Embossing Folders

Well hello there. It's nice to see. I'm Lel, and this is my blog.

This is my first post, of what will hopefully be many. It will be a place to share some tutorials, do some writing, and enter some crafty challenges.

As I write my first post to tell you a little about myself, its currently snowing in Peterborough, UK. I'm cuddled up on the sofa with my lovely husband, who also has our six month old boy cuddled into him asleep. We've got the radio on, and although its February tomorrow, it feels a little bit like Christmas should, but without the chaos.

So that's a little about me for those of you who might be interested, but for those of you who want the good stuff, here it comes. My very first tutorial EVER. And its a good one if I do say so myself.

How To Make Your Own Embossing Folders.

I'm addicted to embossing folders. I treated myself to the A4 Xcut machine at Christmas because of the beautiful A4 folders there are out there. But now I'm finding that there are so many that I need, that being able make them to match my cards is even more fun (and a good way to recycle too).

You will need:

Die cutting/embossing machine. I've used the Xcut, but you could do in others.

Sandwich plates for machine.

Cereal box cardboard

Dies

Double sided tape

And card to emboss onto.


1- Use the cereal box, so die cut the shapes that you want for your embossing folder. For this folder I have used a feather design from Hero Arts. If you can cut them out in a nice neat order, you also leave yourself with a nice mask/stencil too.

 I put them through the machine using the base plate and cutting plate, and on setting 5, and ran it through forwards, back, and forward again to make sure I had a fantastic cut.

2- Once you have enough pieces cut to fill the size you want, then lay them out in the design that works best for you. I went for three in the middle, and filled the gaps in from there.

 

3- Time to see how it works. Lay the folder on your base plate, and lay your card on top of that, before finishing with the cutting plate. I've used a thick card here to just create the debossed impression.

 

4- And voilà! Now it just needs putting to use on a card.


Hope some of you find this useful. Come back and share yours too.

Lel x