How To Emboss Mat Board

Put on the cardboard the new sheet of paper that you want to emboss.

How to emboss mat board.

Now with the stylus you should trace on the paper along the edges of the cardboard on the inside of the design. You can use the stylus or embossing tool to make other decorative marks as well such as dots. How to use big shot embossing mat to emboss with your dies. Delete the dummy shape.

Really cool and cheap way to make engraved looking plaques. If you enjoyed this post please be sure to. Lay out your cardstock so the surface you want to emboss on is faced upward. Simply press the tool down onto the metal sheet and lift do not drag the tool over the metal as you would when embossing a line.

You can emboss both sides of the metal sheet to develop stronger contrast between lines. Draw light pencil lines on the front side of the mat board and these are then the start and finish lines. I love hearing from you. Line up your rule against these lines on the right hand side of the mat and using the frameco embossing tool start at the top line and with a firm even pressure draw the tool down towards the finish line it is best to hold the tool at 30 o angle.

Receive a free pdf tutorial when you subscribe to my daily blog updates here. A quick video discussing and showing the sandwiches i used in my big shot express the electric one to emboss mat board for paper crafting with sizzix impression plates and sizzix or cuttlebug. Click for my monthly host code and how you can earn up to a 50 shopping spree with my tulip. This is a quick video to show the sandwich needed to emboss with your dies then see the finished.

Place your cardstock in the middle of the scrap paper. Please leave me your questions or comments below. You should not press too much or you will tear the paper especially on narrow parts instead press a little and repeat a few times. Join my paper pumpkin club and get 3 free pdf tutorials with alternate projects each month.

Draw a dummy shape like a rectangle wider than the page. Set your large piece of scrap paper like a place mat in front of you. Select the dummy shape and object align center to page.