E.T. Collection

Still on the handmade cards craze, here's my E.T. Collection. (E.T. = Embossed T)

Embossing looks great and its not that difficult to do, provided you use big letters. The more letters you have, the smaller the letters you have, the tougher it gets to make it look good. But if you stick to simple, large letters, the effect can be very nice.

Why "T"? Cause it was near Teacher's Day, cause it could double up as a "Thank You" card, or a "You're Terrific" card. T is easy and versatile.

Using a thick cardboard, cut out the shape of the letter you wish to emboss.
Make it into a sort of stencil.

Place the cardboard stencil over the front of the paper you wish to emboss.



Turn over to the backside of the paper, and using a blunt instrument, press the paper into the cardboard stencil.
I advise some trial practice run before you emboss on the nice paper you have in mind.
For demonstration purpose, i'm recycling by using a property brochure.



Once you've pressed down the backside of the paper, turn over to the front side and Tadah!
Like i said, it does take a bit of practice.

So finally after a few practice rounds, i'm ready to emboss on my nice white paper.
Somehow i think embossing on snow white paper looks great!
This has pink apples falling from the "T".



This just reminds me of Apple logo. I wanted to give this card to my friend who's an Apple fan.



Pretty yellow polka dotted ribbon.

White on black polka dots flower cut out.
I just punch out the flower shape using a shape paper cutter, and pasted my polka dot ribbon underneath.

 



Using shaped paper cutter, i punched out the floral shapes and pasted different coloured ribbons underneath.



Gold butterflies fluttering over "T".

White floral cut out pasted on white paper with gold butterflies. My personal favourite.

The E.T. Collection

Using one single embossed "T" as the base design, and thereafter, the possibilities are endless with whatever scrape materials you have lying around.