I needed to make a few cards yesterday, since I never replied to any Christmas mail, so I assembled the doings for embossing.
Took ages to find the burnishers, hiding among other art materials. I always forget how small they are.
So here's how you do it
Plain cardstock over stencil held to window, just run the burnishers steadily around the edges of the cutouts.
Card and matching envelope flap. Done. No artistic skill required. But it's very pleasing.
You can use a light box too, but I find the window in daytime easier. Also I've taught groups of kids, easy to have them spread out around classroom windows.
And they don't need fancy burnishers. A blunt knitting needle, even a pencil, if you don't mind pencil markings on the back. Kids usually don't, they're so excited about the embossing. Maybe this is one to show Kira, little nextdoor visiting grandchild, come to think of it.
Speaking of fun, here's a medieval scribe with a sense of humor
Happy day everyone! Enjoy making something, or thinking about it if that's your speed. I started my day with this
Love the medieval cat flap doodle!
ReplyDeleteCool, isn't it? Old mss. have loads of sneaky jokes in them, caricatures hiding in illuminated letters, all that.
DeleteYou have a million talents! Embossing and pancakes being two of them.
ReplyDeleteBoth fun, too.
DeleteWow, I'd never have thought of doing my own embossing. The medieval cat cartoon is a great discovery! It's fun to see what entertained someone more than 500 years ago.
ReplyDeleteSurprisingly often its similar to what we find funny now.
DeleteI had no idea that's how it's done! The cat flap....😄 Mark has been hinting at pancakes, maybe. My making today is stock with a ham bone.
ReplyDeletePancakes are fast food! Maybe he'll get a surprise breakfast.
DeleteNice to know that we cats had human attention even way back then and were regarded for more than just our rodent controlling skills. Nice embossing - might tell F to try some -a cat shape perhaps. xxx Mr T
ReplyDeleteHarking back to yesterday - I'm a beet fan, most commonly grating and sautéing them. It brings out the sweetness. Then I might add a dab of yogurt.
ReplyDeleteI used to rub pencil over object under paper, never realized it was embossing - it was thrilling to see the image appear.
Americans in general (and I think this is true in most cultures) speak so fast. I wonder why?
Chris from Boise
PS I agree with all on the cat flap - someone had a good sense of humor and perspective.
That's not embossing, which is a raised blank image. It's frottage. Also fun though.
DeleteIt's the middle west which baffles me most. When I lived there I was always trying to find out what was the crucial word because that's the one that was snapped out fastest.
I don't think Americans in general speak as fast as I did long ago, before I modified my speed to be intelligible to my high school students. But it was emphasis that mattered, where the speed happened.
About beets: it's the sweetness I don't like until it's knocked down with vinegar.
DeleteFrottage - there is no end to what I learn from you!
DeleteSo many crafts. So little time
ReplyDeleteIt keeps the hands busy and the mind active.
I think today will definitely be a craft day. If I can decide which one I want to do
You're in a good position, being able to choose which skill today.
DeleteYouse am da boss, and de embossah too.
ReplyDeleteYou might know I'd like something with boss in it!
DeleteYou just reminded of brass rubbings which I hadn't though of in years. Completely different from embossing but there you go.
ReplyDeleteCats have always gone wherever they want to go and I guess they were no different in 1485.
Brass rubbings, and gravestone rubbings, are frottage, which is just a fancy word for rubbing!
DeleteOur grandkids would love making cards that way, Boud. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteLet us know how they do! Happy to give you an idea.
DeleteNice to see you're feeling up to doing something creative. And fun to see the cat/flap from so long ago. Proves that cats ruled even then.
ReplyDeleteI also love seeing ancient kitty footprints in thousands years old clay tiles.
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