Waxed Paper Cuttlebug Embossing

Supplies needed: Cuttlebug or other embossing machine, embossing folders, glossy card stock, waxed paper, iron, craft sheet, brayer, ink pads (rainbow if possible)



Run the waxed paper through your embossing folder


Take a piece of glossy card and place it gloss faced up


Place your embossed piece of waxed paper on top of the glossy card


Now place another piece of glossy card on top, gloss side faced down. So you should have a sandwich of glossy card, waxed paper and glossy card. The glossy sides should be in contact with the waxed paper


Using a warm iron, iron your sandwich. You should get a feel for when it's done as the card will 'slip' due to the wax being transferred from the paper onto the glossy card


You will end up with your waxed paper which has lost its wax, and a negative and positive of the pattern on the glossy sides of your card stock


Ink up a brayer, preferably a rainbow one


And brayer your glossy card - I used the Kaledicolor bouquet ink pad for this one


The Kaledicolor birthstone ink pad for this one


The woodlands Adirondack ink pad for this one


The Adirondack rueberry ink pad on this one, but I also used a babywipe to wipe away some of the ink

Cuttlebug Embossing with Distressed Inks

Supplies needed: Cuttlebug (or other embossing machine), small embossing plates, card stock, distressed inks, cut n dry foam or a sponge



Place your embossing folder at an angle on your card stock. Run it through your embossing machine


Do this several times at different angles until you are happy with the design


Take a distress ink pad and swipe it over the top of the card stock. It will catch all the raised bits




Take your cut n dry and colour the background around the embossed pattern






If you turn the card stock over you can do exactly the same to the other side but you get a reverse of the pattern, so the ink catches more of the background and leaves the pattern white




Take your piece of card stock and screw it up


Unfold it, and you should have some nice creases




Take another colour distressed ink pad and swipe it over your card stock


Continue adding colour until you are happy with with it


You can do the same to the other side


You can tear the card stock into suitable pieces to add to your creations or leave it as it is to use as a background