OH THANK HEAVEN...

for video Day Seven!

{Actually, thank heaven for Brenda, who helped me by doing this episode!}

It's Monday, and we're on the downhill side of our journey...

WHEW!

Brenda did a fun little project, that I think kids would love helping you with. She is "shizzling" acrylic tags with her Epic, an embossing folder and her stash of Stickles.

Here are some photographs to help you get a better close-up peek.

She started with a boring ol' snowflake shape, {her Clear Scraps acrylic tags came this shape, she did NOT cut them}

And using this Embossing Folder she ran it through her Epic Six using the DARK GREY embossing platform.

Then from the de-bossed, or back side, she filled in the swirls with Stickles.

Here is one she took a step farther, by using Stickles to literally smear over the area that is the hat!

ATTENTION*WARNING*TAKE NOTICE*...The acrylic tags she used are from a company called "Clear Scraps". These tags are thin - just a bit thicker than the plastic from a QK package. This is flexible acrylic. It is not, I REPEAT NOT, the hard acrylic that is used for acrylic album pages. I do not want to get an email from someone who tried to force feed a rigid piece of acrylic into their Epic.

This is thin, flexible, acrylic. THIN I tell you!

In fact, if you can get your QK packaging die-cut into shapes {I go to my LSS and use their big steel ruled dies and their machines and it cuts like buttah!} this is a great way to recycle all of your packaging. I personally do not try to use my QK dies to die-cut my QK packaging. Too hard on the "blade" and a bit dulling, I fear...*WARNING OVER, THANK YOU!*

Now that we've established that you are not going to force your Epic to do something it wasn't meant to do - I hope you'll try this. I think kids would have a blast making up some package tags or ornaments for their friends. My daughter has already picked out the teal and black Stickles she is going to use for embossed snowflakes for her friends.

Dani has an AMAZING price for Stickles - the Distressed are only $2.25, the Glitters are only $1.75 and the Ices are $3.19. WOW-EE! If you're brand new to Stickles, any of the following would be great holiday colors...

Ruby Slippers {red}
Champagne {a gorgeous gold}
Silver {guess!}
Magenta {deep, dark red}
Lime {you saw this one coming}
Picket Fence {opaque white}
Pine Needles {dark evergreen}
Frosted Lace {love this one, icy clear}

This is a quick and easy project. I think I'm going to make up some wine bottle tags. The other great thing? MAILABLE! Love it!

Thanks Brenda for helping me out this week!

If you have any questions about embossing thin, flexible acrylic, please leave us a comment here and we'll get back to you with a comment answer. If you've got another idea for using this technique - I hope you'll share that as well.

Tomorrow morning, "12 VQKX" LIVE! at 10:00 am MST. {That's 9:00 am in California, 10:00 am in Colorado, 11:00 am in Texas and noon in Florida}. I hope you can join me then. Especially if you're planning a holiday get-together, yet this month. Party items galore tomorrow that you won't want to miss!

I'm here for your habit...

Comments

[Karen W]

I just love this project. I actually did this a couple of weeks ago as my ornament for a swap with some SL Divas!

You can take you Gold or Silver pens and color in the debossed side as well.

I used a blue Copic Marker just to give it a hint of color.

Karen

[Lara]

Cute Brenda! I'm off to raid my stash of acrylic and gather my stickles. The kids will love this...and so will I...it's a great simple, yet not to messy kid project!!

[LollyChops]

I did this same method just two weeks ago at my LSS! I was totally blown away by how cool it was!

They had us cover one side of the tags with alcohol inks and they were stunning! I am going to have to try using stickles next!

Thanks for the great tutorial!

[leia]

So beautiful Brenda! Love them, can you make me 20 snowflakes - with glitter?? LOL
/Veronica

[Maureen]

So cute - love the idea of adding the stickles !!

[Vicki]

Very cute and easy project. Thanks for sharing it Brenda.
Vicki

[Marilyn623]

I do want to try this! I have my accucut at school and lots of dies to try! Now I need to save the plastic packaging that I can never cut off without poking my fingers! (i.e. cricut cartidges) Thanks Brenda!

[Dania]

Love it. Thank you Brenda. And Susan thanks for the warning. I starting watching before I read and the entire time I was wondering what kind of acrylic she used.

Real cute project.