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Tutorial | DIY Letterpress Plates

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If you have these two old school crafting supplies hanging around you can make your own letterpress plates! So go dig out your manual die-cutting machine, and some shrinky dink plastic, and try this technique out. I can’t get over … Read More...

Technique: Faux Letterpressing

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Technique: Faux Letterpressing

Letterpressing is a lovely but sometimes messy process and you might not have all  the “proper” tools for the job. Not too worry, you can achieve similarly stunning results using your embossing folders. Add metallic ink directly onto the plastic … Read More...

Technique: Embossing with Wood

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I always look at clever paper crafting ideas and say to myself “Now why couldn’t I have thought of that?” 🙂 Here’s one of those ideas, using a thin wooden embellishment to emboss with instead of an embossing folder, how … Read More...