Embossed Chipboard (with a little resist)

So I sat down to work on some projects yesterday and I wanted to do a cool technique...try some new things.  I had never embossed chipboard before, so that is where I started.  I bought a few embossing folders for the Cuttlebug and wanted to try them out.  Note: I do not have a Cuttlebug.  :)

Here's how to emboss chipboard:

1.  Using a spray bottle, get your chipboard wet.  

I did experiment with this, and it works much better with wet chipboard.  here's a picture of two pieces of chipboard.  The first one was embossed as normal (dry) and the second one I sprayed with water before embossing.  I am sure you can see the difference.  

2.  Place your piece of chipboard in the middle of your embossing folder.  

3.  Roll through your machine (if you have one).

*  I used my Quickutz Revolution for this.

*  You can use a rolling pin and roll over the embossing folder to emboss.

  *  Apparently you can even use a pasta maker to roll your embossing folder thru.  :)

4.  Your chipboard is now embossed.  If it is wet, allow it to dry before doing anything else with it.  

Now, just for fun...let's heat emboss your dry embossed chipboard.  :)  

Heat Embossing:

*  This helps your pattern stand out a bit more.

1.  Using my Versamark pad (a watermark ink pad), I rubbed it over my image, trying to just get the raised parts.  

2.  I poured clear embossing powder on my piece of chipboard.  

3.  I poured off excess onto a piece of paper and then back into my container.  

4.  *tip* I took a small paintbrush, and in the areas where I didn't want it to emboss but there was some powder I gently wiped it off.  

4.  I used my heat gun to heat emboss it.  

Now, because we haven't done enough techniques, let's throw in a little emboss resist.  :)

Emboss Resist:

1.  Taking my chipboard that is already heat embossed.  I simply sprayed glimmer mist on it.  (You have heard of doing this with regular ink, I wanted to try it with glimmer mist and it worked great!)

2.  Using a kleenex I wiped of the chipboard (it takes the ink of the embossed parts).  

Easy, schmeasy.  :)  

Variations:

This is the piece of chipboard heat embossed with clear powder (with no ink):

This is a piece of chipboard heat embossed with clear powder and then sprayed with pink glimmer mist:

This is a piece of chipboard that is heat embossed with colored powder and then sprayed with brown glimmer mist:

I really had a lot of fun playing with this.  :)  Here are a couple finished projects using my pieces of chipboard...

In the ScrapLovers Store:

Chipboard

Chipboard from Maya Road (my favorite)

Embossing Powders

More Embossing Powder

Glimmer Mist

Versamark Pad (this is not the regular pad I used but a special "champagne" pad)

Embossing Folders

Supplies for "Thank You So Much" card:

Cardstock--Archivers, Patterned Paper--Making Memories, Stamp and Ink--Stampin' Up!, Chipboard--Maya Road, Cuttlebug Embossing Folders, Embossing Powders--Stampin' Up!, Glimmer Mist--Tattered Angels, 3D Paint--Scribbles, Twill--DCWV

Supplies for "So Big" layout:

Papers--Graphic45, Sassafras Lass, Jenni Bowlin, Stamp--Catslife Press, Ink--Stampin' Up!, Chipboard--Maya Road, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Embossing Powder--Stampin' Up!, Black Rhinestones--Marcella by K, Flower--Prima, Chipboard Journaling Spot--Sassafras Lass, Felt Letters--American Crafts, Decorative Tape--Prima, Lace and Button--vintage, Thread--DMC.