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Tuesday Tutorial – Adding Texturz to your life!

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It’s Spike with you today on this Tuesday Tutorial to show you how to add more Texturz to your life! I’m talking about the Sizzix Texturz Texture Embossing Plates! They’ve been around for a while and on to Kit #19 now. Many haven’t heard of them. Many aren’t sure how to use them. Sooo, let’s get to it! 😀

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In each “kit” there are 3 Texturz plates with a different design on each side, which would give you 6 patterns in total and at the time of this blog post, they’re selling for $11.99 per kit which is quite a deal! That’s under a toonie for each pattern!!!

Side 1
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Side 2
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One great advantage is that pattern on the plate measures 5 3/4″ (14.5cm) x 7 1/4″ (18.5cm) so you can add texture to a larger area than other conventional ways of embossing!! One thing to remember is that it will only emboss one side of your cardstock, compared to something like the Cuttlebug Embossing folders where it embosses from the top AND bottom creating a deep emboss.

Don’t let that deter you as there are so many different patterns to chose from which is a BIG advantage. Just go check out the Texturz Section! I’ve given cards embossed using these Texturz plates to card makers and they were stumped which Cuttlebug folder I’ve used! 😉 Oh what fun! 😀

For today’s card you’ll need:
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-Sizzix Texturz Texture Plates #17
-Fleur de Lis Shapeabilities Pendants
-Ticket/Tag Corner Punch
-Whitewash Core’dinations Cardstock
-White Cardstock
-Blue Core’dinations Cardstock
-Peggy’s Pretties
-Sanding Block
-Mini Glue Dots
-3D Dots
-White Gel Pen
-Big Shot or Cuttlebug and accessories.

Again as I’ve mentioned before it’s all in the sandwich stack as long as you don’t force anything through your machine. Below are a couple of sandwich “recipes” that may differ from what has been seen elsewhere but these have worked well for me and have produced a nice embossed image.

Sandwich Stacks
Cuttlebug – A Plate, Sizzix Texturz Plate, Cardstock, 2 Tan Embossing Mats*, B Plate.
Big Shot – Multipurpose Platform TAB 1, Sizzix Texturz Plate, Cardstock, Sizzix Silicone Rubber Mat* or Spellbinders Tan Embossing Mat*, Impressions Pad**.
One thing I love about the Big Shot, is that they print all the sandwich stacks right on the multipurpose platform! This “recipe” is on TAB 1.

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* – these are interchangeable only that the Sizzix Silicone Rubber Mat is Larger than the 2pk of the Spellbinders Tan Embossing Mats, you may want a larger mat to use more of the embossing surface when embossing larger pieces
** – a Cutting Pad will work too but it may not provide as deep an emboss as the Impressions Pad

1. Emboss cardstock
I’ll be using Core’dinations Whitewash cardstock which looks like this:

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A coloured piece of cardstock with white on the top, it’s like icing!! (sorry, it looks pink in the photo)  As I want to sand off some of the white, I want to place it white side down on the Texturz Plate then finish the sandwich.

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After running it through, it’s got some texture but may be a little difficult to see in the photo.

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2. Sand it

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3. Cut the corners with the Ticket/Tag Punch

4. Mount onto Blue Core’dinations Cardstock

5. Cut out and emboss Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Pendant (without a centre) from White Cardstock.

6. Mount White Pendant on Texturz background

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7. Cut and emboss the large Pendant and the 2nd largest Pendant together on blue Core’dinations Cardstock

As the dies come separately:

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Stick them on the Spellbinders Magnetic Placement Mat to prevent sliding and use as you would normally.

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To get the large Pendant with the centre cut out:

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and smaller one:

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8. Mount the smaller blue pendant in the middle of the white pendant

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9. Sand the large blue pendant

10. Mount the large blue pendant over top the white pendant using 3D Dots.

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11. Add Peggy’s Pretties using mini glue dots and faux piercing using White Gel Pen

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And there you have it! Sizzix Texturz demystified with a little bit more! I hope you enjoyed today’s Tuesday Tutorial. Thanks for visiting today and as always we love to hear from you!

Love,

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Can’t Get Enough of Those Nestabilities!

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Cards from Crate Paper 5th Avenue Collection

I’ve been making a lot of cards lately and just keep going back to my Nesties to add that little bit of extra interest to the design. I used them on three of the four cards in this set to make the frames and scalloped mat and just loved how easy it was to use them. Before Nestabilities came along you would have had to do a lot of measuring and cutting with a craft knife to make a frame that looked like this which is why I generally avoided them. Not any more! Now I find myself adding frames and scalloped accents to all kinds of projects. I used my Big Shot to cut and emboss with the Nestabilities but you can also used them in your Cuttlebug.

These cards are very quick and easy to make. I used the double-sided papers from the Crate Paper 5th Avenue collection, raven and french vanilla cardstock from Bazzill, flowers, pearls, brads, gems & a little ribbon. The scroll corner accents were cut from raven cardstock with the Sizzlits Architectural Accents set and I used a Quickie glue pen to attach them.  I’ve found that this little pen is the best thing for adding just enough glue to adhere and the pen tip lets you put it on just where you want it. The Nestabilities sets that I used are the Classic Rectangles – Small S4-130 and the Classic Scalloped Rectangles – Small S4-131.

Here’s some pics of the individual cards to show you more detail. Hope they give you some ideas for your own set of cards.

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Card Holder Made with Nestabilities and a Cuttlebug Embossing Combo

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I was trying to think of something different that I could make to dress us the dining table this Thanksgiving when I remembered about a big tub of binder clips that I had bought at Staples a while ago with the intention of making photo holders. Well, life got busy and the photo holders didn’t get done but I decided they would make awesome name card holders for this year’s Thanksgiving dinner.

Here’s what I came up with …

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These were super easy to make. I only used 2 papers from My Mind’s Eye 29th Street Market collection (Woven Together/Girly Green and Sunburst/Golden Rays) to cover the clip and make everything else. Because these papers are double-sided it’s easy to make projects that coordinate beautifully. I used the patterned sides of the papers to cover the clip and for the pumpkin and letters and then used the back side of both sheets for the leaves and cards. This cute little pumpkin embossing set has been sitting on my craft table for a couple of weeks now and I’ve been itching to use it on something. It just seemed like the perfect little accent for this project.

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Here’s how I put them together :

Step 1:

Cut a 2″ wide strip of the plaid paper (approx. 3″ long) and attach it to the binder clip with Scor-Tape. I used Scor-Tape because of the instant bond and it won’t come apart later. Some other double-sided tapes aren’t strong enough to do this.

Step 2:

Cut and emboss the pumpkin in the floral print. Trim off the stem and leaves.  Cut and emboss the stem and leaves plus the top of the pumpkin in green (the back of the plaid paper). Cut and emboss two extra leaves. Attach all the green pieces to the back of the pumpkin with Tombow Mono Aqua. Put two glue dots on the back of the pumkin where they will touch the silver handles on the binder clips. Now cut a thin strip of any of your scrap pieces and attach it over the back of the pumpkin to cover the glue dots and hold everything in place.

Step 3:

Cut and emboss a scallop rectangle from the S4-131 set from the buttercream color which is the back of the floral. I used the largest die. Then cut another rectangle with the S4-142 set from the green color which is the back of the plaid. For this one I used the second smallest die. Layer the green piece on top of the buttercream piece with foam dots, leaving the bottom center open.

Step 4:

Cut the letters for the name using the Sizzix Naturally Serif Alphabet Decorative Strip from the plaid paper and attach to the green scalloped rectangle with a Quickie Glue Pen. I love this little pen for attaching small letters or die cuts. The tip is fine enough that you can put just a little glue where you want it and it doesn’t seep out around the sides. Don’t know how I got by without it! And, if you haven’t used any of the Sizzix Decorative Strips, check them out. They are a super value at just $19.99. Where else can you get a complete alphabet at that price? I love the size because it’s small enough for cards but works on scrapbook pages too.

And that’s it! Slide the name buttercream paper in between the silver handles and you have a personalized place card for your table. Change the papers and the die cuts and you could make these for just about any occasion – Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, birthdays. The possibilities are endless!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this gives you some ideas that you’d like to try.

Supplies :

Paper : 29th Street Market Collection – Woven Together/Girly Green and Sunburst/Golden Rays

Nestabilities : S4-131 Classic Scalloped Rectangles – Small and S4-142 Long Classic Scalloped Rectangles – Large

Cuttlebug : 37-1822 Pumpkin Spice Cut & Emboss Combo

Sizzix : 655112 Naturally Serif Alphabet Decorative Strip

Miscellaneous : 1/2″ Scor-Tape, Mono Aqua glue, 1/4″ Iridescent Ribbon – Rust, Quickie Glue Pen, Binder clips (2″),  Memory Book Glue Dots

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