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*"Critter" Scrapbook Page by Beth Madland*
Materials Needed
		Fiskars Shapeboss
		Fiskars Shapeboss Critter stencil set
		Fiskars Bugs three in one corner punch
		Fiskars Honeycomb texture plate
		Fiskars Paper Trimmer
		Copper colored foil or thin meta
		Four brass colored eyelets
		Cream cardstock
		Tan decorative paper
		12x12 sheet of Rust cardstock
		Copper colored wire

Instructions
	1.	Attach honeycomb texture plate to ShapeBoss.
	2.	Place a piece of copper colored foil face down on texture plate. Use embossing tool and rub the plate back and forth until the honeycomb texture reveals itself. Continue this design so a large piece of copper foil has texture.
	3.	Matte the picture on cream cardstock and then onto the copper foil that has texture. Place this on the tan decorative paper (that you’ve trimmed on each side by ¼ of an inch). Do not adhere the picture to the mattes yet.
	4.	Remove the texture plate and assemble the Critter Stencil set on the ShapeBoss.
	5.	Place the copper foil in between the two stencils making sure the copper side of the foil is face down. Use embossing tool and gently emboss around the edge of the dragonfly and butterfly designs.
	6.	Remove the foil and trim each design – leaving 1/8 of an inch of foil around the design.
	7.	Curl four pieces of copper colored wire into small antlers for the butterfly and the dragon fly.
	8.	Adhere two antlers to each design and place on the page.
	9.	Take strips of foil and crumple them in your hands. Wrap the strips of foil along the edge of each side the tan decorative paper. Adhere the tan paper to the rust paper with adhesive.
	10.	Take a strip of copper colored foil and wrap it around the corner of the picture. You are creating photo corners. Make four of these. Before trimming the corner – place the corner in the Bugs three in one corner punch. Punch out the design. Trim the photo corners and place corner of each picture in each photo corner.
	11.	Create a title and use eyelets to adhere the title to the bottom of the page.
		Some Tips:
	1.	Embossing on foil or metal can be tricky. The best advice is emboss slowly and don’t push too hard – you may punch through the foil.
	2.	Using the three in one corner punches are easy. To make sure I’ve inserted the corner of my paper all of the way I turn the punch over and check to make sure it’s centered.
	3.	Use small clear adhesive rectangles (often used with vellum) when adding adhesive to metal. The larger white square adhesives tend to show through the foil over time. I try to use as little adhesive with the metals and foils as possible.
Sponsor: Fiskars