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“Joe & Lorene”
by Beth Madland for Fiskars

For this project I altered the look of the border punch and created my own background paper.

Materials Needed
  Fiskars Border Punch - Greek Key Design
  Fiskars Paper Trimmer
  Making Memories Simply Stated Rub-on Letters
  Two pieces of 12x12 cardstock – black
  On piece of 12x12 hand-made paper – gold
  3M Black Photo Corners
  3M Photo Square Adhesives
  3M Adhesive Tape Pen
  Embossing ink pad or tube of embossing ink
  Ranger’s Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel – clear
  Gold pigment powder
  Heat embossing tool
 
Instructions
  1. Punch the 12 inch length of black cardstock using a Fiskars border punch.
  2. Trim the punched border leaving a ¼ inch strip of black paper along the border.
  3. In a paper cup mix ¼ cup of Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE) with a teaspoon of gold pigment powder. You may need more depending on how much you plan to emboss.
  4. On a piece of scrap paper ink 1/3 of the border strip with the embossing ink pad or ink tube. I did sections of the strip so the embossing ink wouldn’t dry before I had a chance to add the UTEE mixture.
  5.  Place the wet strip on another piece of scrap paper and pour the UTEE mixture on the wet portion of the border strip. Tap off the excess and pour the remaining UTEE mixture back in the cup.
  6. Turn on the heat embossing tool and direct the heat to the side of the border strip with the UTEE mixture. After a few seconds the mixture will bubble and settle. If you’d like a thicker coating repeat steps 4 - 6 on top of the cooled UTEE mixture at least two times. I only heat embossed my border strips one time.
  7. Create as many border strips as you choose to create the background paper for this scrapbook page.
  8. Cut a three-inch strip of gold 12x12 handmade paper. Create the title “Joe & Lorene” using the Making Memories Simply Stated Rub-on alphabet. Adhere the title to the left side of a 12 x 12 sheet of black cardstock. Adhere as many embossed border strips evenly along the rest of the black cardstock to create a “wall paper” effect.
  9. Matte a focal photo using 3M black photo corners.
  10. Adhere the photo to the page using 3M photo square adhesives.
Sponsor by: Fiskars



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