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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Is There Such a Thing as Cheating in Art??????

Yippie!!!!  I got to play with my new toy!!  I ordered an Embossing Kit for my Cricut Expression!  I was hopeful that it would work well on the Ten Seconds Studio metal..... I am NOT disappointed!!! :)  I think it turned out great!  I feel like I'm cheating!! LOL!! :)
I ordered it here:  Chomas Creations
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I know there are those out there that say you can emboss by turning your blade upside down.  But, because I plan on embossing metal A LOT, I wanted a dedicated tool for that purpose.  To me, this is worth the money!  The embossing cartridge is very sturdy and the mat worked great!! 
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Here is my first attempt and I'm very pleased!!!!
I wanted to make a card for my daughter's friend who just had to put her doggie down yesterday.  She was very attached to the poor poochie, so I hope this will remind her that "All Dogs go to Heaven".  (I'll post my final card when I get it done)
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First, I found this cute image online:
Then I converted the image in Inkscape to a file to import into SCAL to cut with my Expression. 
(SCAL is a third party software program you can use with your Cricut to cut out shapes.  You are not longer restricted to images on the cartridges)
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I set the program to Multi-Cut 3 times.  I think 2 would have been enough, but 3 certainly did not hurt anything!! :)
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Here is a close up of the back of the metal after the machine got done embossing.

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Here is what the front looked like after I took it out of the machine.
Notice the roller marks on the image.  These are very superficial and I was able to easily erase them. 




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Here is the image after I refined it.  Terrible pic, but you can see that the roller marks are no where to be seen! :)  


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Here is the image trimmed and sanded.  I think it turned out cute, don't you??!!  :)


Tellin' ya, loving this gizmo!!!!  I really think I'll be using it A LOT!!
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Come play and learn with us!!!!!
C Ya Soon!

7 comments:

  1. Susan,
    congratulations! Love how it resulted after sanding. Design looks more cute.
    Thx for sharing and for your encouragement( still didn't try mmy Amy kit here).
    best,
    paulo
    http://scale-files.blogspot.com/

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  2. Oh it looks AWESOME!!!! I SO can't wait to get my from Cri-Kits!!!!!

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  3. This is just adorable! I loooove it!

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  4. This is so awesome-I have been wanting to get back into using my cricut again-using the machine to emboss metals will give me the incentive I need to get it out of its case again. :-D

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  5. Wow, what a great idea! I think I like this effect better than the gel pens.

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  6. Susan, I have been putting off getting this tool. I have Amy's marker holders...LOVE those!

    Love this doggy!

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  7. Susan...you are an enabler!!! Lovely work! I think I have to have it too!
    Thanks for sharing!
    Marie

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