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!!

For all you Metal Heads out there, come join our new Yahoo Group!  TenSecondsStudio Yahoo Group

Come play and learn with us!!!!!

C Ya Soon!