Today we were treated to a lovely session with Grace from Creative Minds, embossing pieces of metal foil. If you would like to have a go at this, we made a tutorial which can be found below…
Embossing Tutorial
1. Place a sheet of metal foil on a cork tile or similar surface.
2. Tape a design over the top.
3. Trace the design using a ball point pen, hard pencil or embossing tool. If you prefer, you could freehand your own design.
4. When your design has been traced and debossed into the metal, remove the paper and turn the metal over to reveal the embossed design.
5. Use a metal ruler to help you turn the sharp edges of the metal and fold them to make a smooth straight border that makes your work a little more rigid.
6. To double emboss, use an embossing tool to carefully deboss both sides of every embossed line.
7. Enjoy your finished piece of embossed art!
In our session today we had a choice of silver, copper and gold coloured foils to use and a variety of pictures we could trace. Some of us felt brave enough to work freehand on designs.
Below are some examples of our work created today with thanks to Grace from Creative Minds.
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