Try this fun faux embossing technique and take your cards to the next level.
Ever wanted a dry embossed background to go with your main image and were unable to find what you wanted? That’s what inspired this background. Our designer Julie wanted some texture but did not want it take over, just a little something extra. She set out to make a “faux embossed” background using the same die she used for the main image and we love how it turned out. Julie said, “I made this a Thanksgiving card, but it would easy to swap out the greeting for a birthday or just fall.” Perfection! Follow along and see how Julie made a perfect faux embossed sunflower greeting card.
- To make my card, I die cut 4 sunflowers & their centers out of vanilla & glued them to a matching piece of card stock.
- You can see a tutorial I did on this process of Faux Embossing
- Then I die cut it w/ the second largest of the rounded stitch rectangles.
- I also ran it through the embossing cycle to fuse the sunflowers to the matching background. This gives the impression of an embossed background.
- Then the sunflower & all its parts were die cut out of yellows, brown, rust & greens and glued together. I also attached a layer of card board behind it to elevate it & give it strength.
- The greeting was put together by cutting out the just the stamped Thanksgiving part & then die cutting the Greetings. Both are also popped up one layer.
- It’s all attached to a piece of designer paper.
