Altered Foam Thickers
For my tip/technique this week I thought I'd share a bit about altering foam Thickers.
First, gather your supplies. You will need: Foam Thickers, waxed paper, a background stamp, Versamark, an embossing gun.
Wet your stamp with the Versamark, this will keep it from sticking to the Thickers and ruining your stamp or the Thickers.
Place your desired letters onto waxed paper. This retains their stickiness while allowing you to work away from your finished project. Heat the Thickers until they begin to curl (sorry for the lousy picture but you get the idea). As you can see I practiced on an "x" first.
Immediately press your wet stamp into the letters, pressing firmly for a minute or so. If you do not like the result you can gently heat the letter and stamp it again.
You will notice your altered Thickers is slightly smaller than the original.
Here is the card I made using my altered Thickers and the Pagemap's sketch that TSF posted for the National Card Making Day challenge, along with a close up shot of the letters.
For my tip/technique this week I thought I'd share a bit about altering foam Thickers.
First, gather your supplies. You will need: Foam Thickers, waxed paper, a background stamp, Versamark, an embossing gun.
Wet your stamp with the Versamark, this will keep it from sticking to the Thickers and ruining your stamp or the Thickers.
Place your desired letters onto waxed paper. This retains their stickiness while allowing you to work away from your finished project. Heat the Thickers until they begin to curl (sorry for the lousy picture but you get the idea). As you can see I practiced on an "x" first.
Immediately press your wet stamp into the letters, pressing firmly for a minute or so. If you do not like the result you can gently heat the letter and stamp it again.
You will notice your altered Thickers is slightly smaller than the original.
Here is the card I made using my altered Thickers and the Pagemap's sketch that TSF posted for the National Card Making Day challenge, along with a close up shot of the letters.
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