Partial Embossing with Cuttlebug folder
Here are step by step instructions for visual learner. Click on the images for a close up look.
Step 1:
Open your Cuttlebug, place first your A Plate, then a B plate down. Place your cardstock piece (here 4″ square of Whisper White) partially in your cuttlebug folder and place it on top of your plates.
Step 2:
Place another B plate on top of your embossing folder. Run your sandwich through your Cuttlebug.
Step three:
Your cardstock will look like this.
Step four:
If wanted, repeat the first two steps on the opposite side.
Step five:
I added scored lines with my Scor-Pal. Make sure you have the side with the indented embossed image facing up (wrong side up). If I want to add two lines 1/4″ apart, I line the first line up with my 4″ mark, then I can use the 4 1/4″ mark for the next line.
Step six:
Your finished cardstock will look like this. Stamp, and adhere to your card. You can also stamp first, then emboss.
Additional info:
The cuttlebug folder used is called Swiss Dots. It’s sold out in most places right now. I lucked out when I got mine at Eclectic Paperie.
You can use other scoring tools to make your horizontal lines. I didn’t think I needed my Scor-Pal until I got it. I LOVE it and use it all the time. No more ripping the paper if you push down to hard (with my Fiskars cutter/scoring tool). No more moving the paper when making several scores. It makes scoring so easy, a caveman can do it (sorry….I watch too much TV).
I hope this helps anyone that couldn’t wrap their mind around this before. Hugs and smiles
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Thanks for this awesome tutorial! You are so giving. I hope you are having a fabulous day. TFS.
Posted by: Juanita | April 6th, 2008 19:01
I must be lame, I am still a bit confused as to how you got the partial dots for a horizonal card, as just the plates fit through. Do you have a picture of you doing this with CB? I will read tutorial again, I must be making harder than it is! LOL! Thanks a bunch Beate! Hugs, Deb
Posted by: Deborah | April 6th, 2008 19:12
Thanks for the information, love the swiss dots, unfortunately I am still on the hunt for mine.
Posted by: flossie | April 6th, 2008 19:16
OH how fabulous! Are you doing this from the Smokeys? LOL You are too funny. . .so easy a caveman can do it! BWAH!
Posted by: Charmaine | April 6th, 2008 19:29
I’m definitely going to try this! I also really want the Swiss Dot folder for my Cuttlebug!! Finally, becuase you’ve inspired so many of us with your creativity, I’ve passed on the Arte y Pico award to you:
http://theindividualist.typepad.com/theindividualist75/2008/04/arte-y-pico-awa.html
Thanks Beate!!
Posted by: Meredith | April 6th, 2008 19:35
So cool. Thanks so much! I could not get my little pea brain to figure this out. Now having a major DUH moment. Your the best. -Molly B
Posted by: Molly B | April 6th, 2008 20:10
You do come up with the best ideas. Just love all that you do. I will definetly give this a try. I have been looking for the swiss dot for a while.
Posted by: Linda 145 | April 6th, 2008 20:11
Thankyouthankyou!! My mind was one of the ones not wrapping around that concept - NOW I get it, lol. Gorgeous pic of the mountains, too - hope you had a beautiful time (rain or shine). Blessings!
Posted by: Beth | April 6th, 2008 21:28
I love this effect! It’s so pretty!
Posted by: Dawn E. | April 6th, 2008 21:43
This is great! Thanks, Beate!
Posted by: Rose Ann | April 7th, 2008 01:05
thanks for taking the time to show this! i appreciate the effort and the time it took. i am a visual learner and this just made all the many times i was “told” this click in my brain when i saw it. great job and VERY MUCH appreciated!!
Posted by: janice | April 7th, 2008 05:14
I just got a cuttlebug this weekend. Although I think it’s broken. The handle keeps falling off even with it screwed on and it doesn’t suction to the table. Does yours???
I’m so dissapointed!
Posted by: Courtney | April 7th, 2008 06:29
Thank you for the directions. I’ll have to try that later this morning. Thank you also for the inspiration I gain from your site and the amount of time you spend teaching everyone. It is appreciated!
Posted by: JaneAnn | April 7th, 2008 07:25
Exellent idea…thanks for sharing
Posted by: antje | April 7th, 2008 08:48
Thanks for the tutorial. I need a Swiss Dots folder and a Score Pal-makes really pretty cards. I really like the one you made in another post. TFS
Bev J.
Posted by: Bev J. | April 7th, 2008 14:22
This is so incredibly clever!
Posted by: Debi | April 7th, 2008 18:01
Do you stop your CB plates after the dots but before the end of the folder? How do you not get a line in your card stock from the edge of the CB folder? (I am also one of those people who gets the edges of a small embossing folder imprinted along with the image … ;-( ) Thanks!
Posted by: Leslie | April 8th, 2008 10:55
Thank you for making this tutorial. I can’t wait to order the Swiss Dots and then try this. You make it look so easy.
Posted by: Carol | May 22nd, 2008 01:28
Thanks for share!
Posted by: Giulia | May 22nd, 2008 15:31
Thanks a lot that is so smart I love it, going to get my bug out and give it a go, mwahh Meg
Posted by: Meg | June 2nd, 2008 16:05
I was wodering if you had any solution to not leaving a line when you partially emboss. i must admit I am getting better and if it does occur I use my score pal to cover the line. Do have any ideas how to avoid this.
Thanks
Posted by: Norma | August 9th, 2009 00:23