Acetate in your Cuttlebug

Supplies Needed: Cuttlebug (or alternative), Embossing Folders, Alcohol Inks and Applicator, Acetate

Ink up your acetate until you have your desired colours

Cut the acetate into pieces to fit in your embossing folder(s)

Place the acetate in the embossing folder

Run throught the Cuttlebug or alternative

Take it out the folder and voila, you have a piece of coloured acetate with an embossed pattern ready to create a background

Check out what I did with mine here

Clay and Alcohol Ink Toppers

Supplies needed: Light coloured clay, alcohol inks, rubber stamp, paint brush, water spritzer bottle, pasta machine or equivalent to roll clay with



Roll clay out


Spritz your stamp with water


Stamp your image into the clay


Remove stamp


Cut into sections if necessary


Apply alcohol ink direct from the bottle to the brush

Colour in your pieces using the alcohol inks

Pre-heated oven to 135C

Put on a tray lined with greaseproof paper and bake for 20 minutes

Remove from oven and leave to cool

You can add acrylics when cooled, if desired

Memory Glass & Stampbord

Supplies needed: Stampbord, co-ordinating size memory glass, alcohol inks, blending solution, applicator, embossing powders, clear embossing pad / pen, heat tool, craft sheet, super sticky red line tape, permanent ink pad, stamp of choice



Apply three colours of alcohol ink to the applicator


Apply sparingly to your stampbord


Use your blending solution and more colour if required to create your desired background colour


Stick your super sticky double sided red tape to the edges of the memory glass


Cover all 4 edges


Dip 2 sides into embossing powder, hold with tweezers and blast with heat tool


Do the same to the other 2 sides


When cooled down, cover the edges you've just heat embossed with the clear embossing ink


Apply another coat of embossing powder in the same colour and heat again. Apply a further coat of clear embossing powder


Ink up your stamp


Stamp your image on the memory glass


Attach the memory glass to the stampbord (I used diamond glaze around the edges)