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

Cuttlebug Embossing with Distressed Inks

Supplies needed: Cuttlebug (or other embossing machine), small embossing plates, card stock, distressed inks, cut n dry foam or a sponge



Place your embossing folder at an angle on your card stock. Run it through your embossing machine


Do this several times at different angles until you are happy with the design


Take a distress ink pad and swipe it over the top of the card stock. It will catch all the raised bits




Take your cut n dry and colour the background around the embossed pattern






If you turn the card stock over you can do exactly the same to the other side but you get a reverse of the pattern, so the ink catches more of the background and leaves the pattern white




Take your piece of card stock and screw it up


Unfold it, and you should have some nice creases




Take another colour distressed ink pad and swipe it over your card stock


Continue adding colour until you are happy with with it


You can do the same to the other side


You can tear the card stock into suitable pieces to add to your creations or leave it as it is to use as a background