RemARKable Holiday Madness Blog Tour - Post 1

I'm so excited about the NEW SU! HOLIDAY MINI CATALOG!  There are so many great products from which to choose.  I think I have checked off almost everything in the catalog and everything is perfect for the upcoming holidays.  On this REMARKABLE Blog Tour, you are going to see a lot of really cool ideas.  Bookmark this site so you can return each day and see what we post.

Today I wanted to start out with the NEW LETTERPRESS PLATES.  This is an AWESOME NEW product that SU! is premiering in this catalog to be used with your SU! BIG SHOT.

These are actually quite easy to use.  Instructions are included.  First, take your letterpress plate and ink it up with craft ink.  SU! craft ink spots really work great.  In this sample I'm using the new Holiday Letterpress Plate called Joyful Season.  It coordinates with the Candy Cane Christmas Suite papers.

The directions are in the packaging of each letterpress plate and very easy to follow.  After inking the plate, place the plate onto the Big Shot multipurpose platform and then place card stock on top of the inked plate.  Watercolor paper is actually recommended because it is thick and will deboss easily.  You are not only going to be adding ink, you are adding the outline impression as well.  Believe me...it is really cool!

 

Put one of the lucite plates on top of the water color paper.  Use one that doesn't have too many scratches on it.

Next, run it through your Big Shot and then...voila!  You have a gorgeous debossed and inked image!

 Color it in if you would like and make it into a nice card with our new designer papers and card stock.

 

Note my use of the rick rack garden green card stock.  We also have a Brand New Die that die cuts trim.  Way cool!  Watch for me to start using that new die on a regular basis.

Ok, hope on over to the next blog and see much much more!