F4A59 Christmas

Last night while attempting to go to sleep, I was thinking of techniques to use for an upcoming workshop, and I thought about the embedded embossed technique.  Imagine my surprise when I woke up this morning, and that was the F4A challenge 59 on SCS!!!  It’s such a cool technique, but I realized that part of my execution of it on my weekly Christmas card took away from the technique itself a bit:

I only adhered the right portion of my punch out before running it through the embossing folder; I then ran some Cherry Cobbler seam binding under the left portion to make my bow.  That is the part that took away from the technique, which is supposed to make both pieces bond together and look seamless.  I’ll definitely try this again in a different way!  I will say that the embossing weakened the DP quite a bit and I had to be careful not to tear it where the ribbon folded over it---just a caution if you try this!  But I love the effect and am looking forward to trying it with my stampers!  Here’s a peek at the inside as well:

• Stamps:  Many Merry Messages, Tree Trimmings, Four Frames
• Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Deck the Halls DP
• Ink:  Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake
• Acc:  Decorative Label Punch, Seam Binding, Square Lattice Embossing Folder