Metal Embossing Tutorial plus a Special Farewell and Welcome

If you've already been through the whole Hip Hop then you are probably already aware that the {ippity} dt made some farewell cards for a pretty special lady :)

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Michelle Ogdahl has been with {ippity} since the beginning and has been a HUGE part of helping ALL the {ippity} chicks get their business started. Her last day was Monday :( and we were very sad to see her go. Some of the {ippity} chicks made her farewell cards for {Monday's H{ippity} Hop}.
We all wish Michelle nothing but the best as she takes on the next big journey of her life!!

LOVE YA MICHELLE!

{Amy and Michelle eating ice cream....looks like a FUN job right?!?}

NOW

for the great big

HUGE WELCOME

for

AMY TILLEMANS

We are SO EXCITED to have her join the {ippity} and Unity team. She will no doubt be a friend to all of us and you give her a great big hello {HERE} on her introduction on the Unity forums.

She also posted a little bio about herself on the Unity blog {HERE}

Next up....

some of you may have seen this layout on my blog during last week's hop.I promised you a tutorial on how I made this key...
...so here it is :)
Supplies you will need:
Silver Metallic Cardstock

Silver Embossing Powder

Heat Gun

Versamark Ink

Music of My Heart key stamp or stamp of choice

Step 1: Ink up a section of the cardstock with the Versamark pad large enough for your stamp.

Step 2: Cover the whole area with embossing powder....tap of the excess and emboss with the heat gun.

Step 3: Repeat this step 3 times so that you have a thick layer of embossing. You can either dump more embossing powder on when the previous layer is still hot or let it dry and apply more Versamark ink and then the powder. I prefer to add more ink so I'm not so rushed.

Step 4: Heat the third layer of embossing really well because you need it to be really hot to be able to press the stamp into it. You will want to press straight down carefully because the stamp can slip...don't ask me how I know this ;)

Step 5: Now all you have to do it cut out the key and embellish any project :)

Extra Tip: After I cut my key out I had left over area's of embossing. You can heat them again REALLY WELL and use any other stamp you want to make extra embellishments!! Here I used the flowers from Bitty Pixie Paisley.

I can't wait to see some "metal" embellishments on your projects :)
HAVE FUN!!!

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