Faux Fresco Background (with Border Embossing folders) ~ StampznewBright

More Mod Podge & wax paper! This weird little technique offers a way to get more mileage out of those adorable Cuttlebug border sets. The border folder I've used here is part of the Frills Embossing Folder Border Set.

Cuttlebug border folder (or full size)
Cardstock
Waxpaper (or tissue paper or wrinkled vellum for a different look)
Mod Podge & an old brush
Ink
Sanding block

Step 1) Cut & wrinkle wax paper

Step 2) Cut cardstock & apply a good coat of Mod Podge Matte. It dries fairly fast, so working quickly is important.

Please note: It's a good idea to use an old brush (Mod Podge will wash off, if you get it asap, but it is hard on the brush)

Step 3) Smooth wax paper down while Mod Podge is still wet & sand

Step 4) Ink it up (I used Sahara Sand ink by Stampin' Up!)

Step 5) Sand the wet ink

Step 6) Sand it & ink some more

Step 7) Cuttlebug it with borders sideways. (I wasn't worried about lines since they added more shabby to the chic.) ;o)

Step 8)I nk the cuttlebugging. Any ink seems to work fine.

Step 9) Sand it. Repeat inking & sanding, if you like.

Here's a close up of the texture:

Click if you wanna see it even closer. ;o) It looks kind of marble-y
in person. It's pure craziness how that Mod Podge really really holds the embossing deeply.

If you trim your piece to put on a card you can use the scraps too: one way to use 'em is to colour the scraps with alcohol/solvent inks to create a matching accent:

I coloured this piece with Brown Copic, Brown Stazon, & Stream alcohol ink. Messy, but fun! These two strips will be covered by that embossed ribbon on the right. (If you'd like to know how to emboss ribbon with no starch, pop by next post.) :O) This schtuff will morph into a finished card then. ;o) It took me all day & I ran out of sunlight to shoot it...

Finished card post is here