Our Velvet Tutorials in RubberStampMadness!

RubberStampMadness asked us to do a velvet embossing tutorial for a sachet and a pillow cover and they are already out in the Fall 2009 issue (is it fall yet?!)

RubberStampMadness can be found in many craft stores, such as Michaels.

We will be posting more sachets on our Etsy shop in the future, and will also be coming out with new rubber stamp sheet designs and polymer stamps by mid/late August.

Embossed Velvet Pillow Cover

Created this pillow cover for a tutorial for a magazine. Now the publishing has been pushed back a bit. I am tempted to post the tutorial on Instructables.com and just come up with a new one for the magazine instead... except I know it would end up as another last-minute frantic effort.

Now on our Etsy shop. More photos up on our Flickr account.

"18 x 18 inch throw pillow cover. Dark turquoise acetate/rayon velvet front, sage green Dupioni silk envelope back. Dry clean only.

Hand-embossed mainly using stamps from our Celtic Knotwork Triple Twists rubber stamp set:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_1&listing_id=17956624

Also using bubbles, droplets, and triskeles, from our Celtic Knotwork and Fish, Waves and Bubbles sheet:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13817094

The embossed images are created using heat, producing crisp, sunken and iridescent images that can appear shadowy or very reflective depending upon the angle.

For more information about the velvet embossing process: http://www.instructables.com/id/Emboss_Velvet_with_Rubber_Stamps_and_a_Household_I/

Note: We "tiled" a number of the stamps at once - we arranged them on a large block so that they were all heat embossed at once. The stamps that are very close together were not embossed in succession.

Making Velvet Balsam Pine Sachets - Tutorial on Instructables

Update: This is our second Instructable posted, and our second Instructable featured.

I've been meaning to put a sachet tutorial up for a while: here we go:

Embossed Velvet Balsam Pine Sachets - More cool how to projects

These are the steps I follow when I make my own sachets.

I finally photographed and typed out the steps for a magazine article deadline, which was then pushed back, so I decided to just post this up on Instructables and figure out another project for the magazine when the new deadline comes around.

I also put together pictures and steps for an embossed throw pillow cover. May put that up soon as well...

Cheers!