Day 2: Playing with Plastic

I just love all the clear little embellishments that are on the market place for scrapbookers or stampers to use. But, I don't want to have to pay the price. So, whenever one of the kids gets a toy, I take all the clear acetate plastic out of the box and save it. Today, I finally took the time to see what I could make with this free-to-me material.

I got out my Sizzix Big Shot machine and tried out sizzlits, embosslits, Bigz dies, and my embossing folders. I also got out some punches to see what I could to do with those.

I tried the sizzlits first because I have some snowflakes that I thought would be pretty on a card or scrapbook page. The snowflakes embossed well, but they didn't cut out. I tried running them through the Big Shot, then backing them out, running them through, and backing them out again, but that still didn't work. I ended up cutting them out by hand. It was a little time consuming, but I still like the look.

The embosslits embossed and cut out nicely, so that was a winner! The Bigz dies also cut out well; another winner! I tried a snowflake embossing folder; I think this will make for a nice layering piece on a card. I also dug through my punch drawer and tried out some punches. Also a success!

I had fun playing with plastic today, and if you haven't tried it yet, you should. I think it will really expand your range of embellishments for cards and scrapbook pages.