I've been wondering for sometime if there was a way I could emboss paper/cardstock using my brass stencils on the Sizzix BigShot and after several "trial and error" experiments I finally found out how to do it .

If you'd like to try this for yourself just follow the instructions bellow.

You'll need:
- Sizzix BigShot
- Sizzix multipurpose platform
- Sizzix cutting pads
- a foam sheet
- brass stencil
- paper/cardstock

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1 - Place the multipurpose platform on the Sizzix BigShot.

2 - Make a sandwich with the cutting pads like this:

          one cutting pad
          brass stencil
          paper/cardstock
          foam
          second cutting pad

3 - Run this sandwich through the BigShot to emboss the paper/cardstock. You'll get an embossed image like the one below.

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4 - If you want to colour your embossed image just flip over the brass stencil and place it over the image making sure the outlines match. Use chalks, markers, pencils, etc. to colour in.

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Here's another example of an embossed image using the steps described above and coloured in with blending chalks.

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And this is a card I made using an image embossed with this technique.

Card with embossed image