Friday - Finish Off Day

I have not actually finished anything completely, but embossing just cannot be rushed.

No 1.

This was, more or less, the way this project looked after Maria Moorhouse's class on Tuesday.  It still needed lots more gentle embossing on the outer edges of the large daisy petals.  Some people will have noticed that I used a technique on the flower centres that I hate doing, but it is ideally suited to the texture of the fluffy centres.  It is stippling with light embossing behind.  It is very effective, but I just find it irritating to do.  I have also made up my mind to work hard to truly master some of the things I don't enjoy.

Don't worry.  I have not coloured it green.  It is just the backcloth in my photo light box.  It does show the difference in the embossing since the class.  A little more embossing is still required.

No 2

Usually, when we go to both sessions, we spend the second one either doing a variation of the first or just working further to finish off.  However, this time Maria decided she needed to keep the "naughty table" under control, so she gave us some different techniques to try out, still using the same plates, plus the nine square plate to create two squares and one oblong.  

I managed to get the scallops reversed so I added the dots to make it look intentional.  I also finally decided not to add colour to this one and just concentrate on the white work.

I have done one other step since taking these photos.  I have used the fine straight grid to perforate the outer edges, then perforating and snipping.  I enjoy snipping.  That little sharp click is so satisfying and tells me I am doing it right.

I will show these two again when they are completely finished and mounted.  I am off now to see what Maria has done for her Friday blog.