Album Embossing

Okay, how many of you know what album embossing is? Let's see a show of hands... Not many, huh? Okay, of those who know what it is, how many of you have ever had an album embossed? Oh, even less, huh? Well, here is your chance to find out about it and find out what a great deal you can get. Melanie with MAC Embossing is a friend of mine and I sat with her last weekend at a crop and just drooled over her designs! I convinced her to do a couple of samples for me and we'll talk about those but first I want to explain to the novices out there what it is. Album embossing is when you take heat and a design and foils and make an imprint on an album cover or a piece of paper or ribbon or whatever takes your fancy! It can be an image or words or both and it can be done on pretty much any medium -- albums, paper, ribbons...well, you get the picture. Most people have their albums done but for those who know me, you know I'm pretty unconventional. My idea? I convinced her to try it on a piece of Bazzill cardstock and the result was fantastic! In fact, I was so impressed, that I'm planning to release a whole line of 6x6 albums in the next month or two that will feature her embossing. The first one cover she did is for a dog album (see the picture above). Melanie did a column of silver foil paw prints going down one side and my dog's name in the center. I'm telling you, it brought tears to my eyes! The second one is a little girl in the middle of the cover. Melanie added my niece's name to the lower right corner and it is spectactular! I can hardly wait to show Lauren her new personalized album once it is done. Now, what would you pay to have your name or your pet's name or even your child's name added to the front of your album? Need a graphic? Melanie is your source! She even does custom graphics! Who else offers THAT?? :O And that's not all...how about having the subject embossed on the spine of your albums so you can tell at a glance which one you are looking for? The price for this service is every bit as low as the cover but check out how fantastic this looks! No more searching through all the dark blue albums to find the one you want -- now you can use the same color for several albums and you will always be able to find the one you want.

Now, I know what you are thinking...sounds great but she's in Indiana and I'm not so how in the world am I going to get my albums embossed? Simple -- you can mail them to her. All you do is mail the cover or whatever you want to have done and she will emboss it and mail it back to you. All you have to do is visit her at her website (http://www.macembossing.com/) and tell her what you need. I guarantee, you will love the results!

And watch for those new albums coming soon to the website...

Happy scrapping!

Ronda