Technique: Embossing
Embossing is a great way to add depth to your scrapbooking page, card or off the page project. Depending on the materials used, you can make a page look funky or elegant.
This technique of “embossing” allows you to create raised images on paper and consists of pressing an area of paper marked out by a template.
Materials Needed:
- A sticky inkpad
- Embossing powders
- A heat tool (heat gun, toaster)
- embossing buddy/antistatic pillow
- folded piece of paper to act as a funnel
Instructions:
1. Wipe your antistatic pillow across your cardstock, this will stop the powder from sticking to areas you don’t want, such as your fingerprints.
2. Ink up your stamp in the sticky inkpad.
3. Lavishly sprinkle your embossing powder over the stamped image, make sure the entire image is covered.
4. Shake off excess powder into your folded paper, and funnel back into the container.
5. If you are working with a toaster, hold your image facing up (you don’t want powder in your toaster) and slowly move the paper around - be careful not to burn your paper. If you are using a heat gun, hold it about 15cm away from the paper and slowly move it over your image. Remember, just gently and slowly and as the powder melts then move on to the next part.
Note: If your images goes flat and dull, you have over heated it. If it still looks ‘crunchy’ in areas, just heat for a bit longer.
Happy Scrapbooking!
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