Embossing with Heat Gun
When you first start getting into card making it won’t be long before you discover Embossing.
What is Embossing?
Embossing is a way of making an image stand out as a raised outline or if you turn it over an indented image. However in card making embossing is also the term used for images that have been stamped and then using a special embossing powder and a heat gun giving the image a special raised, glossy or shiny quality.
I have included embossing on my website in 3 separate parts as I found this the easiest way to describe this fantastic and fun craft.
Embossing with Heat Gun and Powders
As mentioned above you will need to have a heat gun and embossing powders but they are not that expensive and the effects you get are fantastic.
You can emboss over any stamped image but the ink or versamark must still be wet when you add the powder and you will need to work fairly quickly if you use ink as it dries quickly.
I use a piece of A4 paper or card folded down the center to catch any excess powder I then place my card with stamped image over this paper before pouring the powder onto the image and then tap any excess onto the paper. Carefully folding the paper I pour any excess powder back into the container and this makes it very economical and your powders will last a very long time. You can buy special plastic trays to catch the powder but for beginners a piece of A4 paper or card works fairly well.
I particularly like to emboss words like Happy Birthday or Merry Christmas when they have been embossed I cut around them in a rectangular shape and then stick them to a coloured piece of card or mirrored card and cut around this. I then use foam pads to stick this to my card as an embellishment.
For more details and demonstrations please visit my page embossing 1.
Next Time I will write about Embossing using Vellum and Parchment Paper Part 2…
Author: Easy-Card Making
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