Last week one of my friends asked for some advice about heat embossing and while we were chatting she told me about the list of coloured embossing powders she “needed” to buy.
She didn’t know about heat embossing with her Stampin’ Up! ink pads and Stampin’ Write Markers and this got me thinking about how many other crafters didn’t know about this and were spending a fortune on embossing powders.
I have 2 step-by-step photographic tutorials showing how to use your Classic Stampin’ ink pads and your Stampin’ Write Markers instead of coloured embossing powders.
Your heat embossing will now coordinate with your cardstock, DSP, ribbon etc.
Heat Embossing with your Classic Stampin’ Ink Pads
You will need:-
- Cardstock
- Stamps
- Clear Block or Stamparatus®
- Classic Stampin’ Pad
- Embossing Buddy
- Versamark
- Clear Embossing Powder
- Heat Tool
- Paintbrush
1. Prep your cardstock with the Embossing Buddy first, this will prevent the embossing powder sticking to anything on the cardstock.
2. With your stamp mounted on a clear block or on a Stamparatus plate ink the stamp with Versamark Ink.
3. Then ink the stamp with one of your coloured ink pads, the Versamark does not harm the ink pad. Make sure you have a good covering of ink on the stamp and then stamp it onto your cardstock.
4. Cover the stamped image with Clear Embossing Powder and tap off the excess. Use a small dry paintbrush to remove any unwanted embossing powder.
5. Heat with your heat tool, you will see the embossing powder start to melt.
6. When all the embossing powder has melted you will be left with a shiny stamped image.
Clean the stamp thoroughly before repeating this process otherwise you will end up with ink on your Versarmak pad.
Heat Embossing with your Stampin’ Write Markers
You will need:-
- Cardstock
- Stamps
- Clear Block or Stamparatus®
- Stampin’ Write Markers
- Embossing Buddy
- Versamark
- Clear Embossing Powder
- Heat Tool
- Paintbrush
1. Prep your cardstock with the Embossing Buddy first, this will help prevent the embossing powder sticking to anything on the cardstock.
2. With your stamp mounted on a clear block or on a Stamparatus plate ink the stamp with Versamark Ink.
3. Colour the stamp with your Stampin’ Write Markers, the Versamark does not harm the markers. When you have finished colouring the image huff on the stamp with your warm breath and then stamp the image onto your cardstock.
4. Cover the stamped image with Clear Embossing Powder and tap off the excess.
5. Use a small dry paintbrush to remove any unwanted embossing powder.
6. Heat with your heat tool until all the embossing powder has melted.
Clean the stamp thoroughly before repeating this process otherwise you will end up with ink on your Versarmak pad.
Thank you for visiting my blog today, I hope you have found this tutorial useful and maybe it will save you some money too. If you have any questions please let me know and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
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Have yourself some crafting fun.
Dee x
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Hi Lady Dee!! Great advice . . . your followers will love it. Thanks!!