More Wet Embossing Tips
June 4, 2008 5:08 pm maria Paper Crafts, Techniques and Mediums
- There is very little difference between different brands of embossing powders except that the finer the powder the better the detailing for the finished embossed design will be. Available are: detail, regular and super enamel (sometimes referred to as UTEE) types of embossing colors in a rainbow of colors.
- Before starting always wash your hands well, oil from your hands can make the embossing powder stick in places you do not want it to stick.
- You can emboss on paper, wood, terra cotta, glass, mirrors, and other media so experiment. You can emboss brads and nail heads! Dip glass mirrors into ink and emboss, you have sea glass.
- Highly detailed stamps are not best for beginners. Select a word or deeply etched stamp to start.
- Experiment with mixing small amounts of different colors of embossing powder for fun effects.
- Make your own embossing ink by mixing 1 part water and 1 part glycerin. Most ink pens will work as embossing pens.
- Use dark inks with opaque powders and non-tinted embossing ink with others powders, but never use gold pigment ink with gold embossing powder… this combo dulls the gold in finished design.
- Fill in a design with markers and sprinkle with clear embossing powder and heat. The result looks like stained glass.
- Sprinkle clear embossing powder over a small print/picture and heat…acts like a lacquer.
- Practice, practice, and practice. Practice is the only way to get really good at embossing.
- Use a small paint brush to remove powder that is clinging to an area you do not want embossed.
- If a surface is giving you trouble with clinging embossing powder (in the wrong spots) just lightly rub a dryer sheet over the surface and your hands.
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