How to Emboss Vellum
Make decorative cards, scrapbooks and home decor even more beautiful with your own embossed vellum designs. Embossing vellum is easy and takes only minutes to create any design once you know how to do it. In addition, there is no mess to clean up afterward because the method used is dry embossing--no powders or heat guns are necessary.
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Things You'll Need
- Rubber stamp with chosen image
- Ink pad
- Sticky note or a small piece of paper
- Mouse pad
- Vellum paper
- Embossing stylus
- Chalk
- Soft paintbrush
Instructions
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Cover the rubber stamp with ink and then stamp the image onto a sticky note or a small piece of paper. A sticky note will work best for this because it will adhere to the mouse pad in the next step. Allow the ink to dry completely before moving on.
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Stick the sticky note to the mouse pad, and lay the vellum paper over it. Make sure to place the vellum exactly where you want the design to be.
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Trace the stamped image onto the vellum using an embossing stylus. Use even pressure throughout the design to ensure equal depth. The vellum will turn white if you are pressing down properly with the stylus.
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Dip a soft paintbrush into chalk--any color--and gently brush over the raised area of the vellum to add depth and dimension as well as color to your embossed design. This step is optional; however, it affords a rich beauty to the design, especially if using it with other colors.
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