How to Use Embossing Powder With Rubber Stamps
Embossing powder, when used with rubber stamps and a heat gun creates a raised image of the stamp. There are dozens of embossing powder colors and hundreds of different stamps. This process can be used on all kinds of paper for a beautiful and professional look. Greeting cards, stationary, custom tags, custom wrapping paper, book covers and box covers are just a few of the possible items you can make.
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Things You'll Need
- Rubber stamp
- Embossing glue
- Embossing powder
- Paper
- Scrap paper
- Heat gun
- Fine, short bristled paint brush
Instructions
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Apply the embossing glue to the bottom of a clean rubber stamp. If you are using a glue pad, much like a regular ink pad, pick up the stamp in one hand and the pad in the other and dab onto the stamp so you can see that you are getting full coverage. If you are using a bottle of embossing glue with a dauber applicator, the process is even easier.
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Stamp the rubber stamp onto the paper you are using for your project. This may be a greeting card or the top of a gift box for example. Press down firmly and evenly and remove carefully so you do not smudge the glue image.
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Sprinkle your choice color of embossing powder over the entire area of the image you have just stamped.
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Place a scrap piece of paper underneath and tilt the paper vertically over it so the excess embossing powder falls off onto it. All that should remain is the embossing powder that stuck to the glue you stamped onto the paper. Use the paper that caught the excess embossing powder as a funnel and pour it back into the container for reuse.
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Plug in your heat gun and hold it vertically, directly over your project (which you should have placed on a flat surface like a table) and turn it on. Hold the heat gun about 2 to 3 inches above the embossing powdered image for about 10 seconds. The embossing powder will heat up, turn a slightly lighter color and get shiny when it is done.
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Tips & Warnings
Use a fine tipped, short bristled paint brush to carefully brush off any excess embossing powder around the image that doesn't want to tap off before you heat it.
