Heat embossing

[calzephyr]

My crafty friend and I got together yesterday and it was awesome. We tried heat embossing and did some cardmaking. I had tried embossing before with little success, but we took turns. I would wager my problem was static. My province is incredibly dry (I didn't experience humidity until I went to the southern US in my early 20s :-D). We ended up using a glass dish instead of a plastic try and had much better results.

The only embossing powder I had on hand was red and green glitter embossing powder. I'm going to buy the regular stuff and see if that works better. Even the parts not stuck to Versamark ended up bonding with the paper. At least by the end of our tries we had improved!

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[moem]

When I first read this post, the heat embossing thing sounded like it would be so much fun! And I've had a chance to try my hand at it since, and yes, it is.

[calzephyr]

I'm glad you got to try it out! I haven't tried again - although I did buy an embossing buddy to take care of the static.

[moem]

There was this guy at my hackerspace who is a total craft king... he makes his own Xmas cards every year and they're always different, and he has a LOT of crafts gear. He organised a workshop where we made cards using LED stickers and heat embossing. Good times.

[calzephyr]

LOL! What was I just saying in my other comment...:D

I'll have to get my hands on these stickers!