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Summary: Use the heat tool and make sure that it turns clear and that your design pops out in order to create the perfect embossing design through heat. Learn more in this free video series.
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Alright. We're ready to go on to the next step, which is actually using the heat tool. We're already done with our versa mark ink. Stamped our patter, used the crystal clear embossing powder. Now we're going to do the magic. You want to hold it 1-2 inches from your project. As you're watching it, just watch until it turns kind of clear. You'll gradually move the heat tool around until you see your design pop up. It just popped up, so it'll be just a second. When you're using clear embossing powder and vera mark ink, the shine that you're going to get is going to be the same color as your colored card stock. This will be called a tone on tone stamping. Another thing to remember while you're embossing is after you've put your embossing powder on, close up all your lids or it'll get everywhere. My embossing is done. You want to set your heat tool away in safe place because it's very hot. You don't want anyone to get burned. There's your embossing design. You can layer this onto a card. You could cut this out and use part of it. You could use it for a name tag. There's 101 things to do with this embossing project. They're a lot of fun.