EASY Personalized Embossing – without a stamp!

Have you ever wanted to say something on a scrapbook page or card…and you didn’t have the rubber stamp to do it? Now you can personalize almost anything and use your embossing powder to give it that professional looking raised effect.

The secret?
An erasable ball point pen.

Why does this work?
The ink in erasable pens is meant to stay wet longer…so you can erase it. It stays wet just long enough to get the embossing powder to stick. So, anywhere you can write with the pen, you can emboss.


SUPPLIES:
Scrap cardstock, card or whatever you wish to emboss
Embossing powder (solids or opaques work best for this technique)
Embossing/Heat Gun
1 Erasable ink pen ( I like Papermate “Eraser*Mate”)

DIRECTIONS:
Make sure your cardstock is free of fingerprints (the powder will stick to them).
Write whatever you wish on the paper with your erasable pen.
Sprinkle a liberal amount of embossing powder onto the cardstock.
Shake off excess and put leftover powder back into jar.
Use Embossing/Heat Gun to “emboss” the image.
VIOLA! You have a personalized image or your own handwriting embossed.

SOME IDEAS:
Use a stencil to trace a shape.
Use more that one color of embossing powder.
Doodle over an existing background print or image to make it more noticeable.

Write your own jokes on personal cards.
Personalize any cheap card you find.
Make great embellishments for your scrapbook page.

Create swirls or decoration on plain painted chipboard pieces.
Decorate a photo frame.
Update a boring sticker.

SAMPLE:
Here is one I did using a stencil and two colors of embossing powder. I also colored in the bottom stem of the flower and left the petals outlined.

Play. Doodle. Have Fun!