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I AGAIN need help from all of your brilliant stampers. I was surfing the net and saw a product to emboss with stencils, but instead of being a powder, it was call embossing PASTE. What is the difference (I'm sure there is a big one) and what do you do with it.
Help this confused person
Fran
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Completely different than heat embossing w/ ink and powder. Basically, you tape a stencil over your paper, brush the embossing paste over the stencil filling in the stencil image, remove the stencil, and viola', you have an "embossed" or raised image. Before it dries you can add glitter, etc. You also have to be sure to wash your stencil immediately. As soon as I take it off the paper I drop it into a container of water. This is especially fun w/ snowflakes or snow men. I think I may have a card in my gallery using the paste. Thanks for the reminder...now, I'll have to get it back out.
Here's the link to the card...not my best work or photography. :rolleyes:
Thanks for showing me your cards. They are lovely. I like clean and simple cards. The embossing doesn't like that hard to do. Do you have to use Dreamweaver stencils or any stencil will do?
Thanks again.
Fran
__________________ Francoise
Grandparents are God's revenge on their kids
this comes in clear too, so you can daube ink colors through your taped down stencil first and then do the "frost the stencil like a cake thing" with the clear and you get some color come through it too.
Personally, I feel it's best to use brass stencils and not plastic or another material. You do have to scrap over the stencil after applying the Embossing Paste with a bit of pressure to smooth out the surface and remove the excess. For that reason, I don't think a plastic stencil would work very well.
Also there is another product called Embossing Icing. In my opinion, this product is not the quality as the Dreamweaver Embossing Paste. I had purchased the Icing and it dried up in a few months even though the jars were sealed shut. The Embossing Paste has stayed creamy for several years now. Doesn't take that much to do a project and the excess is returned to the jar.
Again, just my opinion and may not be shared by everyone.
In the Splitcoast Resources there is a step-by-step tutorial on embossing paste techniques.... Pasty Razzle Dazzle
Go ahead and try it!! Bet you will create some really cool stuff!
PJW-totally agree! I loved the paste technique and went to a craft show and bought several of the icing stacks. LOVED them...............that is, until they all dried out! I called the company and emailed them. They were very friendly and told me to add water and they should be just fine. It did work, but it took forever because it had 'caked' up and it was like trying to get the lumps out of mashed potatoes-impossible! Once I got it pretty creamy again, I was thrilled..........that is, until they dried out again. So, I am forgoing the icings and sticking with the Dreamweavers paste. It has been creamy and wonderful for at least three years. I love working with this stuff.
I've used metal and plastic stencils, and the plastic work pretty well. A fun technique I've done is to chalk the image first and then apply the embossing paste. While it's still wet, sprinkle some fine glitter over it. It produces a lovely effect. BTW, I've also used Golden's light molding paste, and it works just as well as the embossing paste. Have fun!
Here is an example of a card I made using black embossing paste and a Dreamweaver stencil. I started with white glossy paper on which I brayered kaleidacolor ink and then applied the embossing paste using the stencil.
I have Dream weaver Embossing Paste in white and stencils ranging thing plastic to metal and have used almost of them on a card or 2. The Embossing paste ends up being very thin on thinner plastic and a little uneven in my experience but I love the different effects I can get using different types of stencils. The chalking part after the Paste dies is easier to do with metal stencils I will say. I purchased my paste 4 years ago and just went to check on it after reading this posting and found my paste to be perfect, no drying out- perfect condition.. Maybe I should get it out and make a new card with it using Pearl Ex dusted on before it dries..Never tried that before.. Might be fun.
Embossing PASTE
Embossing Paste
