Light table (or window)
Brass template
Stylus tool
Wax paper
Cardstock
Background stamp
Brayer (optional)
Dye Ink (darker than your cardstock color)
Step 1.
Start by rubbing wax paper over your cardstock. This step makes the stylus tool glide easier over the paper.
Step 2.
Turn your light table on and place the brass template on the surface of the table.
Lay your cardstock over the template and start tracing the open areas of your template with your stylus.
Hint: if you don't have a light table, tape your template to a window and hold your cardstock over the template.
Step 3.
Add more images as desired.
Step 4.
Ink up your background stamp. I always use the brayer to help me get an even coverage.
Step 5.
With the raised images facing down, stamp the background stamp over it. The ink won't stay on your debossed image, leaving it the same color as the cardstock.
Step 6.
Finish your project.
You've seen the tutorial, now you try it! We've got a section of the gallery set aside for Dry Debossing Cards. Try this technique, then upload your artwork to the gallery. Show us your creations!
Have any questions about this tutorial? Any neat tips you've discovered that you'd care to share with the rest of us? Be sure and hit the comments link in the right-hand sidebar.
