Generally, dye based inks are for 'general' stamping, sponging etc, and pigment or verasmark for embossing. However, this is really only a general rule of thumb. You will find a number of dye based inks that stay wet enough long enough for you to emboss. It also depends on the cardstock- some will absorb the ink faster than others. The ambient temperature & humidity will also have an effect. I don't know what the SU inks are like, I don't use them, but you can always try out some of the many other makes of pad.
If you put Versamark or clear embossing ink onto your stamp, then go over the top of it with your chosen colour, then stamp your image, as the others say, that should give you enough 'sticky' to grab the powder.
It might be worth doing yourself some trial pieces using the various methods, then you can write on the reverse what you did. For instance, as you said, you can: Stamp with a colour and use clear Embossing powder, or stamp with a clear ink, and use coloured powder. Or you can stamp with a coloured ink & use a coloured powder, the effect will be different! Try gold ink & gold powder, against clear ink & gold powder/gold ink & clear powder- the one using gold ink & powder will be much richer.
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