I decided to use both. My background is dry embossed with my favourite CB folder and my image and sentiment are heat embossed with a beautiful pearly dark blue embossing powder.
I stamped with Versamark and used my MISTI to get a well-inked impression of the stamp, then used the blue ep to colour it. I framed it with an oval made using two Nesties.
It's also for the Winter Wonderland challenge to make a CAS Christmas card: