Heat Debossing on Cards

Add an unique debossed look using your card making and embossing supplies! This heat debossing on cards works well with simple and small words, let me show you how.

Card making is a great way to share an handmade item while expressing gratitude. This card creates an almost opposite effect of heat embossing with stencils and I love both ideas so much!

What is debossing?

Debossing is the method of creating an impress or indent into paper. Here today, I will be creating a faux debossed look, where the paper is not indented, instead we add a layer of embossing powder on top everywhere else.

Heat Debossing for Cards Tutorial

This is a mini card- about 3.5 by 3 inches in size.

I am not a huge stamper, so I am looking for ways to use my embossing powders without stamps!  This heat debossing method was a huge win for me.

Step 1: Add your title, with some old alphabet stickers directly onto the card front. Make sure to take time to center the alphabet stickers and press down firmly.

Step 2: Press the whole card onto your sticky embossing ink pad, and press it really good. I found out it is easier to press the card into the ink pad, rather than press the ink pad into the card. Otherwise, you end up inking the waste paper beneath the card a lot, and that is a waste of good ink…

Step 3: Sprinkle embossing powders: I used three sheets of paper to cover my work surface and to catch the extra embossing powders. I then started at one corner and added a little bit of the Grapefruit color. Shook the excess powder and moved to the next color- Rose. The ink dries slowly, so you have enough time to do a bunch of colors here…

Step 4: Cover the entire card front with embossing powders: This is how the card looked after all the colors have been added- I used Grapefruit, Rose, and Butter on a kraft cardstock here…

Step 5: Carefully remove the alphabet stickers: using a pair of bent tweezers.

NOTE: Remove stickers before embossing!

Step 6: Melt the embossing powders using a heat gun: That instant when the dry embossing powders go molten- that is the best part of this card 🙂

I love the heat debossing the words have here, and how shiny the rest of the card is! Let me know in the comments if this heat debossing is something you want to try on your next card? Happy Crafting!

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