Embossing Basics

The very basic embossing techniques used in parchment craft

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Parchment
• craft
• pergamano
• tarjeteria
• embossing
• basic
• techniques

[1sweetbonbon]

what mat would you recommend? To work on.

[ceparching]

@1sweetbonbon I have tried a number of different embossing mats. Pergamano® has a couple of good ones. Christine Coleman has a good rubber mat if you are heavy-handed with your embossing tools. If you are watching your pennies, a foam sheet (from the craft store) also works pretty well. But, my favorite is the PCA embossing mat, which I was using in this video.

[PiscesTrini]

I cant do this to a hundred or more cards. But an interesting video!

[ceparching]

@PiscesTrini  I bet you could do this. It just takes some practice.

[ceparching]

@dirtypollow27, I know some gals that dry emboss cardstock cutouts, such as flower petals, but you wouldn't get good results using a whole pattern on cardstock. Remember that cardstock paper fibers are not made to stretch as the heavyweight vellum is.

[StarWoors]

Excellent video. :)

[dirtypillow27]

can you use this technique on card stock? What is that padding you used under the paper?

[1ctor1a]

Now I know you need to emboss from the back I did mine from the front.

[veveismyname]

needs lot of patience in here!!

[ceparching]

@YBWTube traditionally, you place the parchment paper over a pattern and trace it, either with inks or white pencil. Some techniques do not use tracing at all, but are worked over the pattern.