With my digital embossing technique, you can create beautifully embossed images of your printouts. Best of all, they start with regular, store-bought greeting, holiday, or blank stationery cards. American Greetings makes all the cards shown here. They have each been customized with names and personal greetings with my digital embossing technique.
What you'll need:| • | Purchased greeting card (on non-inkjet printer coated card stock) | | • | Inkjet printer | | • | Clear embossing powder (sold in craft stores) | | • | Embossing heat gun (also sold in craft stores) |
 Heat gun and embossing powder to be used in this project Instructions1. |
After selecting your card, type out or select the words or image you want on it. The tips on the basic card-making page can help you correctly position the design you created. Print your design on the card, using an inkjet printer.
| 2. | Sprinkle embossing powder on the printed image while the ink is still wet. Tap off excess. | 3. | Blow off or brush away any powder that is stuck to the card, but not on printed image. Don't touch the powder on the ink! | 4. | Hold the embossing heat gun one to two inches away from the powdered ink, and heat evenly. Within seconds, the powder will melt noticeably. Let it dry for one minute, and you're done. |
This technique works well with both words and images. Try it with your name, as shown here, or with other designs, like your child’s artwork. Embossing lends an elegant touch to Christmas cards and baby shower invitations. Use clip art or even your own photos, or experiment with simple line drawings. Decorate Santa’s hat or a gorgeous wedding cake, and delight your friends with these beautifully embossed cards.
 | Tami Peterson Lewiski
Tami Peterson Lewiski's first book, Digital Decorating, prompted The Wall Street Journal to draw comparisons with Martha Stewart. That diva's domestic crown, however, is of no interest to Tami. Digital Home Arts is her trademark and, as one magazine reviewer put it, "Tami wields her printer like a great artist wields a paintbrush: fearlessly!" She's shown her innovative techniques for creating sophisticated home furnishings and stylish entertaining as a guest on many Home & Garden Television (HGTV) programs, including The Carol Duvall Show. Visit Tami's Web site digitalhomearts.com, for more creative ideas.
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