Clearly iStamp: Something to be x-static for

November 16, 2010

Something to be x-static for

Hi friends, its Katie here to welcome you to another fun Tuesday! Today, I'll be showcasing a new product that Lori has in the store that is really quite cool and packs quite a wallop for such a little thing. Its an EMBOSSING ANTI-STATIC POUCH that is made to make your heat embossing a breeze.

This product is brand new to me in any form since I've never used anything quite like it and I'll tell you up front that I was rather impressed. I didn't honestly know what to expect. What I didn't realize is that there is a powder residue that does come off the pouch and once you rub it over your cardstock you do have to tap off any excess that is on the cardstock.

And of course once you have used your embossing pouch you need to handle your cardstock with care by holding it on the edges as much as possible.

For this first picture, I cut my Cottonball White cardstock like normal and I cut 2 pieces. For both pieces I used Versamark ink and gold embossing powder, the only difference was that I used the x-static pouch on one piece.

I haven't heat embossed these yet, but you can see that the one on the right has quite a bit of residue. I don't honestly know what I did, but the embossing powder stuck to that section.

Now, I think the true test for me was with the use of black embossing powder. I have always stayed away from black embossing powder because I always had issues with the powder staying on my cardstock, but not with the pouch.

One of the easiest ways to control your watercoloring is to emboss your images on watercolor paper (heavy and light) . This slightly raised edge helps keep that color inside the lines

Here, I used an image from the stamp set Fashionably French. Stamped and covered with black embossing powder, but hasn't been heated yet.... see no flecks of left over powder.

Here are a couple of samples I made with some of my embossed images. This first card uses a Sizzix embossing folder, labels 10 nestability, Wild Huckleberry Cardstock , Night Eclipse, and the matching tombow marker.

For my second card I went with more black embossing powder... love this look. I used the largest flourish from the set Plumes and Blooms with the Designer Label Dies and the sentiment is from All Around Sentiments.