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Step 9Heat the image with your heat gun
Turn the heat gun on and hold it above the stamped piece until the powder melts and becomes glossy and raised.
Heat gun tips:
- Do NOT use a hair dryer! There is one very big different between hair dryers and heat guns: hair dryers blow. A hair dryer will blow the embossing powder right off your paper. Heat guns, on the other hand, simply create heat, not air movement.
- Hold the gun several inches above the paper. If you hold it too close to the paper you could scorch it, leaving very unattractive brown marks all over your beautiful art work!
- Place the stamped piece on a heat resistance surface. Heat guns create a very high level of heat and can warp a work surface if you're not careful. Another option is to hold the piece in the air with a pair of tweezers (you can burn your fingers if you hold it with your hand).
- Keep the heat gun in motion at all times. You lessen the risk of scorching the paper if you don't hold it in one place too long. Heating it evenly is the goal.
Heat gun tips:
- Do NOT use a hair dryer! There is one very big different between hair dryers and heat guns: hair dryers blow. A hair dryer will blow the embossing powder right off your paper. Heat guns, on the other hand, simply create heat, not air movement.
- Hold the gun several inches above the paper. If you hold it too close to the paper you could scorch it, leaving very unattractive brown marks all over your beautiful art work!
- Place the stamped piece on a heat resistance surface. Heat guns create a very high level of heat and can warp a work surface if you're not careful. Another option is to hold the piece in the air with a pair of tweezers (you can burn your fingers if you hold it with your hand).
- Keep the heat gun in motion at all times. You lessen the risk of scorching the paper if you don't hold it in one place too long. Heating it evenly is the goal.
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