DIY Invitations Part Dos

I was strolling down Old Town the other day when I came across this fun paper store, Paper Source. They had everything I wanted, but I never knew I needed! The past few weeks I spent hours trying to create a monogram for the front of my wedding invitations. Low and behold I discover embossing while I am at Paper Source. That is when I decided to take on a new DIY Challenge. A nice lady showed me exactly how to do it and I could not believe how incredibly easy it was!

This is such a great idea and I am SO happy I stumbled upon this! If you think you may be interested in embossing then follow these easy steps and you will be on your way to having fun invitations just like me!

You can see here, I purchased two stamps, a green stamp pad and the embossing powder. I have done around 80 invitations so far and this one is still full of ink! The white jar is the embossing powder. You will have need to purchase a heating tool (Sorry, hair dryers do not work). This is what will raise and seal the embossing power and give it a shiny look.

Step 1: Well this is pretty self explantory- ink up your stamp, try not to rock your stamp back and forth on the ink pad too much- follow that rule through to stamping.
Step 2: Take the embossing powder and generously spread it over your stamps. I suggest doing this over a piece of paper so you don't make such a mess and then can pour the powder back into the bottle. You do not leave the powder on there to dry - as soon as you cover the entire stamped portion, simply pour it off on to the paper and move to the next step!
Step 3: Taking your heating tool and hold it over your invitation or whatever your special project is! You will watch your stamp raise and you will see a shine appear. And Wallah! You have an embossed invitation! Now, my picture do not really do the invitations justice because in person you can seen the shine and shimmer of the stamps. Either way, I am so pleased with the front of my invitations and am getting antsy to sending these bad boys out!