Heat embossing help please

[BeachedWhale]

I want to have a go at this but I'm not sure what you do to make the embossing powder stick to the card. From what I gather you can use an ink pad and a stamp but which sort? Also, is there some sort of ink pen you can use to draw freehand? Do you use a coloured ink or is there a clear sort to which you add different coloured powders? Can you recommend a good place on line to buy all the bits and a good heat gun. I would really appreciate a step by step guide from you expert card makers. Thank you!

You need a pigment ink pad, you can draw freehand with a pigment pen, versa mark do one.

If you use a coloured pigment ink then you can use a clear embossing powder.
If you use a clear pigment ink then you use a coloured embossing powder

Little tip
Especially on pearlised card
I bought a little static remover bag I think it cost about £3.00. Rub the bag over the card before you stamp it.
It stops the embossing powder sticking to places other than where you have stamped.
Some people use a tumble dryer fabric thingys I never tried it. I've had my bag for 4 years and it still going

You can buy some coloured pigment pens. I've got some called

Marvy Matchables "Wet Looks" embossing markers

You can colour you stamp with different colours like a flower you can colour the stem green and colour the flower pink, breath on the stamp before you stamp the card to make it damp, then sprinkle clear embossing powder on it

Cheddar Stampers used to be good for all stamping things, theya re online. You can use any pad with any powder but the colours ill be affected. If you to have lots of inks and not so many powders, go for clear powder and coloured inks or vice versa. I like to have lots of powders myself as I like triple embossing, but I have had to buy a few extra inks as I sometimes simply stamp, something i didn't use to a lot of.
The ink pens- great, as well as drawing with them you can use them to colour different parts of a stamp for a coloured design.

For static I use talcum in a cut off toe of tights (stingy me), I also like to ahve a small brush handy for intricte designs for those 'bits'. A lip brush (clean!) is perfect.

If you decide to go for more inks, I would suggest an (eventual) powder stash of: gold, silver (metallic embossing is fab on black or silver on silver / gold on gold); pearlescent; holographic; black.

Snowflakes tamped in white with holo powder - yum.

Final tip: you can mix powders. Dark red and silver give a pewter effect for example. And if you mix bits of holo, pearl and silver or gold into green you can get a fab Christmas tree. Blue, holo and green for peacocks- you get the idea!

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Used to go to a card club with the owner, nice lady! They also do loads of clubs etc for keener crafters- ATC's etc.

Carolinett and Peachyclair thanks for your replies! Getting so sucked in by all this art and craft lark. It is so addictive isn't it? Now you have told me about the static bags and mixing the powders there will be no stopping me. Off to order some initial supplies now.