Embossing-Brayer tutorial

I don't have a fancy embossing machine.

All my embossing is done by hand.

I bought these Fiskars texture plates a couple of years ago,

but had a difficult time using them.

By the time I covered up the plate with the cardstock,

it was hit or miss trying to guess where the grooves were.

This last week it hit me that I could

photo copy the texture plate to give me guidelines.

Here I have taped the piece of cardstock

that I wanted to emboss to the texture plate.

I then taped the photo copy of the plate over the cardstock.

I then went over the lines with my embossing stylus.

Brayer, ink pad and acrylic block.

I inked up the brayer by rolling it over the ink pad.

I then rolled the brayer over the acrylic block.

This step makes sure that the ink on the brayer is blended.

I then rolled the brayer over the embossed cardstock,

with the raised design on top. I used light pressure when rolling.

The finished embossing-brayered cardstock.

Sample card using the embossing-brayered cardstock.