Embossed Note Cards

I have always liked to make things rather than buy them in a store, so when I ran out of all the thank you cards I have been given as gifts over the years, I decided to make my own.  I wanted something that looked  simple and natural while having an offbeat elegance.  These are great for thank you notes or personal letters, and make great gifts.  The best part is that with a different stamp, a different color or style notecard, or a new color embossing powder, you can completely change the look.  The possibilities are endless!

What You Need:

Heat Gun

Notecards of Your Choice

Stamp of Your Choice

Embossing Ink Pad

Embossing Powder (Color of Your Choice)

Begin this project by cleaning and drying your stamp, so that its ready for the ink pad.  Press your chosen stamp in the embossing ink and immediately stamp it on the notecard, wherever you want to image or text of your stamp.  

                       

 

Quickly pour the embossing powder over the stamped image.  Shake the paper around to make sure it is covered and tap the excess back into the jar.  There may be some extra particles you have to wipe off with your hand, but be careful not to mess up the image, because the powder is barely hanging on.

Use your heat gun to change the matte powder into a glossy, raised image.  Hold the gun about two inches from the notecard and watch the magic (Note: A hairdryer WILL NOT work for this.  A heat gun does not blow heat the way a hairdryer does, and a hairdryer will blow the powder instead of embossing it).   

The initial cost of a heat gun is worth it considering how much thank you notes often cost.  I bought a pack of fifty notecards with envelopes for less than six dollars and with the natural brown, I can use any stamp or color to change up my design.

                           

Another fun thing is not just to make it personal for yourself, but for the person to whom you are sending the notecard.  If you so choose, you can also emboss the envelope, but remember to save room for the mailing address.  

By buying smaller cards or cutting down the ones you have, you can also create great name tags for gifts.  Using tone on tone would create an interesting and subtle look while contrasting colors would be playful and fun.  The paper, image, and colors you choose can give these cards a look to satisfy any aesthetic.  Again, the possibilities are endless!

Create!