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i am going crazy with my new heat gun and i'm trying every technique known to man with it. I love it! i wonder what i ever did without it! anyway, i tried that awesome technique of stamping in hot, layered UTEE and it looks SO INCREDIBLE! I am going to use this every chance i get.
if you don't know what i'm talking about, run--don't walk--to your stampin area and TRY IT OUT...you'll love it! here is what i did:
I used a copper tag and melted clear UTEE a couple of times. you need to make sure that the first layer is cooled down before you add another one tho or you'll get a bumpy effect (at least i did). in the third layer i stamped the chinese (?) script from calming gardens while it was still hot. it looks amazing! i wish i had more metal tags...i might try regular old paper next...
btw, does anybody know what that says? or in which language it is in? I'm thinking chinese, but i'm obviously no expert. i would love to know what i'm saying when i use it!
We did that at a stamp club a couple years ago. We used silver EP and heated it from the back of the CS with the heat gun. Then we pressed a stamp into it. The effect looked like a seal. Very pretty.
A.
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UTEE is ultra thick embossing enamel. I've used it like the original poster where you build up layers and then stamp in it. You can make embellishments for cards, pins, all kinds of cool stuff. There is even a melting pot if you don't want to mess with the heat gun. One cool technique I'm wanting to try is where you use the clear, do a few coats over a stamped image, stick it in the freezer for 10 minutes and then when it comes out you move the paper a little and the UTEE cracks. I've seen a card with it and it was really cool.
Debbie
SU's Glassy Glaze Enamel is also the same as UTEE......
And the first layer is always bumpy. I heat it, then add another layer while it is hot, (helps it stick) then a third layer, and sometimes a fourth.
It's the little "coin". I stamped the image with close to cocoa ink on creamy caramel cs, cut it out, then laid the whole circle on a versamark pad before pouring the glossy glaze enamel on it. I then heated it tomelt it and let it cool before doing again. After the second or third time, I put the stamp on top while it was still hot. You can't really see the texture in teh photo, but it really did turn out neat. It is a fun technique!
Don't know what it says but it is Kanji, I will take it to a Japanese friend and get her to translate it. She does this all the time for me. I'll get back to you.
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You all inspired me so I had to try this idea. Here's my version.
I applied 3 coats of copper embossing powder with the simple shapes rectangle onto black cardstock, each time while still hot. Then inked the kanji with versamark and into the hot embossing; left it a few seconds and pulled it off. It does look like a metal tag! Thanks!!
The orchid was done with PE & Future.
I can't wait to try it! thanks for those instructions! woohoo!
Flowerbug, I LOVE LOVE LOVE your card! and by the way, that is almost EXACTLY what my tag looks like (its copper) except its rounded. Beautiful bonsai too. love it!
Stamping in hot UTEE...you gotta try it!
