Comments on: Scrapbooking - can I heat emboss on a photo?

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:36:02 +0000

I would not recommend embossing photo’s. Embossing powder may contain dyes or chemicals that are not safe for your photo. If you have to emboss, mate the picture first on card stock and emboss the card stock

By: odile_76

odile_76 — Mon, 18 May 2009 03:29:59 +0000

have you tried transparencies? you can stamp and emboss on those (or print and emboss) and then layer over your photo. there’s also a way to make your own rub-ons with printing on transparencies, but I can’t remember where I saw those instructions.

By: Frogger454

Frogger454 — Sun, 17 May 2009 18:46:57 +0000

You could try it on an extra picture (or one of nothing) and see how it does, just play with it and see what works and looks cool. Thats why I love scrapbooking you can do anything.

By: jidwg

jidwg — Sat, 16 May 2009 05:52:18 +0000

I’m not exactly sure what is meant by flourish but am thinking you might mean decorative photo corners? If you cut a cardstock mat slightly larger than the photo and stamp the corners with embossing ink and then heat emboss the cardstock, you can use a craft knife to cut along a portion of the embossed design in each corner to insert the corners of the photo and will have a very decorative effect.

By: Earl D

Earl D — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:19:39 +0000

Depends.

Modern RC paper, I’d say NO (Resin Coated).

Matte finish paper, no.

A paper photograph from the 1970s or earlier, yes you can do it, but you will NEVER be able to get it off.

Resin Coated and Matte finished papers have a type of varnish over them that is water souluable enough to allow chemicals inside the matrix, without losing the shape of the matrxi.

WHen heated, however, it melts as would any varnish or polyurethane.