For the Love of Paper: Emboss Resist with the We R Memory Keepers Glue Quill

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Emboss Resist with the We R Memory Keepers Glue Quill

You all know that We R Memory Keepers has the Foil Quill for your digital die cutting machine. Where it makes the beautiful foil images on your projects. But did you know there is also a Glue Quill? Oh yeah, its pretty awesome! You can have images drawn onto your paper for things like glitter and embossing powder. Imagine the possibilities not only for your cards, but also your scrapbook layouts!

For my design team project, I used the Glue Quill in my Silhouette. After laying out these beautiful flowers for a piece of 12x12 paper, I sent the image to my Silhouette using the sketch feature and it drew the entire page of images!

The glue has a wonderful blue tint that helps you see it. What really impressed me was the fact that the glue did not dry out, even after all that drawing! (I mean, I went and made a quick bite to eat while it was working hard!)

Once the Silhouette was done working, I removed the paper and then sprinkled white embossing powder over the entire page. A small paintbrush helped me remove the excess powder from the page before I heat set the powder. Knowing I would be doing a resist technique, I didn't want any stray powder sections showing through!

Make sure when doing a resist technique that your embossing powder has been completely heat set. You will know it is ready when it goes from matte to shiny.

I trimmed the 12x12 paper down to card panel size. By cutting my pieces to 5.25"x4" I was able to get 6 card panels!

Then I went over each of the panels with watercolor. Look at how fun and bright! You could do this with ink if you do not have watercolors. Simply apply the ink to the surface of the paper. Remember that the embossed surface is resisting, so you will need to wipe the top off if you use ink.