Hey friends! Thanks so much for watching... Be sure to leave a comment letting me know which life hack is your favorite! :) Here is a link to the full supply list: ldli.co/e/x5j714 and blog post: bit.ly/2MUxmSF
Great hacks, Simon, thanks. Instead of squeezing the paper when you apply the heat, hold the word by putting the tweezers inside the loop of one of the letters and squeeze the tweezers just till the letter tightens up and will hold, then heat away. It does work.
I loved how you handled the glitter going all over. You should such calm under pressure - as you stated you are not a fan of glitter. The several layers of embossing powder were great. The purple tape as a handle too.
You just kind of mentioned it in passing, but I like the idea of embossing the top of the embossing powder lid so you have an example. I’ve never thought of doing that.
Loved this video (I love all of your videos). I think you are a gifted young man. I watched it with my 13 year old granddaughter and she oooh'd and aaah'd throughout it. Thanks for the multiple embossing hack. What a great idea.
Great video! My favorite was the demonstration of the difference between heating from the back of the card vs. the front. I've heard about doing that to prevent warping the paper, but this really showed how sharp it makes the image. Thank you Simon for another great video!
For those in the UK/EU, Simon's products are available over here in the UK, so no need to pay heavy shipping, and custom's fees. As there are a few retailers selling them, do a google search to find the one that suits you best. Simon, my favourite hack, was using a box when using the glitter spray! Hehe! But seriously, the one using masking tape was helpful for me, as I knew about the others. TFS. Julia, from the UK.
The purple tape was a great idea! I usually use the tweezers hack so not to burn my fingers. Just new with embossing. Still experimenting and filming my projects so I can remember my own mistakes and experiences. I just realized now being new in youtube how hard it is what you do. Keep up the good work!
Great ideas, Simon! I, too, like to begin my heating on the back of my project. Not only does it help the embossing powder to stay put, but it helps with warping on the cardstock. TFS!
One tip I'd like to add is when embossing light colours on darker cardstock use an alcohol marker to cover up any stray specks.....the specks are still glossy but not really noticeable.
If your embossing ink isn't sticky enough, add glycerine to the pad. That's all it is anyways. No need to buy anything other than the glycerin that will last you for, forever. Get large bottles for less than retail stores sell 5 Oz on Amazon.
You are absolutely delightful Simon! I'm so happy to have discovered you on RUclips! Thanks for your enthusiasm & fun ideas & that brilliant SMILE! Youve made me smile & feel happy again, and that is such a gift. I hope you are well & life is good! Hugs from San Francisco! 💕xoxo
I use an old griddle if I know I'll be heating from the back. I can put on several layers or glitter and it melts instantly with no mess- also you can apply multiple colors of embossing powders for a fun look, no need for embossing ink. Also, It's great to impress a stamp design into while it's very warm. 17:48
I love seeing these, (and would like to many more please) of these hacks and also some basic techniques for card making cause I’m new to this. I love watching you, but please show us some basic techniques for us newbies, please, please 😊
I liked where you added glitter and a second colored embossing powder! Very cool! I also liked the heating from the back tip! 😀 Thanks for sharing your hacks with us!
If you have a shaker jar for enbossing I think that would give a nicer disbursement of powder over the stencil. Not so blotchy looking. I haven't used stencils much but bought some recently. I like the idea of using them for embossing.
My favorite hack was using the gel pen and heat setting from behind. Now I know why my embossing is so messy. Love your tips and videos. Been following your channel for a while. I was very happy to hear about your own line with Ranger. Hope to find your products easily available in Europe.
Can’t wait to try heating from the back on black! Makes sense 😉 I love the thanks with lots of layers of embossing powder...I’ll be trying that one too! Thanks for the tips!
I am watching this video in September 2021. I like finding inspirations to watching thigns I have not seen before. I see the metallics make a striking embossing, that would make any card pop :)
Hey simon you are amazing card maker, always with so cool and easy life hacks which are really helpful All the hacls you showed were awesome but my favorite was using matt adhesive for creating matte embossed images Never thought of it Tfs
Great video! Your "life hacks" will help me address multiple problems I've been having as a heat embossing newbie. (I'll be buying the eraser ASAP.) Many thanks!
Great tips! I’m not ashamed to say that I was laughing out loud at your humor and was especially entertained with your super imposed large head. 😂 Made my day!💗
Loved your ideas, particularly during down the shine, I did not know that so that’s new to me. Another thing you can do is add texture to your molten embossing powder by way of stamping into it, ideally you would multilayer your embossing powder or use an ultra think embossing powder as you did in you thanks die cut example. Once you have thick enough, before you melt final layer, prepare your texture, ink up a stamp of choice, it can be an image or a texture type stamp,with an embossing ink and once ready heat up your final layer and before it cools press the prepared stamp into the molten powder and allow to sit until the embossing cools...you can then pull your stamp away. I’ve also done this using embossing folders, inking the positive side with embossing ink and just folding over the molten piece - no need to roll through any sort of machine, fingers are perfect. Embossing ink being , your perfect medium, ver Samar’s or any sort of pigment ink. Hope I’ve made sense...have fun trying it out 🤣🐬🇦🇺
Hey friends! Thanks so much for watching...
Be sure to leave a comment letting me know which life hack is your favorite! :)
Here is a link to the full supply list: ldli.co/e/x5j714 and blog post: bit.ly/2MUxmSF
wow. nice. the splinter stamp really made the card beautiful. tfs. I didnt want the video to end. lol
I'm love the embossing the caps of the containers! Great idea! Totally adopting it.
The shiny to matte technique.
What is the song at the end? Love the vid thx
What alternative can we use for heat gun
Absolutely love the purple tape hack, and the heating from the back hack! Never would have thought of those!
Great hacks, Simon, thanks. Instead of squeezing the paper when you apply the heat, hold the word by putting the tweezers inside the loop of one of the letters and squeeze the tweezers just till the letter tightens up and will hold, then heat away. It does work.
I liked the embossing on stencils, filling in missed embossing with gel pens & heating from the back of the card. Thanks, Simon. 😃
The white gel pen was a great tip!!!Using a magnet to hold down a die cut while the glue dries is awesome.
I loved how you handled the glitter going all over. You should such calm under pressure - as you stated you are not a fan of glitter. The several layers of embossing powder were great. The purple tape as a handle too.
Thanks for the ideas, Simon! I liked the idea of using several layers of embossing powder over words to make them thicker. Your card turned out great!
You just kind of mentioned it in passing, but I like the idea of embossing the top of the embossing powder lid so you have an example. I’ve never thought of doing that.
Yes! That is SOOOO helpful to see the true color. :)
Love how fast you are in speaking and doing, never boring right to the point!
thank goodness you are interesting and educational to listen to, unlike many others. Great tips.
Embossing from the back was new for me. Thank you
I LOVE how you held down the die cut after gluing with the magnets! I usually just find something heavy to set on it but this is a great hack!!
Very helpful and concise tutorial! I love the idea of embossing over and over to get the thick look.
I really liked the embossing on the die cut!
I loved the hack where you added the glitter and green. I hadn't seen or heard of it before. Thanks so much for sharing all these tips.
Wow, had no idea you could make more layers of embossing! Gotta try that!! Awesome!!!!❤❤
Loved this video (I love all of your videos). I think you are a gifted young man. I watched it with my 13 year old granddaughter and she oooh'd and aaah'd throughout it. Thanks for the multiple embossing hack. What a great idea.
Super fun video with some great tips. Thanks Simon :)
Great video! My favorite was the demonstration of the difference between heating from the back of the card vs. the front. I've heard about doing that to prevent warping the paper, but this really showed how sharp it makes the image. Thank you Simon for another great video!
Thanks! Yes... heating from the back does wonders for embossing. :)
I rarely make cards but I am glad I watched your video tonight. I am going to us the tip where you did 'thanks', I can use that on a scrapbook page.
For those in the UK/EU, Simon's products are available over here in the UK, so no need to pay heavy shipping, and custom's fees. As there are a few retailers selling them, do a google search to find the one that suits you best.
Simon, my favourite hack, was using a box when using the glitter spray! Hehe! But seriously, the one using masking tape was helpful for me, as I knew about the others. TFS.
Julia, from the UK.
Ooooh Thanks for sharing that with everyone... super helpful! :)
Nice job Simon! I enjoyed all the ideas
Adorable card, Simon! My fav hack was sprinkling the different colored powders to create a rad background. TFS!✨👍🏾
The purple tape was a great idea! I usually use the tweezers hack so not to burn my fingers. Just new with embossing. Still experimenting and filming my projects so I can remember my own mistakes and experiences. I just realized now being new in youtube how hard it is what you do. Keep up the good work!
Great ideas, Simon! I, too, like to begin my heating on the back of my project. Not only does it help the embossing powder to stay put, but it helps with warping on the cardstock. TFS!
Very helpful video. My favorite one is the use of the mat glue over the flower pot, great idea! Thanks for another great video.
Thanks Kristie! I love that one too. :)
One tip I'd like to add is when embossing light colours on darker cardstock use an alcohol marker to cover up any stray specks.....the specks are still glossy but not really noticeable.
If your embossing ink isn't sticky enough, add glycerine to the pad. That's all it is anyways. No need to buy anything other than the glycerin that will last you for, forever. Get large bottles for less than retail stores sell 5 Oz on Amazon.
Thank you Simon all the hacks were very useful to me. WELL DONE
You're always fun, Simon
Never thought to use Perfect medium, have lots of so now I can give it another use, thanks!
Love the embossing hacks and your sense of humor.
Like the heating from the back tip
You are wonderful!....and the music is awesome. Great taste
WOW! U have been with this for a long time. You’re doing such a wonderful things. I’ve just started
You are absolutely delightful Simon! I'm so happy to have discovered you on RUclips! Thanks for your enthusiasm & fun ideas & that brilliant SMILE! Youve made me smile & feel happy again, and that is such a gift. I hope you are well & life is good! Hugs from San Francisco! 💕xoxo
Haha. I like your way of editing. Great tips for embossing. I'll emboss the top of my embossing jars too. That is a life hack for me. 😄
Great video as always, loved the tip about using a white gel pen on your heat embossing if needed. Thank you for sharing 😊
Hi Simon. TFS. You are an inspration. You are very talented and a OMG so funny :-) Big Hugs from Karina Møller from Denmark :-)
Dear Simon
Thank u so much.i was wondering how to use stamps in embossing and you showed it.i like the embellishment hack too.blessings
Great hacks Simon! Thanks so much for sharing your time and creativity!!!
Thanks so much for sharing these great hacks Simon!
Just started watching your videos
I've started doing cards and was sure about the embossing
Thank you💗
My fav.....heat from the back. Thank you for sharing
Dear simon
Thank you. I liked making the embelishment the most and the tip on heating from behind. Thank you and blessings always.
I use an old griddle if I know I'll be heating from the back. I can put on several layers or glitter and it melts instantly with no mess- also you can apply multiple colors of embossing powders for a fun look, no need for embossing ink. Also, It's great to impress a stamp design into while it's very warm. 17:48
I like the thanks sentiment card came out wonderful
Great ideas, I love how you put them all together into that beautiful card. Thanks
Thank you, Simon!
Yay!! Awesome hacks, love all of them, and the products you used! Thank you so much!
I so enjoy watching your shows. I learn so much every time. Can't get your products in South Africa yet.
Hey Simon, I always enjoy your videos, thanks for the hacks, you're doing a fantastic job.
I love seeing these, (and would like to many more please) of these hacks and also some basic techniques for card making cause I’m new to this. I love watching you, but please show us some basic techniques for us newbies, please, please 😊
I liked where you added glitter and a second colored embossing powder! Very cool! I also liked the heating from the back tip! 😀 Thanks for sharing your hacks with us!
If you have a shaker jar for enbossing I think that would give a nicer disbursement of powder over the stencil. Not so blotchy looking. I haven't used stencils much but bought some recently. I like the idea of using them for embossing.
My favorite hack was using the gel pen and heat setting from behind. Now I know why my embossing is so messy. Love your tips and videos. Been following your channel for a while. I was very happy to hear about your own line with Ranger. Hope to find your products easily available in Europe.
Thanks for the tips, love the idea of dulling the embossed item.
Can’t wait to try heating from the back on black! Makes sense 😉 I love the thanks with lots of layers of embossing powder...I’ll be trying that one too! Thanks for the tips!
Love this video. I’m impressed with what you did with the “thanks “ & making the flower pot matte!!!
Hi Simon! Learned a lot today! Thanks!
Great video thank you. I have ordered a heat gun coming on Monday. Can't wait to try it out .
Great ideas with your card making hacks.Thanks for sharing Simon💕
Really appreciated the tips on thickening a word when embossing! Thanks!
Thanks Simon! I am sure I’ll be using some of these hacks!
Super embossing card hacks Simon!!! Thanks so much! I also liked the " little gremlin" who popped in, too😁
I am watching this video in September 2021. I like finding inspirations to watching thigns I have not seen before. I see the metallics make a striking embossing, that would make any card pop :)
Enjoy all of your videos
Thanks Simon, love watching all your Life Hacks!!
I agree. Lovely card!
Great video! Loved all the hacks, but I especially love the names of the inks in your line! “Traffic cone” “overzealous” omg! 🤣🤣🤣
Great techniques! Thanks for the tips 👍
Nice card. Thanks for all the tips.
Hey simon you are amazing card maker, always with so cool and easy life hacks which are really helpful
All the hacls you showed were awesome but my favorite was using matt adhesive for creating matte embossed images
Never thought of it
Tfs
My faves were to emboss tops of jars with powder color (YAY!) and the effect of using matte embossing powder.
Your videos are PERFECT!!!!
Great hack to emboss from the back!! Can't wait to try that, thanks for another great video.
I wondered if the glitter was going to make a mess...lol. Great hacks, Simon!
Never thought to emboss the same piece more than once! Great tip!
Beautiful card. I liked the swiffer idea for the glitter. I use a lint roller to help get the glitter picked ul
Thanks Sharon! Oooh, thats a great idea to clean up the glitter too! Thanks for sharing that. :)
Love how u embedded the glitter with the embossing ink! 😍
I'm not gonna lie, IM LIVING for your new intro
Thanks for the tip on embossing from the back! Great hack!!
such a freaking cool work station!
Caribbean Love Yo 🇹🇹
Simon, you are absolutely amazing!
Great job, Simon! :)
1st time watching you...on RUclips from Boise Idaho...very informative...thanks for sharing!
What great tips! Thanks so much.
Great tips!!
Heating from the back is a great tip
Love the embossing! And I love the white embossing powder on black cardstock have to try that!
Great video! Your "life hacks" will help me address multiple problems I've been having as a heat embossing newbie. (I'll be buying the eraser ASAP.) Many thanks!
Great video for heat embossing sentiments
great card and tips!!! as always I love your shaded flower
Thanks! It is so much fun to add shading and play with multiple colors of ink. :)
Excellent tips...thank you!
Great tips! I’m not ashamed to say that I was laughing out loud at your humor and was especially entertained with your super imposed large head. 😂 Made my day!💗
Great tips, as usual! You're awesome ❗❗
Loved your ideas, particularly during down the shine, I did not know that so that’s new to me.
Another thing you can do is add texture to your molten embossing powder by way of stamping into it, ideally you would multilayer your embossing powder or use an ultra think embossing powder as you did in you thanks die cut example. Once you have thick enough, before you melt final layer, prepare your texture, ink up a stamp of choice, it can be an image or a texture type stamp,with an embossing ink and once ready heat up your final layer and before it cools press the prepared stamp into the molten powder and allow to sit until the embossing cools...you can then pull your stamp away.
I’ve also done this using embossing folders, inking the positive side with embossing ink and just folding over the molten piece - no need to roll through any sort of machine, fingers are perfect.
Embossing ink being , your perfect medium, ver Samar’s or any sort of pigment ink.
Hope I’ve made sense...have fun trying it out 🤣🐬🇦🇺
Thank you for this great video.
You. Outdoor press the die cut down onto you ink pad, then you may use a little less ink on the kitchen roll?
Dang dude, glitter glitter everywhere!