An inverted form of embossing in which a relief plate is placed under the sheet of paper as it is run through a press, thus lowering rather than raising that area of the paper.
The process of using heat and pressure to smooth out an area on your material. This can be used for a stamping or additional graphics, attachment.
Dry embossing. Debossing uses a stylus tool and a light table to press the cardstock through the open sections of a stencil. When the stencil is removed, the raised images will be visible. A light application of color is often used to highlight the raised areas. Debossing can be combined with stamped images to create very attractive cards.
An impression which is sunk into a surface (opposite of embossing).
The opposite of embossing; the design is indented into the paper or material. Of course, if you turn the paper over, it's embossed, but life is like that sometimes.
Pressing letters or illustrations into a sheet of paper using a metal or plastic die to create a depressed (debossed) image.
The process in which the image is recessed into the paper.
An artwork imprint method where the image is imprinted by depressing into a material such as paper, leather or suede, so the image sits below the product surface.
Same as embossing, but a recessed image is produced.
To make a raised image by pushing the paper up using a stylus from the backside. Also called blind embossing.
The image is depressed into a material such as paper, leather or suede, so the image sits below the product surface. Ink may or may not accompany the stamp (color stamping).
Making a raised image by pushing paper, card or vellum up through a stencil using a stylus. (Also called blind embossing or relief embossing.)
Printing or stamping in which dies are used to depress an image below the surface of paper or board.
Depressing an image into a material's surface so that the image sits below the product surface.
Depression of an image into a material such as paper, leather, or suede, so that the image sits below the product surface.
The depressing of chipboard or paper below its natural surface that will create a textured design. Used frequently in conjunction with hot stamping.
The tablet identification is formed as a groove or indentation into the tablets face. Debossing creates a two-dimensional appearance.
The opposite of embossing. Instead of a raised image, letters or images are depressed into a sheet with a die.