HI.
I love my embossing pen to get color into just a few highlighted places.
It works just like the stamp pad but only in a smaller area.
If you go here:
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You'll see that the interior of the card is embossed but just inside the letters. I used my embossing pen to do that. The pen is a good accessory if you only want to heat emboss a particular area. I can't live without it. Oh, a little trick I learned. Do you remember those pens back in the 1980's that you could write with and then erase. That is a good substitute if you can't find the pen.
Hugs, Kate