In as much as I appreciate everyones help with my inquiry, I've got "DUH" written all over my forehead.
I was watching DIY Scrapbooking this week and they were doing embossing with the adapter. It dawned on me that they had ATTACHED the adapter to where you would press down. I used it like the slide.
So I feel stupid but I've been embossing everything and anything. Ok so it wasn't my worst scrapbooking purchase ever.
Hugs to all, Scrapping by Hot Cocoa in the Frozen NYC. (at least the camera has film :-))
Kate