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To decorate with a raised design.

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Usage examples (35)
  • You can use special metallic powder to emboss designs that you have stamped onto the paper.
  • Holographic titles emboss their shiny covers of orchid or teal, sometimes cobalt.
  • He would print it from his computer and then use a US silver dollar to 'emboss' a seal on it for the notary.
  • - The options "emboss" and "embossmore" transform your images to a relief with two nuances.
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