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Foil stamping and embossing are unique printing processes using dies which we create from your design. In foil stamping, the die is heated in a press to around 250 degrees Fahrenheit and then cycled under tons of pressure, transferring a foil color from a roll onto the paper selected. This process is also called "hot stamping" or "gold stamping".
Embossed images are made in a similar fashion, except the die consists of two parts (a "male" and "female"). When these parts mate under heat and pressure, paper fibers are reformed to create the image in the embossing die. Images that are embossed into paper without any color added are called "blind embossing". When foilstamped images are lifted with embossing, the image then becomes "foil embossed".
Other options are available, such as debossing (when an image is depressed into the paper, the opposite of embossing), and multi-level or sculptured embossing (used to create a three-dimensional look in designs that contain a lot of detail).
