I have been looking eveywhere to understand where to post my question, but I still don't know. I will post here, apologies if it is the wrong place.

I need some help with Brass stencils :

How do you emboss a brass stencil with a big shot ?

How do you emboss a brass stencil just with an embossing tool? It will make you think I am thick, but I tried to put a piece of paper on a mat, and go through the holes of the brass stencil with my embossing tool, but nothing happened.

Anybody to get me out of my misery?

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