Challenge Card

HELP!  I can never seem how to use my heat embossing tool!!!  I burn everything.  I don't know when to STOP. (Not knowing when to stop is not a problem for me just with this.  Turns out I have an issue with that in general.  I am assuming advice on that is far more expensive!) I start heating it and I keep thinking it needs more.  I need advice!!!  So PLEASE give me some tips.

This is school vacation week for us.  Of course I end up sick, so I am crafting between naps.  Why is it that we end up sick on vacation weeks?  I am thinking it may have something to do with my classroom full of 5 and 6 year olds coughing and sneezing on me prior to vacation... just a thought.

I found a  bunch of challenges this week.  I have also found some pretty darn cool people on here!  I love that they are sending me more links to challenges and feeding my addictions!

Guess why the flower is there?  Yep, an embossing screw up!

I had my thumb there while holding the image for the heat gun.

The inside is not fancy at all but the sentiment is from Paisley.

For this card I used all basic solid cardstock. 

I pressed silver pigment ink onto the sunglasses before sprinkling them with purple embossing powder.

I used my embossing heat gun.  I blow that on top of the cut, I saw something online that suggested heating from beneath... what do others do?  I really need help not burning my stuff!

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 This card was created using the Paisley Cricut cartridge for the Cricut Chaos Challenge.

The card is done as a shape card for the Jitter Buggin' Challenge

I am putting it in this other embossing challenge at Linda's Creativity with hopes that SOMEONE ANYONE can stop by and teach me how to do this right. :)
This card is also for the All About Girls challenge at My Sheri Crafts!