This is a VERY versatile product!! We talk about it all the time on my Yahoo group!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PennyWiseArts/ Our class files are FULL to the brim with ways that our members are using the tape in their artwork to do all the projects that you mentioned!
Our brand is called O'So Sticky and it comes on rolls that are 6 yards long and on a plastic spool so that there is no waste (as there is with cardboard spools). It comes in 6 widths 1/8"; 1/4"; 3/8"; 1/2", 3/4" and 1" wide as well as in sheets for beading image shapes perfectly every time! (We show you how in our Back to Basics Beading class!) I'll shamelessly tell you that our price per yard is far better than SU too!! Well, so are our micro beads for that matter!
O'So Sticky or Sticky Strip as SU calls it - is used for when you want to REALLY hold something together! I use it on all my die cut boxes! It is great for micro beading - because of it's super stickyness it will really hold your beads and embellishments on your projects! And yes, because it is heat resisant, you can emboss with it! Or wrap glass votive candle cups with it and bead them! Use it on glass, wood, metal, paper and more! It's also acid free and safe for use in scrapbooks!
I'd had customers tell me that they used it to hem pants, hold eyeglasses together and any number of creative ideas! Once you try it - you'll be "stuck" - guaranteed!!!