For Christmas I received a Spellbinder’s Hot Glimmer foiling machine. I knew it would be under the tree, so during sales events after Thanksgiving and Christmas I purchased a few foiling plates (all 50% off). Then I won the grand prize at Pinkfresh Studios which included several more. Traveling right after Christmas and devoting a lot of time when we returned to the watercolor class, it took me until this week to break out the machine. I’d seen some very helpful videos on Jennifer McGuire’s blog*, but I’d also read on Instagram and elsewhere that the foiling process could have a rather steep learning curve. Luckily, the first two foiling projects were a success which resulted in the valentine below. Afterwards, I tried a couple other plates that didn’t turn out so well, so I think it will be a process with mixed results for awhile.
The foiling is much easier to see here:
I foiled a piece of Raspberry Fizz cardstock with silver foil using the Pinkfresh Studio “Heart Grid” foiling plate and die cut it with one of MFT’s “Nested Hearts.” The foiled sentiment is one from Pinkfresh Studio’s “Brush Sentiments.” That set includes the foiling plate, the stamp set, a die, and a stencil you can use to color the dies. Lots of options and I would never have spent the money to purchase them all. Truthfully, when I saw the release I thought the sentiments would all be larger than I would like, so I wouldn’t have any of them had I not won the whole release. I see now that they will get quite a bit of use.
I used the Sunny Studio ” Quilted Hearts” embossing folder for the background and a piece of silver glitter paper to frame it. To save on the glitter paper, I cut it the size I needed, and then die cut the middle of it with a smaller rectangle die and put that piece in my metallic paper folder. The small sentiment is from an old Simon Says stamp set “Love” which I use frequently.
I’m sending this off to two challenges: Time Out’s: In Love and Happy Little Stampers Dies: Anything Goes.
*If you’re a cardmaker and aren’t aware of Jennifer McGuire’s site, she provides wonderful videos showcasing all kinds of techniques as well as process videos. I rely on her advice for so many things.
How delightful. And a bit of luck to have won extras, just at the right time!
(This is probably a dim question, but do you use normal baking/aluminium foil to achieve this, or is a special type of foil required? Can a sheet be used only once, or multiple times?)
There’s never a dim question. There are actually two kinds of foil for foiling on cardstock. Both kinds come in many different colors. The foil I used in this post can only be used with the foiling machines. I also have the other kind which is used with a laminator. I’ve had several rolls of it for several years, and I’m embarrassed to say I’ve never used them even though I do have a laminator. Until recently, the foil could only be used once, but Pinkfresh came out with a solid plate so now you can get two (totally different) images from one piece of foil. For the sentiment, I cut a small piece of foil, and it was gone with one run through. I saved the foil from the heart grid and plan to run it through to see what happens. Hopefully, this weekend some time. If it’s any good, it will show up on the blog!
This week was crazy. I had four Zoom meetings in the last two days, all involving books and articles I had to read. All were excellent discussions, but there wasn’t much creative time left in the schedule. I have nothing on today or tomorrow so hope to get some things done. The blog post you read was one of them. 🙂
Take care,
Karen
Such cute simple card..
Thank you so much for joining us at HLS die challenge.. Dt Swapna
Lovely card. You are having great success right off with foiling & thanks for the links to Jennifer McGuire’s site for cards tips.
Looks like a wonderful start to your foiling adventures! Thank you for the reminder and link to Jennifer McG. I played yesterday after watching a few of her videos.
Those little foiled hearts are so cute!! Thanks for playing along with us at Time Out Challenges!
What a fabulous card! I like the depth you created with the embossing and your touch of metallic. Thanks for playing at Time Out!
– Shauna
Great foiling! Really adds to your Valentine card design!
Thanks for sharing with the Happy Little Stampers!
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