Elegant Foil

Hello, 

I never get over how awesome foiling is.  This plate is from Spellbinders.   I instantly fell in love with the "u" shape of the design.  It hugs the sentiment.   Valentine's day is coming up so that was my first thought was to make Valentine's day cards.    I grabbed pink card stock for a tone on tone look. The look was so elegant.  It just made my eyes turn into little hearts.   In the next second, weddings popped into my head.  I made a heap of wedding and anniversary cards.  I'm so glad this is in my stash.  What a wonderful design!! Whoohoo Spellbinders!!! 

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Noel

 Hey friends, 

Stencils have changed card making.  No doubt about it.  This is a new combination for me.  This is a set from Taylored Expressions.  You do all the stenciling first.  Then the last stencil you use a gel that when dry sticks to foil.  It adds just the right amount of shine to the card.  I love finished look!   The veins were added to the leaves with little stamps. TE thinks of everything.  I'm going to make more of these for sure!!

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Birthdays Fly By

Hello, 

I love this card.  It is so simple, yet striking.  I'm afraid the photos don'g do it justice.   The background is a 3D Flower embossing folder.  There is so much dimension in this folder.  It is a WOW all on its own.  The hummingbird is die cut from white card stock.   I used distress inks to color the bird.  I intentionally picked colors that blended well together so I didn't have to worry about the colors getting muddy.   

Once the ink was dry. I used my Wink of Stella pen to apply a coat of glitter to the bird.  It just sparkles.  I wasn't sure what I was going to do for a sentiment, but I had this foiled Happy Birthday floating around my desk and it just seemed to fit.   It was meant to be, right? 

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 Hey friends!

Companies keep getting smarter and smarter.  Stencils have changed paper crafting again.  Companies have figured out that they can break them apart to layer them to color in complicated images such as this one.   This card doesn't actually use a single rubber stamp.  It isn't very often I can say that.  The image is foiled to with a hot plate and gold foil.  I used yellow diamond dots to accent the flowers.  I love the elegance that foil gives to the card (it doesn't show up in the photos very well :🙁 )

Materials:

Plates and Stencils

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Rainbow Blizzard

Welcome!

I'm still playing a little catch up on the blog.   I made a bunch of these for my Christmas craft show last year.  They went over really well.   I think it is the rainbow snowflakes.  Who doesn't love rainbow snowflakes?   This was a toner panel that I purchased from Taylored Expressions (I think).  I used rainbow toner foil in my minc machine to adhere the foil.   I thought the panel was a little busy so I decided to cut them in half.     This was a cool bonus because it made double the amount of cards I was originally planning!!!   I think the balance in white space really helped the snowman pop off the background and gave the sentiment a place to rest.     This is a new holiday favorite!  I can't wait to make more of these!

   

 Copics used

Black:  W10, W8, W6

Red: R29

Yellow: Y13, Y    5

Green: YG11, YG13, YG17

Orange: YR07

A Trip Around The Sun

Hello friends, 

These cards were from a kit that I purchased from Taylored Exressions a while back.  They do not sell it as a kit anymore, but the individual items are available.   The part of this card that I think is magic is the background panels are able to be foiled.   I used a holographic gold foil that catches the light really well.   The rays of the sun are stenciled.  The sun is stamped.. then die cut with the clouds.   It is a fairly easy card but the results are bright and cheery.  It has become a favorite! 

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Watercolor Foil

 Hello!

Well... Christmas in July right?  I'm hoping to catch up on some of my Christmas posts this month.   Let's be thankful for that we still have a few more months before that yucky white stuff falls from the sky.  

Let's ease into this...  this was done with a pre-purchased toner panel.    I found green "watercolor" green foil.  I thought it would be perfect for this tree scene.  I wondered how it look on the snow.   I actually love the green color!   It is such a fun look.   I finished the card off with a die cut sentiment and Santa from Taylored Expressions. 

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Piece of Cake

Hello, 

One of my favorite things I learned this year was foiling.   Toner foil is definitely the easiest ways to get the shiny look.  Taylored Expressions has made it ever easier by selling foil panels.   The toner foil sticks to the panels with ease.  For this set of cards, I used gold foil, but I think this card would look good in any color.  They also created coordinating stencils to add color to each layer of cake.  I used these colors to create my rainbow cake. Taylored Expressions Ink- Guava, Pumpkin, Pineapple, Key Lime, and Cookie Monster.

Glue:

Bearly Art Glue- Amazon or Taylored Expressions--best glue ever! especially for small places!

Tacky Glue (for big spaces)-

Tombow Multi Glue

Blending Brushes: https://amzn.to/3rkTBD4 

 

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Colors of Fall

Hello all, 

I can't get over how fast Fall is going.   Only a few leaves linger on the trees outside my window.     I picked up this stencil last fall, but it remains one of my favorite.   I wanted to try a couple of different things.   First I wanted to foil the panels.  I thought the gold would pop with all the fall colors.  Second, I wanted to try two different color of paper.  I used Toffee and White Cardstock.   I really like them both.  Do you have a favorite?

When the cards were all stenciled.  I felt they needed a little more gold, so I splattered them with Gold Watercolor.   This really pulled it all together. 

New Color Combo 

Taylored Expression Ink Toffee or mini

Taylored Expressions ink Chocolate Truffle or mini

Taylored Expressions ink Pineapple or mini pad

Taylored Expressions ink Sweet Potato Pie or mini pad

Taylored Expressions ink Sour Gummy or mini pad

Taylored Expressions ink Huckleberry or mini pad

Materials:

Stencil and Stamps set:

Fall Slimline

Autumn Sentiments

Birthday sentiments

Paper:

paper from Stampin' Up

Neenah: solar white card stock

Fall Foil it Panels

Dies:

Leaf Die

Ink:

Memento Ink: Amazon or Scrapbook

Other:

Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue)

Tacky Glue

White gel pen:  Scrapbook or Amazon

Gold Watercolor for splatter

Gold Foil

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A Day that Sparkles

 Hello all, 

I was hoping to make a video showing you how easy it was to make these cards.  When I read the sentiment foiling popped into my head.  I just got a bunch of new foils that I was dying to try out. 

I used my computer to create a star pattern and printed it on both white and black cardstock.  I was so curious to see how this foil would look on the black. 

I'm so so happy to report that it worked! On my first card I used rainbow foil.  It over foiled just a little but I think it looked like stardust.  It fit in perfectly.   My next two cards used gold holographic foil.  It is amazing how different it looks on white vs black.    The holographic quality is just so addictive. Sometimes the stars look gold others they have a rainbow sparkle. It is so addictive... I must foil all the things..

Materials: STAMPS: use code TJ10Chris to save 10%:

Sparkles stamp

Paper:

Neenah: -white

black paper from Stampin Up

foil from Michaels

Other: Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue)

Tacky Glue

Minc Machine

Holographic Gold foil

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Dragonfly Dreams

 Hi! 

In many parts of the world the dragonfly represents Hope, Change, and Love.   It is hard not to embrace all of those ideals.  For me personally, I always think of summer when I see dragonflies.  We have them on the lake.  I love to observe the colors.  The ones I see have blue/green iridescent color to them.  When I saw this stamp, I wanted to see if I could capture this look.  

I used the Wow bonding powder to foil the dragonfly.  I fussy cut out the dragonfly and used dimensional foam to place it on top the image stamped on a gray panel.  I love the contrast between the foil and the neutral gray.  It really pops.   What do you think?

Materials: STAMPS: use code TJ10Chris to save 10%: Dragonfly Dreams Paper:

Neenah: -white

Gray and black paper from Stampin Up

Other: Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue) Tacky Glue WOW Bonding Powder:

Hope- Simon Says stamp dies-- might be discontinued.

Check out the video... if you'd like to see how the Wow bonding powder works.

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Check out all the cards made by other members of the design team:

Pam

Patti

AJ

Darlene

Pat

Here is a whole April Release.  Do you have a favorite?

Heart to Heart

Happy Valentine's Day, 

I may have lost my mind a little, but I had fun doing it.   I got these wonderful dies from Taylored Expressions.  Ryan and I spent an evening die cutting a bunch of scrap paper.   I have no idea how many hearts we created that night... but it took me two evening to glue them all down to cards.   I think I made about 30 cards in all.  I still have a bag of rainbow hearts for another day.   To finish off the cards, I either stamped a sentiment or foiled a sentiment.  Every single card is different.  Some of them are Valentines, but most of them can be used at "thinking of you" cards.   

Do you ever mass produce cards?  I find it therapeutic.  There is something calming about it.  

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Foiling Game Changer (with video)

 Hello all, 

Foiling is a huge trend in stamping. I love the look but I wasn't excited about purchasing a bunch more dies. I found WoW bonding powder. I thought it would be awesome to try. The powder is really fine. Finer than most embossing powder. Check out the results in this video. Look out world... I can foil any of my stamps! Materials: STAMPS: use code TJ10Chris to save 10%: Connected By Heart: Reverse Dotted Hearts: Paper: Neenah: Other: Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue) Tacky Glue WOW Bonding Powder:

Check out the video... the photos don't capture the shine.

Watch video here 

Sprinkled with Love

 Hello friends, 

I'm slowly getting back to stamping.  It takes me about a week to create a card.   My crafting time is limited to baby naps.  I know it will get easier as he gets older.  Besides, he will only be small for such a short time.  I don't want to miss a minute.    

This is my first foiling card.  The camera doesn't fully capture the shine of the tiny blue hearts. They are so pretty.  I created them using heat foil.  It is my first attempt at this technique.  I had drooling over a foiling machine for awhile, but didn't want to make the investment.  I happened upon a good sale and it just hopped into my cart.  

Materials used:

Stamp set- Sprinkling you with Love
Heart foiling die
Foiling machine

Teal Foil

Copics used:

Bear: E00, E11, E13, E15

Bunny: C2, C1, C0

Red: R37, R35

Orange: YR07, YR04

Yellow: Y15, Y13

Green; YG17, YG13

Blue: B02, B00

Purple: V12, V15

white gel pen