Foiling Tutorial #3

Hi there, how are you doing?
I was asked if it is possible to foil without a foiling machine, a laminator, or an electronic machine. YES, IT IS! Isn't that exciting?
I foiled the card, which tutorial I'm posting today, WITHOUT any of those. Ready? Check this out.

Supplies Used:

1. Deep red (5.5"x 8.5"folded in half), white, and black (4"x 5.25")  cardstock

2. Candy cane paper cut at 3.75"x 5"and adhered to white cardstock of same size

3. Gina K Fancy Foil Radiant Red

4. Double sided adhesive roll - 1/8" and 1/4"

5. 11/4"x 21/16" gift tag (I used my McGill Scallop Multi Tag Punch)

6. Sentiment Stamp (I used a Sweet N Sassy Stamp from the "Born This Day" set)

1/4"Gold Ribbon

7. Adhesive foam (cut at 3.5"x 4.75")

TUTORIAL

Glue strips of both sizes double sided adhesive tapes on stripes of Candy Cane paper as shown in the card picture. 

The next step you will do one by one of the stripes with the double sided adhesive tapes: Peel the protection layer from tape, place Foil on it, and burnish it on tape. Remove Foil, and the you will have a foiled stripe on the paper. Repeat this for all stripes with  adhesive tape. 

For the tag, I punched the black cardstock and, just holding the white cardstock (with sentiment already stamped on it) with my tag punch, I drew the tag with a pencil (see picture), but DID NOT PUNCH it. 

Then I fussy cut it with fine point scissors. That way, it was a little smaller than the black tag that I used as a frame. 
Using the 1/8" double sided adhesive tape glue the gold ribbon on candy cane paper to decorate.
Glue the gift tag on paper using double sided adhesive foam, then glue bow.
Adhere black cardstock to red card base 
Adhere 3.5"x 4.75" Adhesive foam on the back of candy cane paper (already glued to white cardstock), then glue it to black cardstock.
Glue  4"x 5.25"white cardstock inside your card. 
That's it! Pretty easy, isn't it? 

I hope you use foiling to make some beautiful things for those special people in your life. 
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Napkin Background Tutorial

Hi there, how's everybody doing?
Have you ever needed a patterned paper that doesn't exist? I have. This card came from one of those situations. I wanted to make a patriotic card for my sister and her family for 4th of July, but didn't find a paper that I liked. At a store, I saw these napkins for only $1.99, and they were exactly what I wanted. So I decided to create my background cardstock with one of those napkins. Here is the card and tutorial. 

Supplies used:
1. Dark red and white cardstock
2. Patriotic napkin
3. Frosted Lace Stickles Gitter Adhesive
4. Sizzix 6"x6" Double Sided Adhesive Sheet
5. Permanent Adhesive Roller
6. Embellishments

TUTORIAL
Cut red cardstock 5.5"x 8.5". Score it at 4.25" and fold it. (base card)
Cut white cardstock 5.25" x 4", adhere it to card base with Permanent Adhesive
Open napkin and remove white back tissue paper from it (some napkins have 2 plies of white tissue paper added to the napkin itself). 
Remove first layer of the Double Sided Adhesive Sheet and adhere it to white cardstock. Trim excess. 
Turn napkin around (back of the napkin facing you)
Remove the other layer of Double Sided Adhesive Sheet, and carefully place it on napkin. Using a spatula or a credit card carefully smooth the napkin on adhesive sheet, making sure there are no bubbles and the corner are very well glued.
Now you have the background you want, and it's ready to be decorated and glued to your card. I used the Gitter Adhesive to give some shimmer to the stars, a red ribbon and a sticker that I had in my stash.

I hope you decide to try this technique. It's fun, inexpensive, and the possibilities are endless. 

Also remember those who fought for our freedom, and celebrate 4th of July safely. 

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Foiled Card - Tutorial #2

Hello everyone,
How are you enjoying your summer? A bit too hot for me, but hey, it's CHRISTMAS IN JULY! Woohoo!. I love Christmas. After all, it is the celebration of the Son of God coming to earth to save us from our sins. What a love! What a tremendous love! So, to celebrate Christmas in July I'm doing a series of Christmas cards using foil. Today I'm posting a tutorial for more deco foil using toner sheets, which I fell in love with since I do not have a laser printer. Here is the card,

Supplies I used
1. 5.5"x 4.25" cards in white, beige, and red
2. white cardstock
3. Self adhesive toner sheets
4. Therm O Web - Fancy Foils - 6 x 8 - Radiant Red + Gold Deco foil
5. Elizabeth Crafts Christmas ornament dies - base and cover
8. Merry Christmas die
9. Embellishments
10. Laminator

TUTORIAL 

Turn on your Laminator and let it warm up. Using the ornament die base, cut that shape from the  Self adhesive toner sheet. **Place the die-cut inside folded parchment paper, cover with a piece of the  Therm O Web - Fancy Foils - 6 x 8 - Red Velvet (a little larger than the die-cut), and run folded parchment paper in the laminator.** You will get that beautiful, shimmery, red ball. Then, cut the  ornament die cover from the Self adhesive toner sheet too. Use the same process **-** to foil it with the gold foil. The process to cover the die-cut sentiment, in this case "Merry Christmas" is the same. Using the Darice Snowflake Scroll Design embossing folder, emboss the white card. Check the card picture for details. Finish your card as it is in the picture, or use your creativity and change 
things up a little. 

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New Christmas Card Tutorial

When it's 95 degrees outside, it feels like 102, and you miss the cool weather, you listen to Christmas songs, and make Christmas cards. (wink). That's what I have been doing. The card I made today has a few different techniques I want to share with you. 

I hope you can see the shimmer in the star and the glitter cardstock, and how the falling snow is in 3D

SUPPLIES I used for this card:

1. Nuvo Expanding Mousse - white

2. Heat tool

3. Nuvo - Embossing Powder - Classic Silver

4. Dark blue, and white glitter cardstock

5. Black, dark green, and Versamark stamp ink 

6. Sweet 'N Sassy Star and sentiment stamps from "O Holy Night"Set; Christmas Tree stamp and die from "Christmas Silhouettes" set

7. Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Dies - Stitched Hillside Borders 

8. Snow falling stencil

9. Adhesive foam

TUTORIAL
Cut a piece of dark blue cardstock the size of the card you would like to make. Secure it on your work surface with light tack tape (Washi tape, painters paint, etc).
Place the stencil on it also secured with light tack tape.
Spread the Nuvo Expanding Mousse with palette knife on stencil until all openings are covered by it. Clean excess with palette knife or a spatula.
Gently remove the stencil
Using heat tool, heat the mousse until puffed up and dry.
Die cut glitter white paper with Lawn Fawn - Lawn Cuts - Dies - Stitched Hillside Borders , and cut the sides to card measurement.

Stamp trees on a white paper and die cut them.
Stamp star with Versamark, cover with Nuvo - Embossing Powder - Classic Silver, and heat emboss it with heat tool.
Glue Blue cardstock and die cut "snow hills" to card base.
Adhere 2 trees to scene, and use Adhesive foam to glue the 3rd one.
Stamp the sentiment phrase, and your card is ready to be given to someone special.

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Expanding Mousse Card Tutorial

Hi there,
Are you enjoying summer yet? As a cold weather lover, I'm staying indoors as much as possible, and while enjoying the AC, I'm creating Christmas cards. For this one I used  Nuvo Expanding Mousse. I love that mousse because, when I use heat, it expands and changes to a different, puffed up, texture.

Here are the supplies I used for this card:
1. Green, black, white and natural Cardstock
2. Ribbon/twine
3. A stencil (I used Tim Holtz Christmas Festive)
4. A Palette Knife
5. The Nuvo Expanding Mousse  in the color of your preference
6. Heat tool
7. Christmas sentiment stamp
8. Avery Elle tag die from the set Elle-ments Die - Gift Tags

TUTORIAL
Using a gentle tape (Washi tape, painters tape, etc), secure white cardstock to your work surface. Place stencil on it (I like to secure my stencil in place with tape too).
Using the palette knife, spread expanding mousse on the stencil making sure it covers all the openings well. Clean the excess with the palette knife and put it back in the container.
Very gently remove the stencil from the paper.
Heat mousse with heat tool (like you would on embossing powder) and watch it puff up and get a more natural look and change texture.
Now you have a great card front to embellish your card.

I hope this tutorial will help you to create something amazing today.

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Foiling Tutorial #1

Hi everyone,
Is it too early to start making Christmas cards? Well, not for me. I LOVE Christmas, and start early making cards so I can share them with friends, family, soldiers stationed abroad (which is not nearly enough to thank them for all they do), nursing homes, etc. The tutorial I'm posting today is for the first part of a series on foiled cards. Did you know you actually DO NOT need a foiling machine to make beautiful foiled cards? Nope. If you have a laminator that uses heat- yep, even the unexpensive ones-  you are good to go. So, let's foil some Christmas cards?

Supplies Needed:
1. Cardstock (I used White, Blue, Green, Black and natural colors)
2.  Deco Foil Transfer Gel
3. Foil ( I used Deco Foil Transfer Sheets in Silver and Emerald)
4. Stencils (I used Tim Holtz - Christmas Festive for the white and natural cards, and made my own stencils with my Cricut Maker and transparency for the cards with snowflakes and Christmas tree)
5. A palette knife
6. Painters tape or Washi Tape, or any tape that is not too tacky - you don't want to ruin your cardstock.
7. A piece bigger than the cardstock paper of parchment paper folded
8. A container with soapy water

TUTORIAL

* Make sure to put your piece of 4"x 5.25" cardstock on an easy to clean surface. Secure the cardstock in place with a piece of tape (see item #6 above). Position the stencil on your cardstock and also secure it with tape (you really don't want it moving around.
* Using the palette knife (see item #5 above), spread the transfer gel (which has a consistency similar to mayonnaise) on the card making sure you fill all the holes in the stencil. Clean the excess gel with the palette knife and put it back in the container. Remove the stencil carefully and place it in the container with soapy water or wash it right away.

**LET THE TRANSFER GEL DRY UNTIL COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT - This step is VERY IMPORTANT.

* Cut a piece of foil sheet slightly bigger then the cardstock.
* When the gel is completely dry on the cardstock, turn on your laminator and let it get hot.
* Place your cardstock inside the folded parchment paper, place the piece of foil - color side up - over the cardstock.
*Run the "sandwich" (parchment paper, cardstock, foil sheet, parchment paper) through the laminator. If your laminator is an old model, I suggest to repeat this step to make sure the foil will really adhere to the cardstock.
*Peel the foil sheet and enjoy your beautiful creation. Use this to decorate your Christmas card.

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Couple Silhouette Card + Alcohol Ink Technique

Hello my dear friends. I haven't blogged in a while for several different reasons. But I am glad I can write something today. 2017 went by quickly and a lot happened. God remained faithful and loving as He always is. There is absolutely nothing that can compare to His love for us, including our love for one another. As Valentine's Day approaches, let us not only think of ways to make our loved ones happy, but let us think of ways to show love to people who don't expect it from us. That person on the corner asking for money? Give them something to eat and a bottle of water. How about that neighbor whose name you don't even know? Make them a card with a nice message. BE A BLESSING to someone. Start with a small gesture on Valentine's Day, and before you know it, you will be showing love everywhere to everyone. And, of course, show love to those in your life every day. 
I made this card for my husband - for Valentine's Day - but it can really be used for so many different occasions. I hope, somehow, it will inspire you.

Material used
Paper: Silver fine gliter self adhesive paper, yellow pattern cardstock, black cardstock, red cardstock (awesome cardstock sale here)
Tools: Cricut Air ,  Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz - Adirondack Alcohol Ink Applicator
Ink: Alcohol ink
Embellishment: Couple silhouette that you can purchase on any size from my Etsy shop


Tip: Put a little bit (drops) of alcohol ink on ink applicator (the removable soft white piece) and gently tap the glitter paper several times with desired color until the paper is completely covered. 

Next time I will post the picture of another card on which I used the same technique, but with different ink colores and create a different effect. Videos also coming soon on YouTube.

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