Foiled Birthday

Finally - a card! I don't know how life can be SO busy!! I used an Anna Griffin brass stencil for the main image. I used Deco Foil over it and used my Gina K Fuse to foil over it. The sentiment was also done using that technique. I embossed the border around the main image with a Gina K die. The image panel is popped up on foam squares. The card is done with ivory cardstock.

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December Anniversary

This is the card I made for our daughter-in-law's parents 49th Anniversary. I thought it was appropriate to use a poinsettia for a December anniversary. The flower was done with a Gina K stencil set. I used three shades of red and topped it off with some gold foil, done with Deco Foil Transfer Gel through the last stencil. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and is embossed with detail gold embossing powder. The sentiment panel has very light color added around the edges and is popped up on foam squares.

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Happy Hanukkah!

Here is my one Hanukkah card. I used stencils for the little bits of stripe and the stars. The stars are done with Deco Foil Transfer Gel and foil, with my laminator. I added thin strips of silver glitter paper on the top and bottom of the image panel. The sentiment is from Gina K. I foiled that, also, and it's popped up on foam squares. Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate!

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More Stenciled Christmas Cards

Here are two cards using the same stencils done different ways. I made four of this first card. (29 done for the year now.) The sentiment was done with a Lasting Impressions brass stencil.

On this second one (which I only made one of) I used Deco Foil Transfer gel and gold foil for the second layers. I also used transfer gel and foil with the brass stencil.

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Leaf Stencil Two Ways

It's a two-fer today:) I used a die to cut out these leaves. At least, I think they are leaves! I used them as wheat last week on a sympathy card to North  Dakota, though. They also look like feathers to me. At any rate, that's what I used for these cards!

I cut a piece from thick cardstock and used it as a stencil. For this first card, I used embossing paste over the stencil. After removing the stencil, I added emerald pearl lustre embossing powder over the paste and heated it. It makes a cool bubbled texture. I matted with dark green. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and is mounted on foam squares.

For this second card, I used Deco Foil Gel and then foiled it with my laminator. The sentiment is from Inky Antics. I cut it out using a Spellbinders die.

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I Just Can't Stop!

OK. Two more Christmas cards done - probably for next year!  I had this sentiment done and wanted to get it off my desk. I had used a Dreamweaver brass stencil, Deco Foil Transfer Gel, gold foil and my laminator to make it. I also used two die-cut frames that had been in my card parts for a while. I glued the frames together and put them around the edge of the card. The patterned paper is from Gina K. 

Of course after trimming the patterned paper for the first card down to size, I was left with a strip of it. Couldn't let it go to waste! I matted it with blue and put it on the side of this card. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

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Another Glittery Christmas

I made two cards just like this. Now I have 80 Christmas cards! 

I used an Echo Park stencil for the center panel. I had first tried using the stencil directly on double sided sticky paper. MISTAKE! The stencil stuck horribly! It took a while, but I was able to salvage the stencil. Whew! :) Plan B. I brushed distress ink through the stencil on to the cardstock. Then I cut it in half and ran the pieces through my Xyron machine. After making sure the sticky was stuck really well, I added microfine glitter over each entire piece. I added glitter tape on each side of the panel. The sentiment was done with a Dreamweavers stencil and Deco Foil Transfer Gel. I used platinum foil over the transfer gel.

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Rainbow Dots

I used the same stencil as yesterday for this card. For this card, though, I used Deco Foil Transfer Gel with it. On top of the transfer gel dots, I used rainbow foil and my laminator. That is SO hard to photograph! I did the transfer gel directly on the cardfront, after masking off the area with the die-cut circle. I used a Cuttlebug folder to emboss the dots on the card front. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink, stamped on a thin strip of cardstock and mounted on foam squares.

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Holly Jolly Christmas - in Foil

This is one of those cards that is so much shinier in real life! The background was done with a snowflake stencil and Deco Foil Transfer Gel with silver foil. The sentiment is from a sheet of laser-printed sentiments from Gina K that I foiled with red. I cut it out with a Memory Box stitched rectangle die, matted with red and mounted on foam squares.

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Foiled Flowers

Finally - a card! Time is flying by, for sure. I actually made most of this card quite a while ago, but I finally finished it. I hope I remember how I did it. The flowers were cut with a die. I cut another piece with the same die, and then I used that piece as a stencil to apply Deco Foil Transfer Gel. I added foil to that and then I used Copic markers to color the foil. The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday. I added double-scored lines above and below the flowers and also below the sentiment.

I have another card that is finished, but no more time for blogging right now. Someday I'll have more time:) I hope everyone is enjoying the flying-by summer.

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Deco Foil Transfer Gel Sympathy

I tried something new to me for this card. I watched a Jennifer McGuire video on foil a few weeks ago and ordered some Deco Foil Transfer Gel. I used it on this one. 

I cut the leaves with a die, then used the die-cut for a stencil, spreading the transfer gel on the card front. After it was dry, I ran it through my laminator with the copper foil. It adds a bit of dimension, but it's not nearly as smooth as just using the foil with laser-printed images. I do like it, though! I'm pretty sure the sentiment I used is from Stampabilities, but I'm not 100% sure.

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