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.
