Hot Foiling on Distress Inked Cardstock

I've been doing some hot foil testing for my latest card for Spellbinders. This card features the Glimmer Hot Foil Plate and die set from the Four Petals Collection, newly released this month. I wasn't sure if you could hot foil on top of distress oxide ink, but I'm here to say, yes you can!

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I wanted to create a simple, elegant card. We all know as card makers that from time to time, life happens and we need something quick. If you love hot foiling with your Glimmer Hot Foil System, you're going to love how easy this is.

You'll need your favorite Ranger distress oxide ink and a craft heat tool. I'm using the Speckled Egg distress oxide ink for this project. A few quick swipes across your card panel is all you need. I recommend laying it flat on a craft mat when swiping. 

Bonus Tip: 

Use an oversized card panel to trim down after inking for visual appeal and to avoid 

uneven inked edges.

Next, we want to heat set the color so it's good and dry before foiling. If you have the patience to wait a few hours and let your ink dry naturally you can do that. Otherwise, grab your craft heat tool and gently heat set for about 30 seconds, giving some of that time to the backside of your card panel as well. 

Once I finished the foiling process using the my Polished Brass hot foil, I layered my card with some trimmed gold paper, white cardstock, then my foiled card panel. My foiled sentiment was popped up on adhesive foam. 

I actually tried to add some embellishments on another foiling that I tested. I added lots of liquid colored dots on those swirled points but it did not look good. AT ALL, haha. It was seriously too much and I had to scrap it. Sometimes, you just don't need to mess with a good thing!

Check out the entire Four Petal Collection from Spellbinders. There's something for everyone!

Terri

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Patchwork Style Rainbow Card for Catherine Pooler

Hello cardmakers! I'm back with another card for Catherine Pooler, featuring the Smile Bright dies from the Boho Trends Collection that was released this week, plus a reminder about the Instagram Hop that you can participate in for a prize! Hang out with me for a few quick minutes for creative details on this card and info below!

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

 

This is a mini-slimline card that measures 6 x 3.5 inches. Everything on the front was die cut, with a sentiment inside. The only ink used was for my butterfly and my sentiment inside. I actually was going to use this butterfly for something else I had in mind, but tossed this on at the last minute and I talk more about it below.

I wanted really bright, festive papers for this card, so I chose a variety of appropriate patterned papers from the Happy Mama and Daily Grind paper pack. I'll have affiliate links to all the products used at the end of this post. Just click any of the links to view more detail about the product.

The butterfly is the only item that has ink on it. I shared a 30 second ink process

video earlier this week in my Instagram Stories, unfortunately I didn't save it as a reel. I did some ink splattering with Ginger, Macchiato and In The Park ink on cardstock. Then, I die cut it with one of the butterflies from the Butterfly Buddies die set.

Here's a picture below showing how I kept all the bits for the butterfly intact after die cutting, for an inlaid effect. I actually traced just the inside of the wings from the die onto an adhesive creative sheet and fussy cut it. After I die cut my butterfly, I carefully flipped my die plate sandwich over from my Platinum 6 and lifted the top plate, keeping all my bits intact. *Do not remove the cuts from the die at this point! 

Next, I peeled off the top layer of my adhesive sheet and adhered it to the back of my die cut. To pop out the cut and keep everything intact, I used a sharp tool with my die and die cut still intact, keeping it on a flat surface and gently pressing each hole on the front of the die until my entire die cut was popped out. A Spellbinders Tool N One or die cut weeding tool is perfect for this. If you have a stylus or jewel picker tool with a small tip, this may work as well. Just be careful, if you lose a tiny piece, you can always use a sharp tool to pick it back up and press it back into place. Once my entire die was removed I firmly pressed all over to make sure my bits were adhered nicely to the adhesive sheet. I used double layers of adhesive foam to pop it up over the corner of my paper rainbow.

Since all my pretty patterned die cut scene took up so much space on the front of my card, I saved my sentiment for the inside. I adhered one of the tiny heart die cuts, then stamped my sentiments from the Smile Bright stamp set.

A few other special accents are the sunbeams shooting out from my cloud that I fussy cut using the pretty yellow polka dot paper from the Happy Mama paper pad. I also used a hole punch with some of  that left over paper to center on top of my die cut flowers at the bottom of my card. I added just a touch of liquid pearls to my center as well. The grassy hillside that my rainbow is standing on was also fussy cut, just curving along the top with my scissors, then adhered flat. Some of my elements are popped up on adhesive foam and some are adhered flat to my card panel.

This was such a fun card to make and believe it or not, once I got in the creative groove and had all my die cuts in hand, it came together very quickly.

If you have an Instagram account, be sure to visit the CP Insta page and hop along to all the other designer accounts where you find this graphic. All the designer links are on Catherine's post. Just hop along and leave comments and follow each account to be in the running for a $50 gc to shop at Catherine Pooler! A winner will be picked Monday, Feb. 27th, so hurry and good luck!

Thanks for stopping by. Click the links below for more product information or to shop!

Terri

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Boho Rainbow Card for Catherine Pooler

The new Boho Trends Collections is now live in the shop at Catherine Pooler! I hope you'll stop by and check out this amazing release. Today's card features the Smile Bright stamp set. Scroll down for creative details, plus information on the Instagram Hop today.

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

The apothecary inks are also released today in the mini ink pads. I don't have all the apothecary colors in my stash, so I swapped one of the greens in that collection for the CP Eucalyptus ink.

When I first saw this stamp set, I knew I wanted to create lettering around my rainbow. Because the sentiment I used is a stacked sentiment, I decided to carefully trim my stamp with scissors. No worries, I can always stamp as it was originally intended. You can also use masking tape to cover words as well.

The ink colors that I used in addition to the Eucalyptus is Ginger, Whipped Honey and also Macchiato for those stamped pom poms. After stamping my first rainbow layer using Eucalyptus I stamped the leafy image on top to do some heat embossing using clear embossing ink and Ranger white embossing powder.

I left a little space between my curved wording to add some Ranger liquid pearls. I also embellished those leaves with Pops of Color and sprinkled a little glitter on top for some added sparkle.

 

The word BRIGHT was stamped using the same inks and I fussy cut my word and popped it up on adhesive foam. I also embellished my stamped pom poms with a white gel pen. My paper backing of yellow and white polka dot is from the Happy Mama paper pack and the green is basic colors from my stash.

This stamp set makes me think graduation cards, starting a new job, encouragement/friendship and just overall good life events!

If you're on Instagram, be sure and hop over to the Catherine Pooler IG page and hop along at all the designer and brand ambassador IG pages, sprinkling some love in the form of comments. Complete the hop to be in the running for a $50 gift card to shop at Catherine Pooler! The hop starts Wed. Feb. 22nd at 9 am eastern time and ends Feb. 27th at 11:59 pm. Good Luck!

Thanks for stopping by!

Terri

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