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Foil Effects

I have been seeing a lot of foil being used lately so I thought it was time to finally use the Minc my husband so lovingly bought for me for Christmas.  I have been wanting to try the Deco Foil Transfer Gel from Gina K Designs.  She has a great YouTube video using it.  Everywhere I looked was out of it.  I decided to try an experiment with what I had at home. 

I mixed the embossing paste with the Minc Reactive Paint on my craft mat.  Using watercolor paper I taped down my stencil and spackled the mixed paste over my stencil.  I set it aside and let it dry overnight.

I used the silver foil and ran it through the Minc.  It came out pretty good.  My paste wasn’t as smooth as I would have liked but not bad for an experiment.  I then decided to try the reactive paint as it was intended.  I painted it onto another piece of watercolor paper.  I also let it dry over night and used gold foil on it.  It was a nice effect.

Lastly I tried the Reactive Mist.  That was fun.  I did the same as before putting it on watercolor paper and allowing it to dry over night.  I used the holographic foil on it.  That too had a nice effect.

This has inspired me to clean out my craft room to see what other treasures I have forgotten about.  I’ll let you know what I find.

 

 

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Sympathy Card

I needed a sympathy card and did not have any in my stash.  I prefer to take my time and plan a pretty card but sometimes that isn’t an option.   I made this one quickly with supplies I had on hand.I pulled out some kraft card stock, the With Sympathy stamp set from Avery Elle, Glossy Accents, Hero Arts Unicorn white pigment ink pad and an old Stampendous  jumbo rubber stamp I have had forever.  I used the large stamp with the white ink and repeatedly stamped it on kraft card stock to create a simple background.  I cut this out with the largest die from a stitched die set.  Then using my Misti I aligned the sentiment and stamped it a couple times with Simon Says Stamp Intense black ink to make sure it was dark and crisp.  I backed it with some black card stock, attached it to an A2 size kraft card and finished it with some glossy accents.  It was really that simple.  You will be amazed at how creative you can be when you are spontaneous.  Give it a try!

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Honey Bee Card

Today I am sharing a card that was so much fun to make using the stamp and die set Busy Bees from Honey Bee Stamps and the sentiment stamp set Bee-You-Tiful Sentiments. I used my Misti to plan out my card layout.  I used Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink because it is a nice dark black and can be used with alcohol ink markers.  I also stamped and die cut extra bees and flowers so I could use them to add dimension when assembling the card.  I test stamped the sentiment on scratch paper so I could check placement before I stamped it on the card. To create the look that some flowers are behind others, you need to create and use masks.  To do this, stamp onto a Post-It note and then cut close to the edge of the image.  Place this over the “front” image and then stamp behind.  Save these masks for future use.  They can be used over and over.  I put them on the page from the stamp set so it all stays together.Using Spectrum Noir alcohol markers I colored the centers of the flowers, the stems and the bees with True Black, CT3, CT4, GB3, FL3, LG5.   Tumbled Glass Distress Ink works well to create the sky effect behind the bees and flowers.  I put Glossy Accents on the center of the flowers to give them a raised effect.  Adding a little Wink of Stella to the bee’s wings gave the card some shimmer.When assembling the card I used foam tape behind the center flower and doubled the foam tape behind the bees so they would stand out a little more.  Yellow polka dotted background paper made the flowers pop.  A couple iridescent sequins finished off the card nicely.

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