ONLY 9 days until Christmas! You still have time to make this CAS, clean and simple, yet elegant metallic beauty that has no layers you could whip up in no time and is flat for mailing too! While foil is all the rage these days, I couldn't for the life of me find my laminator, it's still in a box some where from my move last year! Crazy right? I know! I may just have to buy a new one...unless I'm on Santa's good list and he's heard my frustrations...I mean wishes! (lol)
Anyhoo...In the mean time I found an alternative. I had a stack of metallic foiled cardstock in my stash of paper and wondered if you could heat emboss on it. Well, you can, BUT...do it quickly or it will burn or warp your paper. As I had some trial and errors before getting a few perfect ones.
Anyhoo...In the mean time I found an alternative. I had a stack of metallic foiled cardstock in my stash of paper and wondered if you could heat emboss on it. Well, you can, BUT...do it quickly or it will burn or warp your paper. As I had some trial and errors before getting a few perfect ones.
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How I made this card...
I started with an A2 size card base, any color will do, as you won't see it on the front, but keep it light, so you can stamp or write on the inside.
Next I cut an A2 size (4.25"x5.5") piece of gold foil cardstock and adhered to card base. And cut a piece of green foil cardstock 1/4" smaller on all sides.
Last week I shared the Sugar Plum Fairy card. And this week I'm sharing these amazing snowflake trees from the same stamp set for a completely different look. Using my MISTI stamping tool, I centered and stamped the tree's and heat embossed them one at a time on the green foil cardstock with clear embossing ink, sprinkled with gold embossing powder, and heat set quickly as to not burn the foil cardstock.
Then from another amazing stamp company I stamped "Merry Christmas" in this amazing font, also using the MISTI stamping too to stamp in the center with clear embossing powder, sprinkled with gold embossing powder and heat set quickly. Adhered panel to the gold foil cardstock.
Added a few sparkles to the center tree with adhesive gems to complete this shiny beauty. A great card to mass produce in no time.
Here is a closeup of all that sparkle and shine...
I started with an A2 size card base, any color will do, as you won't see it on the front, but keep it light, so you can stamp or write on the inside.
Next I cut an A2 size (4.25"x5.5") piece of gold foil cardstock and adhered to card base. And cut a piece of green foil cardstock 1/4" smaller on all sides.
Last week I shared the Sugar Plum Fairy card. And this week I'm sharing these amazing snowflake trees from the same stamp set for a completely different look. Using my MISTI stamping tool, I centered and stamped the tree's and heat embossed them one at a time on the green foil cardstock with clear embossing ink, sprinkled with gold embossing powder, and heat set quickly as to not burn the foil cardstock.
Then from another amazing stamp company I stamped "Merry Christmas" in this amazing font, also using the MISTI stamping too to stamp in the center with clear embossing powder, sprinkled with gold embossing powder and heat set quickly. Adhered panel to the gold foil cardstock.
Added a few sparkles to the center tree with adhesive gems to complete this shiny beauty. A great card to mass produce in no time.
Here is a closeup of all that sparkle and shine...
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Challenges:
ABC Christmas Challenge: Y and Z are for? (I used "Y" for Your favorite thing, which is heat embossing. Love Love Love it!)
CASology Week 323: NORTH (I created a forest of trees that remind me of Canada or Alaska and the great northern pines)
4 CRAFTY CHICKS #433 MASCULINE GREETINGS (I have 3 son's, so this isn't that fancy even for them)
Repeat Impressions Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge-D1218 (does foil count as pattern paper? Maybe? and I used heat embossing and winter holidays)
MIUCB #20 - Anything Goes + optional twist of No Stamping
Challenge #322 - Make Your Mark (I made my mark with stamping and heat embossing)
HLS December CAS Challenge-Emboss
The Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge # 42 - Anything Christmas Goes
HOLIDAY SEASON CHALLENGE (ALL SEASONS)
Muse Challenge #293-Free for All
Crop Stop December Link Party #46-Anything Goes
Simon Says Wed Challenge: Christmas
Christmas Card Throwdown: Dec-Pick a Previous 2017 Challenge-(I chose Technique/Stash CCT16 - August 2017-Embossed Impressions. I heat embossed the snowflake trees and sentiment in gold)
Supplies: Casual Fridays Stamps: Sugar Plum Fairy (trees); Sunny Studios Petite Poinsettias Stamps for the sentiment: American Crafts Cardstock-White (cardbase); DCWV Foiled Cardstock @Joanns; MISTI stamping tool; Versamark Clear embossing ink; Ranger Gold Embossing Powder; Marvy Uchida Heat Tool; Recollections Adhesive Gems @Michaels; and Scor-Tape 1/4"
SAVE with this discount code on your CAS-ual Fridays purchases...anytime...every time!
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