Stencil with Foil

Welcome!   Not all cards are going to be perfect and my first attempts to use foil with a stencil were disappointing. But I continued to learn this technique and using  the right foil made a difference.  The card above was made for CAS Stencil Challenge - to use foil with stenciling.  I used a portion of the GKD stencil called Snowflake Mandala with Deco Foil Transfer Gel on white cardstock to add red foil. I added the foiled image to a Red Velvet card base and attached die cuts also foiled with the red foil.  The words were cut with Cheery Lynn dies. 
Challenges:
CAS Stencil Challenge: Use Foil with Stencil
Christmas Kickstart Challenge: #28 Theme is color Red

I am sharing another card to show my first attempt at this technique.  I used a portion of a Tim Holtz stencil called Lace Layering with Deco Foil Transfer Gel and used a laminator to add red foil.  This was my first try at using my new Royal Sovereign laminator. (I finally broke down and bought one and am ready to learn how to enhance my cards with foil.) Trimmed the stenciled image and attached to Red Cardstock with a White card base.  I stamped Hello with a Gina K Design stamp and heat embossed with White EP.  Did this twice to make brighter. But the results were less than satisfactory. Part of the problem was that I used foil that was to be used with adhesives not a laminator.

This photo shows another attempt at using foil with a stencil but the foil did not transfer completely.

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

TwoFer Fun

Welcome!   One of the newest challenges in blogland and a fun one is the TwoFer Card Challenge - we are to make 2 different designs for 2 different occasions using the same stamps and/or dies. The August prompt is Geometric and I chose to use a rectangle stamp from Gina K Tropical Windows set. For the first card, I stamped the rectangle 5 times with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on a White CS and spelled HELLO in Memento Red ink using a Martha Stewart alphabet set.   I added a Fancy Lady (my DH's name for her) from an old Flourishes set Glamour Girls that I stamped in black ink.  I stamped the feathers on her hat with Versamark and heat embossed with Red EP.  Finished with a card base of Red CS.

The second card has a Christmas theme.  I stamped the rectangle 3 times in blue, red, and green to make gifts for under the tree. I colored each gift with Copics  and decorated with designs using a gold pen. Added stamped and die cut bows to the packages. I stamped a tree with Annabelle stamps and Green ink and fussy cut before popping up on the card. A die cut star of Gold Metallic CS topped the tree and a Gold Embossed sentiment was added below the gifts.  Hero Arts die cuts and sentiment were used. Fun way to use the rectangle stamp. Used a Red CS for the base. 

Challenges:

Twofer Card Challenge: Used rectangle stamp for my Geometric.

CAS Christmas Card Challenge: August Challenge Tree

The Merry Christmas Challenge: Anything Christmas

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Thinking of You with a Hello

Hello! I was inspired by the challenge at The Card Concept photo inspiration shown below to create this CAS card to tell someone that I was thinking of them.  I stamped the word Hello using a Flourishes stamp with Versamark and Silver EP on Gray CS that I edged with a metallic silver marker.  I attached a cut out of a typewriter from a Crate Paper kit and slipped in some pink vellum that I "typed" with words using some more Flourishes stamps. Added some embossing of dots along the bottom edge.  Then I added to a shimmery pink card base to finish my Clean and Layered card.

Challenges:

The Card Concept : #61 Pretty in pink.  Inspired by the colors and typewriter in the photo.

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Thinking of You.

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa