This post was sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks, Simon!
Hi friends! I was recently thinking about how long I’ve been papercrafting, nearly 15 years at this point, and I remarked to my husband how many more fun tools we now have to use to create unique and professional-looking projects. Hot foil, letter press, toner foil, and of course, the MISTI… there are so many interesting new (ish) innovations to take our cardmaking from fantastic to spectacular! When I started stamping, it was just acrylic blocks and some flash-in-the-pan newfangled tools that didn’t really stand the test of time, but I feel like over the last five or so years, the quality of the new tools has increased exponentially, and the quality of our cards has increased with them! Case in point: the Minc machine. This fantastic machine is not exactly new, but companies have recently stated giving us marvelous options to use with it. Simon Says Stamp has been building their collection of Toner Hot Foil prints lately, and the new Diamond Circles Foil Transfer Cards is amongst my favorite. The print is so classy and neutral, perfect for use with tons of different focal points and subjects. Let’s get started with the details on my card!
I got hooked on foiling the CZ Design sentiment cards from Simon Says Stamp several months ago, and so scoured the website for toner foil in unique shades beyond the typical metallics. I found that DecoFoil has some utterly divine foil colors, including the Prince Periwinkle DecoFoil. This metallic periwinkle foil is iridescent, so can be paired with a number of different color palettes. I paired Prince Periwinkle DecoFoil with the new Diamond Circles Foil Transfer Cards, running the card through my Minc machine with some Prince Periwinkle foil. When I peeled the foil away, it was like magic, with that gorgeous background print beautifully foiled and a perfect canvas to do some ink blending. I also foiled some sentiments from the new Congratulations toner foil cards set to create some coordinating elements for my card.
After foiling my background, I trimmed down the foiled panel so that I could mat it with an A2-sized panel of deep eggplant cardstock. I then used blending brushes to blend Petunia & Pansy Pawsitively Saturated Inks around the edges of the foiled panel to pick up the pretty purple tones in the iridescent foiled image. I mounted the finished blended background on an A2 eggplant card front, creating a crisp frame around the edges of the panel.
For the greeting, I die cut the Large Fancy Happy Birthday from some pearlescent white cardstock. (Coated and specialty cardstocks in a multitude of colors are another newer innovation that make cardmaking so much more fun and make the results so much more professional looking!) I trimmed down one of my coordinating foiled greeting strips from the Congratulations toner foil card set and popped both greeting components up in the center of my foiled and blended panel using foam squares. Finally, I added a bit more shine with some Lilac Pawsitively Dazzling Gems, which are made of glass and are delightfully sparkly!
Well, that’s all for my project today. You can check out all of the new toner foil cards from the Celebrate release HERE; there are so many marvelous options to see! What cardmaking innovation has taken your cardmaking to the next level? Are there any products that you purchased that you thought you would use more than you do? I want to know!
Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day!
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