Hello everyone. This may look like a clean and simple card, but it took me absolutely ages to figure out how I was going do some foiling, and for it to look respectable. I was trying to get some inspiration for the current CASology Challenge, and after making the card yesterday, I still had the stamps and dies out and I decided to foil the ‘friend‘ sentiment.
I don’t have a foiling machine, so I hunted for my packets of foil. Then I had to decide how to do it.
The first 2 or 3 times didn’t work. I took some double sided sticky sheets, and stuck it to card, then die cut the letters. I then took the foil and lay it on top, smoothed it out, took away the foil – messy and uneven. I tried again, but it still looked messy and uneven, I couldn’t – initially – think of a way to put down even pressure to make the foil stick.
I went to get a coffee, watched a Real Housewives episode (addicted to a couple of them), and it came to me. Why not put them through my die cutting machine……so I took the sticky letters, added the foil, sandwiched them between a couple of sheets of paper, (my cutting plates are a little ‘tired‘) sent it through my machine……..and this is what I came up with.
Whilst I was faffing with the foiling, I was also thinking about layout. The current challenge from AAA Cards is to only use one third of your card. So that’s what I did!
Now – how to get the letters straight? How to spell it right? We can’t have ‘fiend’ or ‘frend’ now can we? 🙂
I used the card I had die-cut the letters from and just lay that over the bottom of my card, and inlaid the foiled letters – then removed the unwanted piece of card. That took some figuring out, too, let me tell you.
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Your card is fabulous. Even though it took longer than you planned, you probably learned something. Love the foil. Thank you for sharing with us at AAA Cards. =) Tracie
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Thank you Tracie…….I’ll know in future…… ☺
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Oh my goodness – your post made me chuckle, can you imagine spending ages on a card and then noting it said Hello There Fiend!
Anyway, love your card – totally worth all that effort and a great take on our challenge theme! Thanks for playing along with us at AAA Cards!
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Thank you very much, I am glad I brought you a chuckle….. 🙂
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Fabulous card! Thanks for playing along at AAA Cards
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Thank you, Elaine. 🙂
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Wonderful colour and shimmer. Thanks for joining in the fun as CASology this week.
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Thank you Janet. 🙂
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This is wonderful. Everything is so perfectly done and lined up. Thanks so much for playing along at CASology.
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Thank you very much, Joyce. 🙂
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Wonderful card! Worth the effort!
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Thank you, Karen. 🙂
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Well you’ve certainly given your brain a workout! Love the shiny foiled letters and the technique you shared for getting them placed correctly. Thanks for playing along at AAA Cards.
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Thank you, Jane. 🙂
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I think your foiled letters are fantastic! Thanks for sharing with us at CASology this week!
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Thank you, Jacquie. 🙂
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Great tip! I will definitely try this with my die cutting machine too. Thank you for sharing your card
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Thank you. It took a bit of doing, but it came out better than I thought. 🙂
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