I matted my front and background panels with some silver cardstock from the Platinum Pack 3 and added some details with white Nuvo Drops.
Card 2: Embossing with Glimmer Hot Foil Plates + Flat Partial Foiling.
I used the same Hearths and Love Glimmer Hot Foil Plates to emboss a panel of kraft cardstock cut to 4″ by 5″ 1/4.
Then, in order to add some shiny detail to the background, I used some scraps of Gold Glimmer Hot Foil Roll and did some more foiling, this time without using any plate. This created a fun and slightly rustic look to the background, that I think fits very nicely with the kraft cardstock and the copper foiling on the focal images. Because I didn’ t use any plate and and the foil only sticks to certain areas on the panel, I called this technique flat partial foiling.
To add more to this rustic feel I added some white droplets to the background, using the white pan in my Gansai Tambi watercolor palette.
For my third and final card I used the gorgeous Script Love Plate and the Flourishes Frames Plate. I did some foiling with the Gold Glimmer Hot Foil Roll on watercolor cardstock, and then used a technique that can be called foil resist.
I wet the background panel with clean clear water, and created an ombre watercolor effect with my Distress Oxide in Festive Berries. The pigment from the Oxide Ink does not stick to the sleek foiled surface, and this is why I referred to this technique as foil resist.
I then fussy cut the outline of the love word and did some ink blending over it using a stencil brush and again Distress Oxide in Festive Berries.
And that’s it for today! I really hope you like the cards and the techniques I have shown in this post. The Glimmer Hot Foil System is so fun to play with, and I love the elegant touch that foiled elements add to my projects!
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Laura
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