You may remember that I'm a huge fan of foil. In fact, that was the theme for one of my Winnie & Walter Leading Lady posts. But I just learned something new, thanks to Jennifer McGuire's video. This time I didn't wait long to see if I could foil a heat embossed image using a laminator. My first attempt with a single flower came out nearly perfect & I'll post that card soon. My next try was using Impression Obsession Sketched Roses CAC.
I clear embossed the roses on Lemon Tart cardstock & then ran it through my laminator with teal foil. It didn't come out perfect, but I thought it was worth using.
I added color by brushing on Memento Teal Zeal & intensified the yellow cardstock with Distress Ink squeezed lemonade. A dark teal cardstock worked great for the mat & I used it to die cut the sentiment which is from IO Greetings Top Edgers. The sentiment mat is a scrap of Lemon Tart cardstock, the words are brushed with a shimmer pen & it's attached with foam tape. I added teal & yellow sequins for embellishment. I'm entering Impression Obsession, Allsorts, The Flower Challenge & Virginia's Show & Share.
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Wow, how gorgeous is your foiled roses! The result is awesome! Thanks so much for playing Virginia’s “Show & Share”! FABULOUS!
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely colours Greta and the foiling looks really pretty, it's so nice to see you at Allsorts challenge, thanks so much for joining in our Birthday celebrations.
ReplyDeletegorgeous Greta. Jennifer really does some amazing stuff. Can't wait to see you first try. This one is amazing. Love the yellow and teal colour scheme
ReplyDeleteGreta, these colors are gorgeous together,and its a fabulous card. Love love love. Top 5.
ReplyDeletethis turned out beautifully, Greta - my attempt went in the round bin!
ReplyDeleteWonderful card, Greta, I love your choice of colours. xx
ReplyDeleteGreat technique, looks fabulous.
ReplyDeleteLooks amazing! Jo x
ReplyDeleteGorgeous birthday card.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing at Allsorts;-))m
beautiful birthday card, greta…. the foiling is just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWow...this is so beautiful. Love that gorgeous yellow and blue together, stunning!!!
ReplyDeleteOh so pretty with glimmering foil and gorgeous colours. I love the Birthday title too. x
ReplyDeleteThis is so very gorgeous. Wonderful foiling design.
ReplyDeleteIt looks great to me. I love the colors and would not have thought to go over it and add more color. I need to go watch Jennifer's video. Thanks. I've not been using foil lately so this is a good reminder.
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous and NO big outlay to have a beautiful result LOL.
ReplyDeleteFaith x
Oh, wow! Absolutely gorgeous with the pretty flowers in aqua and lovely shine! A very beautiful card, Greta!!
ReplyDeleteOh my, what pretty colors! This is fabulous Greta!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Greta! I love the foiling! I watched that same video and tried 5 different images and they were all fails! Grrr... Ooh, well... hahaha
ReplyDeleteI'm glad her technique worked for you though... Your card turned out awesome!!!!
Since it didn't work for me... I went ahead and played with stencils and my Transfer Gel instead - needless to say... I did a ton of foiling this past weekend! LOL Lots of backgrounds to turn into cards! :) Have a wonderful day! :)
Theresa
Wow, Greta! What an amazing card with this fabulous background. Love the foiling. Thanks for playing at the IO yellow and blue challenge. Hope to see you at the next one! Hugs, Lynda Joy
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining Allsorts challenge with this great entry, good luck.
ReplyDeleteHappy crafting
Tracy x