Rainbow Foil and Die Cuts

Jennifer McGuire did a video where she used foil as a background for a die, without actually foiling. I loved the look so I tried it with this Leaf Medallion die from Altenew, rainbow foil from Decofoil and a sentiment die from Stamplorations.

I also used a thin piece of double-sided tape at the bottom and actually foiled it with the same foil. It really sticks well to tape. Here's a close-up. So, if you don't have a laminating machine, you can still use the gorgeous foils out there for your cardmaking. You can check out Jennifer's video here that inspired me.

Happy Friday!

Chark

Pink Peony Card

Today I'm sharing a card using the Hero Arts Peony Clear Stamps that I'll be entering over at A Blog Named Hero for their August challenge here.

The stamp set has a large beautiful peony and some smaller buds and leaves. I also used the coordinating dies. Then I mounted it on black paper and trimmed that out by hand. For the shiny part, I used a holographic silver foil on a pre-printed and designed sheet made for foiling. I added some enamel dots, along with a hello die cut in black to finish off the card. Here's a close up of the shiny goodness. There are words in the foil like "beautiful" and "dream a little dream."

I mounted it on a light pink panel of Lawn Fawn watercolor paper and added a strip and black and white paper to the side. 

I love this floral stamp and plan to use it a lot in the future...peonies are so lovely, even if they are the world's favorite hangout for ants! I swear, I always found a million of those guys on my mom's white peony shrubs. Fun fact: I didn't know they were really called peonies until adulthood because my mom pronounced it like her mom (originally from Hungary) and said, "piney."

You can join me for the Sparkle and Shine Challenge at A Blog Named Hero—I can't believe I didn't glitter anything for this challenge!

Happy Thursday!
Chark

It's a Love Thing with Graphic 45

I looove the Midnight Masquerade collection from Graphic 45 and made this from those papers. I fussy cut the little figures from the pocket cards and adhered them to a wooden star that I covered with rainbow foil. 

The wooden star was already covered in adhesive, so I peeled off the protective paper and just lay the foil on top and burnished it. Then I used a different color of foil and kept going until it was covered. I used a lot of pieces that had already been used but still had foil bits on it.

It was a pretty quick process...the only tricky part was choosing which figures to use. I adore the purple and teals in this collection. I popped up the flowers and figures with foam dots.

Easy and so pretty! You know I like the shimmer of the rainbow foil, even though it's not glitter, it's still shiny. 

I'm entering this on the G45 facebook page for a chance to win. All you have to do is create a love-themed project with any G45 products. I think these lovebirds qualify. 

Happy Friday!

Chark