Hot Foil Silly Old Bear Card

Did you know that you can hot foil your regular dies?  I used three of the Sweet Words & Labels frame dies to make this Silly Old Bear card. 

I began by placing the smaller frame die (and the wood grain die for another project) on my hot foil machine following the instructions (except using a regular die cutting dies rather than specific hot foil dies).

They foiled beautifully (if I do say so myself)!

The die cuts are very thin, so you get very thin foiling.

I'm really looking forward to getting my reverse hot foil plate so that I can use the leftover pieces on other projects!

Being able to hot foil "regular" die cutting dies is going to add a lot more options to the hot foiling system!  Let me know if you'd like to learn more (and RSVP for my hot foiling Metallic Magic class this Sunday, 8/16 at 3 PM, by Friday).

Finally, I was inspired to play along with this week's Global Design Project challenge #GDP559 theme: Frames.

Butterfly Dies Hot Foil Card #3 of 3

The final card with the final (largest) Butterfly Flight hot foil die cut panel uses the largest one in all its glory.  (I used Flirty Flamingo, Hydrangea Hue, and Berry Burst & the coordinating masks to color the butterflies with blending brushes.)

I placed the butterfly, bow, and hot foil thank you sentiment (from the Classic Greetings hot foil dies) on a Very Vanilla panel that I dry embossed with the Floral Spray 3D embossing folder.

 I can't decide which of the three cards from one panel that I like best.  Which one gets your vote?

#1

#2

Butterfly Dies Hot Foil Card #2 of 3

This Thinking of You card used the fourth of five butterflies die cut from one hot foil Butterfly Flight panel, blended with Flirty Flamingo, Hydrangea Hue, and Berry Burst.

I paired it with a Peaceful Pink Two-Tone cardstock Fern & Flora debossed panel (light side of the cardstock) and sprigs from the dark side, matted on Berry Burst cardstock.

Join me to try the hot foil system yourself at 3PM on 8/16 at my August Crafternoon!

Butterfly Dies Hot Foil Card #1 of 3

The hot foil system is a lot of fun to use!  I used Very Vanilla cardstock and my Butterfly Flight hot foil dies to create two identical panels.

You can see the card that I made on my Facebook Live last week HERE.  I die cut the second panel after coloring it with the coordinating masks in Flirty Flamingo, Hydrangea Hue, and Berry Burst with blending brushes.

This is the first card that I made using the die cut butterflies, Peaceful Pine die cut "sprigs" from the set, Hydrangea Hue cardstock, and the happy birthday hot foil sentiment (blended with the same inks).

I really love how it turned out.  Using the hot foil system is pretty easy!
 

Thursday Live: Butterfly Flight Hot Foil Card

Last Thursday's Facebook Live (each Thursday at 7:30 PM) card creation was an introduction to the new hot foil system!  (You can also find YouTube instructions HERE.)  I prepared for the Live by hot foiling two of the Butterfly Flight hot foil dies with gold foil on Very Vanilla Two-Tone cardstock.  (Two-Tone cardstock is recommended because it has a smoother texture than the milled cardstock with the solid color core.)

I used the coordinating masks to color the butterflies with Flirty Flamingo, Hydrangea Hue, and Berry Burst inks with blending brushes.

I matted this panel on a piece of Berry Burst cardstock with some pretty gold mesh ribbon as an accent.  The message will go on the inside.

Come back for more hot foil fun!  I will post the second card that I made, plus two more from all of the die cuts.

Get inky, friends!  Catch me tonight for my next Facebook Live at 7:30 PM!