My Inkie Fingers: Foiling

Saturday, March 7, 2020

Monster Birthday Party - Foils & Fun!

Many of you may not know this, but I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Monster stamps! I don't know why, but when I see a Monster Stamp, I just gotta have it! Period. Don't ask me why it's just my "Thing" lol. I recently saw a Brutus Monroe set "Monster Party" on clearance at my local Scrapbook Store, and I couldn't snatch it off the shelf fast enough! lol

I pulled out my Whisper White Cardstock (All supplies are listed down below) and cut enough for 2 cards. I wanted to do one with Embossing Paste (for a challenge I'm too late to enter into lol) and the other in foil. I just LOVE foils!

I colored in the monsters, which I masked to fit 4 into one little 'party' with my copics. As you can see, I colored in one background and left one white. I used the Layering Circles dies to cut out the monsters and also create a frame with silver cardstock to frame in these adorable monsters.

I also used the balloons from Bonanza buddies and masked in extra balloons to go with the one that came in the monster set. I used my Sakura Gel Pen to draw in some lines and such on the masked balloons. I also used some Nuvo Drops to add some sparkle and dimension to the circles in the balloons and the monster teeth.

The sentiment is also from Bonanza Buddies, which I embossed in white. For the embossing paste, I stenciled it over a stencil I made myself with my Cricut. If you want to see a tutorial on making your own stencils with a Cricut, please comment below. If enough people ask, I will do one.

For the foiled card, I used the same stencil and used Heat Transfer gel & GinaK Sparkling Silver Fancy Foil, then ran it through my Scotch Laminator to transfer the foil to the dried gel. I love how it turned out!

Question: Do you prefer the Embossing Paste Card or the foiled one?

I entered in 2 challenges for this card

FabFriday

Color Challenge #FabFri184

Which I used all of! YAY me! =)

PolkaDoodles Craft Challenge

"Anything Goes"

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**Supply List**

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Bonanza Buddies Photopolymer Stamp Set

[151567]

$22.00

Layering Circles Dies

[151770]

$48.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100730]

$13.25

Silver Foil Sheets

[132178]

$6.75

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$12.00

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

[147106]

$10.25

Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150083]

$10.25

Rococo Rose Classic Stampin’ Pad

[150080]

$10.25

Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[148059]

$12.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$13.00

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$8.25

Shimmery White Embossing Paste

[145645]

$12.25

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$5.50

Black Stampin' Dimensionals Combo Pack

[150893]

$8.25

Palette Knives

[142808]

$6.75

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$5.50

Non-Stampin' Up! Products

Party Stencil - Made by Me
Heat Transfer Gel (Crafter's Workshop) -https://amzn.to/32Uo7X5
Scotch Laminator - https://amzn.to/2xfdqCx
**Gina K Fancy Foils - Sparkling Silver
**Brutus Monroe - Monster Party
**Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard
**Micro Google Eyes
**Copic Markers: R11, R85, R81, RV34, RV32, R00, R02
BG11, BG32, BG34, BG72, BG75 & BG78

**Some Non-Stampin' Up! supplies you may see me use I cannot provide links to due to conflicts of Stampin' Up! carrying a similar item. I will mark these items with 2 asterisks if they appeared on my blog.

Happy Stampin'!

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Friday, February 14, 2020

Challenges, challenges, and more challenges!

You are the BEST!

I'm a challenge addict this week! They're so much fun and some really take me out of my comfort zone...egads! In one of the challenges listed below I choose to use "Bright Bold Colors" which I normally don't gravitate towards, so ya, this pulled me out of my comfort zone for sure.

Here are the Challenges I played along with:

Festive Friday Challenge #FF0052

You have to incorporate 3 of the 10 items into your project

Tuesday Morning Sketches #TMS541

A sketch Challenge

So, while I love rainbows, I'm not great at creating them. I did my best to create a rainbow background incorporating "Bright Colors" One of the three things I used for #FF0052.

I have listed all the supplies for you down below.

I set out on some watercolor paper and pulled out 7 bright rainbow color ink pads and just started laying the color down. After it was dry I dripped some water droplets on it from my hand to create the light ink splatter look. I love how the water removes some of the color and creates a beautiful effect on your project. All in all, I was pretty pleased with how it turned out. As you can see I used the watercolor background in place of the doily in #TMS541. Then I had to figure out what other two things I would use from the #FF0052 list. I decided on Sequins and Foil!

This was my first attempt at foiling over an embossed image. I heat set the sentiment with clear embossing powder then ran it thru my laminator. I LOVED the results!! I was so impressed. I think I might be hooked on foiling now. I used the second largest oval die in the "Stitched Shapes Dies" to cut out my sentiment to replace the circle in the #TMS541 Sketch.

To replace the rectangle in the #TMS541 Sketch I foiled a 1/4" piece of tacky tape. I just burnished it with my bone folder and it turned out so great too! #Loveit!

I added 7 sequins to match the inks I used, then embossed the white background with an old dots Sizzix folder I had in my stash.

I hope this inspires you to play along! Let me know if you do.