foiling cardstock...

Hello my fabulous friends!

Hello my fabulously creative friends!  How many of you have gotten started on holiday cards?  I know I have a ways to go with my list... HMMM... Well, hopefully today's technique will inspire you!
I love adding a bit of sparkle to my holiday cards... and foiling is a GREAT way to add an elegant shine to your projects! And I'm going to let you in on a little secret... You can foil the papers from both of the new LDRS Creative winter paper packs!!! (Holly Jolly Holidays  and  Arctic Snowfall)



Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; LDRS Creative Holly Jolly Holidays
Stamps: LDRS Creative Arctic Snowfall, Tree Line
Ink: LDRS Creative Alloy, Olive Branch; Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Pumice Stone; Copic Multiliner
Coloring: Copics
Trees- G99, G46
Foxes- W00, W1, W3, W5, R00
Snow- BG0000, BG000
Sky- B91, C1
Dies: LDRS Creative Snowy Day
Other: LDRS Creative Stamping Mask Paper; Ranger Stickles; Heidi Swapp heat transfer foil


I love the simple elegance of a mostly white card with a few pops of color, and a metallic accent! So pretty! 


I adore these sweet little foxes! And the Tree Line border stamp is PERFECT for creating little scenes!


I have so much fun this Snowy Day border die is! I popped it up with some foam tape for added dimension, and smeared Stickles on it to make it sparkle! 


ok... Now let's take a look at how to add some elegant foiling to your next project...


Not all paper will foil, and those papers that do foil, they don't all foil well... For more info on that, check out the post I did on the LDRS Creative blog.  My best advice is to experiment, and see what happens!

You can see from my tests pieces, the red striped paper foiled beautifully, so that's the paper I chose to use.



Start by preheating your foiling machine or hot press laminator. It needs time to get hot, so get that started before you start prepping your paper.

Next, cut your paper to the size you need. 


Cut a piece of foil slightly larger than your paper.

There are multiple brands out there that sell heat transfer foil... 


Now we are going to build a sandwich of sorts... Start by folding a sheet of thin copy paper in half, then opening it back up. Place your printed paper on the copy paper with the pattern facing up. Lay the foil over the patterned paper with the color side up. Now fold your copy paper in half again.


Carefully feed your sandwich through the foiling machine fold side first. 

If you don't have a foiling machine, you can pick up a cheap hot press laminator... I have a Royal Sovereign 13 inch laminator... I paid about $35 for it.. If all you do is cards, you can get the 9 inch version for a bit cheaper.  Since I don't own an official foiling machine, I can't really do a fair comparison... But I didn't have $60 dollars to spend on a Minc machine, and the cheap laminator seems to work just fine for me.



Once it finishes going through the machine, it will look something like this... Let it cool (doesn't take long at all)


Now you can simple remove the foil transfer sheet to reveal your newly foiled paper!

Notice that it isn't perfect... there are areas where the transfer sheet wasn't pressed flat against the paper, leaving bits of red showing through. That just seems to happen whenever you foil large areas... but I like the slightly distressed look, so I'm ok with it. 


hope this inspires you to add a little extra shine to your projects! 


See you soon!
~Kassi


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