Thursday, September 17, 2026

TWO FOR ONE CARDS WITH LUSTROUS LEAVES

I think I am in love!  This Lustrous Leaves Hot Foil bundle makes beautiful fall leaves.  And even more exciting is that by using the new Reverse Hot Foil Die I was able to get two cards using the same piece of foil!

The above card is the first one I made with the bundle which includes Decorative Masks as well as dies.  It hot foiled 5 leaves at once, and then the masks were used with Blending Brushes to color all of them before using a coordinating cutting die to separate them.


I used only one of the 5 masks to color the large leaves.  Another of the 5 masks makes the small, background leaves that you see on the card front and on the envelope.  Aren't they fun?  I just blended multiple colors in different places with the mask to create the colorful background.


Since I used gold foil to hot foil the veins of the leaves, I chose Gold Foil Specialty Paper for the border and circle.  The circle was die cut with a Stylish Shapes Die from the center of the Perennial Postage mat layer, which makes better use of the more expensive foil specialty paper.  Even if I'm not planning to use the die cut on my current card, I always try to remember to die cut something from the center of the foil layer and save it for later.  There is no point in covering up all that beautiful foil!


I used the same small leaves mask to add a few, colorful leaves in the lower corner of the card.  The leaves and the narrow Gold Foil strip coordinates the inside of the card nicely with the front of the card.

Now to Card #2 ...

When you use the Hot Foil Dies, there is always a leftover piece of foil with the "negative" image of whatever it was you foiled.  In this case, the negative image was a piece of foil that had the gold removed where the leaf veins were.

By using our brand new (just released this month) Reverse Hot Foil Die you can use this piece of leftover foil to add the negative image on cardstock.  It may be difficult to see due to the glare on the foil, but hopefully you can see the white outline images of the 5 leaves on the gold foil.  What an awesome way to use the leftover foil!

I only used three of the leaves on the first card, so I used the remaining two leaves on this card to set off my sentiment from Fern & Flora.

A couple of torn strips from the gorgeous Sunflower Fields Designer Series paper was used to decorate the left edge of the card.  

The torn strips were repeated on the inside of the card to also give it a bit of color.  The happy thanksgiving greeting is from Soiree Salutations, another new greeting set from the September - December Catalog.  FYI -- Although not used here, these sentiments are sized to work perfectly with the Tripple Banner Punch.  Don't you love it when something new coordinates with something you already own?

Grab your favorite beverage and watch this video to see how both Card #1 and Card #2 were made.


Use the following links to download a PDF tutorial for each of today's cards.

Gold Card #1 Lustrous Leaves

Gold Card #2 Reverse Hot Foil Lustrous Leaves

Below is the list of the products that were used on the two cards.

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Monday, September 14, 2026

FLOURISH & FRAMES HOT FOILING

When Stampin' Up! introduced their new Hot Foil System a couple of months ago, I got so excited that I went a little overboard!  By going "overboard" I'm talking about buying way too many new products.  So, this week I am going to use some of those Hot Foil products that I haven't used yet. 

Today's card uses the Flourish & Frames Hot Foil Bundle.  I was immediately drawn to these hot foil dies when I first saw them, but then I started seeing some posts in the Metallic Magic Craft Class Facebook Group, that sort of scared me off from trying it! 

The Metallic Magic Facebook Group is an exclusive group for those that have purchased Stampin' Up!'s Hot Foil System.  If you purchase the system before January 1, 2027, you get the Craft Class for free and can also join the group.

It's an awesome group for sharing ideas, tips and tricks that help get great results.  It's also a useful place to ask questions when you're struggling a bit.  

However, there initially wasn't much shared about this particular bundle, and the few posts I saw mentioned issues with over-foiling.  So, I put off using the dies.

I totally worried for no reason!  I followed the directions that came with the system and had no trouble at all.  

I wanted to keep my card elegantly simple, so I decided to make an all-white card--well, mostly -with texture and dimension.

Here's a closer look at how the layers came together.

The bottom layer is made with the largest frame hot foil die which is adhered directly to the front of the Thick Basic White card base.

The second layer is embossed with the Beautiful Pattern Embossing Folder with the center cut out using the largest coordinating cutting die.  This layer is popped up with dimensionals.

The middle layer was made with the 2nd largest Flourish & Frames Hot Foil die.  

This Hot Foil Bundle includes several small, fun, flourish dies that can be used to add additional decoration and detail to the frames.

The flowers and leaves are from the coordinating stamp set.  I hadn't used my Shimmer Brushes yet either, so used the Crisp Cantaloupe & Hydrangea Hue Shimmer Brushes to color my 3 little flowers.  These Shimmer Brushes are awesome!  It's like a colored version of Wink of Stella!

The front sentiment is from the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies.  If you want to start Hot Foiling, but aren't sure where to start, this sentiment die is a great place to begin!  It is very easy to use and makes eleven, versatile, greetings all at once!

Once I finally pulled out this bundle, I was on a roll and loving it.  So, I created another die cut just like the largest one on the card front to decorate the inside of my card.  The inside sentiment is from the Words & Wishes Stamp Set.

Use this link to download a tutorial with all the details for making this card.

A list of the products used on this card is below.

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Thursday, September 10, 2026

A CRUMPLED SCARECROW

Charlie, the scarecrow, is back for another visit today, and he has brought along his friend, Crowlene.

Crowlene has gotten so brave that she now even sits on Charlie's head!  He doesn't mind because today he is just enjoying his field of sunflowers.  He has no corn to protect today!


This card was made using the "crumpled" background technique.  I'm not sure if that is the "official" name, but that is what I'm calling it because it involves scrunching and crumpling cardstock.  I first saw this technique on a card by Brandy Cox.  

If you love techniques, check her out as she always seems to come up with something new.

If you would like to see how it is done, I made a quick video to give you some tips and tricks that I learned in my first attempt to use this technique.


What do you think?  Are you going to give the technique a try?


On the inside of this card I added a few colorful leaves.  I used the same colors I used on Charlie and his sunflower patch.  I used Stampin' Blends for the leaves, but I didn't really "color" or "blend" the colors.  The leaves are very small, so I just touched them with the various color Stampin' Blends and let the colors spread.  It was quick & easy.


It gives a nice touch of color to the inside of the card, so it doesn't feel forgotten.


A list of the products I used is shown below.  Click on any image to learn more about that product or to make a purchase.


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