A good friend of mine emailed to ask where to get foil paper for making cards and boy did it open up a whole can of worms. You see, I was trying to resist seeing the foil, touching the foil, dreaming of what to do with the foil. I went on a foil binge not too long ago – remember? Well, to no avail, once I looked upon that shininess again, visions of Sketch Challenge 194 (SC194) danced through my head…shucks I’m foiled again!
Truthfully, I have had this Cuttlebug embossing folder for a while. It has languished in the corner of my craft room pouting. I admit, I had no idea what to do with it. It screamed for color but I had visions of me sitting down with chalks and years now from still working on coloring it in. Instead I decided to bling it up. I put holes where I thought they could be decorative using my Japanese Screw Punch (makes my top 10 list of tools for sure). Then in other places I just embellished with pearls and rhinestones. This weeks SC194 was awesome color blocks. I took the sketch very literally and followed it to a "T". Around each block of color I made sure to keep the black border which really gives the card definition. This card was ready yesterday but I floundered over what type of sentiment I could put on it without covering up all the wonderful bling. Big picture —> Card = 1 hour…Sentiment = hours and hours – ughhh!
Say, you all can’t tell that I’m excited Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming can you? Actually my Christmas tree is going up on November 1st IF I can wait that long – we have way too much to be thankful for! Last year was very difficult for my family and I, but God walks with us every day through the trials and continues to bless us day by day. You know what, He blesses you too!
Supplies:
Stamps: PaperTrey Ink
Ink: Colorbox Chalk Ink – Warm Red, Olive
Paper: Card Base – 140lb Watercolor paper edged with Black Copic Pen, Foil Paper from Walmart and Becca’s stash
Accessories: Ribbon, pearls, rhinestones, ETA: Japanese Screw Punch
Size: 7.5 " tall x 6" wide (a Big Card!!)
P.S. A sincere thanks for your patience – finally back to posting cards! I managed to read many the comments that forward to my email. . . there are many more to go but I handled more than half! I am still so tickled about how the Sharing the Comment Wealth turned out – thanks again. Also after my last Q&A post several people asked if I live in Georgia . . . I wish!! I don’t live in Georgia but I know Hartsfield Int’l Airport like the back of my hand, I used to be in that airport every couple of days. I am so envious of you that have stores like Archivers around the corner (umm, within 40 miles). Well, thanks to the convenience of the internet, remember wherever you live, I’m only a couple of keystrokes from you!
That is gorgeous! I like it alot! Found your blog through Stampin’ Discuss, I’m a new demonstrator. You’re now in my list of favorites :D
Your foil card is beautiful! I love the Christmas feel of it!
I have added your blog to my favorites that I check everyday to see what you have been up to!!
Dot
WOW………thats all i can say WOW!!!!!
Becca….This is fantastic!! What a great use of the CB folder and the color blocks. I love all the little bling on the ornaments!
hugs, Jami
So we sound like little kids on Christmas morning….ohhhhh & ahhhhs…very pretty. Like you, I also don’t have scrap stores close… so where does a person obtain foil papers and all of these cuttlebug folders? I look at your work and wonder… what a scrapbook layout of yours would look like…amazing!
Thanks for sharing ~ Kimj
Oh Becca, what a beautiful card! Ths colored stones are lovely on this. You never fail to amaze me.
Ad
LOL! I heard that embossing folder and the foil calling you too!!! I will totally back up your story ;-)! I love Thanksgiving and Christmas too so I am right there with you!
Love, love, love this card!!! All the jewel colors are just gorgeous and love the bling. This was a perfect sketch for a perfect card :).
~Barb
Wow! You need to “foil” around (sorry) more often!! This is absolutely STUNNING! I absolutely love jewel tones during the Christmas holidays! Soooooo pretty!
What a gorgeous card, all that blling, love it.
Donna
Becca,
Ok, what is a “Japanese Screw Punch”, and where can I find a picture of one? Ok, had to say that first so that I wouldn’t forget to ask. This card is so dog-gone beautiful, I have now decided to get this embossing folder. Don’t you just love cuttlebug stuff? I know I do. Ok, I am also headed to Walmart this weekend to pick up some of that foil paper. Oh, I found out that the little bling jems are $1.00 cheaper at Michael’s craft store, than most other places, and they have a pretty good variety. Just a tip I thought I would pass on.
Lisa A.
Beautiful card Becca. You make such beautiful bows. Do you have a particular technique to make them turn out so perfectly? If so I would love to know how you do it. I struggle with bows all the time.
Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow…that is amazingly beautiful!
You’re so funny! Great card! Yah – this is one bandwagon I better refrain from jumping on. I can just see dh, more of what kind of paper? Because you don’t already have enough paper? LOL, I’ll enjoy admiring your cards though!!!
I have an Archiver’s within 15 minutes. If you ever need anything, you just let me know :-)
WOW!!!!!!!!! Absolutely gorgeous! But then I haven’t seen an ugly card yet from you. I have a Michael’s and a Hobby Lobby and a JoAnne’s and another homegrown scrap store within 20 miles from home and STILL have trouble finding things I want!!! Luckily I am a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator and it doesn’t take me long to get things from them!
Keep up the good work!!! I love your cards!!!!!!!!!!!!
gorgeous, gorgeous, as usual….thanks for answering my question.
Becca!! How are you !??? I have been so busy with work that I finally just got a chance to check out my favorite blogs!!
The is beautiful.. I teach a class on Monday nights and the ladies were asking about running the foil sheets through the cuttlebug and were so excited when I showed them how beautiful it turned out.
I love what you did here.
Well I just finished cleaning up my craft space and now it’s off to slumberland..
Have a great evening!
Janine
B A U T FULL!!!
Stunning! Becca the elegance factor on all of your cards is over the top. In fact I had lunch with a friend the other day that was commenting on really liking elegant cards. Well, I sent her a link to your blog and I think you have yet another dedicated reader. Okay, I’m a groupie!
BEAUTIFUL!!!! BREATHTAKING!!! INSPIRATIONAL!!! Need I say more?
I bought that folder as well and couldn’t decide what to do with it. It is so pretty on foil with all the bling. Now I am trying to remember where I stored my foil papers. Thanks for sharing your wonderful card love the stained glass look of the background. Ann Lind
Becca,
That card is simply stunning.
Now I have to go and get some foil paper.
Thank goodness I have that folder.
(Anyone want to guess what I’ll be
doing tomorrow???)
Hugs ~~Diane~~
this is a gorgeous card…!!!
and now I don’t feel so bad about my target date for my tree being Nov 15th LOL!
Becca!! Why would you resist foil when you can do this with it!?? You are officially never allowed to not use foil again! Oh MY!!
Your card is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS! I’ve never used foils before but you’ve shown me one awesome way to use them.
I’m new to your blog – and fairly new to stamping – and I didn’t get a chance to play your last blog candy game but it sure sounds like fun. I hope you do it again sometime!
I’ve subscribed to your blog and I hope you’ll visit mine sometime. You seem like such a wonderful God-loving person and I’d like you to “meet” my family – especially my daughter, Jessica. Jess was born with congenital heart defects and has been very ill her whole life. She is considered terminally ill and is on oxygen and in a wheelchair. Jessica wasn’t expected to survive past 3 yrs old when she almost died during her 2nd heart surgery (she’s had 5 heart surgeries total and has suffered 2 strokes). In June she turned 20 years old!!! We’ve seen God’s love and miracles throughout the years and are so grateful for the time we have here on earth and for the promise of being together again after this life.
I just started a crafting blog which I feel is far past due. I love being creative and have done a lot of decorative painting and scrapbooking in the past. As I said, I’ve recently gotten into stamping and I’m enjoying looking over stamping blogs and marveling in so much creativity!
Sorry this message is so long – I got a bit carried away. LOL
((hugs)) and love,
Nancy
Pi?kna, niesamowita kartka.
Elegancka i niespotykana. Wspania?y pomys?, Rewelacyjne wykonanie.
Ca?a Ty – Becca jeste? MIstrzyni? ?wiata.
Podziwiam i chyl? czo?a . U?ciski .
Beautiful, thank you for the inspiration yet again.
xxxxxx
this card is a masterpiece. I love Cuttlebug embossing folders; so much bang for the buck.
Wow – I love the card. The bling, the gold, the bow – it all looks fantastic! I want to find that folder now. :) What is the name of the Cuttlebug folder? Also, the foil paper – is there a specific kind that works best? What exactly does foil paper look like – I don’t want to end up buying the wrong thing. Thanks again for sharing your card – it’s gorgeous!
That card is out of the world! I just love the foil tree! I am going to try using some foil with my cuttlebug and see what happens. Your cards are “to die for”!
I bet your Cuttlebug folder is smiling :) now! Great job, Becca.
WOW Becca…………you “foiled” me this time!!!! This is beautiful!
Becca this is fabulous! Love the gleem of the metallic papers and that embossing folder, well I will be searching the internet as you said for that baby! After seeing this card, it’s a must have!! Love all the bling…just beautiful!
My goodness Becca – this card is just gorgeous. I love the use of the bling on the card. I have the same folder and when making my sample for my book and thought “How will I ever use that one?…either I’ll hide the design completely, or I’ll leave it exposed and try to color it.” Now I know what to do with it!!! Thanks Becca.
May I share a tip with you that I’ve come up with for storing my Cuttlebug embossing folders? I use a 4 x 6 (or 5 x 7, if you prefer) photo album. One the first page, I have a cute sheet that says Debi’s Cuttlebug Folders, and then the back side of it (hopefully you purchased one that has a divider sheet in each sleeve), has a sample of the folder that is in the right hand sleeve. I take a Sharpie marker and write on the bottom of each page the name of the embosssing folder. I also write the name of the folder on the back side of the folder because I don’t want to keep the jackets they were sold in. When I want to get inspiration for a card, I just pull out my photo album and see which folder I want to use.
Have a great weekend,
Debi – Rittman, OH
For the above message, I didn’t proof it and forgot to say that I emboss a piece of cardstock with the folder and put it in an album sleeve. I can send a picture if any one is interested….
Debi – Rittman, OH
This card is simply put …stunning. I am tossing the idea around of making my own Christmas cards this year. This card gives me great inspiration. I was on the fence about this folder and now I want it.
Your designs are just so amazing.
Pansy
Becca,
You inspire me to become so much better at this amazing craft. I just finished purchasing the punches the other day to try my hand at making some of the cards you featured earlier. This is without a doubt one of my favorite blogs. I look forward to seeing something new with the anticpation of a child on Chrisitmas morning.
This card is so beautiful! Your talent is amazing, thank you for sharing with us mere mortals.
More tutorials please!
God’s Blessings!
Althea
What can I say,Becca, that everyone hasn’t- such a stunning card.
I love to use foiled card with my CB folders (we call it Mirri board over here) it really makes them pop.
I also adore my japanese screw punch – I don’t know how I managed before I had it – it is a must-have in a crafter’s tool box.
Have a good weekend!
Opulent opulent card – Stunning!
Oh, my! The bling is a fabulous and perfect addition! Wow! What a gorgeous piece of art!
Oh, Becca, this card is so very beautiful. The elegance jumps right out of the screen. Those gems you used are such a unique touch. I’m getting excited about starting my Christmas cards.
Another beautifully, breath-taking card, Becca!
Cathy B.
I cant say anything different than the above comments but i really like this card its so shiny. i guess i might have to find that folder.
kay
You have equisite taste and innovative creativity. This card and the tussie-mussie tree are so elegant. I, too, am adding your blog to my list of favorites. So where does one find foil paper?
Hi! Your work is stunning! If you have a moment, can you share info regarding the foil paper you used on the Christmas card (cuttlebugged ornaments). Keep up the inspiration! Thank you!
I loved this idea so much, I started experimenting. I didn’t have the Walmart foil, so I tried a few lightweight foils I had, but the embossing process almost tore them. Then in the hardware store the other day, I saw Duck brand faux foil shelf liner. It works great and has an adhesive backing and–best of all–you get 6.6 square feet for about 5 bucks. Such a deal! I was so excited, I had to go get that Japanese screw punch I’ve been wanting. So maybe I didn’t save so much after all. Thanks for the great inspiration & ideas.
GORGEOUS Where can I find 140 lb cardstock?…and my WalMart doesn’t have the foil paper :(.
I frequent a little scrapping store in my small city, but the poor gals don’t seem to know too much about their product. I asked the weight of their paper (I found it on the company website myself) and I also asked if it was Watercolor paper and they didn’t know. Is there a difference from regular cardstock. I am fairly new to this and LOVE it, but I want to do things right and not waste a lot of money on things that are not great.
Thanks in advance :)
P.S. I am HOOKED on your site!