Yippee for Yana: Hot Foil Backgrounds Made Easy!
Hi friends, welcome to the latest edition of Yippee for Yana with the always amazing and creative Yana Smakula! Be sure to read on and watch the video for more info and enjoy!
Hi everyone, this is Yana Smakula! In this episode, I will show you how to create hot foil backgrounds with the help of your non-background glimmer plates. Think of this as repeat pattern stamping, but instead of using clear or red rubber stamps we are going to use hot foil plates. I have a few tips to share in this video to make the foiling process go smoothly and quickly.
I love this Mermaids Forever Glimmer Plate by Jane Davenport and I know it will make a fabulous background for some nautical cards when paired with Simon’s “Your Light” stamp set.
The plate, of course, is smaller than an A2 card, it can be used on both portrait and landscape cards, but you’ll need to foil it several times on the background to have one continuous pattern.
This is rather easy to do with the help of low tack tape. I am foiling on Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock today. To foil the background I added a piece of wide low tack tape to create a hinge to attach my glimmer plate to the paper, next, using grid lines of my work surface I align the cardstock and also align the die on top of it. Also, I’m starting at the top and moving down making sure the tape will not be placed over the already foiled section.
Once aligned I press the washi tape strip in place to secure my plate on the paper. This will give me a top row of these mermaid scales or waves. I’m using Skybright foil to foil this piece and to foil the entire background – it makes up for a beautiful sea. Using a sharp pair of scissors I cut my foil to a strip, I eyeball it and try to match it in width to the width of my glimmer plate and once cut simply slide it under the plate. The only significant thing here is to try and cut the foil on a straight line. Using scissors with long blades helps.
Meanwhile, my glimmer hot foil machine has been heating up and is now hot and ready to foil. I’m sending the sandwich slowly through my die cutting machine and back and returning the platform back to the docking station so that it remains hot for the next round.
Now I need to remove the glimmer plate, peel the foil, reposition the plate and add foil all while the glimmer plate is hot. So what do you do? You can wait for the plate to cool off and that might take several minutes, or you can use this trick.
Wear a glove!
I have one of those curling irons that doesn’t have a clamp and so there’s a glove included with the iron to be able to wrap the hair strand around the curling wand and hold it in place while it curls it. The glove protects the hand from the heat. I can use it here when doing hot foiling to handle the hot glimmer plate and also protect my hand from all heat.
Holding the paper with my non-gloved hand I remove the glimmer plate with my gloved hand and re-position in on the paper aligning with the previously foiled design to have one continuous background for my card. Having the glove on this makes it very easy to move the glimmer plate and position it where I need it.
I repeat the process several times to foil the entire background.
I also have another background done in a similar way but using several colors of foil for an ombre look – Cobalt Blue, Teal, Skybright and Prism.
To turn these backgrounds into cards I trimmed them down slightly, and to create little nautical scenes I also die-cut circles from vellum and cardstock strips from red cardstock. I white heat embossed images and sentiments and using foam adhesive I assembled these cards.
I also hid little pieces of foam adhesive squares under small sequin or enamel dot embellishments to add more support and more adhesive to the vellum circles.
Be sure to watch the video below to see how the cards were created!
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Studio Monday with Nina-Marie: Make a Center Picture Window Card!
Hello friends, it’s Nina-Marie here with you today! I am very excited to be bringing you a tutorial, showcasing the new Center Picture Window die from Lawn Fawn!
Interactive dies are so much fun to create with, which is why I was thrilled when Lawn Fawn released this Center Picture Window die; when finished, there is a whole new surprise when the card is opened! The 3D effect is so unique!
I’ve decorated my Center Picture Window card with stamps from the new Smooth Sailing stamp and die set, die cuts from the Palm Tree Border and Stitched Wave Border sets and of course, some Prisma glitter!
Want to learn how to make a Center Picture Window card?? Watch the video below and see how I did it!
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Easy Teachers Gifts: Quote Magnets
Hi everyone, Anna-Karin Evaldsson here with you today! I am so happy to be sharing a fun and easy tutorial. I am always thinking of different gift ideas and last week I needed teachers’ gifts. I wanted to highlight specific quotes, and almost made notebooks, but they got notebooks last year, so I thought it was time for something else. Tim Holtz’s Lace Baseboard Frames happened to be lying on my desk right in front of me, and I got the idea of using them to make magnetic ornaments.
I made two magnets and you can easily change these by using different quotes, colors and embellishments. If you don’t want to make a magnetic ornament, you can just skip the magnet and turn the panel into a wall-hanging, card, or a notebook cover. This is an easy project with fun techniques using media such as crackle paste and embossing powders.
- Start by choosing two frames, and look through Tim Holtz’s Journal Cards to find cards that fit your theme. The journal cards are gorgeous, making it hard to choose. It is always a good idea to place the stamp on top, to make sure it will fit.
- I ended up picking these two cards, since my magnets were teachers’ gifts, and there were school-related items on these cards. I particularly like the ‘Book No 1801’ in the upper right corner.
- Smear Ranger’s Opaque Crackle Texture Paste on the frames with a palette knife, varying the thickness. The thicker the paste, the larger the cracks.
- Leave to dry and cracks will form. Paint with watered-down Distress Paint.
- When the paint is dry, dry brush a little acrylic paint on the frames. I used Dina Wakley’s Rosy paint for the pink frame, and her Ancient paint for the brown frame.
- Die cut gears using Tim’s Industrial die.
- Apply Ranger’s Emboss It Dabber to the gears, sprinkle with Mixed Media powders and emboss. Be very careful not to burn yourself. Do not touch the melted powder until it is completely cool.
- Stamp a butterfly on vellum with embossing ink and emboss with Aqua Tinsel powder. Repeat with white embossing powder.
- Die cut the butterflies with the coordinating dies and layer on top of each other.
- Color Gumdrops by adding a drop or two of alcohol ink to them.
- Stamp the quotes and add embellishments such as Tim’s Butterfly Design Tape.
- Glue the journaling card to the back of the frame with Matte Medium. Add a magnet at the back. You can also use a magnetic sheet. I later wrote messages at the back of the ornaments.
- I stamped a bike under the quote on the second ornament, which fitted well with the embossed gears.
I hope this tutorial inspired you to make some magnets, or to use crackle paste. Thank you so much for looking, happy summertime crafting!
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