Masculine birthday card. August seems to be such a busy month for birthdays and anniversaries for me. Since I have the Shimmering Scenes bundle still on my desk, I made another card using it but with a masculine vibe. Muted colours, no frills and minimal layers. Cutting guide Card front Hot foil in silver Shimmering […]
Category Archives: Hot foiling
Fun Fold – sneak peek plus earn 2 x rewards
Fun fold – sneak peek. There is a new nest of square dies coming soon. Just like the Spotlight on Nature dies where the nest of circle dies have different borders, this new nest of square dies also has 4 each of 3 border patterns too. Sneak peek time! They are part of the Tile […]
Simply stamped card – Sweetly Sentimental
Simply stamped card – Sweetly Sentimental. I’d bought the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil bundle, so it had an accompanying stamp set as well, but I wanted to show the value of having the stamp set even if you have not yet invested in the Stampin’ Hot Foil System or are still thinking about how useful […]
Two-step stamping – Shimmering Scenes
Two-step stamping – Shimmering Scenes. Happy Sunday everyone! Today’s offering is a landscape card and a sneak peek at some dies which will be coming in the September-December 2026 catalogue! Sorry to say, I can’t get my head around “Christmas in July” even after 18 years with Stampin’ Up! I just received the two-step stamping […]
Hot Foil technique 2 – Anniversary card
Hot foil technique 2 – Anniversary card. Craft an elegant anniversary card with the Sweetly Sentimental bundle which has a hot foiling die to create several shimmering metallic sentiments and versatile greetings for different occasions. If you’ve never hot foiled before, there is an instructional video at the end of this post. For this card, […]
Hot Foil technique 1 – Garden Silhouette
Hot foil technique 1 – Garden Silhouette. Naturally I’ve been exploring other ways to use the Garden Silhouette Hot Foil die. Did you know you can dry emboss with the hot foil die? First I’ll show you the card I made. You can hot foil the Garden Silhouette Hot Foil Die on a 6 ¼” […]