Monday on Splitcoaststampers my friend, Lynn Mercurio, hosts the Technique Lover Challenge. For this week, the technique is called Foil Embossing. You wrap a piece of cardstock with regular aluminum foil and emboss using a Cuttlebug folder or Spellbinders Impressabilities. Naturally I used an Impressabilities. I used the new Flourish Impressabilities that was released this past summer at CHA.
So for the Foil Embossing Technique, I did things just alittle different. Before I wrapped my piece of cardstock with foil, I applied some spray adhesive. Then I cut the foil using Labels 5 Nestabilities. Before embossing I added the Flourish Impressabilities and leaving the foil covered cardstock in the Labels 5 die, I embossed it. That left me with the cool edge AND the flourish design embossed into my foil. I am using Moonlit Fog Pure Luxury Cardstock from Gina K Designs. The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye called French Flea Market. Along the bottom edge of the patterned paper I cut/embossed using the Renaissance Hearts Borderabilities. The sentiment is from Gina K, too. Its was in the Autumn StampTV Kit for this month and its called Thanks A Million. I added some retired Stampin' Up! Soft Sky ribbon and some pearls and its done! This was a fun technique. I really love the look I get with the Impressabilites. Just beautiful!
What a beautiful card! I've not see the Foil Embossing before. It is so elegant and classy!
Posted by: Robbie | September 29, 2009 at 04:51 AM
It's beautiful and I love the idea about using spray adhesive to attach the foil to the cardstock. I will be trying this one soon, thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: Jackie | September 29, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Beautiful card Debbie!
Posted by: Anna/Oma | September 30, 2009 at 04:55 AM
Love, love, love this card. You embossed it beautifully. Might there be some teeny tiny hope that you would do a tutorial on this. Compared to many other samples online, yours is the best.
Posted by: Debb B. | October 07, 2009 at 02:58 PM