You Make My Heart Smile
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I got my Glimmer hot foil system just before the holidays and now I’m in love. 🥰 So of course I subscribed to Spellbinders’ Glimmer of the Month Club. Getting a new toy to play with every month is just so much fun!
For this card I used the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month for December 2023, My Heart Smiles and Spellbinders Pewter Glimmer Hot Foil. My proof-of-concept card I glimmered with Satin Foil in Pastel Peach.
My card panel was Hammermill Premium Color Copy Cover 100 lbs, which I later stabilized with some Accent Opaque 100 lbs.
Cutting Foil
I created simple templates out of white cardstock to make it easier to cut the foil without marring it. Based on a recommendation by Simon Hurley, I used an Olfa 28 mm rotary cutter to cut the foil.
Over Foiling
To avoid over foiling, I need to heat up the system without the plates on top. That was the most important thing I learned from today’s card.
I was able to remove most of the over foiling with my sand eraser, but not quite all of it. That’s why I added the drop shadow.
Watercoloring
I used my Distress Watercolor Pencils for watercoloring. Here are the colors I used:
Leaves
Twisted Citron shaded with Rustic Wilderness and Peeled Paint shaded with Peacock Feathers
Large Flowers
Candied Apple for the petals and Fossilized Amber for the centers
Small Flowers
Salty Ocean
Drop Shadow
Faded Jeans shaded with Prize Ribbon and Black Soot
Embellishments
I added some iridescent black pearls to the centers of some blue flower and some matte silver pearls too.
Cardmaking video showing how I created the card described on this page.
