Fun Things to do with a Gemini Foilpress

I'm on the Ellen Hutson blog and YouTube channel today with a video showing some fun ways to use your Gemini Foil Press that you may not have thought of.

• reverse foiling
• selective foiling
• using a template to position your foiling
• ink blending on foiling
• foiling (and reverse foiling) die-cuts
• foiling on Yupo paper with an alcohol ink background

And I'd love to hear if you have ways to use it that I haven't thought of!

Foiling on Alcohol Ink Backgrounds

Well, now, isn't this fun? I was playing the other day, and decided to try foiling with an alcohol ink background I had made previously. And it WORKED!

I wondered about whether the Yupo would warp or burn with the  heat, or whether the foil would stick to the slippery Yupo, but there was absolutely no problem! This Picket Fence Studios sentiment foiling die worked beautifully!

I ran it through the foil press following the exact same instructions as for the background (CC Grande Dots) and some Silver Shimmer foil.

Maiike's 3k YT Subs Video Hop

Good morning! I'm excited to be part of Maaike's Video Hop to celebrate reaching 3K YouTube Subscribers recently! That is quite a milestone - congratulations to Maaike!

I made a card using selective foiling and heat embossing. Be sure to check it out and hop along and comment for a chance to win!

I used:

Catherine Pooler Designs Instagram Hop

It's release day at Catherine Pooler designs! Tropical Treasures is now available and we're having an Instagram hop to celebrate!

I created a quick Instagram video showing how I did this foiling around the edge of my circle panel, so be sure to check it out.

For this card, I used a square panel and drew lines from the 4 corners to find the centre, using a pencil. Then I cut a circle with a die, trying to make sure the centre was in the centre, if you know what I mean!

Then, I used my foil press with a template created from vellum with a circle cut out. I drew lines on the vellum so that I could place each 1/8th of the circle in the same spot. I left the die in the same spot, turning the circle panel to put the foil in the same spot. I used silver sparkle foil from Gemini. It adds a very subtle shine around each flower.

I stamped the flower from Be Wild inside each foiled impression and then I used Copics to add more detail and dimension to the stamped images.

I blended It's a Boy around the edges before popping up the circle panel on a plain white cardbase.

Sweet (Shiny) Sixteen

Today is my daughter's 16th birthday! I had a ton of fun making this foiled card using my new Gemini Foil Press. 

You can get the Gemini Jr, Foil Press and the Confetti border foil stamp at Ellen Hutson (direct links below), but the number stamps are a little more tricky. They are going to be available tomorrow here in Canada on The Shopping Channel (my friend Jennifer is the Crafter's Companion presenter!!).

The numbers (and of course there is an alphabet as well) are really neat because they are actually partial numbers, and they come with a stamp that fits into the spaces.

I placed the 1 and 6 onto my foil press, making sure they were lined up straight. I used Aurora foil and then ran them through the Gemini Jr. 

I stamped the flowers around the 1 and then quickly realized that my 6 was too close, and the corresponding flowers wouldn't fit. After I panicked, I realized that I could just mask the stamped 1 flowers and then stamp the 6 flowers. In the end, I think I like it better this way; I feel like it's a 16 rather than a 1 next to a 6, if you know what I mean.

I used pale gray ink to stamp the flowers so I could do some no-line Copic colouring. I added detail with my Faber Castell Polychromos coloured pencils. 

For the background, I used the Confetti Border Foil Stamp and just ran my panel through the Foil Press a few times, moving the Foil Stamp, until the panel was covered.

Here's a quick video of the foiling process.

Ellen Hutson National Craft Month Instagram Hop!

 

Welcome to March! Otherwise known as National Craft month! 

To celebrate, Ellen Hutson's Design Ambassadors (and some friends) are having an instagram hop with some prizes! Head over to check it out!

Foiled Rainbow

I'm on the Ellen Hutson blog today with this pretty foiled card and some good lessons learned!

Catherine Pooler Designs - Awesome

I recently got a GeminiFoilPress and I've been having fun figuring it all out and foiling all the things! Today, I tried foiling the new Catherine Pooler Designs Interlocked die with pink foil on Midnight cardstock. I call it a success. Although it's hard to photograph! LOL!

After I created the foiled panel, I trimmed it with a circle die and glued it to a white cardbase.

I cut the awesome word die 3 times and stacked them before adhering them to the card. I finished it with some jewels from the Pretty Pink Posh Valentine mix.

I used: