70 years of Tarnished Foil Hexagons

This card is entered into the Crazy Crafters Team Highlights this week.  The entire gallery of entries can be viewed here and you can vote for your favourites.

This was the card I made for a friend's special birthday, commissioned by her husband.  It uses the tarnished foil technique and I made the background at the same time as I made this card for the Crazy Crafters Blog Hop and also this card.


I used the same steps described in this post but using the Hexagons 3D embossing folder.

Love the warm metallic mix provided by the Tarnished Foil technique

 The flowers are cut with the Eclectic Layers Thinlits from Silver Foil Sheet and Basic Black cardstock.  The leaves are punched out of Basic Black cardstock using the new Leaf Punch from the Holiday Catalogue.

The black and silver flowers look elegantly dramatic against the metallic background

 Underneath the flowers I've used one of the Foil Snowflakes in gold (with everything else on the card, it doesn't necessarily look Christmasy!).  The Large Numbers are cut out of Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper and the strip of Basic Grey Stitched Satin Ribbon anchors it all.  I also added a tiny touch of Fresh Fig Sheer Ribbon to soften the flowers.

This is the sheet in progress - at this point I've used the embossing folder and added some black ink

I decorated the inside of the card with a strip of the tarnished foil that I trimmed from the layer on the front of the card - it was too pretty to waste!

The greeting inside the card is from the Birthday Delivery stamp set

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - Click on a product image below to visit my online store (Australian Residents only)

Silver Foil Sheets

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Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

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Basic Black A4 Card Stock

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Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

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Versamark Pad

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Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

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Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder

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Foil Snowflakes

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Large Numbers Framelits Dies

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Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper

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Basic Gray 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon

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Fresh Fig 1/8" Sheer Ribbon

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Eclectic Layers Thinlits Dies

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Leaf Punch

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Hexagonal Daffodil Delight

I had a daisy left over from a demonstration and was wondering what to do with it.  I had also been demonstrating a variety of techniques with embossing folders, including inking them and/or inking over the embossed surfaces ... and so was born this card!

The embossed piece of Night of Navy card is inked with Craft White ink

Only one more sleep until the new 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue products are released, including the Daisy Delight Bundle, Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set, Double Stitched Ribbon (here in Daffodil Delight), Berry Burst ink and Faceted Gems (I've used a gold one).

The Hexagons embossing folder was inked with Night of Navy before use. 
A brayer was used to add Daffodil Delight ink to the raised embossing.

The remainder of the products that I have used are already available and continuing into the new Catalogue.

The daisy image was stamped twice, twisting the stamp to offset the petals

I stamped the daisies onto Whisper White cardstock with Basic Black ink and then watercoloured them with Berry Burst ink and some Daffodil Delight for the centres.   For the daisy on the front of the card, I stamped two then punched them out with the matching punch and attached them together, offsetting the petals.  For the daisy inside the card, I simply stamped twice, offsetting the petals.

Thank you for your visit.
'Til next time!
Stephanie 

Product List - To visit my online store, click on a product image below (Australian Residents only)

Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

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Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

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Banner Triple Punch

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Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

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Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[126970]

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad

[126944]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad

[101731]

Foam Adhesive Strips

[141825]