SUper Friends Sunday: "Hot" August Cards

For our August SUper Friends swap, our theme was hot cards (think foiling, embossing, etc...).  We actually all ended up hot foiling, and everyone use something different to do that!

Kallien foiled with the Sunflower embossing folder, and the combination of gold and Blackberry Bliss looks so rich and elegant:

Love the matching envelope and how Kallien embossed the panel for inside the card!

Judy's stunning fun fold card features foiling with the Classic Greetings Hot Foil dies.  She also stamped in Cloud Cover with the Begonia Belle Stamp Set, in Secret Sea with the sentiment from the Lily of the Valley Stamp Set, and added some strips of the Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper:

Margery created personalized swap cards for each person in the swap, using the Luxe Alphabet and Numbers Hot Foil Dies.  She letterpressed behind the name, using one of the Echos of Detail Hot Foil Dies.   She added some Dreamy Flowers embellishments for a finishing touch.

Inside the card, it is easier to see that the entire card base is subtly embossed as well.  Such a beautiful touch!

Sheila's elegant card is foiled with the Botanical Glow Bundle, which looks stunning in gold on black card stock, and the greeting is foiled and cut with the Sweetly Sentimental Hot Foil Dies.  Hard to see in the photos, but there is a layer of Vellum Shimmer Paper between the black card stock and the card base, that is so pretty!  And, Sheila stamped the inside of her card with the stamps from the Botanical Glow Bundle.

For my card, I decided to case a card made with the Shimmering Scenes Hot Foil Bundle.  I also heat embossed the greeting, which is from the Phrases and Frames stamp set.

  

Thanks so much to the SUper Friends for another fabulous swap!  And, thank you so much for visiting my blog!  Hope you are as inspired by these cards as I am!

- Michelle

Bonus Metallic Magic Class Cards

 After the Metallic Magic class, I had some fun leftover pieces from doing the foiling. So, I decided to do reverse foil those pieces onto different card stocks and designer series paper, then use those pieces to create more cards.

Here is the first set of cards I made after reverse hot foiling the leftovers!  I added some fun designer series paper from the Painted Illusions and Paper Medley Mix In Designer Series Paper Packs to these cards:

Here is the next set of cards I made with the reverse of the foils I had leftover from the Metallic Magic Class.  For these cards, I also mixed in some Painted Collage designer series paper, some of which is stamped with Notes of Collage Stamps (a sneak peek from the upcoming November Online Exclusives!).  With this style of cards, I feel like my foiling mishaps look intentional and part of the style and design:  

Here are the final cards I made with the reverse foil leftovers from the Metallic Magic Class I took!  For these cards, I had leftover butterfly pieces that I die cut, and they were so fun to use!  The Secret Sea card has the sneak peek designer series paper from the November Online Exclusives on it (Painted Collage Designer Series Paper).  The other card is made with the Painted Illusions Designer Series Paper:

Hope you enjoyed these!  Thanks for visiting my blog!

- Michelle

Metallic Magic Cards

 I finished the Metallic Magic online class from Stampin' Up! earlier this month, and I really enjoyed it!  Here are my cards from the class!  I had fun learning to use the system, and liked the challenge of using what I had on hand to create the cards.  While I had the Butterfly Flight Bundle, I didn't have the Botanical Glow Bundle or the designer series paper recommended for the class. 

After seeing it in action during the class, I have now ordered the Botanical Glow Bundle!  I also ordered some more window sheets since I only had scraps and some printed ones in my supplies!  (Definitely would like to do some more foiling on window sheets!  Lots of fun possibilities with that!)  

Anyway, I will say my projects are not perfect, as I did get some overfoiling on them.  I think that was because I was putting everything on the platform while it was heating up instead of waiting to put it on after it heated up.  Have tried more since then, and that does seem to have been the issue.

Here are the cards I created during the class (plus finished inside decorations and envelopes):

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I saved the leftovers from the class, and I have since been able to reverse foil with those.  Stay tuned for the cards I created with those!

Have you tried hot foiling yet?

Thanks for visiting my blog!

- Michelle