CRAFT Challenge #668, Christmas- Foiling with & wiithout a laminator, ink blending, and copic colouring
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This post which includes a video shows how I foil with and without a laminator using the Here Come the Christmas Penguins digital stamp from The Paper Shelter as part of CRAFT Challenge #668, which has a Christmas theme. I use a very old laminator to foil, after printing the digital stamp (with a laser printer) on X-Press It Blending Card.
I combined foling with distress oxide inking. I refer to my very handy distress oxide ink swatches, so I can pick colours easily and do not have to test them all the time prior to use.
Check out video below.
Here are the other videos I mentioned which may of be interest that :
Video on Distress Ink Colour combo swatches
Video on Distress Ink Pad and Foam storage
Video on Copic marker swatches
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Here Come the Penguins Card
Print Here Come the Christmas Penguins digital stamp on X-Press It Blending Card (this card is great for colouring with Copics) and copier paper (to create a mask) with a laser printer. Turn on laminator to heat up. Cut the Champagne Deco Foil with a quick trimmer to the size of the printed image. Place piece of trimmed to size Champagne Deco Foil (pretty/shiny side up) on printed image and place into a folded sheet of copier paper, which will serve a a carrier sheet. Run through carrier sheet which holds the printed image and Champagne Deco Foil through the laminator. Tip: I used a very old and cheap laminator, so I had to run the carrier sheet through the laminator five times! However if you have a new laminator, once or twice should do the trick.
Fussy cut the image on the copier paper to use as a mask after spraying the back with repositionable adhesive spray. Place created mask over the image and apply Distress Oxide Ink Speckled Egg, Salvaged Patina, and Prize Ribbon with ink blending tools with domed foams. Check out video on distress ink colour combo swatches.
Once ink is dry, place Spellbinders All the Stars stencil on card panel, and apply Deco Foil Transfer Gel Duo with a palette knife. The gel goes on white. Remove stencil (and wash stencil immediately or soak in soapy water, so stencil is not ruined) and leave aside card panel to dry, for at least for an hour until it dries clear. Cut the Silver Star Deco Foil with a quick trimmer to size of the card panel. To transfer the foil - you can either use the heat method with the laminator or without heat, use pressure and run it through a die cutting machine. I used the latter method and transfer foil to card panel.
Remove mask and colour image with Copic markers. Copic markers used are as follows:
Sledge - E08, E19, E21, E97, E0
Penguins’ beaks & feet - YR20, YR12, YR15, EO, and Prismacolor Pencil, PC921
Snowman’s body - E40, E41, E42
Snowman’s cheek - E01, E02
Penguins’ bodies - E40, E41
Penguins’ cheeks - E01
Antlers - E21, E23, E25, E29
Carrot (Snowman’s nose) - YR00, YR09, YR07
Fur on Snowman’s hat - E40, E41, E43
Penguins’ sides - B32, B34, B37, B39, E0
Red Nose - ROO, R20, R24, R29, and Prismacolor Pencil, PC195, PC923
Snowman’s hat - R20, R22, R24, R27
Sled Pull - BG13, BG18, and Metallic Gold Marker
Check out video on Copic swatches.
Attach card panel to A6 card base using double-sided tape. Affix Christmas wax seal to card front with liquid glue.
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