Want to spruce up your card backgrounds? Check out this foiled background that shines and dazzles.
Today’s project is from our designer, Lisa, who is so great at making gel prints and foiled backgrounds. Her card styles are always very textured and colorful, and this project falls right in line with her previous cards. Check them out here. Lisa says, “I love the big Hello die! It’s a great way to make a quick card with big impact.” She adds this on top of a really neat background that consists of combining foil with a stencil for a fun and fresh card that’s unique. Check out these tips as Lisa shows us how to use foil and stencils to make your backgrounds pop.
How to make this card:
- I started with a gel print cut with the 5013d Nested Rectangle Small Stitch Die Set.
- I used the 4136 Bubbles Small And Large Stencil-6×6 to add Transfer Gel Duo to the panel and set it aside to dry to tacky. I chose this stencil because it felt like raindrops running down a gutter chain during a spring rain shower.
- Then the 5801-01d Hello With Shadow Die was die cut… the Hello word was cut from blue glitter paper and the shadow was cute from white cardstock. I used liquid adhesive to adhere them together.
- Next I cut flowers and centers using the 5709-02d Spring Flowers Die from deco foiled gel prints.
- Once the background panel was dry but still slightly sticky (at least an hour depending on on how thick the gel is applied), it was run through the die cutting machine for pressure leaving out the shims to adhere the foil. If you want a more solid foil transfer, you can use a shim to apply more pressure or run it through a laminator.
- Thick foam tape was added to the back of the Hello die cut but I made sure to leave some room around the edges without tape so that I could tuck the flowers underneath.
- Then flowers were assembled with a little bit of foam tape and glue… the foam tape for dimension… the glue because the foam pieces were small and I wanted to be sure they held. Sometimes when adhering to foil or glitter, a little extra adhesive is good insurance.
- Finally, I added the panel to two card bases and added a few sequins.
