February 1, 2018

Gina K Designs: Share the Love with Foil Mates

Hi Friends! I’m so grateful you’ve stopped by today. Welcome to the Share the Love with Foil Mates Gina K Designs Blog hop. I’m very excited to be sharing project inspiration and ideas with you today showcasing the New Valentine Foil Mates. Holy smokes working with foils is fun and SPARKLY. Perfect for all your Valentine and anytime projects.

When I created my projects, I was a wee bit obsessed with the negative space the foil impression created. So, you’ll see I made use of both the foiled and unfoiled images as embellishments for my card designs.

Be My Valentine Foil Card — The Be Mine foil image is what was left when I pulled the foil away. It was very easy to take the foil sheet and run it through my die cutter. Hello versatility.

The Gina K Tag Dies fit perfectly around the image in the Lovely Tags Foil Mates set. I’m kinda obsessed with these tag dies because of the stitching. Remember back in the day, we used to break out our sewing machines for papercrafting projects. Please tell me that wasn’t just me? HAHAHAHA! Yep, I did that too!

So, I went a bit crazy with this one. The Blooming Heart Foil Mates set transfers the Bubblegum foil PERFECTO! Love that I could create a complete background layer for my card. And, yep, I most definitely used the negative foil space from my tag (see above) as the “peek-a-boo” sentiment between the layer. Oh, and see that heart stamped on the die cut? That’s from the Hearts and Flowers Set. Hello Hearts. Hello this set is fun!

Be My Valentine Foil Mates Card — It’s so shiny and sparkly! I can’t help myself. It makes me smile. And pink it my color jam.

Check out the positive and negatives from the foil transfers. You get double the amount of embellishments and pretties to use on your projects. I used one of the heart dies from the Hearts and Flowers Stamp set to die cut the foil heart in the middle. Shazzam! Project embellishment.

Foil Mates embellishments — I will always love you Bubblegum Foil! Yes, really, let’s be friends.

I hope you enjoyed the hop and since I’m last on the tour, I’m so grateful you made it!

Here is the complete list for the hop today.

Melanie Muenchinger

Lisa Hetrick – You Are Here

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Names will be collected up across all of the blogs and the winners will be announced in the Big News Forum at StampTV a few days after the hop. So be sure to check back at the end of the week.

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86 Responses

Kirsty Vittetoe says:

02/02/2018 at 11:38 pm

Fabulous, stunning and wonderful!!!!
Annalisa says:

02/02/2018 at 5:35 pm

Oh, I like how you used the kraft-colored cardstock on this. I haven’t seen that from anyone else, and it’s a nice foil (ha! pun) to the foiled parts of the card. And I love how you’re making the most of the positives and negatives! It would be a crime to waste such pretty foil! Thanks for sharing with us, and have a lovey day.
D.Ann C says:

02/02/2018 at 4:07 pm

Talk about foiliiscious!!
Karen Buchanan says:

02/02/2018 at 3:58 pm

I love the shine of the foil-mates! Thanks for sharing your ideas!
susan r wareham says:

02/02/2018 at 1:18 pm

Ok these are fabulous love the use of both positive and negatives
Debbie Burrington says:

02/02/2018 at 1:07 pm

So many fun ideas. Thank you.
Stacey Kowbel says:

02/02/2018 at 12:54 pm

Wonderful cards! I love the pink on the kraft!
Val P says:

02/02/2018 at 12:18 pm

Love your cards! Thanks for all the inspiration you give to us.
susie sonnier says:

02/02/2018 at 11:35 am

Love the cards! I think I need a laminator now!
Connie says:

02/02/2018 at 11:31 am

Great cards. Off to learn more about foiling .. lol!