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Aluminum Foil
Freckles dsvehla@concentric.net
I saw this on the Carol Duvall Show this morning and thought it was really cool. I know alot of you don't get HGTV, so I figured I'd try to describe it. It's on again at 2:00 and I plan to tape it. Let me know if any of you want to see it.
1. Use heavy duty aluminum foil. Fold it in half and spray a glue adhesive to hold the front and back together.
2. Place it on a magazine, and use the edge of a credit card to smooth out the aluminum foil as much as possible.
3. Ink a stamp (choose a simple one without alot of detail) using fast drying ink and stamp on to the aluminum foil. You will NOT see the ink when it's done. Using a ball point pen or a stylus for dry embossing, go over all the lines. The image will appear on the other side of the aluminum foil. (the side facing the magazine)
4. Cut the image out and use on cards, for pins, bookmarks, or whatever you can think of. Carol's show had several card examples, a bookmark, and a pin. She glued the image on cardboard for the pin and bookmark. She even showed some that were colored in, but she didn't say what she colored them with.
2. Place it on a magazine, and use the edge of a credit card to smooth out the aluminum foil as much as possible.
3. Ink a stamp (choose a simple one without alot of detail) using fast drying ink and stamp on to the aluminum foil. You will NOT see the ink when it's done. Using a ball point pen or a stylus for dry embossing, go over all the lines. The image will appear on the other side of the aluminum foil. (the side facing the magazine)
4. Cut the image out and use on cards, for pins, bookmarks, or whatever you can think of. Carol's show had several card examples, a bookmark, and a pin. She glued the image on cardboard for the pin and bookmark. She even showed some that were colored in, but she didn't say what she colored them with.
Wanda-Flower Stamper WSeab12450@aol.com
Just read the post about Gallery Glass. If you don't want to pay that much you can go to WalMart and get the paint that kids use on plastic sun catchers. I did the foil swap and that is what I used. It comes in small plastic containers that are in a circle on a hang card in their craft section. It has all different colors & only cost about $3.00 or $4.00. You use a small brush to put it on your embossed design on the foil.
Just read the post about Gallery Glass. If you don't want to pay that much you can go to WalMart and get the paint that kids use on plastic sun catchers. I did the foil swap and that is what I used. It comes in small plastic containers that are in a circle on a hang card in their craft section. It has all different colors & only cost about $3.00 or $4.00. You use a small brush to put it on your embossed design on the foil.
Barbara Holl bholl@halcyon.com
Gallery Glass is about $.89 at our Import Outlet here. The paints also work on transparency plastic.
Gallery Glass is about $.89 at our Import Outlet here. The paints also work on transparency plastic.
Laura STmpaholic@aol.com
I have not tried it yet, but foil has 2 sides, mabe try stamping on both sides, and see the outcome. Any permanant, solvent based ink will work., like the stuff in the dabber bottle from VIP.
I have not tried it yet, but foil has 2 sides, mabe try stamping on both sides, and see the outcome. Any permanant, solvent based ink will work., like the stuff in the dabber bottle from VIP.
Kinga Britschgi maci@cyberhighway.net
stamp your image with permanent ink on a piece of aluminum foil. Choose a relatively bold stamp, not too many small details. Then color it with permanent markers. Cut it out or just tear it out (very carefully not to crumple the image on the foil) and layer it on a cs. It has a bit of a stained glass effect; very unique.
stamp your image with permanent ink on a piece of aluminum foil. Choose a relatively bold stamp, not too many small details. Then color it with permanent markers. Cut it out or just tear it out (very carefully not to crumple the image on the foil) and layer it on a cs. It has a bit of a stained glass effect; very unique.
Gracepaper Gracepaper@aol.com
I do this with aluminum foil. In fact I made a great card of a fish for my dad last year using this technique. Take 3 layers of foil and glue together with aleenes tacky glue.Smooth with a credit card. ( Between buying stamp supplies! ;) Print a simple design in permanent ink on the dull side. Let dry. Place on a magazine and using a stylus or dried up ball point pen go over all the lines. Turn over. You have an embossed reverse image of your stamp!
I do this with aluminum foil. In fact I made a great card of a fish for my dad last year using this technique. Take 3 layers of foil and glue together with aleenes tacky glue.Smooth with a credit card. ( Between buying stamp supplies! ;) Print a simple design in permanent ink on the dull side. Let dry. Place on a magazine and using a stylus or dried up ball point pen go over all the lines. Turn over. You have an embossed reverse image of your stamp!
Giggles GigglesPan@aol.com Ok the supplies that you will need are:
1. Cheap aluminum foil (the name brands are thicker and harder to get your image through)
2. a soft toothbrush.
3. Pigment Ink Pad
4. Clear Embossing Powder
5. A stamp....try to avoid a stamp with very fine detailed lines.
Ink up your stamp with the Pigment ink.....put the shiniest side down on your inked stamped and mold the foil around the stamp. Then take your toothbrush and rub gently all over the stamp. You must rub gently or you will put a hole in the aluminum foil. Once you see your image on the aluminum foil, you can stop now. Peel the aluminum foil off your stamp carefully and smooth the edges out. Then sprinkle the embossing powder on the image and heat! This is really a neat technique. Now you need to do something to protect your image since the first impulse of anyone looking at it would be to feel the image.....so.....cut your image to the size you want. Then cut a piece of transparency or window plastic a little larger than your image. Tape with double back tape around the edges. Now you need something to hide the edges....so stamp and emboss a frame stamp and attach your aluminum covered with transparency to the frame. Layer all this onto your card and you will be amazed how beautiful and simple this technique will look!
1. Cheap aluminum foil (the name brands are thicker and harder to get your image through)
2. a soft toothbrush.
3. Pigment Ink Pad
4. Clear Embossing Powder
5. A stamp....try to avoid a stamp with very fine detailed lines.
Ink up your stamp with the Pigment ink.....put the shiniest side down on your inked stamped and mold the foil around the stamp. Then take your toothbrush and rub gently all over the stamp. You must rub gently or you will put a hole in the aluminum foil. Once you see your image on the aluminum foil, you can stop now. Peel the aluminum foil off your stamp carefully and smooth the edges out. Then sprinkle the embossing powder on the image and heat! This is really a neat technique. Now you need to do something to protect your image since the first impulse of anyone looking at it would be to feel the image.....so.....cut your image to the size you want. Then cut a piece of transparency or window plastic a little larger than your image. Tape with double back tape around the edges. Now you need something to hide the edges....so stamp and emboss a frame stamp and attach your aluminum covered with transparency to the frame. Layer all this onto your card and you will be amazed how beautiful and simple this technique will look!
Barbie Boop barbieboop1@JUNO.COM
ALUMINUM FOIL/STAMPING IDEAS 5/6/00
Aluminum Foil Stamping
Stamp an image onto a piece of aluminum foil-(I use heavy duty foil) Lay the stamped foil image onto a mouse pad. Using your embossing tool, trace the lines of the stamped image. Turn image over and you will see your debossed image! Use this debossed image on/in a card!-Great for "window cards!" (I have heard of people using the foil from yogurt containers, I have used cheap aluminum foil but folded it over and debossed through a couple layers. It does not hold up as good but can be used esp. to practice on!) If you are going to mail your debossed foil card make sure you cover it with bubble wrap to save the image from being flattened in the mail.
Aluminum foil paint background cards:
Pull a piece or foil off the roll
Fold it in half - open
Squirt some craft paint on it-you can use your inkers or pigment pads if you like! (just "dab"the pads onto the foil.) I have even done this with my old "tri-chem" paints!
Fold it in half again pressing together (with hand or brayer roller) allowing the paint to mix into each other. -open
Lay a blank card in the painted foil. Fold the foil over the card. Smooth your hand over the foil allowing the paint to get on the card Open the foil and look to see if you need to add any more paint- if so…repeat the paint process again.
You can also do the same foil background using your LIQUID APPLIQUE!
Aluminum foil LIQUID APPLIQUE background cards:
Pull a piece of foil off the roll. Fold it in half - open. Squirt some Liquid applique on it. Fold it in half. Use your brayer roller and roll across the foil -open. Lay a blank card in the L.A.'d foil. Fold the foil over the card. Smooth your hand over the foil allowing the paint to get on the card. Open the foil and look to see if you need to add any more L.A- if so…repeat the paint process again. Heat card with heat gun.
ALUMINUM FOIL/STAMPING IDEAS 5/6/00
Aluminum Foil Stamping
Stamp an image onto a piece of aluminum foil-(I use heavy duty foil) Lay the stamped foil image onto a mouse pad. Using your embossing tool, trace the lines of the stamped image. Turn image over and you will see your debossed image! Use this debossed image on/in a card!-Great for "window cards!" (I have heard of people using the foil from yogurt containers, I have used cheap aluminum foil but folded it over and debossed through a couple layers. It does not hold up as good but can be used esp. to practice on!) If you are going to mail your debossed foil card make sure you cover it with bubble wrap to save the image from being flattened in the mail.
Aluminum foil paint background cards:
Pull a piece or foil off the roll
Fold it in half - open
Squirt some craft paint on it-you can use your inkers or pigment pads if you like! (just "dab"the pads onto the foil.) I have even done this with my old "tri-chem" paints!
Fold it in half again pressing together (with hand or brayer roller) allowing the paint to mix into each other. -open
Lay a blank card in the painted foil. Fold the foil over the card. Smooth your hand over the foil allowing the paint to get on the card Open the foil and look to see if you need to add any more paint- if so…repeat the paint process again.
You can also do the same foil background using your LIQUID APPLIQUE!
Aluminum foil LIQUID APPLIQUE background cards:
Pull a piece of foil off the roll. Fold it in half - open. Squirt some Liquid applique on it. Fold it in half. Use your brayer roller and roll across the foil -open. Lay a blank card in the L.A.'d foil. Fold the foil over the card. Smooth your hand over the foil allowing the paint to get on the card. Open the foil and look to see if you need to add any more L.A- if so…repeat the paint process again. Heat card with heat gun.
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