How to Create a Quick Foiled Birthday Card for Anyone

Hey Arties! Del, here, with a quick foiled birthday card for the guy in your life. Do you struggle with masculine cards? Most of our crafty goodies tend toward the softer, more feminine side of things. So when we try to make a card for boy or a man, we often feel like we do have the supplies available.

Today, I’m gonna show you a few goodies you could use to make a card for anyone!

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Supplies List for Creating this Card

Supplies List:

  1. Happy Birthday Hot Foil Stamp

  2. Love Notes Stamp Set

  3. Love Notes Dies

  4. Glimmer Hot Foil

  5. Versafine Black Onyx Ink

  6. Chestnut Cardstock

  7. Trimmer

  8. Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

  9. Scor-Buddy

  10. Teflon Bone Folder

  11. Copic R27

  12. Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine

  13. Solar White - 25 pk, Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock

  14. Scotch Foam Mounting Tape

  15. Glimmer Hot Foil System

Steps for Creating Card

  1. To begin, I heated up my foiling machine and Happy Birthday Foiling Die.

  2. Then, I added a sheet of foil over my die with the shiny side down, then added a piece of Antique Ivory cardstock and ran it through my Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting Machine a few times.

  3. After peeling of the foil backing, I sat and stared at the foiled sentiment for an inordinate amount of time, then trimmed the panel down 3/4” on all sides.

  4. Next, I popped that panel up on some Chestnut cardstock with foam tape and trimmed my brown cardstock down a 1/4” on all sides.

  5. Then, I glued that all down to the front of an A2-sized card base with Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

  6. After that, I stamped the hands and heart image from the Love Notes stamp set in Onyx Black ink and die cut it out with coordinating dies.

  7. Finally, I popped it up on the front of the foiled panel with foam tape, colored the heart with a Copic R27 marker and popped it into place.

Tips:

  • To get a great transfer of foil to your cardstock, try using the smoothest cardstock you have.

  • You may need to use an extra piece of paper to add pressure to your foiling sandwich. If at first you don’t succeed, try adding paper shims to your foiling plate sandwich.

  • When creating a unisex or a masculine card, try using neutral colors, with a single pop of color here and there.

Thank you for spending some time with me today. If you are excited about the supplies I used in this post, you can pick them up using my affiliate links in the grid of supplies below.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Daniel

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