- Cardstock
- Adhesive
- Aluminum Foil--heavy duty works best
- Stampin Up! Textured Impression Embossing Folder
- Big Shot machine and required plates
I started by deciding how big I wanted the foil layer to be. It's much easier than trying to cut it down later--the foil tends to tear and you'll just be frustrated!
Once you've decided on the size, cut out a piece of cardstock in whatever color you have laying around. I used a color that I don't like because you can't see it anyway on the finished project. You'll need a way to cover the entire piece of cardstock with adhesive. Stampin Up's sticky pages work great for this. However, I was out of that so I just ran it thru my Xyron.
On your aluminum foil there is a shiny side and a dull side. Since you want the shiny side to show on your card, place the sticky side of the cardstock onto the dull side of the foil. Trim the excess foil with scissors (did you know that this will also sharpen your scissors at the same time!?!) or fold the excess to the back of the cardstock and tack down with adhesive.
On the Textured Impression Embossing Folders there is a positive "mountain" side and a negative "valley" side. You want to place the foil piece into the folder so that the foiled side is facing the positive "mountain" side and run it thru the Big Shot machine. Carefully remove the embossed piece from the folder. It can stick and you don't want to tear the foil.
I found through trial and error that it helps to run a brayer over the finished piece to smooth out the foil. If you decide to do this step, do it lightly so you don't press out the embossing.
Here is a close up of the embossed foil.
Now just complete your project. This would make great backgrounds for masculine cards. Give it a try!













