Stampin’ Up!®️ Hot Foil Reverse Die for Thinking of You Card in Pink Foil with Classic Greetings and Artisan Sketched Garden Designer Series Paper

New Life for Used Hot Foil Scraps

August 24, 2026August 24, 2026Leave a comment

As promised, I’m back to share how to use up all of the negative images from your Hot Foil projects, and this is a look at a product coming on September 1st: The Hot Foil REVERSE DIE.

This die is basically a blank slate that heats your scraps and adheres them to a paper, for instance: For the top card, I foiled “Thank You” onto Cajun Craze card stock and then used the gold foil negative image to heat onto white card stock, so the gold foil is around the sentiment:

Watch how this is done as I demonstrate this process quickly:

One extra tip not mentioned in the video: The pink foil scrap I used for my card was actually used twice before this: Once for the lovely frame, then a second time for the sentiment inside. It’s serendipitous that the Classic Greeting Hot Foil dies fit INSIDE the Flourish & Frames largest die!

Here’s the finished card from the video tutorial:

While you are waiting for the Hot Foil Reverse die, you can order the Hot Foil System from my website this month AND take advantage of the last week of the Paper Sale, which includes the Artisan Sketched Garden Designer Series Paper for 15% off. Click banner to see all:

Thanks for visiting and PLEASE sign my guestbook (leave a comment) at the top of the post near the date ~ I appreciate that you’ve taken the time to learn something new. I’m here to serve your creative needs!

Will It FOIL? Part 5: Foil on Photos (+Bonus Card)

August 7, 2026August 7, 2026Leave a comment

While we’ve just begun to explore what can be Hot Foiled, today’s medium concludes my initial series based on my LIVE Crafting video from Monday, August 3, 2026. A printed photograph was sitting on my desk as I began experimenting, so naturally, I had to try adding some extra SHINE!

It felt resourceful to small sections from previously used foil to add two colors of butterflies (silver & pink) to the upper corner of this cute photo of my daughter-in-love and granddaughter. Will surely be trying more multi-foiling in the future, and the smooth surface of the photo was ideal for this technique.

Since I was using the Butterfly Flight Hot Foil Dies, here’s some info about the very popular bundle and a bonus project!

The bundle includes the hot foil dies (shown in gold, but they are a matte-gray with a satin finish in actuality), coloring masks (easiest to color the butterflies after foiling and before die cutting out), coordinating cutting dies (don’t worry, it’s easy to tell the difference between the dies!), AND detail dies for extra embellishments.

The coloring masks are numbered 1-4 in the top left corner near a notch to help you line them up easily, and to walk you through each step. You could spritz color over the masks, but I find it works best with blending brushes or even sponge daubers. This shows the butterflies colored with blending brushes and ink pads after foiling or just using the masks to make the winged creatures, both of which are lovely:

And the finished project, with a printable tutorial just for you!

Print Tutorial .pdf

The award for the “Most Versatile Designer Series Paper” goes to the Artisan Sketched Garden DSP, which you can color, blend, spritz, layer, fussy cut and fold…and it’s 15% off during the August Paper Sale! It literally coordinates with so many things that you’ll wonder how you crafted before using this black & white design.

If you print the tutorial, pause to say HI in the comments, please!

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Hope this series of Hot Foil tutorials has been handy ~ scroll back to check out the previous posts if you’ve missed any!

Color, Layer, Cluster: Design Principles for Cards

July 6, 2026July 6, 2026Leave a comment

Artists learn formulas and principles that make their designs better, and as a paper crafter, there are skills you can gain, as well! Today’s lesson is a tried-and-true trio that enables you to create a lovely card EVERY. TIME.

Color. Layer. Cluster.

In it’s simplest iteration, this principle begins with a background color on paper, that paper is layered onto a card base, then images and sentiments are clustered together. Watch and learn in today’s video tutorial:

The first simple card uses Lost Lagoon ink added to the top layer with a blending brush. That layer is added to the card base with dimensionals. The vacation vibe is added with Under the Sun Ephemera and a greeting from the Sincerely Noted Ephemera pack.

This second card example shows how blending a bit of color to a black & white design layer (Artisan Sketched Garden Designer Series Paper) and clustering a few colored vases from the other side of the paper makes a marvelous mailable masterpiece!

Side note: The Artisan Sketched Garden DSP is DELIGHTFUL to color, and this Saturday, July 11th is a COLORING WORKSHOP featuring this paper at 1 PM or 7 PM in Hurricane, UT…RSVP by Wednesday to ensure you may attend:

The last example of the “Color. Layer. Cluster” principle is demonstrated in a Violet Dreams version, where the “color” part comes from the frame, and the cluster of violets was a pre-printed die cut, making it speedy to craft from start to finish:

While you may not be close enough to attend one of my classes in person, I do have a special offer during JULY 2026: When you order the Violet Dreams Suite Collection from my Stampin’ Store, you’ll get a FREE virtual class, along with the consumable supplies you need to make three projects:

If you are a demonstrator or customer who has purchased this from a different source, OR you only want to order the stamp set and die bundle, you can still register for the virtual class! Learn more HERE.

This formula for designing cards would work with stamped images as well. You may have already created a project following these steps, and didn’t even know it! If the concept is new to you, or clarified, I’d love to hear your thoughts: Does it help to think of creating a card like this?

Thank you for supporting my small business by shopping any of the links ~ Keep your creative juices flowing! 🍊🧡– Loni

Ring Around the Posy

May 14, 2026Leave a comment

Have you ever used circle punches to make RINGS? Today’s card teaches how to create nesting circles (with a ring around the outside) for a center of attention!

Stampin’ Up!®️ Artisan Sketched Garden Ring Around the Posy Card. Black & White & Crisp Cantaloupe with nesting rings from circle punches.

Black & white plus a POP of color is always a striking palette: The Stampin’ Up!®️ Artisan Sketched Garden Designer Series Paper (DSP) is a demonstrator favorite, and I’ve got a class coming in July for you to play with (and color!) these gorgeous patterns. Crisp Cantaloupe was the 2026-2028 returning In Color I paired with the black & white.

To create a “ring” of card stock, start by punching a smaller circle punch from card stock (a 2″ punch in this case) then center a larger punch (2-3/8″) around it to punch out a ring. A black & white polka dot pattern punched from the 1-3/4″ circle punch nests nicely inside the ring, with a little space around it to feel fancy.

For added texture on this card, score the black torn card stock strip every 1/4″ to give it raised stripes and wrap your ribbon around the back of the 4″ x 5-1/4″ layer before adhering it to the card base. You can add a bow with a glue dot as a finishing touch.

I colored an image from another piece of the DSP with the new Shimmer Brushes in Crisp Cantaloupe, Hydrangea Hue and Peaceful Pine (though the shimmer is difficult to catch on camera) and fussy cut it out for the posies. Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals raise the rings and give extra dimension. Add a small sentiment strip to say what you want to say.

As we continue to explore the versatility of circle punches, I’d appreciate hearing if this series is helpful to you and if you are learning anything ~ please leave a comment at the top near the posting date, then return to shop here:

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