This summer, when Ellen Hutson released this Good Vibes Only die, I knew I had to have it. Except it was a "hot foil" die. What? I did a little research and determined that I needed to purchase additional, relatively expensive equipment to get into this hot foil game, and I decided to take a pass for the time being.
Then I kept seeing hot foil mentioned *everywhere* on the crafty sites and blogs. In early October of 2021, on World Cardmaking Day, I purchased from Spellbinders the Glimmer Hot Foil Machine... and I also went aheads and bought the Good Vibes Only die from Ellen Hutson. And until this past weekend, neither the machine or the die had been used. On Sunday I decided it was time to figure this thing out. It was trickier than I expected, and I'm still getting the hang of it, but practice will make perfect!
For both cards I used the Glimmer-branded gold foil.
For this first design I used Honey Bee Stamps sunburst background stencils (a trio, sadly discontinued), Pinkfresh Studio inks, Taylored Expressions blender brushes, and miscellaneous bling I had lying around.
For the second design I used a Simple Stories stencil, Pinkfresh Studio inks, Taylored Expressions bitty blender brushes, and then a wee bit of Stickles in Crystal on the pineapples' leaves.
I prefer the second one -- just love the pineapples along with that awesome sentiment. :-)
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