Hey, everyone! Roree here with another Make It! Monday project. Today I am sharing a fun way to create a metallic finish on cardstock.
I found this cute image on the Close to my Heart Artistry cartridge in Cricut Design Space and I knew right away that I wanted to use it on a card.
I decided to use the new My Story collection from My Mind’s Eye for the card. It has so many gorgeous patterned papers with gold accents. I thought it would look really pretty for the die cut image to be cut with a gold metallic cardstock, but I didn’t have any in my stash. What I did have was some gold embossing powder, some embossing ink, and a heat tool. With those items and a cardstock die cut, I got to work.
I started by covering the entire die cut with embossing ink.
I then covered the die cut with embossing powder.
After it was completely covered, I shook off all of the excess powder.
I used my heat tool to set the embossing powder.
My cardstock die cut now had the shiny, metallic gold finish I had originally wanted.
I finished the card by adding the die cut to a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2″ card and dressed it up with more patterned paper, brads, and enamel shapes.
I hope you enjoyed today’s Make It! Monday project. Thanks so much for stopping by!
That is awesome….
So glad you like it, Cristel!
Wow this is fabulous and so many techniques. Thanks!
You are very welcome!