Thursday, February 1, 2018

Share the Love with Foil-Mates Blog Hop!

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Good morning, all! How about a quick hop to inspire with the new Fancy Foil and Foil-Mates products from Gina K. Designs? :) Please enjoy our ideas showcasing all the fabulous products and leave a comment on each blog as you hop for more chances to win a $50 gift certificate to Gina K. Designs.  Winner will be drawn randomly and announced on StampTV. Check the Big New Forum a few days after the hop.

I just love the XO design as a background and these new tags! I used the Gina K. Designs Fancy Foils™ 6" x 8" • Bubblegum Pink and coordinating Pure Luxury Bubblegum cardstock for my card base.  The fun XOXO background is included in the 

Foil-Mates™ Backgrounds • Love and Kisses.   Round tag is from the Gina K. Designs Foil-Mates™ Sentiments • Sweet Expressions  pack. I cut it out with one of the Double Stitched Circle dies, and matted both on Pure Luxury Black Onyx to really POP!

Gina K. Designs Fancy Foils™ 6" x 8" • Bubblegum Pink
 Gina K. Designs Fancy Foils™ 6" x 8" • Bubblegum Pink Gina K. Designs Foil-Mates™ Backgrounds • Love and Kisses

Foil-Mates™ Backgrounds • Love and Kisses. 

Gina K. Designs Double Stitched Circles Dies

Double Stitched Circle dies


I also want to point out how much I like how Gina has spaced these Foil-Mates designs.

Not just with dies in mind, you can quickly crop the sentiments into rectangular mats with just a couple swipes of your paper cutter, and they are ready to make some quick foiled cards!  Foil once, then cut twice, so easy! The background pieces you see here are from one piece of foil and one Foil Mate sheet.  Ready to go on 3 cards!


Last, I want to share something fun I discovered, a happy accident! I love the smooth, shiny looks that foil creates, which is so amazing on these designs, but found by mistake you can create some really cool gungy or weathered looks if spots of the toner are showing through!  With proper use, you should not get spots, and I knew my Foil *should* work because it always had for me before, but when I wasn't getting good results for the first time when I started making some cards for this hop, I thought, maybe my laminator (Scotch) wasn't working properly anymore?   Thankfully, before I ran out and got another laminator, I realized I must have accidentally flipped the switch when I was getting off the shelf, from 5 to 3mm!  Well! This makes a HUGE difference (and it does say 5mm on the back of the Foil-Mates pack in the instructions, thank you, Gina)! So glad I figured it out, BUT no way am I throwing out the spotty pieces!   Spotty design below:)
I think they look TEErrific with these tags and greetings, especially since I almost always use black in my designs!  Kind of like, "foil for guys"! "Distressed foil"! Anyway, be sure to check that if you are suddenly ( or have never!) not achieving good results with your laminator.  It is NOT the Fancy Foil's fault! And hopefully just a setting like in my case! :)

Foil is hard to photograph, but hopefully you can see the spots and texture in the foil in these two photos of this pink and red card.  These are the "goofs"! The Red Velvet sponging adds another layer of texture and interest,  and in my mind, makes the imperfect foiling make more sense, if you will. Cardstock iS GKD Pure Luxury Red Velvet and Bubblegum Pink.

Ready to see more from the team? Let's go!

Gina K.
Beth Silaika
Cathy Tidwell
Donna Idlet
Karen Hightower
Laurie Schmidlin
Melanie Muenchinger- you are here, thanks for visiting!
Rema Deleeuw
Sheri Gilson
Susie Moore
Theresa Momber
Lisa Hetrick

98 comments:

  1. Ha! I comments on wrong one, but hey, it IS gorgeous card and so is this one! totally love the inking over like that! ;)

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  2. Love your cards! And all that sparkle and shine! <3

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  3. These are so pretty. Thanks for showing how to make the 'distressed foil' work!

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  4. Can't wait to start creating wonderful cards like yours

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  5. Great save on the cards. Love the rough look.

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  6. I am lovin' that new Bubble Gum Pink color, simply stunning. Those foils blow me away, I think I need them all!!!! Thanks for the inspiration!! Your cards are awesome.....I'm pinning!!!

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  7. You cards are all so pretty. Foil is hard to photograph, but you did a great job!

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  8. Love the cards. That cool looks so pretty

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  9. You made the imperfect just perfectly beautiful

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  10. Love, love, love each and every one of them! You are so talented, girlie!!!!

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  11. What fun projects! Love the foils.

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  13. Your cards are so cool! I love that you turned a oops! into a positive.

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  14. Has happened to me, very frustrating, but I love how you finished the project - sometimes we pick ourselves apart too much!

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  15. Awesome projects. Thanks for sharing how to use the spotty foiling for a great grunge look.

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  16. Glad you were able to figure out a setting had changed. Thanks for showing not-so-perfect results that you were able to salvage.

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  17. great idea to add ink on top. great cards.

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  18. I like the idea of using ones that didn't turn out quite right as grunge cards.

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  19. Love your work Melanie. It is so much fun to see what you have done and I love your videos!

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  20. thank you for sharing, i just love your work.

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  21. Lovely! And yes I agree, it really is hard to photograph foiled cards and have them look as fantastic as they do in person!

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  22. Love the cards! And inking over any goofs is a great idea! Thanks for sharing!

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  23. Love your cards and your info on the grunge look! Now I can not feel guilty of being wasteful. I will use my mistakes.

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  24. I love the fabulous look of foil and this is just gorgeous the way you used these great products.

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  25. love your cards - even the grunge-look one - it has a very unique and pleasing effect:)

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  26. Love the card! Thankful the 'uh-oh' moment turned into a happy accident!

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  27. Your mistake in the foiling really is a plus. Now I know how great the finished piece will look with the grunge effect. I definitely will not toss it again if it happens to me. Love the other card too.

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  28. Thanks for the tips and inspiration to push thru and make good from a mistake. I love these foil-mates. They are so pretty without the mess. Love them all. The cards are just lovely. I so love pink and black together.

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  29. love that you use your goofs- we all make mistakes and it's great to incorporate/ repurpose the goof elements into beautiful cards!

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  30. Beautiful!!! Happy mistakes are great.. Love finding new ways to show character to my projects. Thanks for sharing with us.

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  31. Cute cards! Thanks for the ideas!

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  32. Cute cards! Thanks for the ideas!

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  33. Just love all the the Valentine creations.

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  34. Fantastic cards! I love that you shared how to fix a mistake! Thanks so much!

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  35. Thank you so much for more foiling instructions. I was having all kinds of trouble and once I used parchment paper for my carrier (instead of copy paper) it worked beautifully. I have a Scotch laminator also and I thought my machine was the problem. Everything you make is fabulous!

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  36. Your cards are beautiful! Thanks for sharing your "distressed" foil, too, that's a good tip to remember with some laminators.

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  37. I always look forward to your creations. Great job.

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  38. Just amazing cards, foil, stamps, and designs. And I love how you used your "mistakes" and turned them into something wonderful. Great tips. Just lovely projects.

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  39. I love how you decided to go with the "grunge" look, and make lemonade from a lemon! Great work, your cards are beautiful!

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  40. Very pretty !! Foil really adds a lot to any card. Well done.❤😀

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  41. Absolutely gorgeous! That pink foil is just yummy...

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  42. Love watching your here is how video's you make all of your projects look so easy to do. Thank you for some super great stamp sets.

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  43. Adorable - love the sponging! I really like these cards and will need to make some.

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  44. I like the fun XO background and your happy accident card.

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  45. Beautiful cards, Melanie! Love the sparkle & shine!

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  46. A prime example of never throw anything away that's not perfect. Given enough time and thought it will be recycled and turned into something amazing. Got to love those happy accidents. Love the cards.

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  47. I'm loving the looks of these foil cards.....beautiful

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  48. Love your cards and love how you inked over the Circle!

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  49. So glad to learn that even the experts have the occasional miss and I love how you used it.

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  50. Thanks for sharing the goofs but they are still keepers in my mind.

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  51. Love your goofs!!!! Thanks for sharing your terrific cards!!!!

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  52. Pink is my favorite color!! Great cards :)

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  53. Great job with the happy accident grungy look! Always a good reminder to never throw it away. Thanks for the inspiration. :)

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  54. I love that saying "You are my person"! :) wonderful cards!

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  55. You can definitely see them in your pictures. What a great way to make them more masculine. I love your grunge look.

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  56. Love all the new foil mates....they make beautiful cards

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  57. Great ideas! Love that bubblegum pink foil!

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  58. Love the sample you made Melanie I love your lovely artistic designs. I want so many of your stamp sets.
    Have a blessed day!
    Love from a crafty sister
    Kim ostgard

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  59. Thank you for sharing your goof and insight on what happened. As a new foiler, this was educational for me.

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  60. Pretty cards! Cool that you discovered why you ended up with a distressed look - so you can use it when you want to again!

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  61. Love these cards; even the distressed one!

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  62. So pretty! I'll have to check the settings on my laminator now!

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  63. I love seeing how you saved your project.

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  64. Such quick and easy cards but so GORGEOUS!

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  65. I don't have a laminator yet, but I will keep your advice in mind. Love your cards with the sparkly look of the foil mates.
    I guess I will have to start saving up for one.

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  66. Wonderful card! I love seeing how other people incorporate the "goofs" into their cards - just another level of creativity!

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  67. Thank you for sharing your great ideas. Always love to watch your videos!!

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  68. Great card designs, I have done that before had it set wrong bugger lol

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  69. Thanks for sharing your talents with us! How cute and simple!

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  70. Such shiny goodness! I think it's nifty how you added color to part of the sentiment like that!

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  71. I think the sponging of the ink made the card. It toned down the foil on white so there was a different between the top sentiment and the bottom that makes it look so nice. Thanks for showing us your process and giving us some lovely ideas!

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  72. Great cards! Love the foiled creative inspiration!

    Sammibug aka Samantha Houp aka Sammi

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  73. Beautiful cards! I agree, the grungy foil does look cool :) I’m loving the bubblegum pink foil!

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  74. Stunning creations!!! I love this foil!

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  75. Beautiful cards! Love the foil mates line!

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  76. Your cards are really awesome !
    [margessw(at)icloud(dot)com]

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