Happy weekend, everyone! I don’t know about you, but I have a lot on the weekend to-do list. I’ve crossed quite a few things off already but still have quite a bit to go.

But I took a nice crafty break to try out my new Stampin’ Up! Hot Foil System that launched last month. Can I be honest with you? I’ve actually been a little afraid to use it. *looking around* Don’t ask me why because it is SO easy to use! But there was just something intimidating about it to me and it had me frozen in my tracks. So if you ever find yourself there, you are not alone. I’ve been watching all sorts of videos and finally just sat down and gave it a try. Easy peasy! So we’re pairing up two sets of hot foil dies — Butterfly Flight and Classic Greetings — with the beautiful Violet Dreams paper to create this project.

We get started with a very neutral base of white cardstock. I tried all sorts of colors back there but love how this made all of the elements pop so much better. The backdrop is the Secret Sea polka dot pattern from the Violet Dreams paper pack. The focal panel starts with a leftover panel I had diecut with the Branching Out dies for another project and just so happens to be the back side of the background panel. After getting both panels adhered to the card front, I wrapped the whole sheebang with some Fresh Freesia satin ribbon and then adhered the decorative panel (from the coordinating Violet Dreams precut pieces) with dimensionals.

Here’s where the fun part comes in — hot foil! I kept my foiling super simple since it was the first roll of the dice. I used the thinking of you sentiment from the Classic Greetings die set to create the sentiment by foiling in gold on Highland Heather cardstock and then cutting it out with the coordinating die. It’s adhered on our decorative panel with a layer of dimensionals. Next up are the butterflies using the Butterfly Flight hot foil die set. I lightened things up a bit by using Fresh Freesia cardstock to have a hue of contrast and help the butterflies stand out amongst the business of the patterns and elements on the card front. They’re adhered with varying layers of dimensionals above the sentiment. A few adhesive blooms in a darker shade of purple finish things off.

I’m looking forward to having a little bit more time to really play around with the foiling system. And the new foiling goodies that will arrive in the studio SOON! I’ll try to share some of the bonus foiling projects over on the socials. Next week we’re gonna be in the woods. I hope you’ll come along for the hike!

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