Gold Foil Lattice

Inspiration: Retro Rubber challenge #133 (The stamp set used was offered during the Sale-A-Bration promotion probably close to a decade ago. I shopped my stash recently and pulled out all of the stamp sets that had great encouragement sentiments to make cards to send out to friends during the self-isolation period and this set was part of the pile.)

As I was looking through my Bigz dies a few weeks ago to find one to make Easter packaging with, I found my old Lattice die and put it aside to make chipboard accents with it.

When I came back to the die, I decided I could bank on the fact I was working with a Bigz die to add sticky sheet to the chipboard before die-cutting it and then adding foil on top. I was very curious to see what the resulting piece would look like.

I do have Big Shot adhesive sheets, but I was afraid the result foiling might be uneven, so to be on the safe side, I pulled out the Sticky Pages Stampin' Up! used to sell. To give you an idea, this is basically the adhesive strip with red backing, but sold in a full 12" x 12" page. As you can image, this thing is both really sticky and also really thick, but the Bigz dies are sturdy enough to cut through. It worked like a charm. I used the Gold Star Reactive Foil from Heidi Swapp and I love that I'm finding ways to incorporate foiling in my projects without having a laminator machine. I love the resulting piece and I wanted to make sure I covered as little of it as possible.

Because I have been working on Easter projects earlier, I had the Hip Hip Hooray papers from Simple Stories lying around and while it's an Easter collection, the vast majority of the papers are very generic, so they worked very well on this card. I used the black polka dot on vanilla paper for the background and the blue-background floral pattern in the center, matted with Lovely Lipstick cardstock. I made black corners with two square punches (went old-school there!) and I also added Pear Pizzazz chevron ribbon. 

The sentiment, which reads, "You're always in my thoughts," was embossed in Crushed Curry embossing powder on vellum. I was not finding the sentiment was popping enough, though, so I added a vanilla circle underneath, to help keep the focus on the sentiment. A few enamel dots in matching colors were added and a metal brad from the Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware, which I used on a recent project and was still on my desk.

The finished card measures 5-1/4" x 5-1/4" and I made a matching square envelope with the envelope punch board using the same patterned paper. I love the gorgeous colours in these papers and how the card turned out. One more encouragement card ready to pop in the mail! 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Douces pensées (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Thick Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Lovely Lipstick, Vellum (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers: Hip Hip Hooray (Simple Stories)
Ink: VersaMark
Accessories: Crushed Curry Stampin' Emboss Powder, Vanilla Hodgepodge Hardware,
Envelope Punch Board, Lattice Bigz Die, Enamel Dots, Pear Pizzazz Chevron Ribbon,
Square Punches, Chipboard (Stampin' Up!); Gold Stars Reactive Foil (Heidi Swapp);
Circle Double Stitched Dies (Art Impressions); Wonky Stitch Rectangle Stax Dies (My Favorite Things)

 

Comments

[Maria A Rodriguez]

Hello Cindy: Forgive me for the late comment, it's been busy up here with some DIY bathroom remodeling.
I haven't seen this die since forever, and the sad thing is that I have it, I think I bought if from Stampin' Up! 20 years ago and I haven't used it at all.
I'm so happy you shared this beautiful card using this Lattice Bigz die, I love the pattern papers and all the fabulous details on your card.
Thank you for sharing it with us at RETRO RUBBER.
Hugs.
Maria.DT

[LeAnne Pugliese]

How beautiful! Love the deep rich colors and the gold---this is a real stunner with that embossing as well! Thanks for sharing it with us at Retro Rubber this week!

[D Idlet]

Beautiful card, love the gold element in the center of your card. Thanks for playing along with Retro Rubber Challenge Blog.