Playing With Transfer Gel

Hello! It is my second son's birthday today. He specifically said before that he does not want to receive cards anymore. So, I just created a card thinking about him. I also created this card to take part in Newton's Nook latest blog challenge.

I had the Deco Foil Gel for a while but did not get to trying it until now. I know that there is a newer, upgraded version of this gel. It will be a while before I will be able to try this product out since I just opened my jar.

I usually search the internet before I try out a certain technique or a product. Even if I have used a product before or have used a certain technique before, if it has been a while since the last time I used it or tried it, I still watch videos related to it as a sort of a review for me. This is exactly what I did with the Deco Foil Gel.

I positioned the Newton's Nook Confetti stencil on top of a dark blue cardstock using painter's tape. I evenly applied the Deco Foil Gel with a spatula, making sure that I covered all the open areas. I removed the stencil and placed the stencil in a basin with soapy water. I set the cardstock aside to dry.

I stamped the image from NN Newton Loves Cake on a vellum which I pre-treated first with an anti-static tool. I stamped this with Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed it with a black embossing powder. I colored the image on the back side. I initially started with a Copic marker transitioning to Karin Decobrush markers. I am amazed that the Karin markers work on vellum, too! I fussy cut the image, leaving a small border around it. I colored the cat with one of my sister's cats, Kenny, as the model. 

Going back to the dark blue cardstock with the Deco Foil Gel, the only way to know that the gel is ready for foiling is if the gel has turned clear, which means that the gel is dry. I cut a piece of Gina K. Designs Glimmering Gold Fancy Foils. I cut it large enough to cover the cardstock with the gel. I placed this foil, shiny side up, on top of the cardstock with the gel. I sandwiched this inside a parchment paper  and an extra cardstock to act as a shim. I fed this through the Minc Machine. I am so amazed with the glimmery result!

To follow the sketch in the challenge, I trimmed a light blue cardstock to 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". I also trimmed a 5 1/2" x 1 1/2" blue cardstock. I created three panels with the foiled cardstock piece. I adhered a vellum to the center piece to mute down the shimmer. I embossed a sentiment to this, then adhered the image. After I have assembled my card elements to re-create the sketch, I wrapped a gold DMC thread around the card, securing it with a tape on the back. 

I adhered this to a top folding wide A2 note card.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day! Stay safe always!

Maria Giselle B.

I am sharing this creation at

Challenge #123-Sketch Challenge

#251~Anything Goes + A Sentiment

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