Welcome to the final day of the Clearsnap and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® blog hop! Be sure and check out all the posts from earlier this week with fantastic tips and design ideas!
Hello! Kimberly here again sharing how to create these gorgeous metallic-looking fall leaves. Something about gold and copper just makes me think fall and Thanksgiving. I can imagine a lot of possibilities with these beautiful leaves created with 3D Foam Leaves!
I started by using a piece of 12×12 paper for my card base. Then I adhered my other patterned paper layers with my E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable adhesive runner. Its my go-to basic adhesive.
My sentiment was trimmed from a piece of patterned paper. To give my card some dimension, I used 3D Foam Squares White Regular. I did not adhere the panel to my card yet though, because I wanted to be sure that the leaves I was about to adhere would work with it.
Tip: Leave the backing on your 3D Foam products until you are ready to adhere them to your project. It makes changing their placement easy until the design is exactly as you want.
Then I grabbed these gorgeous Designer Foils from Clearsnap. These are SO cool. They come in many colors and add amazing shine and color! And I knew they would make the 3D Foam Leaves amazing!
I started by placing my leaves on the project, leaving the top backing in place.
Then I removed the backing from one leaf and removed one of the Designer Foil sheets from its packaging. I gently placed a foil sheet over the top of the leaf and lifted up. On the right, you can see the foil on the leaf. It didn’t cover the entire surface, and that is ok, because that is what I wanted.
Over the same leaf, I placed a sheet of copper foil and lifted. The copper foil filled in all the empty white spots! You can see on the right how beautiful the effect is!
Tip: If you continue to have white spots showing, keep placing the foil over the top. You can gently press the foils down as well.
And there they are, all the beautiful leaves!
thanks for stopping by!
Supplies: Adhesives-Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L (3D Foam Leaves, 3D Foam Squares White Regular, E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable),
Designer Foils-Clearsnap (Gold, Copper), Patterned paper-DCWV (Linen Closet)
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By Dawn Skene October 31, 2013 - 9:00 am
Gorgeous! I love how the foil makes the card look so elegant. Thanks for the inspiration.
By Gerry October 31, 2013 - 9:44 am
What beautiful leaves. First I’ve seen using the foil.
By marylouh October 31, 2013 - 11:19 am
Beautiful card. So relaxing after all the Halloween cards. Love the tape runner.
By Deborah October 31, 2013 - 11:52 am
What an elegant card those foiled leaves are beautiful I just love using foil it really kicks it up a notch TFS
By Miriam Prantner October 31, 2013 - 1:00 pm
I just LOVE that foil, gorgeous card!
By Nicole October 31, 2013 - 1:04 pm
I love the cards, nice inspirations. Thanks!!
By susan h. October 31, 2013 - 1:17 pm
This Clear snap foil is so gorgeous! I want to cover my entire house with it!!!
By Julie A. Shearer October 31, 2013 - 1:36 pm
I love the technique for the foam leaves !! Who knew ?? I had no idea you could do that . They really are so very pretty and really Make the card . TFS and Happy Halloween !!
By Corrine Ann October 31, 2013 - 2:22 pm
Beautiful card….love those foil leaves.
By Deb Tilton October 31, 2013 - 2:54 pm
want to win to make all these projects I have viewed!
By Carla Hundley October 31, 2013 - 5:49 pm
How lovely.
I like the way
you used the foil
on he leaves.
Carla from Utah
By Sue D October 31, 2013 - 6:31 pm
Very pretty with the metallic leaves.
By Anna Violette October 31, 2013 - 6:38 pm
I LOVE FOIL!! Adds a really sharp look!
By Jean Bullock October 31, 2013 - 7:27 pm
What a wonderful technique. Definitely going to try this! Thanks for the tutorial!
By Robin B. October 31, 2013 - 8:24 pm
Beautiful card! I love the foil leaves and accents, thanks for sharing.
By Katie B. November 1, 2013 - 11:10 am
Great card! Love the gold and copper look of the leaves! It is amazing how easy it looks to apply the foil to your foam shapes, and with such a cool look! Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
By snazzy jj November 1, 2013 - 11:56 am
3L Foam shapes and Designer Foils are just made for each other. Love this card!!!
By Janis in ID November 1, 2013 - 1:12 pm
LOVE these two-toned foil leaves!! What a lovely technique using both colors. Simply stunning card, too. Wonderful project.
<3 J
jwoolbright at gmail dot com
By Iris Soscia November 1, 2013 - 8:29 pm
Love those foil leaves.
isoscia at aol dot com