How to Foil and Stencil Tulips: Yana’s Tulips Collection Step-by-Step Tutorial

Hello Crafters! Nancy Leppek here from Scrapper at Heart.com. I am delighted to be back as a guest on the Spellbinder’s Blog. Today, I am sharing a step-by-step tutorial using the gorgeous Yana’s Tulips Collection, and specifically the Layered Tulips and Daffodils Better Press Plate with matching Tulips and Daffodils Layering Stencils.

I needed a Thinking of You card, so that is what we are going to make. Let’s get to it, shall we!

Using your Glimmer Hot Foil System, a 4.25 x5.50 piece of Alabaster Cardstock, the Tulips and Daffodils Better Press Plate, and a piece of Matte Gold Foil the same size as the plate, it is time to foil.

Turn on the power button. The power light will be red. When the platform is heated to the optimal temperature, the ready light will turn green. Place your plate you are foiling on the platform and press the timer button.

Once the light turns a solid green, you are ready to dislodge your platform and layer your sandwich. Do this step quickly.

TIP: I always dislodge my Glimmer plate from the machine before I add the top plates so they don’t shift when I disconnect it from the base.

My foil sandwich-Better Press Plate, foil-dull side up, cardstock, the clear spacer pad, and finally the thin green shim on top. Run it through your Platinum 6.

Pull the foil off your cardstock and admire your results! Best part!

Repeat these foiling steps with your Bouquet of Hugs Sentiment. After it is foiled, cut it out with the coordinating die and Best Ever Craft Tape to hold it in place.

Using the same Best Ever Craft Tape, tape your floral card base to a surface of your choosing. Using the coordinating stencils starting with #1 and going through until #5, ink your flowers and stems. I also tape down my stencils so they don’t move while inking. I am using Hero Arts Soft Blossom for all of my florals and Peeled Paint Oxide Ink for the stems.

TIP: When inking, make sure you start with a small amount of ink, as it is easier to add more color than take it away.  I go in small circular motions and stamp off the extra ink on my glass surface before I bring it to my paper. When complete, take a soft tissue and wipe down your card front, so that you take off the excess ink sitting on top of the foil, and the foil shines through.

Take the Linear Touch Rectangle Die and your completed inked card base and run it through your Platinum 6 to make a decorative edged frame. Cut out a matching A2 card base measuring 5 ½  X 8 ½ and score it at 4 ¼, and glue the card front to the card base.

Using any small die that cuts out very tiny dots (I keep these from various die sets in a dish on my desk), cut out 5 of them using a piece of Gold Glitter paper and glue them randomly on the card front.

TIP: This is kinda my signature style, as I rarely make a card without some sort of silver or gold sparkly paper gems.

Tie a standard bow on the left side of the card using a 25-inch piece of sherry ivory ribbon.

I want to thank Spellbinders for the opportunity to guest here today, and a big thanks to you for sticking with me. I know my process pics are not nearly as good as other designers’, but it is all about creating. Isn’t it!   Feel free to reach out to me on my blog Scrapper at Heart, my Instagram Page, and or my Facebook page and say hello.

Happy Crafting, Nanc’

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