Fantastic Foiling with Ann Butler Designs + Designer Crafts Connection!

   

Greetings everyone -- hoping everyone is having a SPARKLY day! The Designer Crafts Connection is having fantastic fun with Ann Butler Designs and heat transferrable foils... and I am totally addicted! 

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I was provided this sampler pack of 6 Ann Butler Designs Floral Patterned Papers with 6 solid toner papers and 6 sheets of foils and an assortment of sentiments for which to create with. 

Everything is so beautiful... one of the foils is looks like clouds!

I'll be using that one on another project.

I need a gift box for this weekend and I have the perfect item to upcycle. This gourmet tea came was given to me as a Christmas gift and the box is a lovely quilted embossed paper with tags that have gold foil accents. 

I'm going to use the Ann Butler Designs floral patterned paper foiled in gold to cover up the product labels and use this for a beautiful silk scarf. I will also foil the "thinking of you" sentiment in the green foil to serve as a gift tag.

I was so excited to be able to use my Minc machine which has been sitting on the shelf unused since I got it about 5 years ago (totally forgot I even had it). WOW! I have been missing out! I also tested out foil transfer process using my Cricut mini iron which worked also (though you do need to test to figure out process with your materials first). I'm using my Minc on setting 3.

With gold foil layered on top of floral vine patterned paper placed inside of transfer folder made of copy paper, I sent it through the Minc. I repeated twice for good measure since I'm new to this process and machine.

Ready for the magic!

The black vine design is now GOLD!

A close-up! So luxurious and easy to do! Having worked in the printing industry for over 30 years - this is an expensive, labour intensive process that is not done this way. 

I am in love and it gets BETTER! The waste is usable too! Place the remaining gold foil waste on top of the solid black toner cardstock and run it through the Minc... you get another piece for another project! YIPPEE!

Here are the papers I foiled and the reverse. Stay tuned... I have another project in the works for the blue versions.

**A TIP** I gently cut the foil with my mini guillotine cutter. The foil is really delicate -- next time I will just use scissors as it nearly tore in the process.

I prepared and sent these two sentiments together through my Minc.

The hardest part is measuring and back-trimming the pieces to fit within the existing gold-foil line on the packaging. 

I made each of the sections slightly larger and trimmed off a sliver at a time to get it just right.

I didn't need to do this, but I am all about the tiny details. I used a Gelly Roll metallic pen to touch-up about a 1/2" section of the original gold foil line that was missing from storing tasty teas. Voila!

Now with all my pieces cut, its time for the FUN part... embellishing!

I add glue and gently press into place.

Then repeat with the other sides.

Repeated the steps to mat the sentiment onto a piece of DCWV green glitter cardstock.

Add a few REMOVABLE Glue Dots® to the matted sentiment...

And apply to the front of the box. Smart of me to use removable adhesive -- I put the sentiment on the wrong side of the box LOL! 

Recipient can remove easily and use box again.

Save those gorgeous scraps! There's plenty of pieces left to use on a card.

Look at that! A perfect match. Nobody will ever know that this is a recycled tea box.

 

A Recycled Gift Box Redux

This gift is ready to grab and go! What pretty packaging do you have waiting to upcycle. 

These fabulous papers embellished with heat transferrable foils are quick, easy and luxurious!

CLICK HERE to jump over to the beginning of the Ann Butler Designs Foil Bloghop at the Designer Crafts Connection blog to view more inspiration and projects using heat transfer foils. 

See all of Ann Butlers Designs

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Thanks so much for visiting! Sb :)

** This is a sponsored post. Ann Butler Designs provided paper products for use in this project in exchange for my creative ideas, views and opinions. My ideas and opinions are my own.

TOTE-ally #Cre8time Ready for Summer... Ann Butler Designs™ and Clearsnap® Bloghop with Designer Crafts Connection

Welcome to another special Designer Crafts Connection Bloghop which we have teamed up with Ann Butler Designs™ and Clearsnap®... making faux quilted stamped projects using the new ColorBox Background Basics Stamps by and ColorBox Crafter's Pigment Inks by Ann Butler Designs™. CLICK HERE to jump to the beginning of the hop at Ann's blog.

You are in for a treat as I am stamping a new tote for the summer season - and this is a makeover of a plain canvas tote that I found in the closet.

The ColorBox Crafter's Pigment Inks by Ann Butler Designs™ have six new colors, perfect for the summer season and great for stamping on fabric, wood and mixed media projects. These super juicy ink pads are permanent when heat set so you can even create your own wearable art!

The ColorBox Background Basics Stamps by Ann Butler Designs™ come in large 4 1/2" squares with coordinating triangle wedge shapes - great for faux quilting on fabrics and larger mixed media or home decor projects.

I masked off the top edge of tote and handles with some blue painter's tape before stamping. Then I set off to decoratively stamping a fun summer pattern. I began by stamping solid Ocean Breeze Blue on the edges; then blended the blue with Evergreen inks into the center as I continued stamping pattern across tote; fading back to blue on opposite seam edge {see completed pix below}.

To achieve a gradient effect: ink one half of stamp first with lighter ink color, then stamp other side with darker color - slightly overlapping wet inks. Off stamp ink pad to paper to remove any transfer of unwanted color to inkpad.

The lightweight large stamps are easy to handle and backed with a stiff foam to aid in stamping on varied surfaces. I stamped across the bag in about a half hour - reinking stamp prior to the next impression.

After letting this sit to dry for a few minutes, I peeled off the masking tape and created a new masked border along the top edge to add some inked stripes with a paintbrush. I applied the ink tapping onto the canvas, so the color would have a crisp edge along the tape. I made an Evergreen stripe between two Blueberry stripes.

A let sit to dry a bit before giving this a blast lightly with my heat gun, so that it's dry in preparation for ironing to lock in ink permanency. I add a shimmery bluegreen ribbon along the top edge and tied a couple other coordinating ribbons and trims onto the handle with some handmade summer danglies. My bag is super cute and colorful and ready to pack for a trip to the beach {maybe I can sneak away on my lunch break}.

All Packed for the Beach!

Visit the Ann Butler Designs™ website and the Clearsnap® website for inspiration and information on these fabulously versatile stamping products.

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Thanks so much for visiting! For more ideas and inspiration follow the Designer Crafts Connection "Ann Butler Designs™ and Clearsnap® Challenge" by selecting hop back/forward on the logo below to enjoy all of the wonderful creations. Sb :)

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