Gild the Lily
Posted: August 24, 2015 Filed under: Bister, Foiling, Sun fire | Tags: Bister, Canson watercolour paper, Minc, Penny Black creative dies 11 Comments
I have something new to share today. There has been something of a Midas situation happening in my craft room. I brought home a Heidi Swapp Minc machine last week and warned my family that anything not nailed down was about to be foiled! It turns out their possessions are safe for now as I am currently experimenting with different ways to use the machine to do the type of foiling I want to do. I will share more over the weeks to come but I will say for starters that the Minc does a beautiful job.
As you know I have recently dived into watercolour powders and all the experimentation with them has resulted in a surplus of watercolour panels just sitting around waiting to be made into things. I pulled out one of those abstract panels and foiled a gold lily onto it using the ‘sun fire’ die from Penny Black. I am still learning and making mistakes so I won’t go into the how-to for today’s card but as I nail down the techniques that work for me I will share them here.
Prepare yourself for a little more shimmer and shine around here!
Supplies:
Stamps: A Sweet Day (PB)
Creative Dies: Sun fire (PB)
Inks: Bister watercolour powders
Cardstock: Canson 100% cotton hotpressed watercolour paper
Also: gold foil
Heather Telford 
Is “wishing you a happy birthday” a stamp? I am new to stamping and read everything I can get my hands on!! Love using watercolors on my work too.
Hi Patricia,
It is actually three stamps from the same set. I list the supplies I use at the end of the post. The set is ‘A Sweet Day’ from Penny Black and the stamps are ‘wishing you a’, ‘happy’ & ‘birthday.
Looking forward to it Heather!!!
Paper Hugs,
Jan
Beautiful card…and love that background!!!
oh my this is stunning. coveting your talent and the Minc!
Gorgeous! I love this technique since it isn’t perfect coverage:-)
I adore the bister paints and the gold lily on top really pops Heather, and I’m looking forward to seeing some more. x
Oh wow these are beautiful
Oh dear. I am still waffling over buying watercolour powders (our loonie is not helping) and now you throw this into the inspirational mix! What a gorgeous card.
Love the gilded lily with your pretty watercolor background!
This is just gorgeous, the background and the foiled lily make together a beautiful card!
I would love to learn more about foiling! Thanks for the inspiration!