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Using the heat active pen to foil your card

Hello everyone!

It’s Thursday, which means a new challenge on the CRAFT Challenge blog. This week’s theme is Christmas. I am happy to share with you this Christmas choir card with you.

I recently bought a heat active pen to apply foil to your card. How I used this on the card, you can read in this article.

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I got to work with the digital stamp X-mas-NO1 from DR. Digi’s House of stamps.

Now let’s talk about this card.

Dimensions of this Christmas Choir Card

You will need a piece of white card stock to make your base card. The dimensions for this base card are 21 centimeters by 15 centimeters. You score on the side of 21 centimeters side by 10,5 centimeters.
A piece of white card stock to make your frame.
A piece of black card stock measuring 14,5 centimeters by 10 centimeters to make your background on.
DCP paper to print your image on.

Coloring of the digital stamp X-mas-NO1

I printed my image on DCP paper and colored it with my alcohol markers.

Faces: Peachy blush (257), Salmon Pink (25) and Barely Beige (29).
Tuba and bells on shoes: Primary Yellow (221), Canaria Yellow (45), Light Cantaloupe (275) and Barn Red (245).
Centre section of the accordion: Cool Grey 5 (CG5), Cool Grey 4 (CG4), Cool Grey 1 (CG1).
Contra bass: Chocolate (118), Barn Red (245), Dark Yellow (31), Light Cantaloupe (275) and Buttercup Yellow (141).
Leaves: Forest Green (50) and Grass Green (47).
Green Clothing: Forest Green (50), Grass Green (47) and Weeds Green (162).
Red Clothing: Burgundy (247), English Red (249) and Cardinal (244).

Close up picture from the colored X-mas-NO1 digital stamp. I colored the clothes of this 3 men in red and green.

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Using the heat active pen to foil your card with the use of dies

I wanted to make musical notes on the background of these singing men. I haven’t used the active pen yet, so I wanted to use it with this card. First, I die-cut musical notes out of white paper. I use the negative as a template to draw to musical notes on the black paper.

I heat up my pen and put hot foil paper on the place where I want my music notes. I place my template of musical notes over the foil and now draw over the foil with my pen. When that is done, I release the foil from my paper and there is a golden musical note.

Making the golden frame with embossing powder

I wanted to make a golden border around my background. I ran out of gold paper in stock, so I decided to make my own gold paper with embossing powder. I made the frame myself, because I only have a rectangle frame with stitches on it. I cut a piece of white card stock measuring 14,5 centimeters by 10 centimeters. I wanted the frame to be about en 0,5 centimeters wide. Using my paper trimmer, I cut out a rectangle on the inside.

Then I place my frame into the sticky embossing ink. I used the gold embossing powder on it and heated it with my heat gun.

Assembling the card

First, I glue my frame onto the black background. This I glue onto my base card. I stick the singing men with foam tap on my card. I found a small banner in my stash with the words yay yay yay. I didn’t like the colors on the original banner, so I changed the colors with my gel pens.