Faux Tarnished Foil Technique - WOW!

Welcome back Crafty friends!  This week I was playing with the Faux Tarnished Foil Technique.  It's called "Faux" because I'm using Foil papers...not real tin foil.  You can wrap tin foil around a piece of cardstock (any color, because it's hidden), and do the same technique.  

Most of the times, I'll see this technique done with Silver foil paper.  I wanted to spice things up a bit, so I used (3) different colors of Foil papers for my bases.  They're all gorgeous, but I think I am partial to the Copper.

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The basic steps for the Faux Tarnished Foil Technique are:

• Swipe Black Staz-On ink across your piece of foil randomly - just dirty it up a little bit.
• Emboss your foil paper with your favorite embossing folder
• Add different shades of metallic embossing powder to your piece.  I used Tombow Glue and a sponge on some, and Versamark ink on some. 
• Go back and rub the Black Staz-On ink across some of the raised up embossed bits to make them stand out. 
• Mount and finish your card.

Let's start with the Brick & Mortar embossing folder card!  I used Silver Foil as the base here, and added Gold and Copper embossing powders.  I kept the rest of the card pretty simple - added the leaves die cut, and the greeting.  

Paper measurements FOR ALL (3) cards:

• Basic Black: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored in half at 4 1/4".
• Basic Black: 3 15/16" x 5 3/16"
• Foil papers (Silver, Gold, Copper): 3 3/4" x 5"
• Basic Black:  whatever is needed to die cut all of the pieces and greeting strips.

I didn't add any extra doo-dads to any of the cards either.  I may go back and add some..but for now, I thought the Faux Tarnished Foil backgrounds really stand out nicely on their own.

Stamps: Artistic Expressions

Ink: Versamark

Paper:  Basic Black, Silver Foil

Other:  Brick & Mortar embossing folder, Artistic dies, Metallic embossing powders

Next, I embossed Gold foil with the Parisian Flourish folder.  That REALLy looks nice!  Add some flower die cuts, and a gold-embossed greeting.

You may have figured out by now that I embossed the greeting with the same color as the base piece.  So I used GOLD on this card...silver on the Brick & Mortar card.

Stamps: Shaded Summer

Ink: Versamark

Paper:  Basic Black, Gold Foil

Other:  Parisian Flourish embossing folder, Meadow dies, Metallic embossing powders

Last up is the Copper Foil card with the Painted Textures folder.  If I HAVE to pick a favorite, this is it.  I love the rich color of the Copper foil.  Adding the Staz-On at the end really makes those "paint" layers pop.

I had this great idea to add some embossing to just the tips of some of these leaf die cuts...it doesn't show up that well against the background, but I will definitely give some more leaves this treatment and add to a less-busy card.  Maybe just a solid black card, so they really shine!

Close-up so you can see what I mean -

Stamps: Artistically Inked

Ink: Versamark

Paper:  Basic Black, Copper Foil

Other:  Painted Texture embossing folder, Intricate Leaves dies, Metallic embossing powders

I hope you are inspired to go through your embossing folders and give this a try!  I love it, and I am really happy that I tried it with the different colors of foil papers.

 

Thanks for visiting, and Happy stamping!

Toni

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