DT: Kingston Crafts – foil cardstock

So when I was sent the rainbow foil cardstock from Kingston Crafts to play with for this set of design team samples I was told the black was lovely … and gosh how right that was!

And although masculine cards are normally my challenge I decided that this black would be perfect for a teenager style card – obviously skaters could be masculine or feminine – but potentially more for the male teenagers I have known than the female! – so don’t worry I know the image could be for girls too – just not the girls that I have had experience of making cards for!

I had in my mind the messy stamping and embossing on the black background and then the embossing on a pop of colour for the skater image.

I was delighted with how it turned out!

The good news is you can emboss on the foil cardstock but keep the heat in short bursts and don’t overheat as it can turn the foil slightly dull – in the case of the black I managed that fine – but on the green I did overheat it so it became more of a satin finish. To be honest for this small image I was absolutely fine with that and in itself it is quite a nice effect – I’m just telling you so if you replicate be careful if you want to maintain high gloss!

I wrapped some twine around the card under the image and popped it up on some foam square so it has some dimension.

Next I took some die cut banners and embossed the sentiments on – just so you know when it’s a sample for DT I make cards I don’t actually need to send – so this isn’t really a card for my brother (he definitely isn’t a skateboarder!) – but you know this is the sort of thing I do when I make DT samples – sometimes they are just showing the possibilities!

Anyways I chose to emboss with green to make it in keeping with the pop of green against the black and white.

I then added the little green hearts from the stash – these are normal cardstock but I think the matt finish works well with all the shine!

Martin did show this one on tv so once again I can say the words – ‘as seen on tv’! 🤣

Happy crafting!

Catherine