Brutus Monroe – Deco Foiling

Hello Crafty Friends! I have a wonderful non traditional summer card for you today using Brutus Monroe items. I absolutely love the process for Deco Foiling over stencils using the deco gel. Its truly such a fun experience.

Here is a list of items I used to make this card…

• Paper
  • Hero Arts Pitch Black Card Stock
  • Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb card stock – card base
• Stamps
  • Brutus Monroe – Extra Sentimental Stamps
• Stencil
  • Brutus Monroe – Hawaiian Shirt 6 x 6 Stencil
• Inks
  • Brutus Monroe – Embossing Ink
• Pretties/Foil
  • Brutus Monroe – Gilded Powder
  • Trinity Stamps – Gold Confetti
  • ThermoWeb Deco Foil – Champagne
  • ThermoWeb Deco Gel
• Tools
  • Brutus Monroe – Stamp and Stick mat
  • Simon Says Stamp – Big Momma foam Tape
  • Gina K Connect Glue
  • Rabbit Hole Design Anti Powder Brush
  • Spatula
  • Teflon Bone Folder

I started by cutting a panel of Hero Arts Pitch Black card stock. This card stock is SOOOOOO deep black. I cut it to an A2 size. I placed it on my Stamp and Stick Mat and then added the Hawaiian Stencil on top. For this stencil, I did not add any additional adhesive helpers to keep it in place. I then grabbed the ThermoWeb Deco Gel and very carefully used a spatula to spread the gel evenly over the stencil. When I was done, I immediately washed everything to ensure that the stencil, mat and spatula were ready and clean for the next use. I set the panel aside. It takes about an hour to dry.

While it was drying, I grabbed a sentiment from the Extra Sentimental stamps called “Hello Darlin” and embossed that onto another panel of Hero Arts Pitch Black. I used my Rabbit Hole Designs embossing powder brush. This is such a must needed tool. I stamped the image and then used the Gilded embossing powder and then head set it.

I walked away and actually went over night on my panel. The lovely thing about this Deco Gel is even leaving it for so long, it still works! I heated up my Minc foiling machine (you can also use a laminator) and then added my Champagne Deco Foil to the panel, shiny side up and ran it through. Once it was slightly cooled, I took great pleasure in removing the foil to revel the lovely foiled design! I love this technique because it gives a pillowy look to the images which adds such a lovely texture.

Do you use Deco Foil?! Let me know in the comments!