Foil Quill Hanukkah Card

Once a year I make a single Hanukkah card. This year I chose a file from the Silhouette Studio store (#236482) for the star. I cut it out of a sponged background I had created with various Distress Oxide Inks.

In Sure Cuts a Lot 5 Pro I imported the SVG file and traced the outside of the star shape and slightly inset the trace to get an aperture on my dark blue card front so the white background would show off the swirls.

Then I designed the words to go around the star using a single line font (Sisters Sketch Font) and "heat printed" them with my foil quill pen and We R Memory Keepers silver foil. Inside I used the same font to say "Enjoy the season."

It was a fun challnge for me to develop this square card  incorporating the foil quill. It's not perfect, but I guess that's what keeps us humble and ensures that handcrafted look!

Foil Quill Explorations 3

Here is my third foil quill experiment. I made a Mother's Day card and gold-foiled both the floral print and the sentiment. I am indebted to the Silhouette School Blog for the tutorial that enabled me to get a good fill on the sentiment.

Foiled an envelope, too!

I printed this on Recollection shimmery cardstock that coordinated with the foil.

Foil Quill Explorations 2

Further adventures in with the foil quill. This time I made a card with silver foil highlights on a printed vintage floral image, and a foil-trimmed frame. Impossible to get a good photo, but I tried.

Foil Quill Explorations I

I recently started playing with a new tool, the WeRMemoryKeepers Foil Quill. This is a heated tip that replaces a sketch pen or blade in a cutting machine to enable one to apply heat activated foil to a substrate. In this case I used silver foil. These photos show how I added lines in the software to this floral print-and-cut image that the foil would adhere to.

Doesn't photograph well straight on.

At an angle you can see the silver better.

Lots of possibilities with this fun new tool!