Need a quick card but want it to be extra special? Then Stampin’Up!’s new Forever Gold Laser-Cut Specialty Paper is for you!
You get three sheets each of two single-sided designs. One side is gold foil and the other side is white. Designs range from full card front panels (18 total!) to greenery accents (more than 40 pieces). A few dots here and there of our Fine Tip glue or the multipurpose glue is all that’s needed to hold this specialty paper in place.
Adhere a card front over a plain cardstock base for a quick card. Paint a watercolor background, use strips of coordinating cardstock arranged in stripes, or add a layer of designer series paper behind the panel when you have more time. Or use the card front piece as a stencil to add a pattern to plain cardstock with no extra layers!
The greenery accents range in size from small pieces to large focal points. Tuck a piece of greenery behind a sentiment strip or under a ribbon. To get even more mileage from the larger pieces, snip off bits – there’s no rule that says you have to use a whole piece. Or use a focal point piece to frame a diecut sentiment, like I did here in the Yellow Sunshine card at the top of this post. The base of my card is from June’s Paper Pumpkin Box of Sunshine kit as is the sentiment. I added a Basic Black rectangle over the gold center base and watercolored a Bumble Bee wash on a scrap of watercolor paper. Once dry I stamped my sentiment in Memento Ink and the card was done. The envelope shown with the gold accents was also part of the Paper Pumpkin kit.
And if the gold side doesn’t coordinate with your desired project colors, flip the piece over and use the white side as I did below. I paired Night of Navy with Magenta Madness and white for the card below. Still doesn’t coordinate? Then sponge the color of your choice on top of the white.
Once you’re done with the laser-cut images, don’t forget the leftover paper. The narrow strips of gold foil left from the full card front panels can be glued onto the inside of your card or on an envelope to finish off a project.
Can you tell I love this stuff? No need to get out the diecut machine or a punch, just pop a piece out of the Laser-Cut Specialty Paper and it’s done. Order yours today.
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