We are pleased to introduce an exclusive presentation from Carissa Wiley.
"Hi everyone! Thanks for stopping by today. I’m Carissa Wiley and I’m so excited to be here as a guest for Paper Trey Ink’s Stamp-A-Faire! Today I’m going to be sharing some ways to create a faux tin foil look on your card projects In the video below, I’ll walk you through two card projects using these techniques."
To create my faux tin look, I’ll be using the Nuvo Gilding Flakes in Silver Bullion. Gilding flakes have been on the market for quite some time and seem to be making a come back this year. I wanted to share a few ways to use these on your cards. The gilding flakes leave you with a metallic shine that is slightly more antiqued than a traditional foil.
There are a few ways you can add these gilding flakes to your card projects. Here are just a few.
- Use a double-sided adhesive sheet to create gilded die cuts. For this technique, I prefer to use the Be Creative double-sided sheets. I add the adhesive to my cardstock and then run that through my die cut machine with the adhesive side facing toward the cutting blade. I’m left with a die cut that has sticky adhesive all over the front. I can then expose my adhesive and press the gilding flakes in to the adhesive.
- Use a glue pen to add gilded embellishments to your stamped images. Today’s second card features a few little accents on top of my stamped images. I simply added some glue, using a glue pen in the areas where I wanted to add my tin accents. It’s important that you use a glue that dries tacky for this technique. I used the Zig Two Way Glue Pen. You can draw lines, dots….whatever you want. I allowed the glue to dry before adhering my gilding flakes. Once the glue is dry, it will be tacky. I pressed my gilding flakes to the areas with glue and voila, custom tin accents on a stamped image.
- Use double-sided tape to create stripes on your project. I used the Be Creative tape in 1/8 width to create a stripe running diagonally along the front of my card. You can use varying widths to create more stripes. Or add multiple colors of gilding flakes. Once my adhesive was added to the front of my card, I removed the backer and pressed the flakes to the adhesive. I love adding these metallic stripes to my card projects.
- Use a sticky embossing powder to gild stamped images. I didn’t show this technique in today’s video, but you can use a sticky or bonding embossing powder to adhere gilding flakes to your stamped images to create a metallic stamped image. This gives you a different look than using metallic embossing powders. Try it out!
For all of my projects, I used a box to contain my flakes. These gilding flakes are very fine and very light and can definitely go flying on you! Using a box helps to keep the flakes contained.
Once the gilding flakes are applied to your project, use a brush to brush away the excess flakes and remove any rough edges that the flakes may have left behind.
- STAMPS: Invitation Basics, Pen & Ink, Vintage Linen
- INK: Versamark, Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide, Wild Honey Distress Oxide, Broken China Distress Oxide, Peeled Paint Distress Oxide
- PAPER: white, aqua, black & white patterned paper
- DIES: Invitation Basics, Wish Big, Vintage Linen
- OTHER: white embossing powder, white paint pen, clear sequins, silver thread, tape runner adhesive, glue pen, adhesive sheets, 1/8" scor-tape, foam adhesive, matte medium adhesive, die cut machine, metal shim, scissors, paper trimmer, tweezers, heat tool, anti static powder tool
- Now it's your turn! Create a project featuring gilding flakes. You can choose to re-create the exact project from Carissa above or design your own using the same concepts. Your project must also incorporate at least one Papertrey product.
- Post your project on your blog, in your gallery, Instagram or on any other photo-hosting site (such as photobucket or flickr).
- Add your project to the InLinkz list below.
- You will have until 7am ET, Thursday, August 31st, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. One project per person please.
- As a reminder, you will have until 7am ET, Thursday, August 31st, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win.
- One randomly selected winners will be chosen from all of the InLinkz entries on this post on Thursday, August 31st. The winner will be posted on our Thursday night Stamp-a-faire winners page after 9pm ET. The randomly selected winner will get a $20 PTI gift certificate to spend however they like!
- One randomly selected winner will be chosen from the comments of this post on Thursday as well. You will have until 7am ET, Thursday, August 31st to add your comment and be eligible to win. The randomly selected winner will get a $10 PTI gift certificate.
Carissa is such a thoughtful, thorough designer! What a treat for all of us to learn so much from her! Which of her techniques do you think you will try first? Have you worked with gilding flakes before? Has Carissa inspired you to use them in a new way? This is the last challenge for this event, so embrace it and create something fabulous!
The sparkly silver looks great!!!
Gorgeous cards and I love the techniques! The video is up on You Tube and Carissa did an amazing job on her tutorial 🙂
Beautiful cards!! I love the colors and design!! So much fun!
Very pretty, a great way to end the day. Anxious to try your techniques.
Anxious to see the video, but the cards look fantastic!
Wow, fabulous video and techniques, gotta try this tomorrow though and call it a night! Thanks Carissa!
Cards look great but there is no video. 🙁
Amazing cards, Carissa! I want to give this a try!! Love what you created!
Gorgeous cards with the flowers and balloons. Thanks for the video.
Very pretty. I must give those gilding flakes a try.
You can see it on her blog.
http://www.sprinkledwithglitter.com/2017/08/creating-faux-tinaluminum.html
Love the idea of using gilding flakes on die cut words. Will be easier than using my laminator to foil them! TFS!
Beautiful cards with gorgeous colors – and that silver really pops!
Beautiful card and a lovely way to end Stamp a Faire.
Beautiful! Loving all the great ideas!!!
Such pretty cards!
I’ve never tried gilding flakes before… Such an interesting surface texture. It looks amazing!
Great idea for the tin effect!
Beautiful, thanks for the tutorial, I look forward to trying this technique
Wow, gorgeous cards.
This looks like another fun technique to try out. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for your tips and for this wonderful technique. Wonderful job on your cards.
Just beautiful and I love all of your ideas.
Stunning cards. I loved this presentation – thank you for sharing!! ♥♥
I love your cards!!
So pretty. Carissa’s videos are always a joy to watch and this one was no exception. I watched it on YouTube.
I have been super busy packing for a trip this weekend so I haven’t been able to play along but I have enjoyed looking at all of the beautiful creations.
Oh, these guiding flakes look cool (& your projects, as well!) I’m sorry I don’t have any in my stash!
Thanks for sharing, such a beautiful technique! I love the colors and design of your project!
I’ve used gilding flakes before and like the tip about applying them in a box — they sure are messy! I haven’t tried applying the flakes to a sentiment die cut, but it looks like a perfect use for them.
I love how your cards came out, well worth the gilding flake mess. I love the tip about working inside a box.
I’ve been wanting to try these gilding flakes. I’ll be picking some up this week. Beautiful cards!
Beautiful cards!!! Great video and instructional. These guilting flakes look fun to play with – a little messy- but fun. Will definitely have to try this out. Great job Carissa!
Gorgeous! I think we all love a little sparkle.
Beautiful card with super fun elements!
The Guilding Flakes look very tricky to use–Carissa did a great job making them behave–beautiful projects.
Pretty cards! Love the texture of the gilding flakes. Looking forward to giving this a try.
Awesome ideas! Lovely cards too.
I love your style! I haven’t tried gilding flakes before. Looking forward to trying this!
I’m going to have to try some of these gilding flakes. I like the look it creates on your cards.
Thanks, Carissa! I’ve loved gilding flakes ever since they first made an appearance in the papercrafting world!
I have gilding flakes, hooray! Now, I only hope I can find them in my giant mess of a craft room. There is stuff EVERYWHERE, but I’m having so much fun with all of these challenges that I will deal with the mess later! Thanks for all of the hard work putting this event together. It’s been great!
Karen
Just beautiful! Fabulous technique! I need to get some gilding flakes!
As always, Carissa made my day sparkle just a little bit brighter! Thanks, Carissa! LOve it when you use these flakes!
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I tried Nuvo Gilding Flakes for the first time the other week, and am excited to use them again! Thanks for the tutorial.
Such pretty cards! Thank you!
Very pretty and shiny!
What a beautiful card. Love the idea of using the gliding flakes. What a simple way to get a fabulous look.
These cards are gorgeous!
This is gorgeous! TFS!
I love the look of gilding and this look nails it.
Thanks for all the tips on using the Nuvo gilding flakes! I’ve only tried my Nuvo glue pen so I’ll have to try your other methods, especially for the larger word sentiments. TFS!
Very pretty card. Thanks for everybody’s hard work.
I have wanted to try the Nuvo Gilding Flakes for a while. They look stunning. Thanks for your wonderful tips.
Thanks for all the tips on using gilding flakes. Will look for them and would love to give them a try.
The sparkly accents look fantastic! I should give it a try with the sticky embossing powder!! Thank you for inspiration!
I made a mess!! But thanks for inspiring me to dig out goodies that have been hiding in my stash.
Love your colorful cards and thanks for sharing the tips!
Beautiful!
All of the ideas are fan-freaking-tactic! So many techniques to try and the projects look incredible. Way to go PTI!
Yay! I am a big fan of Carissa’s work, so happy to see her here on PTI!! Great techniques Carissa! Stunning cards as always! Can’t wait to try this!
What a pretty design! Love the sparkly sentiment!
absolutely beautiful. So sparkly! Thanks for your inspiration!
Gorgeous cards Carissa!
Beautiful! I love these gorgeous cards, and I enjoyed the tips for using the foil. So much fun!
I really like this look!
Beautiful cards, love the gilding flakes though I’ve never worked with them, clever to use a box for containing the mess!
What a fun look! Love the creation- hoping to get to try it!
I’ve been uncomfortable with gilding flakes so I thank you for the tutorial
I love sparkle on my cards. This technique looks like a fun way to add it!
Thank you for the lovely video, Carissa. I’ve been toying with the idea of buying that floral set and I think you’ve convinced me to do so! Lol
Beautiful and sparkly
Great detailing and design! I need to definitely try this technique with the gilding flakes.
What lovely cards! I like the happy colors with the pop of silver. Thanks for the tips Carissa.
The gilding flakes were a great technique for faux tin. I liked the box idea to contain the flakes. Pretty cards!
Love your color scheme here, Carissa, and of course, the silver gilding flakes add just the right amount of bling. After all, you are “sprinkled with glitter,” and your videos are awesome. No gilding flakes in this house but might still have silver chunky glitter that I could try as a substitute, if time permits.
I always appreciate how thorough Carissa is when she is sharing a technique. Although messy, the gilding flakes are a pretty way to end SAF.
I love how you used your guilding flakes to make this beautiful card! I do not have any of the flakes, but I may try it out using a metallic ink. Thanks for the great video Carissa!
I need to get some gilding flakes to try this! Thanks for sharing.
So glad to see Carissa join in for the SAF festivities! She makes such lovely cards. Thanks for the opportunity to pull out the gilding flakes!
Your video is wonderful! Such pretty cards!
Nice job Carissa! I always enjoy your videos!
Always looking for ways to add some bling and sparkle to my cards as most of them need to be fairly flat since they are mailed. Thanks for the great ideas!
Such pretty cards, Carissa! Thanks for the wonderfully detailed video with lots of good tips and inspiration for this technique. I would like to give this a try!
Very pretty! I need to get some gilding flakes so that I can give this a try.
Great video to see how to use the guilding flakes. They always intimidate me!
Beautiful cards!
I didn’t know anyone used these flakes anymore … besides myself! So happy to see it featured here!
Yes, this was messy, but such cool results! I loved trying this technique out, thank you so much!
Great technique! I have to try it!
Both of these cards are stunning, Carissa! Love the techniques using Gilding Flakes~thanks for the fun video.
Beautiful cards! I have never used gilding flakes – thank you for the tips!
I love your faux tin look. I definitely need to try this!
I’m a fan of all of Carissa’s work. I’m so happy to see her as a guest for SAF 2017! Love her cards and presentation. Simple yet stunning!
I’ve never heard of gilding flakes before. They give such a pretty effect!
Great ideas…when can we do it again!?
Very pretty!
THIS is what to do w/those gilding flakes! Thanks for the good tutorial about how to manage them.
HOW BEAUTIFUL!!! I LOOOOVE ALL of the ideas you’ve given to create the Faux Tin Foil look, Carissa! THANK YOU!!! (I’m keeping NOTES on ALL of the posts given! 😉 ) ALL of your cards look BEAUTIFUL!!!
This has been SUCH A WONDERFUL TIME creating with everyone! I’ve SO ENJOYED PTI’s Stamp-A-Faire! THANK YOU LADIES & THANK YOU Nichole for making it FREE, so we could buy MORE STAMPS! LOL 😉 OFF TO CREATE!!!!!!!!!! 😀
Very cool technique and great cards ! Thanks for the inspiration.
Loved the ideas-thank you for sharing them with us.
Gilding flakes! Everything old is new again!
Not sure I’ve ever used my gilding flakes, although I’ve had them for nearly 20 years! Thanks for the inspiration!
I LOVE the wish big card!! So fun and whimsical!!
LOVE the gilded look! I MUST do more with gilding flakes!! Love this idea of using the traditional anniversaries for PTI’s 10th!
Thanks for the excuse to get and try the gilding flakes! I was seriously fading at this point but I then thought to use my leftover cut out from Yana’s project, which made me happy! Great video!!
Love Carissa’s cards! The sparkle!
Very pretty! Thank you for sharing!
I love the color combination. So inspiring!
Just lovely, Carissa! Thank you for all of the helpful tips for using the gilding flakes. Can’t wait to try them on a special project! So much inspiration here! ?
Gorgeous with the mica flakes! What a fun technique!
2017 SAF was THE event of all crafting events! It was such a treat to have 3 days of fun crafty activity! I managed to complete 14 of the 21 challenges. Thank you SO much for putting on such an amazing event!! Already looking forward to next year!
I don’t have any gilding flakes right now, but I do have some gold ones on their way. (They were the ones on sale!) I can’t wait to try this idea as soon as they get here. Thank you for your video which is a great resource!
Thanks, Carissa. I love your tips & tricks on using gilding flakes. Great video & beautiful cards!
I haven’t tried using gilding flakes before but love how the they look on the ‘Wish Big’ die cut so I can’t wait to try the her gilded die cut technique. Her cards are so pretty.
Oh Carissa I just loved this card. Such pretty colours and beautiful design.