Gold Foil Inspired Cards

I've been daydreaming A LOT lately about gold foil and calligraphy; two techniques I wish I was an expert on right about now because both trends are HOT, HOT, HOT.

From time to time, I like to step out of my wanna-a-be graphic design world and make a good ol' fashion handmade card. I ventured out this weekend to the craft stores with not Georgia but gold foil once again on my mind (along with mac 'n cheese) and was super excited when I stumbled across some foil stickers.

Say hello to my crazy-simple gold foil inspired cards.

What You Need:

Card stock

bone folder & scoring board (optional)

foil stickers

bakers twine

pretty envelopes

paper trimmer or scissors

The skill level required for this project is as basic as it gets--as in a kindergartner could handle it.

Difficult, time-consuming projects? Ain't no one got time for that.

{1}Trim your card stock down to A2 size (4 1/4 " x 5 1/2) or to what ever appropriate size for the envelopes you are using.

{2} Using your bone folder and scoring board crease and fold your cards in half.

I purchased the Martha Stewart Scoring Board & Envelope Tool set many years ago and I have to say it was a worth while purchase. If you don't own these supplies you can always use a ruler and a pen to fold your cards. 

{3}Apply your stickers and any other embellishments you would like to include 

and then sign, seal, and deliver!

My brain went to mush not too long ago and I am horrible now on keeping up with birthdays.  I like to have a few handmade cards lying around in case I don't have time to run out to the store and need to mail out a birthday card pronto. So for these gold foil inspired cards I decided to go with classic birthday words like "wish" and "celebrate".

I love how they came out--I'm almost convinced they look like genuine gold foil stamped cards.

Plus, I'm gobbling up this whole aqua, pink, gold combo thing right now. 

To me, they are a trio of colors straight from heaven.