Elegant Card Making with Luxe Foliage Designer Series Paper ✂️✨
Welcome back to The Polka Dot Life! Today, I’m sharing a gorgeous collection of card projects! They feature our September Product of the Month: the Luxe Foliage Designer Series Paper.🍂 If you love sophisticated paper crafting, rich colors, and shiny metallic accents, this DSP collection is an absolute must-have for your crafting space. 🎨💙
Watch the Video Tutorial 🎥🍿
Want to see exactly how this card comes together step-by-step? Watch the full video tutorial embedded below! 📺 I walk through all the assembly techniques, tips for working with specialty foil papers and hot foiling, plus a quick demonstration on how I created the bow accent on the Peaceful Pine card! ✂️🎉
Crafting with Luxe Foliage DSP 🌿🌟
The Luxe Foliage Designer Series Paper brings an incredible level of elegance to simple card designs! The collection highlights three stunning colors: Pecan Pie, Peaceful Pine, and Secret Sea. Each featured color is beautifully paired with unique, eye-catching gold pattern accents that immediately elevate your handmade cards. 👑✨
Our main project features the Secret Sea pattern with gold foil floral designs. You can see it in the featured image at the top of the post! In addition, running down the right side is the stunning Gold Striped Vellum 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper. It adds the perfect touch of delicate texture and shine!💛
To frame our sentiment, I used the Flourish & Frames Hot Foil Dies, which are part of our new Hot Foiling System! They create the most gorgeous, crisp foil borders that give your projects an extra professional touch. 👑✨ The “BEST wishes” sentiment on this card is from the Framed & Fabulous stamp set, which is also featured as part of the Hot Foiling System! To top it off, I tied everything together using the stunning Gold Striped 3/8″ Mesh Ribbon—the same gorgeous ribbon featured across all three projects in this series!
Key Design Details: 🏷️✨
- Rich Color Palette: Combining deep Secret Sea tones with metallic gold foiling for a luxurious look. 🎨JPG
- Sneak Peek Specialty Accent: Featuring the upcoming Gold Striped Vellum 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper releasing in November! 🌟
- Hot Foil Framing: Layered label die-cuts created with the Flourish & Frames Hot Foil Dies from our new Hot Foiling System. 🖼️✨
- Stamped Sentiment: Classic “BEST wishes” greeting from the Framed & Fabulous stamp set, also part of the Hot Foiling System! 💌🥂
- Shimmering Ribbon Accent: A bow made with the beautiful Gold Striped 3/8″ Mesh Ribbon tucked neatly behind the central sentiment piece. 🎀
Exploring the Full Color Trio 🎨✨
To show off how versatile this paper pack is, I created projects featuring all three signature colors from the Luxe Foliage Designer Series Paper collection, using the Gold Striped 3/8″ Mesh Ribbon on each one!
This version highlights Peaceful Pine with gold floral foil accents, paired with the full Framed & Fabulous Bundlefrom the Hot Foiling System for that beautiful scalloped centerpiece and “on your SPECIAL day” sentiment! I finished it with a ruffled accent using our Gold Striped 3/8″ Mesh Ribbon along the bottom edge, which I demonstrate step-by-step in today’s video! 🌲✨
Finally, this design showcases Pecan Pie with a diagonal cream sentiment band featuring a “Thank You” greeting from the Painted Pumpkins stamp set. The focal image was crafted using the Lustrous Leaves Hot Foil Dies and beautifully colored with a Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blend Marker, then finished with a Gold Striped 3/8″ Mesh Ribbon bow accent! 🍂✨
As always, remember to be kind, send a card, and do something creative.
With love and polka dots,
Sally McFadden
The Polka Dot Life 💙
Supply List 🛍️🛒
- Luxe Foliage Specialty Designer Series Paper: https://bit.ly/4hBnmc5
- Very Vanilla Cardstock: https://bit.ly/30Hfcbs
- Gold Striped Vellum 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper: https://bit.ly/4hDVeoW
- Secret Sea Cardstock: https://bit.ly/3VEE8j8
- Flourish & Frames Hot Foil Bundle: https://bit.ly/4yUzvje
- Gold Striped 3/8″ Mesh Ribbon: https://bit.ly/46UgMsj
- Secret Sea Ink Pad: https://bit.ly/4xUo8ae
Shop my entire online store: https://www.thepolkadotlife.com/shop/
Project Measurements 📏✂️
- Very Vanilla Cardstock: 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, scored at 4 1/4″; 3 3/4″ x 5″ for inside; Pieces for your desired focal/sentiment layers
- Secret Sea Cardstock: Piece for your desired accent layer; 4″ x 5 1/4″ for inside
- DSP: 1 1/2″ x 5 1/2″; 3 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
