Foil Art by Cathy Calamas

Foil Art (ATC size) Gift Ornaments

Finished ornaments

Start by building your base.

I used cardboard cut into 2.5x3.5 inch size.

Layer with shapes and chipboard letters.

Glued down with Alene's tacky glue.

Wrap a lightly crumpled piece of foil around.

Just tape one edge to hold in place so that the

foil will not be pulled too tight.

You need some give as you press around the objects

or it will rip.

Gently start pressing foil around shapes,

working from middle to outside edges.

Use your finger or anything with a rounded tip.

I used a chopstick for smaller areas.

Wrapping done. Now time for embellishment.

I used Adirondack Alcohol Inks in

latte, caramel and ginger colors.

Made an applicator with an old rubber stamp,

velcro and white felt square.

Apply inks to stamp pad.

Apply to foil. I did several layers to get some definition.

Let the ink dry. It dries pretty quickly.

I then applied white acrylic paint with a soft brush.

Note: white paint will pick up some of the color of the

ink as it dries so you will get a lightly tinted paint color

depending on the color of the ink.

If you use black paint this will not happen.

Before the paint dries, quickly and

gently dab off the white paint with a moistened cloth towel.

I used a piece of a cotton washcloth.

Take off as much or as little of the paint as you want.

After the white paint was dry, I printed some vintage Santas

and holiday scenes onto card stock and

cut them out and glued them onto the ornaments.

Next I applied some bronze acrylic paint to

highlight the creases, letters and edges of

the design.

To finish off the ornaments I glued gold ribbon

to the back for the hanger and some

green scrapbooking card stock.

Finished "Noel"

Finished "Joy"

Thanks to Karen Boatright over at

Paper_Traders Yahoo Art Group

for inspiring me with her foil art.