Idea of the Month

"Hershey Kiss" Card- Fun with Faux Foil

Make your own faux foil from candy wrappers!   Any line-image stamp of your choice will work.

Supply List:

Cardstock colors of your choice (try to match them to your candy wrappers.... see below)

Transparency sheet for inkjet printers- 2.75 x 4.5” piece

Z262  Close To My Heart® Adhesive Sheets- cut piece about 1/16^th” smaller than 2.75 x 4.5”

Stamps of your choice

Z260  Silver Stretch Cord

Close To My Heart® Exclusive Inks TM Black Ink Pad

Adhesive

Double- Sided tape

Scissors

Foil-wrapped Easter candy  (I used Hershey Milk Chocolate Eggs) and “regular” Hershey Kisses in silver foil

Step 1:  Prepare Foil

Carefully unwrap candy and save the wrappers.   Eat the chocolate.

Step 2:  Prepare Your Image

Stamp your image in black ink on the ROUGH side of the transparency plastic.  (This ink dried very quickly on the plastic!).  Remove protective paper from ONE side of the piece of Adhesive Sheet, and adhere it to the BACK of the stamped plastic.  Remove the remaining protective paper from Adhesive Sheet to expose adhesive.  It will be very sticky, so be careful!  Lay the plastic adhesive-side-up on the table.

Step 3: Apply Foil to Design

Tear the candy wrappers into pieces and lay them upside down over the design (so the color shows through the front)... like a collage.  Turn it over occasionally to check for holes and to help decide what colors you want where.  Fill in with silver foils from regular Hershey Kisses, if desired.

Step 4:  Mount

Using scissors, trim any foil overlapping the edge.  Use double-stick tape to adhere design to a cardstock matte.  Then mount onto card front with regular adhesive.  Tie metallic cord around fold.

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