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Magical Foil Accents Skip the glitter and add elegance to your page with metallic foil accents. From "Scrapbooking" episode SCB-301

If you want a special effect, but don't want to use glitter, go for the rich metallic accents featured in this project by Julianna Hudgins.

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A myriad of metallic hues can be applied to the page using this foil technique.

Materials:

Foil Magic Adhesive and Foil Magic (or other metallic foil leafing)
craft brush
foil 12" x 12" cardstock
cardstock frame
paper towel
wish mesh
cardstock 1" larger than frame
wire, beads or other desired embellishments
decorative nailheads
glue dots

	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C

1. Apply Amy's Foil Magic Adhesive to random areas of 12" x 12" cardstock that will be used as your background paper. Repeat step on cardstock frame (figure A).

2. Allow glue to dry to a "tacky" state (can take up to 15 minutes depending on surface). Apply Amy's Foil Magic to entire area that has been covered with adhesive (figure B).

3. Gently rub the foil product into the paper with your hands. Use a paper towel to press and gently rub to impress the foil deeper into the paper. Set aside finished pieces.

4. Apply wire mesh to smaller piece of cardstock. Lay mesh over entire piece of paper and secure by tucking ends under paper. CAUTION: some wire meshes can have sharp edges--use caution when bending edges. Layer this piece over the foiled background paper and secure with decorative nailheads.

5. Decorate frame with wire, beads or other embellishments, if desired. Attach frame over the wire mesh layer (figure C) and secure with glue dots.

6. Add journaling to the page as desired.

GUESTS :

Julianna Hudgins
Jewelcraft
Secaucus, NJ
Website: www.jewelcraft.biz