When working with hot foil, your choice of paper makes a real difference to the final impression. Glimmer Specialty Cardstock by Spellbinders, from The Card Shoppe range, features a specially developed coating that helps heat-activated foil transfer cleanly and evenly. Designed for use with the Glimmer Hot Foil System and coordinating hot foil plates, it allows you to create metallic sentiments, delicate outlines, decorative frames, and detailed designs. The pack contains 25 sheets measuring 8.5" x 11", with an approximate paper weight of 112 gsm.
The specialty coating offers another important advantage: it also accommodates inks, watercolors, alcohol inks, and other mixed media mediums, helping color dry on the surface without unwanted spreading. This makes it possible to combine painting and foiling within the same artwork. Add metallic outlines to colored illustrations, create abstract ink backgrounds with foil accents, or incorporate delicate gold lines into layered designs. It's an excellent surface when you want foiling and color to work together as part of the composition.
👉 Features:
- Pack of 25 Glimmer Specialty Cardstock sheets from Spellbinders' The Card Shoppe range.
- Specially coated surface designed for clean foil transfers with the Glimmer Hot Foil System.
- Suitable for inks, watercolors, alcohol inks, and mixed media techniques.
- Approximate paper weight: 112 gsm.
- Generous sheet size, allowing you to cut panels to fit different projects.
📐 Size:
8.5" x 11" (21.5 x 27.9 cm) per sheet
👍 Ideal for:
Hot foiling, handmade greeting cards, invitations, ink painting, mixed media, scrapbooking, art journaling, metallic sentiments, decorative borders, and artwork combining color with foil.
✨ Inspiration Tip:
Create a small collection of cards inspired by precious gemstones. Paint abstract backgrounds in deep sapphire, emerald, and amethyst shades, allowing the colors to develop natural variations. Add delicate gold hot foil lines across the colored areas to resemble the metallic veins found in minerals. Trim the designs into panels of different sizes and mount them onto white cards with understated sentiments. You'll create a cohesive collection where every card has its own distinctive pattern.
