Foil greeting card techniques

Materials needed:
Foil (specialised foil - almost like gold leaf only thicker)
glue pen
card stock
carbon paper
pen
stencil
scissors

Foiling is to hilight certain areas of a card or scrap booking. Everyone loves a little bling!
This is a great technique to make your cards really special. It can be used to make recipe cards, photo albums or pictures. It is also great for school projects.
Using a glue pen (just like a typex pen), relax your hand and holding it in an upright positon start writing or drawing your message or design. The glue pen I got is blue (apparently so I can see what I'm doing and so that it can show you when its time to put on the foil as it starts to fade and become transparent when it's ready). It takes between 5 - 20 minutes to change its colour. The gtreat thing about this glue pen is that it remains tacky and you can leave your project half way through or overnight before plaing your foil.
Place your foil onto your glue, always colour side up, then press down firmly using your fingers, palm of your hand or fist to ensure that it is covered properly. Once you see the oultine of your desing showing through the foil ( the glue seems to emboss it) you can remove the foil to see you work of art.
Bear in mind that should you place your foil on the glue when it isn't ready (changed colour) it will destroy your design. I tested it on a small piece of paper to see whether I could get it to do anything and failed dismally. LOL. So follow these instructions and you should have no problems what so ever.
Another trick to foiling is that when you're scrap booking and need straight lines, you can use double sided tape (the cellotape kind)  and place it down on you paper or card stock. Lift the backing and then place your foil. It works the same way as the glue does but without the use of a ruler. The result is perfectly straight lines every time.
If using a stencil, you can trace your picture onto the paper (same as using a font from your computer). Once you have copied your design, you can go over the lines with your glue pen. Wait for the glue to dry (change colour) and then begin your foiling.

Good luck foiling. Remember it's a great way to keep your kiddies busy too. I have started getting my 4 year old interested in arts and crafts and she's really enjoying making things all shiny.