JJ Bolton Design

Experimenting with Hot Foil Stamping

Hi everyone! My hot foil machine has been in heavy rotation lately since Waffle Flower rolled out their first foil plates. I have been doing a lot of experimentation to really get a feel for this technique. [By the way, I’ve heard it called “hot stamping” and “hot foiling”. I think I like…

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Lunar New Year

I made a quick Lunar New Year card this week and I pulled it together with mostly everyday stamps and dies. The background is made with the Waffle Flower Lattice Panel as a foil plate and the “flowers” are from the Lacy Circles Die Set. The sentiment is from the Ni Hao stamp…

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New Year, New Look

The New Year cleaning bug hit hard this year! Over the last few weeks, I’ve been gathering, sorting, and cleaning every corner of the craft office. I even gathered up the courage to tackle 3 buckets of paper scraps! And when my laptop died earlier this week, I took that as a sign…

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