Above is step 1, but the actual step 1 (or pre-step I guess) is to purchase a gold foil digital scrapbook paper file. You can find this easily on Etsy, just search for gold foil scrapbook paper. I found mine for .99 for both gold and silver papers. You just buy it, download and save it to your computer to use as you wish!
Step 1: go to PicMonkey and choose the design feature. Chose the size and shape you want. For canvas color select white. Then, type up your quote or graphics you want to use. Make sure everything is the color black.
Step 4: The overlay will show up over your text like this. Position it over the text, making sure all the text it covered with the gold foil!
Step 5: Make sure your gold foil graphic is still selected. In the overlay editor click on the blend mode drop down menu. Here you have two options that will work, so play around with both and see which one you like better with your print. You can choose “Hardlight” or “Lighten.” See which one you like better, both will cause the gold foil to show up as if it is behind the text, thus giving you a gold foil look!
Save as a png file and you’re done! Ta-da!
Here is my final product:
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| -Albus Dumbledore |
Not a fan of gold foil? No problem! You can use this method with any digital scrapbook paper to customize your text, or even use a photo you took as the background- a field of flowers or a shot of the beach would look brilliant behind a nice quote about summer!
I hope you find this quick tip to be useful! Comment below if you used it and let us know what projects you used this for!
Jessica Holoka says
April 10, 2015 at 12:22 pmI love playing with textures and gold is always so pretty. This is such a quick and easy tutorial. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
miranda papandreou says
April 10, 2015 at 12:54 pmI love picmonkey. There are so many things you can do with it. Thanks.
Christina Shirley says
April 10, 2015 at 1:30 pmPretty! I need to make some new things for the house!
Carrie says
April 10, 2015 at 2:32 pmI always wanted to know how to make those, thanks!
Shelly Culp says
April 10, 2015 at 4:22 pmI'm seriously considering stopping my Photoshop subscription, but honestly, I am using PicMonkey more and more every day. It's a lot easier to use, but has such great features! Thank you for this easy tutorial!
Jo-Lynne Shane says
April 10, 2015 at 5:32 pmThis is so clever. Love it!
Jen K says
April 10, 2015 at 7:48 pmI love this! I am obsessed with the gold foil look. I have been using gold to redecorate our bedroom. Thanks for sharing.
Kids Are A Trip says
April 11, 2015 at 1:26 amThis is so cool! I had no idea how to do this and I'm thankful for the tutorial. Thanks for sharing!
Beth @ nextlifechapter.com says
April 11, 2015 at 3:22 amNice! I don't use PicMonkey, but it looks like you can do a lot more with it than I thought.
Sage Grayson says
April 11, 2015 at 7:22 pmCute quote! I'm a huge fan of Picmonkey, and I edit nearly all of my images with it. Anything to make blogging easier.
alexandria waning says
April 13, 2015 at 12:23 pmim currently obsessed with the gold foil look. ill maybe have to try this.
Alejandra says
April 13, 2015 at 9:53 pmI had no idea this was possible! Looks great and I LOVE gold foil! Thanks!!
Colette Wright says
March 30, 2016 at 12:39 amomg best tutorial ever!!!