Spellbinders Slimline Collection – Timeless Elegance with Jean
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jean here sharing four cards created with the Spellbinders Slimline Collection, which includes dies, glimmer plates, and a stamp set. For any number of occasions, you can create elegant slimline cards with the collection’s products. Let’s take a look!
A “Happy Birthday” card featuring an inked and glimmer-foiled background
- Ink Snowdrift cardstock panel measuring 3 ⅛”x 8 ⅛” with Distress Oxide inks. Allow to dry.
- For sentiment, ink strip of Snowdrift cardstock and allow to dry.
- Glimmer Foil the 3 ⅛”x 8 ⅛” panel in Matte Gold with the Slimline Confetti Background twice (from both ends).
- Glimmer Foil inked cardstock in Gold with one of the Essential Glimmer Sentiments and cut with die in the Blossoming Slimline
- Cut Blossoming Slimline with both outside and detail dies from Snowdrift Adhere to foiled panel.
- Add assembly to a 3 ¼” x 8 ¼” Brush Gold mat and 3 ½” x 8 ½” card base.
- For embellishment, cut Mini Blooms and Sprigs from Brush Gold and Snowdrift Assemble and add to card.
Spellbinders Supplies:
Other Supplies
Distress Oxide inks.
Faux Inlay “Hello” card
- Apply watercolor to watercolor paper. Allow to dry.
- With the Blossoming Slimline outline die, cut a frame from a 3 ½” x 8 ½” Snowdrift cardstock panel. Set aside.
- Die-cut Blossoming Slimline from a Snowdrift cardstock panel measuring 3 ½” x 8 ½” (without the outline die) and from vellum.
- Using the vellum die-cut as a guide, cut out watercolor pieces and glue to the back of the Blossoming Slimline
- Adhere frame to the die-cut Snowdrift cardstock panel. Back assembly with light teal cardstock.
- Stamp and heat-emboss Essential Sentiments stamp on coral cardstock and cut with die in the Blossoming Slimline
- Adhere sentiment to card.
Spellbinders Supplies:
Other Supplies
Solid cardstock in coral, light teal; watercolor paper; watercolors; embossing ink; white embossing powder
A vertical slimline “Hello” featuring a dry-embossed background
- Brayer Slimline Flora Embossing Folder with white pigment ink and dry-emboss light teal cardstock. When dry, cut panel 3 ⅛” x 8 ⅛”.
- Cut a 3 ¼” x 8 ¼” panel from dark teal cardstock.
- Die cut 2″ circle from dark teal cardstock.
- Die cut 2 ⅛” circle from the dry-embossed panel.
- Stamp sentiment from Essential Sentiments in black ink on Snowdrift cardstock, masking “Friend” from the sentiment.
- Trim sentiment panel to fit behind the opening and adhere to dark teal panel from behind.
- Adhere dry-embossed panel to front and add assembly to textured white background measuring 3 ½” x 8 ½”.
- With the Umbrella Trio set, cut Onyx cardstock, Snowdrift cardstock, and inked cardstock to create two umbrellas. Trim umbrella handle and glue to assembled umbrella.
- Cut Mini Blooms and Sprigs from Snowdrift cardstock and cardstock inked with Distress Oxide inks. Assemble.
- Adhere umbrellas, blooms, and sprigs to card.
Spellbinders Supplies:
Other Supplies
Solid cardstock in light teal, dark teal; white textured cardstock; Distress Oxide inks; black ink; white pigment ink; brayer
Mix and match the collection’s products for a layered effect
- Die-cut Flowering Slimline from Snowdrift cardstock with detailed and outline die. Using only the outline die, cut Brush Gold Adhere overlay to background.
- Add assembly to 3 ¼” x 8 ¼” teal cardstock mat and 3 ½” x 8 ½” card base.
- Brayer Slimline Flora Embossing Folder with white pigment ink and dry-emboss teal cardstock panel measuring 3 ⅛” x 8 ⅛”. Repeat.
- When panels are dry, die-cut three 2 ½” circles.
- Adhere circles, with center circle overlapping the circles on the left and right, to the card.
- With Essential Glimmer Sentiments plate, glimmer foil Snowdrift cardstock in Gold and cut with die in the Blossoming Slimline set (die in Flowering Slimline set could be used as well).
- Cut Mini Blooms and Sprigs from Brush Gold and Snowdrift Assemble and add to card.
Spellbinders Supplies:
Other Supplies
Solid cardstock in teal; white textured cardstock; white pigment ink; brayer
Thank you for visiting today. I hope you are inspired to reach for products in the Slimline Collection to create elegant cards for a variety of occasions.
One Comment
slangnv
These cards are amazing. Jean’s attention to detail just pays off big time. Her color combinations are beautiful. Great tip to use vellum on the inlay card, clever!