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Be a Cardmaking Star!
Hello, Spellbinders’ fans! It’s been a while since we hosted a contest on our blog, so we decided to run one throughout the month of July! We hope you’ll join us and share all of your fabulous Spellbinders creations! Are you curious to learn more? Please see the details below! Do you have what it takes to be a cardmaking star? Enter our latest Cardmaking Star contest and win big! Contest runs July 1 – 31, 2019. Enter for your chance to win one of the following prizes: 1st Prize – $300 Shopping Spree 2nd Prize – $200 Shopping Spree 3rd Prize – $100 Shopping Spree Winning projects will be featured on…
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Video: Hot Foil Resist and Watercolor with Flower Pattern Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & ColorSticks by Jane Davenport
Hello, Spellbinders’ fans! I’m Yana Smakula, a creative designer at Spellbinders, in this video I’m sharing a hot foil and watercolor project using some of our newest products. If you are new to the Glimmer Hot Foil System I encourage you to check out our Glimmer Hot Foil playlist on Youtube for more information about this machine. For my project today I decided to combine two awesome techniques – Hot Foiling & Watercolor. Foil, once applied to the paper, creates a resist effect. You can blend ink over it, spray your background with colorful spray inks or watercolor over for a gorgeous, one of a kind look. To begin, I…
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Using Just Stamps & Dies! January 2019 You’re My Type Card Kit of the Month Edition
Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Are you ready for another dose of inspiration featuring our January 2019 You’re My Type Card Kit of the Month? We’re back with our new monthly series called “Using Just Stamps & Dies”. Just a reminder, these posts feature quick and simple cardmaking tutorials using just the die set and/or stamp set from our Card Kits of the Month. Today we have a special treat for you – a few card making ideas & video tutorial all made using a typewriter die from our January Card Kit of the Month. We also have additional inspiration (gorgeous cards!) from our guest designers at the end of this post!…
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Video: Valentine’s Day Cards & Tags with Paul Antonio Glimmer Plates
Valentine’s Day will be here before we know it, so why not start working on Valentine’s day cards right away? It’s always fun to give and receive handmade cards so I encourage you to join me today and create a few. I love to use colored cardstock to make an impact on my cards, and so for today’s projects I picked a few colors from Fun Stampers Journey. The colors are really nice and this paper also foils beautifully. The colors I used are: Watermelon Fusion, Sweet Berry, Bubble Gum as well as a light gray from my stash for the pink panel; Rich Coral, Candy Apple, Pomegranate Splash and Raspberry Berry for…
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Cardmaking, Die Cutting, Glimmer Hot Foil, Glimmer Kit of the Month Club, Large Die of the Month, Small Die of the Month
Valentine’s Day Card with January Small, Large Dies & Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month
Did you know, you can use your January 2019 Small & Large die of the Month as well as Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month together? Yes! These products coordinate to help you create beautiful cards! Here’s a fun example of a Valentine’s Day card using all of the above kits for January 2019: To create this card we first die-cut parts & pieces to create a boy using Small Die of the Month dies. Watch our January 2019 Small Die of the Month video to learn how to use these dies. Next, using Large Die of the Month we created a bouquet and arranged boy’s arms as if…
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Cardmaking Inspiration | Elegant Christmas Card as seen in Die Cutting Essentials Magazine Issue #45
Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Welcome back to our Cardmaking Inspiration series! Today we have a very special project to share showcasing gorgeous Charming Christmas collection by Becca Feeken. This card, along with 4 other projects was featured in the Die Cutting Essentials Magazine Issue #45. Be sure to grab this issue while it is still on the stand for more inspiration! Step By Step Instructions: We have a full set of step by step instructions describing how to create this card. Create 6 1⁄4” square card base out of white cardstock. Die-cut square out of patterned paper using 6 x 6 Matting Basics B dies. Adhere onto Brush Gold cardstock leaving…
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NEW Clear Stamps | Love You Floral Bunch Card
Hello and welcome back to our blog! This week we are introducing our new Clear Stamps collection and we’re hoping we’re enjoying all the new products and projects we have for you. Today I’d like to share a fun and easy to make “Love You” Floral Bunch card created with our Thanks a Bunch Clear Stamps. Instructions: Create A2 white side folding card base, cover front with white woodgrain paper. Cut white cardstock to 2 1⁄2 x 5 1⁄2“. Stamp floral arrangement in various colors of ink. Stamp additional flowers and leaves, cut out using scissors, foam mount. Foam mount stamped panel onto the card. White heat emboss “Love You”…
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NEW Clear Stamps | Collection Introduction | Let Your Dreams Take Flight Card
Hello-hello! Welcome back to the Spellbinders blog. Today we are thrilled to introduce something new & exciting – a collection of Clear Stamps! We’ve been wanting to release a line of stamps to give you more creative options and also to provide you with fun sentiments you could use on your cards! You can see the entire stamp collection in our store here or watch our introductory video below! Let Your Dreams Take Flight Card Ready to start creating with these? Catch a super simple card idea below (and be sure to stop by our blog later this week for more creative inspiration)! I used new Layered Butterflies stamp…
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Glimmer Hot Foil System | Stamping & Hot Foil – Easy Thank You Cards
Hello Spellbinders’ fans! We hope you are enjoying our Glimmer Hot Foil System inspiration and tutorials. Today I have two Clean & Simple Thank You cards to share featuring layered stamping and hot foiling! Remember, you can foil not only with the hot foil plates, but also with your other etched dies. Test each die as some might foil better than others. Instructions: Follow simple instructions to re-create Thank You handmade card: Hot foil Thank You from the Elegant Foil Seals set in Gold foil on white cardstock. Die-cut foiled element out using a coordinating die. Stamp layered roses and leaves using pink and green ink on white 4 1/4…
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Glimmer Hot Foil System | Quick & Easy Miss You Hot Foil Cards
Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Creating simple & elegant cards has never been easier! Today I have a quick Miss You card idea to share featuring our new Glimmer Hot Foil system. Here’s a look at the cards I made using just one hot foil plate and a die from my stash: Instructions: Follow simple instructions to re-create these handmade cards: Hot foil Miss You from the Elegant Affirmation Sentiments set using silver foil on gray cardstock. Die-cut foiled cardstock into a rectangle using Scored & Pierced Rectangles set. Hot foil Fancy Edge Rectangles die on patterned paper in silver foil. Cut to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2″ and adhere onto an…