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Playing With Color and the Every Occasion Floral Alphabet
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and Iβm thrilled to be back on the blog today to share a couple of cards made with the new Every Occasion Floral Alphabet Collection from Spellbinders.Β The gorgeous floral letters and matching sentiments in this collection make such a statement on their own, I decided to play with different color schemes to create interesting backgrounds on these three fun cards for various occasions. OmbrΓ© Sending Love Card One of my very favorite types of cards to mail out are βsending loveβ cards, so I was excited to see the beautiful Floral S and Sentiment Press Plate.Β Pink might seem like an obvious choice…
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Summer Blooms Made Easy β Press To Impress!
Hello there! This is Lisa from My Card Trip and I am thrilled to be a guest here on the Spellbinders blog again today. I am sharing a couple of ideas using the gorgeous new BetterPress Place & Press Registration Collection along with some of the new colors of BetterPress Inks. When I first saw the new BetterPress Place & Press Registration line, I was not only intrigued but also super excited! What a great innovation to be able to use different colored inks to build your image. Not only that, the grid template makes these plates really simple to use and they create beautiful results. Iβm sure you are…
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Adding Fun Details To Multi-Colored BetterPress Designs
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and Iβm excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of cards made with the new Place & Press Registration Collection from Spellbinders.Β I love how easy this new system makes it to create gorgeous multi-colored pressed designs and I was inspired to create two colorful cards with a couple of added special touches. Foiled Floral Thank You Card The Thank You Blooms BetterPress Plate Set looks beautiful in different colors, but I wanted to add a touch of gold foiling to the design as well.Β Here I foiled the oversized sentiment in gold and added the flowers and leaves…
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3 Expert Monochrome Techniques featuring Letter Pressed Cards
Hi there my Spellbindersβ friends!Β My name is Jaycee GasparΒ and Iβm so excited to share three cards featuring the Simon Hurley Spring Sampler Collection.Β This collection features three new crafting must-haves and Simonβs existing sentiment hot foil plates.Β Did you know you can use your BetterPress Press Plates in your hot foil machine? I loved using these new products to make three cards with spring themes. BetterPress Press Plates can be used in the Glimmer Hot Foil System in place of hot foil plates. This is a great way to stretch your products for other mediums if you have both the BetterPress and the Glimmer Hot Foil System.Β This does…
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Coloring BetterPress Images with Colored Pencils
Hello! Iβm Jen Kotas from Who Stole My Glitter and Iβm happy to be here today to share three cards featuring the Spring Sampler Collection from Simon Hurley. There are two BetterPress sets along with a 3D embossing folder. Iβm not great with watercolor no matter what type Iβm using. Iβm most familiar and comfortable with alcohol markers but they donβt work well with the BetterPress ink or cardstock. My preferred medium for coloring BetterPress images is colored pencils. Before I got to work, I embossed three A2 panels using the Woven 3D Embossing Folder. I added ink later to customize the backgrounds. After impressing all of the Spring Magnolias…
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Fun Floral Cards with the BetterPress Spring Collection
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and Iβm excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of cards made with the new BetterPress Spring Collection from Spellbinders.Β The delicate floral images and beautiful sentiments in this collection inspired me to create three pretty cards for a variety of occasions this spring. Muted Floral Sympathy Card I thought the dainty floral images in the Flower Stems Press Plate Set were so beautiful that I pulled these out first.Β Here I inked them up in muted colors and created both a background and focal point for this easy sympathy card. Arrange the plates from the Flower Stems Press…
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Adding Color to BetterPress Images
Hey there! Daniel West, here, with three fun projects from the BetterPress Spring Collection. When BetterPress came out in 2023, I felt like dancinβ. The letterpress feel and look are super easy to achieve with this system and the results with just plain black and white ink and card make it easy to create a project without adding color to the images. But, you can get more out of your BetterPress plates if you pair them with coordinating stencils and alcohol markers. Coordinating stencils make adding color a breeze to these BetterPress Spring goodies. Here, I created two cards with stenciled-in colors and Copic Marker accents. The card in the…
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3 Expert Monochrome Techniques featuring Letter Pressed Cards
Hi there my Spellbindersβ friends!Β My name is Jaycee GasparΒ and Iβm so excited to share three cards featuring the Pressed Posies Collection. This collection features eight sets with one of the products being a Wax Seal Stamp. Letβs focus on monochromatic cards centered around the Timeless Blooms Wax Seal Stamp with designer tricks on getting perfect single-tone letter-pressed cards. This first card focuses on the Sealed Cord & Faux Seal Sentiments Press Plate and Die Set. I love the whimsical feel of this bakerβs twine card which is sure to make a simple yet stunning focal element on your card.Β The coordinating sentiments also act as faux wax seals for…
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Adding Sprays and Inks to Textured Backgrounds
Hi everyone. Alanna Moses from EmbellishCraftLove.com and Iβm super happy to be guesting again on the Spellbinders blog. I will be sharing with you three different projects using products from the new January 2024 Exclusive collection. This is an exclusive collection to Spellbinders with just two items which include the Kaleidoscope Garden Press Plate and the Colorful Burst Flower die set. For my first card, I started by taking a piece of the Porcelain BetterPress A2 Cotton Card Panels and I lightly misted it with some water. I then took two colors of Distress Oxide Sprays, in Salty Ocean and Peeled Paint and added some color to the background. Once…
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Spellbinders Exclusive Collection Inspiration!
Hello, crafty friends! I am Heejung Hunsberger, excited to be a guest designer again this month. If you want to know me better, visit myΒ blogΒ orΒ Instagram. I also have aΒ YouTube channel where I post a lot of video tutorials. Today, I am sharing four cards that feature the Kaleidoscope Garden BetterPress Plate and the Colorful Burst Flower Dies from the Spellbinders Exclusive Collection. These products are available exclusively on the Spellbinders website. Colorful Happy Birthday Cards I enjoyed coloring the Kaleidoscope Garden design with markers so much that I did it multiple times! Black BetterPress ink was used to press the Kaleidoscope Garden BP Plate onto BetterPress cotton paper. I colored…