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Using Just Stamps & Dies! January 2019 You’re My Type Card Kit of the Month Edition
Hello Spellbindersโ fans! Are you ready for another dose of inspiration featuring our January 2019 You’re My Type Card Kit of the Month? Weโre back with our new monthly series called โUsing Just Stamps & Diesโ. 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
Valentineโs Day will be here before we know it, so why not start working on Valentineโs day cards right away? Itโs always fun to give and receive handmade cards so I encourage you to join me today and create a few. I love to use coloredย cardstock to make an impact on my cards, and so for todayโs projects I picked a fewย colors from Fun Stampers Journey. The colors are really nice and this paper also foils beautifully.ย The colors I used are: Watermelon Fusion, Sweet Berry, Bubble Gum as well as aย light gray from my stash for the pink panel; Rich Coral, Candy Apple,ย Pomegranate Splash and Raspberry Berry for…
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Fresh & Beautiful Die Cutting | TryDay Friday
You know how we love our Try Day Friday series!ย Each Friday afternoon on our Facebook page, we share a new technique with you LIVE.ย Isn’t that so fun?ย This week Creative Director Kim Kesti is using some old favorites, some leaf dies with our True Color Fusion Ink pads.ย Not only are the results stunning but it’s such a good way to use dies you might not always reach for AND experiment with color palettes. If you’d like to watch on our YouTube channel, you can see the video right here.ย Make sure you leave Kim a comment and let her know how much you enjoyed her technique &…
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Paul Antonio Glimmer Plates Inspiration | Hot Foiling Techniques with Laura Volpes
Hi everyone! It’s Laura from A bit of my crafts, and today I am really thrilled to be guesting hereย on the Spellbinders blog and to show you some cardmaking inspiration with the Glimmer Hot Foilย System and the Glimmer Hot Foil Plates by Paul Antonio. The Glimmer Hot Foil System is so fun to use, I simply couldn’t stop! I created three differentย cards, each showcasing different plates and different techniques, so let’s have a look! Card 1: Simple Foiling For the first card I did some foiling with the Silver Glimmer Hot Foil Roll on some blue cardstock. I used the Faux Script Happy Birthday Plate for the sentiment, and added…
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Follow Your Heart | Valentine’s Pocket Card Tutorial
Hey, Fun friends! We’re excited to share a fun and festive Valentine project with you, ย from our recent Follow Your Heart event. We had such a good time sharing with you some new Valentine’s Day inspired products [Let’s be honest, though. These can be used for so much more than just Valentine’s Day!], fun stamps, dies and other pretty supplies you’ll be excited to use to bring paper to life. Let’s share a ย project you can create with just a handful of supplies, starting with one sheet of cardstock and the FSJ Scoring Board! Isn’t that just too cute?! Imagine all of the ways you can fill those pockets. Photos,…
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Paul Antonio Glimmer Plates Inspiration | One Layer Cards with Zinia
Hello Spellbindersโ fans! Itโs Zinia here and Iโm really thrilled to share with you a couple of clean and simple cards I recently created using the Glimmer Hot Foil System and some of the plates designed by Paul Antonio. Iโm a huge fan of simple one-layer cards and itโs really amazing how easy it is to create them with the Glimmer Hot Foil System. I recently sent a couple of foiled cards to friends and they couldnโt believe they were handmade. I especially love foiling on dark paper so thatโs what I did for todayโs cards. It barely needs any effort and time to create stunning and elegant cards that…
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Paul Antonio Glimmer Plates Inspiration | Glamming Up With Glimmer Hot Foil with Janette Kausen
Hello and welcome! Iโm Janette Kausen and I have been addicted to the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System for months now. This healthy addiction has brought the wow factor to a myriad of my recent projects. Today, I am showcasing how Glimmer Hot Foil brings basic printed paper or designs up to the glamorous notch with Glimmer Hot Foil plate designs by Paul Antonio. Patterned paper either multiplies, or I am a collector. Neither can be confirmed or denied. Pairing up the Glimmer Hot Foil System with preprinted papers, backgrounds Iโve created, or other simple designs has helped to alleviate my overflowing stash while creating fun and glammed up projects.…
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Card Club Kit Extras! January 2019 Edition. Loads of inspiration!
Hello-hello, Spellbindersโ fans! Weโre so glad you are LOVING our January kits! To bring you even more inspiration with our Card Kit of the Month products we are sharing monthly inspiration featuring Card Club Kit Extras! Did you know, you can get awesome extra products to go along with your Card Kit of the Month? Or maybe you are not a Club member yet, but would like to give our extras a try โ you can do so here. Today we have 3 projects to share featuring the awesome You’re My Type Clear Stamp Set, You’re My Type Die Cut Shapes & 3D Stickers Set, You’re My Type Red Glitter…
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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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Glorious Glimmer Inspiration | Elegant Cards with Desiree
Hello Everyone! My name is Desiree Kuemmerle and I am very excited to be a Guest Designer on the Spellbinders Blog today showcasing the Hot Foil Glimmer plates by Becca Feekenย โ Amazing Paper Grace! The Amazing Paper Grace collection is absolutely beautiful and you will see why so many of these products are titled as Elegant! These are a perfect companion for the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System and the more I create with this system, I find just how versatile it is in our paper crafting world. Hopefully you will see just how easy this system is with the help of a few tips and tricks I will show…