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Fun Ways to Use Patterned Paper in Your Cardmaking Projects
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and Iβm excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of easy and fun ways to use patterned paper in your cardmaking projects.Β Patterned papers can be a little intimidating to some due to busy patterns or bright colors, but I hope these techniques can help to show how easily they can add texture and color to an otherwise plain card. Pretty Floral Hello Card I love buffalo plaid, but it can be a very bold look and draw too much attention away from your focal point sometimes.Β Here I toned this blue plaid pattern down a bit by splitting…
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Colorful Floral Designs With the Letβs Celebrate Collection
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and Iβm excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of colorful cards made with the new Letβs Celebrate Collection by Yana Smakula. The gorgeous floral designs and sweet sentiments in the collection inspired me to create three cards in pretty spring color schemes for all different occasions. Birthday In Blues Card The floral design in the Peony Background Press Plate is so intricate it reminded me a little of toile, so I inked it in several different shades of blue to create a backdrop for this fun floral birthday card. Apply Cruise, Teal Topaz, Azure, and Cosmic Sky BetterPress…
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New Letβs Celebrate Collection: Motherβs Day with Mauve and Gold
Hi friends! Emily Midgett here with you today on the Spellbinders blog, and Iβm thrilled to be sharing some inspiration using the utterly luscious new collection from Yana Smakula called Letβs Celebrate. Yanaβs signature style with elegant florals and beautiful calligraphic sentiments is laced throughout this collection, and it was a true pleasure to play with! The shining star of the collection, for me at least, is the divine Peony Better Press Plate. The Better Press Plates work beautifully with both the Better Press system and the Glimmer Hot Foil System, and both methods work incredibly well with this exquisitely detailed press plate. Whenever I am creating a card set,…