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Through the Garden Gate Collection with Kassi Hulet
Hello, my fabulous friends, it’s Kassi Hulet here, and I’m excited to be guest designing, and sharing some fun projects featuring the new flowers from the Through the Garden Gate collection! I have been daydreaming of being able to walk out into the garden and see flowers everywhere… I’m beyond ready for the constant rain to give way to sunshine, and for it to really feel like spring. I can’t control the weather, so I’ll just have to fill my studio with flowers while I wait! When I looked up photos of hollyhocks to see what colors they come in, I found a spectrum of warm colors…pinks, reds, oranges, and…
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Reverse Foiling Ideas with Michelle Short and Essential Glimmer Solid Shapes Collection
Hello there, Michelle Short here with some inspiration using the new Essential Glimmer Solid Shapes Collection. This is such a fun collection as you get to use up all of your scraps after foiling. There are so many different designs that work with reverse foiling. I love that these are shapes, but you can also cut your own shapes too! I have used the circle, rectangle (in a slightly different way!), and square today but there is also an oval. I found that I got great results by heating up the Glimmer Hot Foil System platform twice and also using the hinge method for foiling – by taping down the…
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Two Tones Hot Foil Techniques + Elegant Becca Feeken Clear Card | Spellbinders Live
Have you ever made a clear card? Today in the Creative Classroom, Kim Kesti shares an elegant Glimmer card with a clear base, plus two additional Glimmer cards featuring Becca Feeken’s Delicate Impressions Collection. Clear Card Base Saving Grace Card Kim begins this tutorial showing you how to make a clear card base. To create one yourself, trim an acetate sheet into card size and score to fold. Next, add a cardstock panel inside the card, and embellish with the Fanfare Border on each side. Then, decorate a slightly smaller cardstock layer to add to the front of the card. Kim created this layer with two tone foiling using Rose…
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Becca’s Picot Petite Collection Inspiration with Yasmin Diaz
Hello, Spellbinders and FSJ friends! Yasmin here sharing with you a beautiful trio of Vintage & Elegant cards showcasing the stunning Picot Petite Collection by Becca Feeken. So, without further ado let’s jump right into the step by step on how to make them. Slimline Happy Birthday Card To begin with, I’d like to start by sharing with you how to make a Slimline card so, to do that; Cut a large piece of heavyweight white cardstock to H 9.0’’ X W 3-5/8’’ inches. Score a line in the middle point using a scoring board tool and then fold it in half. Reinforce the fold using any bone-folder of your…
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Advanced, Cardmaking, Die Cutting Inspiration, Glimmer Hot Foil System, Platinum 6, Step by Step Tutorials
Christmas Cascade Collection by Becca Feeken – Kinetic Card with Hussena
Hello, crafty friends! This is Hussena, from Quill and Punch Works, and I’m so excited and honoured to be guesting on the Spellbinders blog today, sharing two card projects I created using the exquisite Christmas Cascade Collection by Becca Feeken. This collection is so versatile and I love that there’s an interactive card die included in it to help create some beautiful, one-of-a-kind projects! Christmas Joy Kinetic Card I am not someone who makes a lot of interactive cards, so I was really thrilled to work with the Christmas Cascade Card Base Die Set. This die set enables you to create a Cascading Card and is super easy and fun…
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Advanced, Cardmaking, Glimmer Hot Foil System, Intermediate, Platinum 6, Step by Step Tutorials, Video Tutorials
The Glimmering Christmas Project Kit | Cardmaking Inspiration with Michelle Short | Video
Hello Spellbinders’ and FSJ fans! Our Glimmering Christmas Project Kit is here! This Glimmering Christmas Project Kit is the perfect way to get your hands on early products from one of the upcoming August Holiday Collections. This kit comes with an assortment of THREE, Hot Foil Plate sets, TWO die sets, ONE roll of foil, and a card making project kit to make THREE cards. Also included are full color instructions and an online Video Tutorial. You will be guided through every step of the way as your create die cut projects. BUY KIT NOW Included in Project Kit: Christmas Sweater Borders Glimmer Hot Foil Plate GLP-192 Holiday Sentiments Series 2 Glimmer…
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Yana’s Foiled Basics Inspiration | Classy Card Set Featuring Foiled Basics with Lea Lawson
Hi Spellbinder’s friends! This is Lea Lawson, and I’m excited to be sharing a couple of cards I’ve made featuring the new Foiled Basics Collection by Yana Smakula. When Yana shared these new foiling products with me, the first thing that came to mind was the classy & bold colors that are often used in Kate Spade collections. So that was the jumping off point for my inspiration for my card set. Instructions: Create (2) A2 top folding card base out of white cardstock. Foil light pink cardstock in Polished Brass using Polka Dot Strip, then cut into two strips Foil navy blue & light pink cardstock in Rose Gold…
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Cardmaking, Die Cutting Inspiration, Glimmer Hot Foil System, Intermediate, Mixed Media, Other Projects, Platinum 6, Step by Step Tutorials
Jane Davenport NEW Artomology | Get Creative with Mayline
Hello everyone! This is Mayline and I am honoured to be guest designer for Spellbinders! Today I have three projects to share with you using the Jane Davenport NEW Artomology collection. As always, this collection is incredibly beautiful and amazing, so I truly enjoyed to make all projects. DREAM MIXED MEDIA PIECE It’s an 8.5×11 sized mixed media piece. It was a challenge for me to combine various images, and use a different kind of colouring tools in the large area. So, it would be more of a process than my usual card designs but, I did it and it was worth it! And it turned out beautifully. INSTRUCTIONS: To…
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Glimmer Hot Foil Inspiration | Foiled Cards with Hussena Calcuttawala
Hello, Spellbinders fans! This is Hussena Calcuttawala, from Quill and Punch Works, and I am thrilled and honored to be a guest blogger today on the Spellbinders blog. I am here to share some projects that I’ve made with the NEW May Glimmer Hot Foil Plates. These Glimmer Plates are so elegant and such a joy to work with! I can’t wait to show you my projects using this collection. Glimmer Hot Foil Plates add stunning foil features to any project from cards to mixed media and more. They are designed to be used with the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System (or other compatible hot foil system). Depending on its…
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Happy Inspiration | Foiled Silhouette Cards with Melody Rupple
Hello Everyone! My name is Melody Rupple and I am excited to be the Guest Designer on the Spellbinders Blog today! I will be sharing projects created with the new Sharyn Sowell Happy Collection. I am sharing two cards showcasing two of the new Glimmer Hot Foil Plates in the Collection. I used the Glimmer Hot Foil System with the Glimmer Hot Foil Plates to create my cards. My first card features the new Baby’s Birthday Glimmer Hot Foil Plate Happy by Sharyn Sowell. I used the Rose Gold Glimmer Hot Foil with a 110 lb. white cardstock to create the silhouette. I cut a 4 ¼ x 5 ½…
