-
Wax Seals Handmade Cards with Jyoti
Hello from Jyoti to all my crafty friends. First of all, a big woohoo!! to Spellbinders for coming out with this brand-new idea of the wax seal system. I am delighted to be sharing some of my inspirations here on Spellbinders Blog today. I created three cards with the Sealed By Spellbinders Collection release. Wax seals are new to me but I have always been intrigued by the look of wax seals on wedding cards and envelopes. So I was doing a happy dance at the opportunity to design some of the cards featuring the products from this new release. Wax Sealed Just Because Card Wax seals look beautiful when…
-
Reverse Foiling with Essential Glimmer Solid Shapes and Jung AhSang
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jung AhSang here, and I am so excited to be returning for another guest post on the Spellbinders blog. If you’d like to follow my crafty projects, my blog is jungahsang.wordpress.com, and my Instagram is @junglebarrya. Today, I’m working with the Essential Glimmer Solid Shapes. I absolutely love the Glimmer Hot Foil system, and I always wanted to utilize the leftover foil from my projects. These glimmer solid shapes allow you to take advantage of that leftover foil. There are 4 shapes: rectangle, square, oval, and circle. Reverse Diagonal Glimmer Stripes For my first card, I used the Essential Glimmer Solid Rectangle. I also used the…
-
Paint Your World – Paintbrush Cards for Art Lovers with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the new Paint Your World Collection by Vicky Papaioannou. The fun paintbrush-themed designs and beautiful nature-inspired extras in this collection inspired me to create three colorful cards for the art lovers in my life. Oversized Paintbrush Card The oversized brush in the Painted Blooms Die Set was the perfect base for me to try out a ton of the different accessories in the collection. Here I added layers of flowers and even a butterfly to this pretty slimline card perfect for sending a springtime hello. Die-cut the…
-
Christmas Traditions Collection – Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the new Christmas Traditions Collection from Spellbinders. The classic holiday images, gorgeous Glimmer plates, and beautiful sentiments in this collection inspired me to create three colorful cards perfect for sending a little Christmas cheer. I love anything poinsettia for the holidays so I reached for the Holiday Florals Background Glimmer Plate first to foil a beautiful border for this bold and bright Christmas card. Trim a piece of white cardstock to 4” x 5.25”. Apply Gold Hot Foil to each corner using the Holiday Florals Background Glimmer…
-
Inspiration Featuring the Delightful Darlings Collection with Andrea
Hello, crafty friends! It’s Andrea from Blissfully Scrappy with you to share two cards I created featuring the adorable Delightful Darlings Collection illustrated by Mayline Jung. These girls are so cute and fun to color, and you can easily make them look like any little girl you know by changing your color choices. What little (or big!) girl wouldn’t love a card with an image that looks like her?! Darling Hello First up is this cutie from the Darling Hello stamp set. Isn’t she so sweet and perky?! I stamped her and the butterflies from the set, colored them with Copics, and fussy-cut them. I really wanted to accentuate this little girl’s…
-
Birdhouses Through The Seasons Collection – Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back today to share a couple of projects using the new Birdhouses Through The Seasons Collection by Vicky Papaioannou. This collection really spoke to me as a nature-lover, so I wanted to use as many of the seasonal sets as I could together. Since the birdhouses are large enough to fill a card front, I was inspired to create three fun cards in different sizes for a variety of occasions. I thought the tall birdhouse from the Build A Fall Birdhouse die set would be perfect for a slimline card, but I’m not quite ready to start my fall…
-
Advanced, Cardmaking, Die Cutting Inspiration, Glimmer Hot Foil Inspiration, Intermediate, Step by Step Tutorials
Expressions of Spring Collection – Easter Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to share a couple of projects using the new Expressions of Spring Collection. The elegant layered eggs, cute bunnies, and beautiful florals inspired me to create two different styles of Easter cards that are colorful and fun. The intricate layered egg designs in the Forever Spring Eggs Die Set were so big and beautiful, I knew right away I wanted to make them the focal point of a pretty and sophisticated card. With soft blended colors and metallic touches, I love how this card screams springtime! Die cut kraft cardstock with the two largest dies in the…
-
Delicate Impressions Collection – Card & Gift Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m so excited to have the opportunity to share a couple of projects using the new Delicate Impressions Collection by Becca Feeken. The gorgeous patterns and beautiful sentiments inspired me to create two cards and a gift card pocket that are delicate and sweet like the designs in the collection. I couldn’t wait to color the beautiful flowers in the Sweet Blooms Border Hot Foil Plate and thought they would look great paired with the Diamonetta Background for a feminine and pretty wedding card. Trim pieces of watercolor paper and navy blue cardstock to 4.25” x 5.5”. Apply Gold Hot Foil twice to…
-
Yana’s Foiled Basics Inspiration | Simple Foiled Cards with Bibi Cameron
Hi from Scotland, I hope you are doing well. This is Bibi Cameron and today I’m sharing three simple card ideas using Foiled Basics Collection designed by Yana Smakula for Spellbinders. Yana is not only a very talented and skilled papercraft artist and I’m thankful for her as she introduced me to the word of glimmer! This was a whole brand new thing to me and the first time I used the hot foil system I glimmered everything except the cardstock lol. I guess I was impatient and distracted. Soon I realized that this is way easier than we might with just a bit of practice you will be able…
-
Royal Flourish Inspiration | Foiled Cards with Brenda
Hello there! This is Brenda, from MyPaperCut Creations. I am excited to be guest posting for Spellbinders again today! I have three cards to share that showcase the Royal Flourish Glimmer Collection by Becca Feeken!! I absolutely love the Super Chill Paper Pad that was included with this month’s Card Kit of the Month. I wanted to pair the floral and butterfly patterns that with these foil plates are included in that paper pad. I started by hot foiling the largest of the Imperial Adorned Ovals Glimmer Hot Foil Plates onto a floral paper from the Super Chill Paper Pad with Pink Foil. I fussy cut around the foiled oval…
