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Cardmaking, Die Cutting Inspiration, Glimmer Hot Foil Inspiration, Intermediate, Stamping Inspiration, Step by Step Tutorials
Joyful Christmas Inspiration with Jen Kotas
Hello! I’m Jen Kotas from Who Stole My Glitter and I’m happy to be here today to share three cards featuring the Joyful Christmas Collection from Simon Hurley. This is a large and thorough collection with fabulous stamps, dies, and hot foil plates. Retro Ornaments Season’s Greetings Card The Joyful Christmas Sentiments Glimmer Plates are designed to be foiled and die-cut as one. That is how I created the sentiments for the first and third cards. Hot foil the Retro Ornaments Hot Foil Plate and Joyful Christmas Sentiments Hot Foil Plate on white cardstock using Satin Gold Hot Foil Roll. Die cut with included dies and color with Copic markers.…
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3D Vignette Pet House – Project 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 3D Vignette Pet House Die Set by Becca Feeken. The elegant pet house design and sweet accessories inspired me to create three different kinds of projects with this die set – a pretty 3D vignette, a sweet card, and a fun Christmas gift tag that can double as an ornament. 3D Dog House Vignette Becca’s 3D designs are so much fun to put together and the finished projects are always amazing. Here I chose pretty blues and teals to create a 3D dog house vignette…
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Gnome for Christmas with Rachel Alvarado – 3D Cardmaking & Coloring
Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com and @theunpamperedstamper. I’m thrilled to share with you some fun projects featuring items from the new Gnome for Christmas Collection. I love to make a variety of cards with lots of color and/or 3D elements and am always looking for ways to stretch the use of my stamps and dies. 3D Shadow Box For my first project, I created a 3D Shadow Box Card showcasing the Holly Jolly Gnome Etched Die Set combined with the Big Holiday Words Clear Stamp & Die Set. Shadowbox cards are actually pretty simple to create and I made mine from scratch. I’ve included some quick and…
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A Trio of Foiled Holiday Tags with Marie Nicole
Hello, Spellbinders friends! Marie here again from Marie Nicole Designs. Please don’t judge me for sharing Christmas projects already, but the Glimmer Greetings collection from Spellbinders is all things Christmas! Besides, Christmas crafting is all year long- am I right? To begin creating my tags, I used some arch dies from Spellbinders to cut a few layers of red and white paper. When creating a set of cards or tags, I like to pick a few colors and stick with that palette. When all my projects are created, they look like a matching set. For this first tag, I used the Plaid Tidings Glimmer Plate to create a red foiled…
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Celebrate the Season Inspiration with Michelle Short
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share some inspiration using the new Celebrate the Season Collection. This is a wonderful collection of dies, stamps, hot foil plates, and embossing folders perfect for the holiday season. WINTER SLED CARD For my first card, I started off by die-cutting the elements from Winter Welcome Sled. This set is so fun to put together! The sled can be used on its own but paired with the ice skates it makes for a fun winter card. I adhered the pieces of the sled and ice skates, first and adhered them together using Bearly Art Glue. The sled adhered to an A2 white card base…
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Trio of Stitched Holiday Cards with Jung
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jung here, and I am very 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. For my projects today, I’m working with some products from the Stitchmas Christmas collection. I love how the dies cut the holes, and there are embossed lines to guide your stitches. You could also stitch just part of the design, and it would still be gorgeous. Stitched Ornament Card For my first card, I used the stitched ornament etched dies. First, I die-cut the stitched ornament from Poppy Field cardstock. Then,…
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Hot Foiling the Be Bold Color Block Collection
Hello! My name is Jen Kotas and I’m so happy to be on the Spellbinders blog today. I’ve got two cards to share with you made using the new Be Bold Color Block Collection. What a fun collection with so many ways to use them creatively! I decided not to add any embellishments since there was so much shiny hot foil there already. If you don’t do hot foiling (though I highly recommend it), you could use stamps instead. For the Christmas card, you could foil the cardstock first and then die cut but I wasn’t sure what I was doing when I cut it ahead of time. Make sure…
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The Slimline Holiday Collection – Exploring Pattern and Texture with Jean Manis
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jean here sharing three slimline holiday cards created with the Slimline Holiday Collection. This versatile collection of slimline die sets and embossing folders can be used to create distinctive projects for any number of occasions, including Christmas. Let’s take a look! Did you know? The word kaleidoscope is derived from Greek and translates to “observation of beautiful forms.” I’ve created a Christmas card in which I cut kaleidoscope layers from foil and glitter cardstock to add color and texture. Cut Circle Kaleidoscope frame from Snowdrift cardstock; back with red foil cardstock. Adhere to 8 ½” x 3 ½” Brushed Gold cardstock base. Die cut three sets…
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How to Trim a Tree in 3 Easy Steps with Jean
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jean here sharing two holiday cards created with the Spellbinders Trim a Tree Collection, which includes dies, glimmer plates, and a stencil that work together or separately. I’m showing how to create cards with this collection using a three-step approach: create the background, create the focal point(s), and embellish. Let’s take a look! A snowy, forest scene captures the magic of the holidays Create background: Create A2-size card base. Cut A2-size panel from navy cardstock. Foil Gifts of Christmas sentiment in Gold in upper-left. Mask sentiment area and apply white embossing paste through the Layered Christmas Tree Stencil (snow portion) to panel. Set aside to dry.…
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Beginner, Cardmaking, Die Cutting Inspiration, Glimmer Hot Foil Inspiration, Platinum 6, Step by Step Tutorials
Glimmer Essentials Collection – CAS and Colorful Geometrics
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jean here sharing two CAS cards created with the Glimmer Essentials Collection. This collection can be used for any number of occasions and was designed to work with the Essential die sets in the same shapes: circles, squares, rectangles, and ovals. I couldn’t resist playing with bright colors to create a circle art card featuring tone-on-tone, glimmer-foiled circles in two sizes. Create A2-size card base from gray cardstock. Glimmer-foil the Essential Duo Lines Glimmer Circles in two sizes (1.77 in. and 0.77 in.) as follows: Red on red cardstock; Teal on teal cardstock; Citrine on yellow-green cardstock; Cobalt Blue on royal blue cardstock; and Tangerine on…