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3 Wickedly Good Color Palettes for the Wonder of Oz Collection
Hello, crafty friends! I’m Adrienne Boese, better known online as Alice Scraps Wonderland. Today I’m sharing 3 different card ideas using the Wonder of Oz collection by Graphic 45. Two of these ideas use the traditional ruby red of the poppies and green of the Emerald City, while the final card finds color inspiration from the Wicked movies, with pink and green as the key colors. And just like there’s a color palette for all tastes in this blog post, there’s a technique for everyone, too! I include die cutting, embossing, hot foiling, and letter pressing ideas – so no matter what your favorite technique is, you are sure to…
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Never Doubt Your Magic with New The Wonder of Oz Collection
Hi friends! Emily Midgett from emilymidgett.com here with you today on the Spellbinders blog, and I am thrilled to be working with the fabulous new The Wonder of Oz Collection from Graphic 45! Watching Judy Garland sing her heart out as a child was one of the many musicals that piqued my musical interest as a young child, and so the Wizard of Oz has always been dear to my heart. My twins were even dressed as Dorothy and the Cowardly Lion for their first Halloween! The images in the Wonder of Oz collection are in the classic and intricate illustration style from the original book by Frank L. Baum,…
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Christmas Traditions Inspiration with Andrea Shell
Hello! It’s Andrea Shell with you, and I’m delighted to be back as a guest on the Spellbinders blog. Today I have three cards to share with you using the festive Christmas Traditions Collection. My first card features the beautiful Rejoice Nativity Etched Dies. These dies make it so easy to create elegant Christmas cards! I cut the frame die from gold foil paper, white cardstock, and two shades of brown. I trimmed “rejoice” from the white frame and the manger from the dark brown one and layered them onto the gold frame. I cut the sky background from navy cardstock and layered it onto a white oval. I glued…
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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…
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Stamp Camp Collection by Jane Davenport – Clean & Simple Character Cards 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 Stamp Camp Collection by Jane Davenport. Many of the striking images in this collection are reminiscent of fashion sketches and this inspired me to create two clean and simple cards that focus on the strong characters that Jane so beautifully illustrated. I couldn’t wait to color the delicate mermaid image from the Glorious Mermaid stamp set and thought she deserved a deep sea to swim around in. This clean and simple slimline card gives her plenty of space to roam, while keeping the focus on her. Cut…
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Christmas Foiled Basics Collection – Adding Touches of Color with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m so thrilled to have the opportunity to share a few projects using the new Christmas Foiled Basics Collection by Yana Smakula. Oftentimes I pull out my Glimmer Hot Foil Machine when I want to add some elegant accents to a card, but when I saw the gorgeous designs in this Glimmer plate collection, I knew the foiled elements would be the big star of the show. For these three cards, I’m sharing a few easy ways to add a touch of color to let that foiling on your project shine. Slimline Winter Village Card The Glimmer Winter Village plates stack perfectly to…
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Glimmery Holidays with Jean Manis
Hello crafty friends! I’m Jean, a papercrafter living in the Pacific Northwest blogging at Right as Rain. I am delighted to share three winter holiday cards showcasing the Christmas Foiled Basics Collection by Yana Smakula at Spellbinders. With this collection, you’ll create gorgeous, on-trend foiled cards. Grab some cocoa, put on some holiday music, and let’s take a look! You may recall that I am relatively new to foiling with the Glimmer Hot Foil System. This time around, I tried many different color combinations of foil and cardstock. With more experience under my belt, I was willing to foil several times on the same cardstock with different foil colors. At…
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Glimmer Hot Foil Inspiration | Clean & Simple Foiled Cards with Laurie Willison
Hello there, it’s Laurie Willison here from Soapbox Creations. I am so excited to be here today at Spellbinders, with a few new project using the January Glimmer Plates with the Glimmer Hot Foil System. If you are new to the Hot Foiling, then stay tuned so I can show you the kind of projects you can make with this amazing system! I tend to make projects that are clean and simple and using Hot Foil is a fun way to add a little detail to a card. By keeping it simple, I can let that foil shine! No pun intended 🙂 . To create this card, I used the…
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Spellbinders Glimmer Plates Inspiration | Cacti Layout with Anna Komenda
Hello Spellbinders friends. My name is Anna Komenda and I am over the moon happy to be back as a Guest Designer for this wonderful company. This time I had a great pleasure to work with new Glimmer Hot Foil System. To say I am in love with it is not enough. Quality of foiling with this machine is fantastic and foiled elements look so professional. I wouldn’t be myself if I wouldn’t try to incorporate foiling into the layout. When it comes to this machine there is no limitation on the size of the paper you want to add foiling on. However, the size of your die cutting machine…
