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Adding Color to Better Press with Inks, Foils, and Pencils!
Hi friends! Emily Midgett from Sixth Street Sundries is here with you today on the Spellbinders blog, and I’m so excited to be featuring these beautiful new images from the Simon Hurley Spring Sampler Better Press collection! These images are classic and utterly reminiscent of springtime, featuring some storybook bunnies that are channeling Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit illustrations, an embossing folder that adds beautifully subtle and neutral basket texture, and some elegant magnolia images that are gorgeous with or without coloring. I have three projects to share with you today upon which I have added lots of color with both inks and colored pencils, so let’s get started with the…
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Hexi-Gems Card Ideas with Lisa Tilson
Hello everyone, this is Lisa Tilson from My Card Trip and I am thrilled to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog today. I will be featuring the gorgeous new Hexi-Gems Collection and have three cards to share with you. This collection consists of a beautiful floral glimmer hot foil plate, a simple and fun stitching die, some new nesting hexi-gem etched dies, a solid hot foil plate and some fabulous sentiments which are suitable for many different occasions. Hello Friend Card My first card is the “busiest” of all of my three cards but I love how it turned out. I started with the stitching element and for this,…
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Delicate Impressions Collection – Cardmaking Ideas with Jenny
Hello all my crafty friends, I hope you’re doing well! It’s Jenny here, joining you to share the three card projects I’ve created with the Becca Feeken Delicate Impressions Collection. This collection is absolutely gorgeous! It features some simply stunning background, border and sentiment Glimmer plates in such a delicate and ornate style – absolutely perfect for foiling. And once again, the Glimmer sentiments feature a coordinating outline die which is amazing for avoiding fussy cutting! Beautiful Friend My first card features the Sweet Blooms Border Glimmer Plate which is my favorite from the entire Collection. I glimmered it twice on an A2 panel of handmade watercolor paper using Blush…
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Becca Feeken Sweet Cardlets Collection – Glimmered Sweet Cardlets with Marie
Hello, crafty friends! Marie here from Marie Nicole Designs. I get to share a few card designs I created using the Sweet Cardlet Collection. These cards are clean and simple and they show how easy it is to build some encouraging cards for friends and loved one. Graceful Swan Glimmer Plates For my first card, I simply glimmered the design plate on some colored cardstock. I turned the plate at an angle to create a diamond on the upper portion of the card. I have found that glimmering on smooth cardstock gives best results, so I always grab my cardstock with a smooth texture. After I had the background design…
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Becca’s Picot Petite Collection Inspiration with Jenny Colacicco
Hi there everyone, it’s Jenny from JCCards here! I have three card projects today that feature the elegant Picot Petite Collection from Becca Feeken for Spellbinders. This die collection is simply stunning – so intricate with its loops and flourishes, but with staple shapes perfect for borders on all sorts of cards. All three of my cards today feature metallic cardstock and patterned paper. I’m always looking for new ideas for my gigantic stash of patterned paper, and these dies provide the perfect complement – no stamping required! Seasons Greetings My first card features the Filigree Quartet. This is a super clever die which can be used to use lace-like…
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Trio Of Foiled Background Christmas Cards With Jung Ahsang
Hello crafty friends! My name is Jung AhSang, and I am so excited to be back for another guest post on the Spellbinders blog. I love to make handmade cards, I’m a scrapbooker, and I like to do crafts with my 3 girls. If you’d like to follow my crafty projects, my blog is jungahsang.wordpress.com. Today, I’m working with the new Christmas Foiled Basics collection by Yana Smakula. When I looked at all the pieces in this set, I realized that I could make some great foiled backgrounds, and include a simple, but elegant sentiment. Happy Holidays Foiled Card For my first card, I created a classic red card using…
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Elegant Twist Collection Cardmaking Inspiration with Hussena Calcuttawala
Hello, crafty friends! It’s Hussena from Quill and Punch Works here! I’m excited to be guesting here on the Spellbinders blog, sharing two card projects I created using the magnificent Elegant Twist Collection by Becca Feeken. I had such a great time working with this collection – the designs are beautiful and timeless and can be combined and used for so many projects! Elegant Twist Collection creates designs with the classic braid motif in mind. Layer with other coordinating shapes to inspire elegance and beauty that Amazing Paper Grace by Becca Feeken is known for. My first Card features the Elegant Twist Circles Etched Dies, the Splendid Trilliant Etched Dies,…
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October 2019 Glimmer Plates Inspiration | Beautifully Foiled Cards with Marie
Hello, Spellbinder’s friends! It’s Marie here from Marie Nicole Designs. I am excited to share a few glimmered cards with you featuring the October Glimmer Plates from Spellbinders! There are several fun new sets to work with, and I love that some of the sets also have coordinating dies so you can Glimmer and then die cut to arrange on a card. Thank You So Very Much Card I’ll be sharing several cards with you today, but my first card features the Glimmering Layered Flowers set. I started this card by Glimmering all the flowers and leaves onto some Bristol smooth cardstock using Copper foil from Spellbinders. Then, I used…
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Glimmer Hot Foil Inspiration | Foiled Cards with Zsoka
Hello crafty friends, Zsoka here with you today! I’ve had the honor of working with the new Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Plates and I’m excited to share with you the projects I’ve created. You can see the five new designs here. In this post I’ll be showcasing three of them! First up the gorgeous Flower Pattern Glimmer Hot Foil Plate, which is my favorite! The pictures don’t do these foils justice, they are absolutely beautiful! On these two cards I’ve used three foils: Fuchsia Flower, which is a purple color, then Tangerine and Bright Pink. I foiled a bunch of A2 size white panels, then picked out these two. However,…
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Video: PA Scribe by Paul Antonio Foiled Cards with Nichol Spohr
Hi there! This is Nichol Spohr with three elegant hot foiled and die cut cards featuring new Hot Foil Glimmer Plates and Dies from the PA Scribe by Paul Antonio Collection. The new dies ans glimmer plates are made to work together seamlessly as well as be combined with any embellishments you like to make them your own! Let’s get started with the designs. The Monogram Laurel Glimmer Hot Foil Plate was foiled onto FSJ Huckleberry Fusion Cardsotck with Cobalt Blue Hot Foil. The “hey” and “handsome” Hey Beautiful Glimmer Hot Foil Plates were foiled in the center of the design with Matte Silver Hot Foil for a beautiful, layered…
