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Fashionably Fun – Sweet Cardlets
Hello crafty friends! I’m Jean, a papercrafter living in the Pacific Northwest blogging at Right as Rain. I am delighted to share cards combining two of my favorite techniques–diecutting and foiling–to showcase the Sweet Cardlets Collection by Becca Feeken for Spellbinders. For all three cards, I’ve used Black Glimmer Foil, one of my favorite ways to add impact and style to a card. With the Sweet Cardlets Collection, you’ll create cards suitable for a multitude of occasions that come together in minutes. The sets contain foil plates and dies that include background, focal image, and sentiments. Please note: I used the Foil Trimmer to cut the foil for these projects.…
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Foiled Halloween and Thanksgiving Cards with Jean
Hello crafty friends! I’m Jean, a paper crafter living in the Pacific Northwest blogging at Right as Rain. I am delighted to be on the Spellbinders blog today sharing colorful, foiled cards created with products in the Fall/Halloween Collection. No matter what your style–fun or elegant–the collection has something to offer for fall holiday cardmaking. Happy Halloween Card The design of the Halloween card makes for quick construction as the individual images are foiled separately and cut with a circle die. As one image was heating up, I prepared the next to be foiled. Foil bat from the Spooky Greetings set in Black on lime green cardstock. Foil ghost from…
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Beyond the Wedding Season with Jean Manis
Hello crafty friends! I’m Jean, a papercrafter living in the Pacific Northwest blogging at Right as Rain. I am thrilled to be on the Spellbinders blog today sharing three cards created with the Wedding Season Collection by Nichol Spohr. My cards illustrate how the collection can be used for occasions other than weddings. Additionally, I show how materials other than cardstock add shine, texture, and visual interest. Let’s take a look! On my first card, I created a masculine Congratulations card for someone landing a job. With the Wedding Dress & Tux set, I cut the suit from gray flannel and the shirt from a linen-textured white cardstock. I cut…
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Glimmer Background Collection – Not Just for Backgrounds with Jean Manis
Hello crafty friends! I’m Jean, a papercrafter living in the Pacific Northwest blogging at Right as Rain. I am thrilled to be on the Spellbinders blog today sharing projects created with the Glimmer Background Collection. I am relatively new to foiling with the Glimmer Hot Foil System and had a blast trying out the four plates in the collection. I foiled with different colors of foil, including Rainbow Foil, foiled on different colors of cardstock, and I tried dry-embossing with the plates. My number one piece of advice is to experiment! The plates, measuring 2 ½” x 6″, create gorgeous backgrounds (as the collection name implies) and the variations are…
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The Effortless Greetings Project Kit | Cardmaking Inspiration with Michelle Short | Video
The Effortless Greetings Project Kit is here! This Effortless Greetings Project Kit is the perfect way to get your hands on early products from one of the upcoming April Collections “Effortless Greetings Collection by Laurie Willison.” This kit comes with an assortment of THREE new Glimmer plate sets, two rolls of Glimmer hot foils, a clear stamp set, and a card making project kit to make FOUR cards. BUY KIT NOW Included in Project Kit: Framed Details Glimmer Plate Set GLP-162 Foiled Brushstrokes and Stripes Glimmer Plate Set GLP-163 Effortless Sentiments Glimmer Plate & Die Set GLP-164 Floral Love Clear Stamp Set STP-012 Glimmer Foil Roll – Silver GLF-003 Glimmer…
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5 Alternative Projects with 3D Vignette Mini Album Collection by Becca Feeken with Bibi Cameron
Hello from Scotland! It is Bibi Cameron here and I’m happy to be able to share ideas and inspiration using some of the dies from the latest 3D Vignette Mini Album collection by Becca Feeken. I’m all about gold but I choose silver and holographic cardstock for the 3 main projects today. I thought this stunning neutral color will allow me to show you the true beauty of the die cuts. Wrinkled Flowers Using Sweet Cottage Flowers Dies to die cut a piece of barely grey cardstock. Spray the floral die cuts with water and allow the paper to absorb it. Next, gently crush the die cuts like if you…
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Paul Antonio Holiday 2019 Inspiration | Gift Giving Ideas with Niki Coursey
Hey y’all! I’m Niki, the chicky behind Cardstoq Blog, and I’m SO happy to be guest designing here on the Spellbinders Blog. Today’s fun is all about the Holiday 2019 Collection by Paul Antonio, and I’ve put together a matching trio of projects to help get your creativity flowing for the upcoming holiday season. I like making matching sets like these because it helps me dress up a gift like a pro, and it will help you too: picture a matching tag and card on a gorgeous white embossed wrapping paper and an extra little gift bag tied on with a sweet treat inside! Stunning, I tell ya. Let’s get…
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Video: Hot Foil Resist and Watercolor with Flower Pattern Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & ColorSticks by Jane Davenport
Hello, Spellbinders’ fans! I’m Yana Smakula, a creative designer at Spellbinders, in this video I’m sharing a hot foil and watercolor project using some of our newest products. If you are new to the Glimmer Hot Foil System I encourage you to check out our Glimmer Hot Foil playlist on Youtube for more information about this machine. For my project today I decided to combine two awesome techniques – Hot Foiling & Watercolor. Foil, once applied to the paper, creates a resist effect. You can blend ink over it, spray your background with colorful spray inks or watercolor over for a gorgeous, one of a kind look. To begin, I…
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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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Glimmer Hot Foil Inspiration | Foiled Cards with Brenda
Hello everyone!! This is Brenda, from MyPaperCut Creations. I am absolutely thrilled to be guest posting for Spellbinders today!! I have three cards to share that showcase the festive Glimmer Plates January 2019 Release!! I am really getting the hang of using the Glimmer Hot Foil System!! The foil is such a nice touch on handmade cards! A couple of weeks ago, I needed a thank you card. Sounds pretty simple, right? Except I needed one for a guy. I had plenty of thank you cards in my stash, but they were all feminine. I couldn’t send a floral card to this man. So I decided to make my first…
