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  • Marvelous Mermaids Collection by Jane Davenport | Slimline Mermaid Birthday Card with Yasmin Diaz
    Cardmaking,  Die Cutting,  Stamping,  Step by Step Tutorials

    Marvelous Mermaids Collection by Jane Davenport | Slimline Mermaid Birthday Card with Yasmin Diaz

    April 23, 2020 / No Comments

    Hello, Spellbinders’ and FSJ friends! Yasmin here sharing with you this Slimline Mermaid Birthday card that, I’ve created using stamps and die sets from the Marvelous Mermaids Collection by Jane Davenport. So, without further ado, I’ll be showcasing this gorgeous collection by sharing with the step by step how I made it. To begin with, I started by trimming down an 8.5″x11″ white cardstock sheet to H 9″ x W 8″ Then, I transferred it to my scoring board, and I scored a line at 4″” mark so, after marking the scoring line I folded it in half, and I reinforced the fold with my Teflon bone-folder. Therefore, after folding…

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    Sweet Reindeer & Joyful Santa with Vera Yates

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    Modern Essentials Inspiration | Clean & Simple Foiled Cards with Yasmin

    February 25, 2020 / No Comments

    Hello, Spellbinders’ and FSJ friends! Yasmin here sharing with you 3-Inspiration Cards featuring the new; Modern Essentials Collection. Honestly, this is a collection that every crafters must have in their collection as, not only add the Essential Etched Dies add beautiful create an intricate dotted edges but, also works perfectly with the new; Essential Glimmer Hot Foil Plates which add that perfect and elegant foiled accent on your cards. So, without further ado, let’s jump to the step by step on how to make them. Rectangle/oval Just Because With 1 Foil Accent Card To begin with, I started by turning on the Glimmer Hot Foil System Platform. While the platform…

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    August 31, 2022
    Spellbinders Elegant Twist Collection by Becca Feeken - Cardmaking Inspiration with Hussena Calcuttawala #spellbinders #NeverStopMaking #AmazingPaperGrace

    Elegant Twist Collection Cardmaking Inspiration with Hussena Calcuttawala

    June 17, 2020
    March 2024 Embossing Folder of the Month Preview & Tutorials – Checkered Scallops

    March 2024 Embossing Folder of the Month Preview & Tutorials – Checkered Scallops

    March 1, 2024
  • What’s New at Spellbinders | Cut & Emboss Folders #Spellbinders #NeverStopMaking #DieCutting #Cardmaking #embossingfolder #embossing
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    What’s New | Cut & Emboss Folders

    February 18, 2020 / No Comments

    Cut & emboss folders make it easy to achieve stunning results – just one pass through your die cutting machine creates a gorgeous embossed backdrop assented by selected die cuts. Our latest Cut & Emboss Folders collection takes you around the world with designs inspired by some of our favorite places. Welcome to the latest edition of What’s New At Spellbinders. Join Kim Kesti as she presents our brand new Cut & Emboss Folders for February 2020. Watch video below or on our Youtube channel: Cut and Emboss Folders are embossing folders with etched dies embedded inside to cut and emboss in one pass. Everything is done for you! The…

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    October 1, 2025
    Spellbinders Cardmaking Inspiration | With Love Card Featuring Candlewick Grand Pocket with Kim Kesti #Spellbinders #NeverStopMaking #GlimmerHotFoilSystem

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    June 2, 2020
    Cardmaker II Collection – Card Inspiration with Annie Williams

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  • Spellbinders Yana's Foiled Basics collection by Yana Smakula | Feminine Foiled Card Set with Lea Lawson | Video tutorial #YSFoiledBasics #GlimmerHotFoilSystem #Spellbinders #HotFoiling
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    Yana’s Foiled Basics | Feminine Foiled Card Set with Lea Lawson | Video

    February 10, 2020 / No Comments

    Yana’s Foiled Basics collection from designer Yana Smakula is here! Yana says: I adore everything Glimmer. Foiling adds such gorgeous, exquisite effects to handmade cards, it is impossible to resist. When designing my Foiled Basics collection I wanted to create a set of plates to be used together that would allow us, cardmakers, to easily and quickly build beautiful, one-of-a-kind cards. I hope you’ll enjoy creating with Foiled Basics collection. Join designer Lea Lawson as she shares 3 beautiful hot foil cards created using this collection. Watch Lea’s video below or on Youtube:  Best Wishes Card Featuring: Foliage Border, Organic Foliage, Yana’s Sentiments & Polka Dot Strip Thank You…

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    Spellbinders December Large Die of the Month is Here – Many Thanks Gatefold!

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    Christmas Traditions Inspiration with Andrea Shell

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    Yana’s Foiled Basics | Foiled Card Ideas with Marie Heiderscheit | Video

    February 10, 2020 / No Comments

    Yana’s Foiled Basics collection from designer Yana Smakula is here! Yana says: I adore everything Glimmer. Foiling adds such gorgeous, exquisite effects to handmade cards, it is impossible to resist. When designing my Foiled Basics collection I wanted to create a set of plates to be used together that would allow us, cardmakers, to easily and quickly build beautiful, one-of-a-kind cards. I hope you’ll enjoy creating with Foiled Basics collection. Join designer Marie Heiderscheit as she shares 3 beautiful hot foil cards created using this collection. Watch Marie’s video below or on Youtube: Greetings Card Featuring: Foliage Border, Organic Foliage & Yana’s Sentiments Sending My Love Card Featuring: Foliage Border,…

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    November 1, 2020
    Coming Soon! Spellbinders January 2021 Club Kits

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    December 29, 2020
    STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL FOR CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHRISTMAS USING THE INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY SENTIMENTS WITH ISHA GUPTA, S3-567, S5-717, S5-635

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    Yana’s Foiled Basics | Clean & Simple Foiled Cardmaking with Michelle Short | Video

    February 10, 2020 / 1 Comment

    Yana’s Foiled Basics collection from designer Yana Smakula is here! Yana says: I adore everything Glimmer. Foiling adds such gorgeous, exquisite effects to handmade cards, it is impossible to resist. When designing my Foiled Basics collection I wanted to create a set of plates to be used together that would allow us, cardmakers, to easily and quickly build beautiful, one-of-a-kind cards. I hope you’ll enjoy creating with Foiled Basics collection. Join designer Michelle Short as she shares 3 beautiful hot foil cards created using this collection. Watch Michelle’s video below or on Youtube:  Happy Birthday Foiled Card Featuring: Foliage Border & Yana’s Sentiments Thank You Foiled Card: Featuring: Organic…

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    March 2021 Small Die of the Month Is Here – Spring Flowers Card Creator

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  • Spellbinders Yana's Foiled Basics Collection - Inspiration | Feminine Cards with Yasmin Diaz #YSFoiledBasics #GlimmerHotFoilSystem #Spellbinders #HotFoil #Cardmaking
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    Yana’s Foiled Basics Inspiration | Feminine Cards with Yasmin

    February 7, 2020 / 2 Comments

    Hello Spelbinders’ and FSJ friends! Yasmin, here sharing with you 3 inspiration projects featuring the new; Yana’s Foiled Basics Project Kit. This kit comes with four gorgeous Glimmer Hot Foil Plate sets along with four rolls of foil. Which means that you’ll be ready and set to create beautiful cards just, like these 3 that I’m about to share with you. Gate Fold Card with Foliage Border To create this Gate Fold with a Foliage Border card, I started by scoring and folding the card base. The card base measurements were; W 8 1/4’’ x H 5 1/2’’ in. Once, I had the large white card base, I placed it…

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  • Spellbinders Foil Basics Collection by Yana Smakula - Inspiration | Clean & Simple Cards with Jung AhSang
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    Foil Basics Inspiration | Clean & Simple Cards with Jung AhSang

    February 6, 2020 / No Comments

    Hello friends! My name is Jung AhSang, and I am so excited to be returning with another guest post on the Spellbinders blog. If you’d like to follow my crafty projects, my blog is jungahsang.wordpress.com. When I saw the products in the new Foil Basics collection by Yana Smakula I immediately knew I had to make a polka dot card; I love polka dots! Today, I’m working with all the products from this collection. I am using the Polka Dot Strip, Yana’s Sentiments set, the Foliage Border set, and the Organic Foliage set. For my first card, I wanted to showcase the polka dot strip. On a piece of light…

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    Yana’s Foiled Basics Inspiration | Simple Foiled Cards with Bibi Cameron

    February 5, 2020 / 3 Comments

    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…

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  • Spellbinders Foil Basics Collection by Yana Smakula - Inspiration | Envelope Bouquet with Marie Nicole
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    February 4, 2020 / No Comments

    Hello, crafty friends! Its Marie here again from Marie Nicole Designs. I had the pleasure of creating with the new Foil Basics Glimmer plates and I have two cards to show you today! These Glimmer plates are full of lovely foliage and scripty fonts. Perfect for building a foiled wreath and adding the perfect sentiment to your cards. For my first card today, I filled a little envelope with the foliage pieces that I foiled and die cut with these new glimmer plates. Foliage Envelope I began by foiling all my pieces with gold foil, and then die cutting them with the coordinating dies. I used the foliage pieces from…

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