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  • Spellbinders Yana's Christmas Foiled Basics Collection by Yana Smakula – Adding Touches of Color with Annie Williams #spellbinders #NeverStopMaking #GlimmerHotFoilSystem #Cardmaking #Christmascardmaking
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    Christmas Foiled Basics Collection – Adding Touches of Color with Annie Williams

    September 19, 2020 / 1 Comment

    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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    Yana’s Christmas Foiled Basics Collection – Foiled Christmas Cards with Yasmin Diaz

    September 18, 2020 / No Comments

    Hello, Spellbinders and FSJ friends! Yasmin here, sooner than you know it… Christmas season will be knocking at our doors so, today I’ll be sharing with you these 3 inspiration projects showcasing the new Yana’s Christmas Foiled Basics Collection. Happy Holidays To begin with, these projects are assuming that you already know how-to-foil with the glimmer hot foil system but, if for some reason you’re not familiar you can find many tutorials on Spellbinders YouTube Channel so with that said, start by setting the Glimmer Hot Foil System Platform and the Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine on the crafting table, and while the platform is heating up… Line…

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    Elegant Foiled Handmade Christmas Cards with Ilda

    September 17, 2020 / No Comments

    Hello Crafty Friends! I am super excited to be over here on the Spellbinders Blog today. My name is  Ilda, a cardmaking Oncology Nurse from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada blogging at I Love Doing All things crafty. My cards today feature the Christmas Foiled Basics Collection by Yana Smakula. These Foil Plates and Dies are perfect for creating your own elegant handmade Christmas cards that will wow your friends and family for many years to come. Happy Holidays Foiled Card This first card I created is a very simple, yet elegant Happy Holiday card.  I began this card by using the Christmas Foliage Background Plate to foil and emboss the red cardstock…

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    Glimmery Holidays with Jean Manis

    September 16, 2020 / 1 Comment

    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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    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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    Hi from Scotland, this is Bibi Cameron here and I’m happy to be able to share five easy and simple ideas using glimmer plates from the new Christmas Foiled Basics collection designed by Yana Smakula for Spellbinders. This is a collection of 6 glimmer plates: Winter Village Christmas Foliage Background Yana’s Christmas Sentiments Gift Border Christmas Foliage Circle Border Christmas Organic Foliage To use any of these glimmers sets you will need the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System and hot foil. For all the projects below I used foiled sentiments made using “Yana’s Christmas Sentiments“, this set included 22 plates and 5 coordinating dies. Easy Christmas Foiled Cards, Tags and Mini…

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    What’s New | Yana’s Christmas Foiled Basics by Yana Smakula

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    I’m delighted to introduce you to my second collection of Glimmer Hot Plates called Yana’s Christmas Foiled Basics. This collection was based on my first collection, Foiled Basics and many items in this new line have a very similar look and feel to them, but with a Holiday twist. Christmas is one of my favorite holidays and Christmas cards by far are my favorite to make. So I couldn’t resist the opportunity to design several Christmas glimmer plates to create elegant foiled Christmas cards. Welcome to the latest segment of What’s New At Spellbinders & FSJ. Join Creative Director, Kim Kesti, as she presents brand new Yana’’s Christmas Foiled Basics…

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