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Oh What Fun! Cards for Beginners with Jung
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jung, and I am so happy to be returning for another guest post on the Spellbinders blog. If you’d like to follow my crafty projects, my blog is jungahsang.wordpress.com, and my Instagram is @junglebarrya. Today, I’m working with some die-cuts from the Oh What Fun! collection. I will be showing 3 different and easy ways to use these fun diecuts on cards. For my first card, I made an interactive mini slimline card. To begin my card, I trimmed a piece of Cosmic Sky cardstock using one of the precision layering mini slimline dies. I wanted to add some interest to the background, so I used…
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Expressions of Faith Collection – Easy Holiday 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 Faith Collection from Spellbinders. The intricate cross designs in this collection are stunning when assembled, so I paired them with simple backgrounds and just a few embellishments to really let them shine in these two holiday cards. I thought the gorgeous details on the Kaleidoscope Cross would look beautiful in layers of gold and white. Once assembled, I draped a swag of lilies around it for a simple and elegant Easter card. Die cut the components of the Kaleidoscope Cross, using gold metallic cardstock for the top…
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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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Yana’s Christmas Foiled Basics Collection – Foiled Christmas Cards with Yasmin Diaz
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
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
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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Yana’s Christmas Foiled Basics with Bibi Cameron
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
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…
