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With the NEW Glimmer Hot Foil System you can add stunning and eye catching foil details to any card or mixed media project. This exciting new system was designed to be used with your Platinum or Platinum 6 Die cutting & embossing machine, and is also compatible with many other die cutting machines including the Big Shot, Vagabond and many others.
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Butterfly Kisses: 3 Ways – Complicated to Simple by Joan Bardee
Hello and welcome! Iโm Joan Bardee and today Iโm featuring 3 cards using the Butterfly Kisses stamp and die set designed by the amazing Simon Hurley. Iโve got something for everyone here; the first card has lots of layers and colors; the second repeats 2 images; and the third is clean and simple. Used a lot of purple on these cards, which is a color that I rarely use โ but butterflies just seem to work with it! Floral Frame Card Used Yana Smakulaโs โperfect cardmaking formulaโ to design this card. This was a stretch for me as I usually make much simpler cards. Yanaโs formula is to place a…
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Anemone Blooms, a Trio of Cards
Hello crafty friends! Itโs Jung here, and today, Iโm sharing 3 cards that I made using the new Anemone Blooms collection by Yana Smakula. Yellow Foiled Anemones For my first card, I used the Anemone Glimmer Blooms as the focal point. First, I foiled the Anemone Glimmer Blooms hot foil plate on smooth white cardstock with polished brass foil. While my Glimmer machine was hot, I foiled all the sentiments from the Hello, Friend Sentiments as well as the Inside Card Glimmer Sentiments on smooth white cardstock with satin gold foil. Next, I used the coordinating die to die-cut the Anemone Blooms image, and then colored the image with Copic…
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Color with Cardstock – Anemone Blooms Cardmaking Ideas with Joan Bardee
I am delighted to share 3 ways (plus 2 bonus cards) to use the Anemone Blooms Collection, designed by the amazing Yana Smakula. Is it intimidating to use Yanaโs products on a Spellbinders blog post? You bet it is, but here it goes anyway! I love big bold anything, so these flowers stole my heart. I wasnโt familiar with anemones and a quick online search revealed that they come in a huge variety of colors. So, use whatever colors you love; for me โ pink is my first love. Hot Foiled Anemone Blooms If you are looking for maximum impact with minimal effort, just hot foil the Anemone Glimmer Blooms…
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Showered With Love Dimensional Cards
Hello crafty friends! Itโs Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I am thrilled to be back for another guest post on Spellbinderโs blog. I have three projects to share with you today that feature the new Showered With Love Collection by Vicky Papaioannou. I fell in love with this adorable collection the moment that I saw it and love how versatile it is! Duck with Umbrella Shadow Box Card For my first card, I created an A2-sized shadow box card featuring the sweet little Duck With Umbrella Etched Dies combined with the new Rain or Shine Etched Dies.ย I wanted to add a bit of dimension to my duck, so I first…
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Colorful Paper Quilt Cards
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and Iโm excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the new Home Sweet Quilt Collection by Becca Feeken. The gorgeous quilt-inspired patterns and beautiful heartfelt sentiments in the collection inspired me to create three pretty cards for different occasions. Floral Hello Card I was so taken by the beautiful and unique French Braid Panel design that I decided to try it out first.ย Here I combined a fun color-blended background with simple white flowers for this pretty mini slimline hello card. Die cut white cardstock once using the French Braid Panel Die insert and outline dies.…
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Playing with Postage Edge Shapes
Hello crafty friends! Itโs Angela Tombari here, from I Need Confetti, and today I would like to show you what I created with the new Postage Edge Shapes dies by Becca Feeken. I focused on the different shapes of postage dies and created three projects: a DIY ornament and two cards, plus a bonus one that Iโll show you at the end of the post, so keep on reading. DIY Christmas Ornament The first project I would like to share is a fun one and very easy to make: a Christmas ornament made with Postage Edge Circles dies. I cut 6 different sizes of card-stock circles, alternating the circle dies.…
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Postage Edge Shapes Collection Inspiration with Rosemary Dennis
Hello everyone! Rosemary Dennis here today on the Spellbinders blog. I am so excited to be sharing three projects using a brand new die collection created by Becca Feeken called Postage Edge Shapes. For all my projects I also used items from Cathe Holdenโs Flea Market Finds Christmas collection. Happy Holidays Card I covered a 5×7 card base with dark red cardstock that I embossed with the Holly Flourish embossing folder. Coordinating patterned paper from the Christmas Velvet paper pad were die cut with the largest rectangle and oval dies from the collection. I used black opaque foil, the Plaid Tidings Glimmer plate and Glimmer specialty cardstock to foil the…
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Trio of Floral Reflection Collection Cards with Jung AhSang
Hello crafty friends! Itโs Jung here, and I am so happy to be returning for another guest post on the Spellbinders blog. For my projects today, Iโm working with some products from the Floral Reflection collection. I love all the florals in the collection, and especially the heart dies! For my first card, I started with the Floral Reflection dies, along with the Essential Floral Reflection die. First, I die-cut all the dies in the Floral Reflection die set on white cardstock for the flower pieces, and craft cardstock for the larger foliage piece. I die-cut everything twice since you need 2 of the floral pieces to cover the shaped…
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Wax Seal Collection on Handmade Cards with Jung AhSang
Hello crafty friends! Itโs Jung here, and I am back with another guest post on the Spellbinders blog. For my projects today, Iโm working with some products from the new Wax Seal collection. This was such a fun collection to work with! There are a couple methods to work with the wax seals. You can pour the wax, and seal them directly on your project. You can also make the wax seals on the silicone mat that comes with the wax seal kit, and then adhere them to your project. I am a bit of a perfectionist, so I made my wax seals on the silicone mat. That way, I…
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Holiday Floral Swag 3 Ways โ Christmas Inspiration With Michelle Short
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share some inspiration using the Christmas Collection. My post today focuses on using Holiday Floral Swag in three different ways. WHITE-ON-WHITE ORNAMENT For my first project, I wanted to go with a simple white-on-white card. I love the look of white on white and the embossing really enhances it! I started off by running a panel of white cardstock through my Platinum 6 inside the Holiday Floral Swag 3D Embossing Folder. It was then adhered to the front of an A2 white card base. For my focal point, I die-cut the Nordic Ornament from white and gold glitter cardstock (for the topper) and adhered…