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Sunny Floral Inspiration – Adding Colour and Using Shapes Three Ways
Hello there Spellbinders friends! This is Lisa Tilson from My Card Trip and I am thrilled to be back here again with you on the Spellbinders blog. Today, I have three cards to share with you using the Glimmering Flowers Collection. This collection consists of two floral glimmer hot foil plates which you can use on their own or you can use them with their coordinating layering stencils. There is also a new glimmer sentiment set which has lots of useful everyday sentiments in a fun curved banner design. I show three different ways of adding color to your card designs and I have kept my color palette similar on…
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April 2024 BetterPress Plate of the Month Preview & Tutorials โ Stitched for You
Our April 2024 BetterPress Plate of the Month preview & tutorials are here! Change the way you create with the NEW BetterPress Letter Press System, which provides an innovative way to achieve the elegant look of letterpress without all the mess. Itโs an easy-to-use system that produces professional stationery style with detailed impressions that can be felt to the touch. The BetterPress System works with your manual die-cutting machine to create beautiful, effortless, and detailed letterpress effects. Hereโs a look at the April 2024 BetterPress Plate of the Month – Stitched for You: BetterPress Letterpress system is needed to use this BetterPress Plate. Sold separately. JOIN THE CLUB April 2024…
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April 2024 Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month Preview & Tutorials โ Sew Amazing
Our April 2024 Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month Club preview & tutorials are here! The Glimmer Hot Foil membership subscription includes an exclusive Glimmer Hot Foil Plate Set + One Roll of Foil (colors may vary). Please note, new Subscription Sign-Up Window will now open on the 6th of each month and close on the 27th (once existing club members subscriptions have been processed.) If there is additional inventory remaining, then they will be made available for new subscriptions and will have limited availability. Continuing Subscriptions will charge on the 5th of each month. This means existing Club Members will still be able to cancel subscriptions or make…
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Fun Ways to Use Patterned Paper in Your Cardmaking Projects
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and Iโm excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of easy and fun ways to use patterned paper in your cardmaking projects.ย Patterned papers can be a little intimidating to some due to busy patterns or bright colors, but I hope these techniques can help to show how easily they can add texture and color to an otherwise plain card. Pretty Floral Hello Card I love buffalo plaid, but it can be a very bold look and draw too much attention away from your focal point sometimes.ย Here I toned this blue plaid pattern down a bit by splitting…
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Simple and Elegant Cards Using Sentiments as a Focal Point
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and Iโm excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of easy cards made with the new Copperplate Everyday Sentiments Collection by Paul Antonio. The beautiful, oversized sentiment plates in this collection create amazing focal points for simple and elegant cards. Black & White Thank You Card Paul Antonioโs gorgeous calligraphy deserves the spotlight on any card and the Copperplate Thank You Sentiment Plate is one of my favorites.ย Here I used the classic black, white, and gold color combination for an elegant thank you card. Ink up the Copperplate Thank You Sentiment Plate with BetterPress Black Ink and press…
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Make Sentiments the Star!
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Copperplate Everydayย Sentiments collection by Paul Antonio. These beautiful sentiments really pack a punch and are perfect to be the focal point on a card! THANK YOU Whilst I did cover up some of the flourish in the โYโ on this card, I really love the simplicity of this card design. I think it makes the sentiment the star of the show! To make this card: I placed the Copperplate Thank You Press Plate onto the chase of the BetterPress Letterpress System. I added a Porcelain BetterPress A2 Cotton Card Panel on the…
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Summer, Summer, Summertime… Flowers, Birds and Beautiful Sentiments!
Hello there! This is Lisa Tilson from My Card Trip and I am happy to be back here on the Spellbinders blog with you. Today, I am sharing three ideas using the beautiful new Copperplate Everyday Sentiments Collection by calligrapher Paul Antonio. In this BetterPress collection you have six gorgeous scripty font sentiment plates covering a wide variety of occasions. You can create timeless letterpress designs with these plates and I hope I can get your creative juices flowing with how I have used them. Letโs get started! Hello For my first project, I thought I would create my most needed type of card – a general โhelloโ. So the…
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Bright And Breezy Florals to Light Up Your Day
Hello there Spellbinders friends! This is Lisa Tilson from My Card Trip and I am delighted to be back here again with you on the Spellbinders blog. Today, I am sharing three ideas using the beautiful Mirrored Arch Collection. This collection contains three gorgeous new press plates, a set of nesting etched dies and a fabulous new 3D emboss and cut folder. I had fun creating my three cards to share with you so letโs take a look at what I made! I hope that this gives you some ideas for your own cards. Mom โ Thanks For Everything Have you got your sunglasses on? Well, you will need to…
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Spread Some Love With Florals!
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Mirrored Arch collection. This beautiful collection is perfect for sending love to friends and family. AMAZING FRIEND For my first card, I wanted to show how you can create a card with minimal supplies. I used just one plate set, plus one die set (although not necessary). To make this card: I placed the Mirrored Arch Blooms Press Plate (not including the sentiment) onto the chase of the BetterPress Letterpress System. I added a Porcelain BetterPress A2 Cotton Card Panel on the platen and held it in place with Best Ever Craft…
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Creating Three Cheery Cards With the Same Color Blend
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and Iโm thrilled to be back on the blog today to share a couple of brightly-blended cards made with the new Mirrored Arch Collection from Spellbinders.ย I love this new modern take on the classic oval frame and combined it with the same bright color blend to create three cards for different occasions. Bright Blended Birthday Card I loved all of the options provided by the Mirrored Arch Nested Sprigs Press Plate, so picked this setup first.ย With four concentric frame plates, you can create an ornate frame with tons of different layers.ย Here I used just the largest two layers to foil a…