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Star Background 3 Ways + Glimmer Tips | Spellbinders Live
You’ll be seeing stars with today’s card making tips and tricks. Today in the Creative Classroom, Kim Kesti shares three ideas for creating a starry background on handmade cards. Sky Full of Stars Card Kim’s first card features the Glimmer Hot Foil System. If you’re new to hot foiling, you’ll love the tips that Kim shares in this video tutorial. To begin this card, Kim started with black Pearled Basics cardstock and the Mini Rainbow Stripe Foil. Foiling the Celestial Star Glimmer Plate twice onto the card base creates a shimmering rainbow of stars for the perfect background. A simple stamped sentiment with the Starstruck Sentiments, plus sparkling gems, finish…
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FSJ Tools, Tips and Techniques: Make a Velvety Watercolor Background
Are you looking for a simple cardmaking technique that works like magic? How about an idea you can create in any color and with any of your favorite stencils? Do you love to play and try new things? Yes? We thought so – and we know you are going to LOVE today’s projects. Today’s card starts with three simple products: FSJ’s Liquid Color, a stencil, and a Media Mister filled with water. Have you played with Liquid Colors? They are a water based liquid dye ink and they can be used in so many ways. Today we’ll apply them to a card using a sponge dauber. Instructions: Blend a generous layer of…
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2 Ways to Use Foam Letter Stickers
Hello crafty friends! Let’s talk about letter stickers today. Letter stickers have long been a supply in our arsenal as paper crafters. Whether you’re a scrapbooker, a cardmaker, or a mixed media artist – letter stickers come in handy for a variety of projects. Today let’s take a look at two cardmaking ideas featuring our Big Alphabet Foam Letter Stickers, used in two very different ways! Mix and Match Stamps and Stickers For this fun and colorful Hi & Hello card, Laura created a sentiment by mixing and matching a stamped sentiment, with two types of stickers – the Big Alphabet Foam Letter Stickers, plus the ampersand from the Be…
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Better Together! | Tools, Tips and Techniques
Hello, Fun friends! We are so very excited to share with you today because we think you’re going to be so excited about what we’re sharing with you. You know and love Fun Stampers Journey products, right? Well, today Creative Director Kim Kesti is sharing some Spellbinders stamps with our beautiful Liquid Colors. Would you like to watch how Kim paired these two together? You can do so right here! Let’s not delay, lets add color. Isn’t this one lovely? As you can see it’s super simple, just a couple of steps and you have something amazing to send to your loved ones. Let’s talk about how Kim made this…
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Easy Marbling Technique | Tools, Tips and Techniques
Hello, Fun friends! We are so very excited to share with you today because we think you’re going to LOVE what we’re sharing with you. You love simple and gorgeous paper crafting techniques, right? We love how Creative Director Kim Kesti shared how to create a beautiful marbled background using our Liquid Colors. Would you like to watch how Kim created these two cards? You can do so right here! Let’s not delay, lets get a little bit messy! Isn’t it just stunning?! That beautiful marble background looks like some expensive piece of stone or artwork that took hours to create. However, as Kim showed us in her video –…
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Embossing With Color | Tools, Tips and Techniques
Hello, Fun friends! We cannot wait to share with you today. We’re hoping that you’ve been having fun with your favorite Fun Stampers Journey products this week. And, we’re thinking that you might want to try embossing with color like Creative Director Kim Kesti shared on our T3 series! Would you like to watch how Kim created these two cards? You can do so right here! Let’s not delay, lets stamp! Aren’t those simply gorgeous? They are soft and elegant — perfect to send to someone who maybe needs a prayer. Not only are they gorgeous, they are fun and easy to make. Both of these cards were created with…
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Spotlight Stamping | Tools, Tips & Techniques
Hello, Fun friends! We cannot wait to share with you today. We’re hoping that you’re going to have some free time to play with your favorite Fun Stampers Journey stamp sets in the coming days. And, we’re thinking that you might want to try the Spotlight Stamping technique that Creative Director Kim Kesti shared on our T3 series! Would you like to watch how Kim created these two cards with the Spotlight Stamping technique? You can do so right here! Let’s not delay, lets stamp! Isn’t that just beautiful? Not only are the colors just perfect together? Painting with Liquid Colors provides stunning results. So does that Spotlight Stamping Technique…
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FSJ August Bloom Box – Backyard Blooms
There’s nothing to not love about the August Bloom Box! Have you seen it? Because if you have, we know you love it as much as we do. This month we have a sweet summery and floral stamp set that is perfect to use for so many different types of cards — birthday, thank you & more. And this color palette? It’s PERFECT for summer and it’s just so beautifully coordinated. Do you have anyone in mind you would send these cards to? Do you need a thank you card for anyone you know? Need to send a note for a gift received or a kind act? This Thanks A Bunch…
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FSJ July Bloom Box – Life’s Sweetness!
There’s nothing to not love about the July Bloom Box! Have you seen it? Because if you have, we know you love it as much as we do. This month we have a sweet summery stamp set that is perfect to use for so many different types of cards — birthday, thank you & more. And the color palette? It’s PERFECT for summer and it’s just so beautifully coordinated. Do you have anyone in mind you would send these cards to? How about a sweet friend? We think that the answer is for sure, yes! What is your favorite part of this card? Do you love the chocolate covered strawberries…
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Simple Mixed Media Inspiration with Canvas Sheets
One of our favorite parts of the week at FSJ is bringing you LIVE inspiration and education through our Tryday Friday videos. We’re on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel each Friday afternoon with a crafty project or two – and today we’re featuring a product you may not have used on your cards yet. It’s FSJ’s Canvas Sheets. Watch the video right here or check out the photos below and learn to add canvas and just a little mixed media into your cardmaking. Isn’t that beautiful? The canvas sheets create a beautiful textured base to work on and adding the Journey Gesso prevents the ink from soaking in and…
