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Yana’s Blooming Birthday Collection | Card Inspiration 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 Yana’s Blooming Birthday Collection from Spellbinders. The modern backgrounds, gorgeous florals, and beautiful sentiments inspired me to create three cards in different styles for various occasions. Foiled Floral Card The Glimmering Peony Foil Plate is so gorgeous, I had to start with this piece from the collection first. I chose to watercolor a couple of copies of the image for a fresh and elegant excouragement card. Apply Gold Hot Foil to watercolor cardstock using the Glimmering Peony Foil Plate and the Glimmer Hot Foil Machine. Repeat to…
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Glimmer Essentials Collection – Springtime Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m so happy to have the opportunity to share a couple of projects using the new Glimmer Essentials Collection from Spellbinders. The Essential Duo Line Glimmer plates create the perfect accent border for any background, sentiment, or focal image and I was inspired to create two bright springtime cards combining all of the different shapes. Simple circle borders are always the perfect backdrop for a rustic wreath, so I created this cheerful floral birthday card using both the Essential Duo Line Glimmer Circles and Squares. Apply Gold Hot Foil to navy blue cardstock using the two largest plates from the Essential Duo Line…
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Glimmer Essentials Collection – CAS and Colorful Geometrics
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jean here sharing two CAS cards created with the Glimmer Essentials Collection. This collection can be used for any number of occasions and was designed to work with the Essential die sets in the same shapes: circles, squares, rectangles, and ovals. I couldn’t resist playing with bright colors to create a circle art card featuring tone-on-tone, glimmer-foiled circles in two sizes. Create A2-size card base from gray cardstock. Glimmer-foil the Essential Duo Lines Glimmer Circles in two sizes (1.77 in. and 0.77 in.) as follows: Red on red cardstock; Teal on teal cardstock; Citrine on yellow-green cardstock; Cobalt Blue on royal blue cardstock; and Tangerine on…
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Celestial Zodiacs Card Set
Hi crafty friends! Lea Lawson here today to share a card set featuring the new products from the Celestial Zodiacs collection. There is such a fun collection, with fantastic stamps, stencils, Glimmer hot foil plates and even an embossing folder. Let’s take a look at how I created these cards! For my first card I embossed a panel of navy blue cardstock with the Stargazer embossing folder. Next I foiled the constellations from the Taurus, Virgo, Scorpio and Capricorn foiling sets in Aura colored foil. I stamped & heat embossed the sentiment from Starstruck Sentiments in white, then splattered the entire panel with white acrylic ink. Once the ink was…
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Fashionably Fun – Sweet Cardlets
Hello crafty friends! I’m Jean, a papercrafter living in the Pacific Northwest blogging at Right as Rain. I am delighted to share cards combining two of my favorite techniques–diecutting and foiling–to showcase the Sweet Cardlets Collection by Becca Feeken for Spellbinders. For all three cards, I’ve used Black Glimmer Foil, one of my favorite ways to add impact and style to a card. With the Sweet Cardlets Collection, you’ll create cards suitable for a multitude of occasions that come together in minutes. The sets contain foil plates and dies that include background, focal image, and sentiments. Please note: I used the Foil Trimmer to cut the foil for these projects.…
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Susan’s Autumn Flora Collection – A Trio of Autumn 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 Susan’s Autumn Flora Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. There is really something magical about turning plain white cardstock into a beautiful and realistic bloom. After working with several of the die sets to build a variety of flowers, leaves, and foliage, I arranged them into three bright bunches to create these autumn cards. This first card is the simplest of the three and perfect if you are new to paper flower crafting. Using the Woodland Garden Leaves die set, I created a pile of leaves in bright colors…
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Stamp Camp Collection by Jane Davenport | Cardmaking Ideas with Jenny Colacicco
Hi crafty friends, Jenny here, and today, I have two card projects to share that feature the super fun Stamp Camp Collection by Jane Davenport for Spellbinders. This stamp collection features Jane’s sketchy and sassy style, just perfect for fresh and fun card projects for your friends! Speak Fluent Fantastic My first card features the Glorious Mermaid for the main image. I just love mermaid themed images, and this one is so fun – I love how the tail loops around, I just had to make a circle card! I first stamped the mermaid, using Bristol Smooth cardstock and FSJ Black Licorice ink. I colored in the mermaid with brush…
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Becca’s Picot Petite Collection Inspiration with Jenny Colacicco
Hi there everyone, it’s Jenny from JCCards here! I have three card projects today that feature the elegant Picot Petite Collection from Becca Feeken for Spellbinders. This die collection is simply stunning – so intricate with its loops and flourishes, but with staple shapes perfect for borders on all sorts of cards. All three of my cards today feature metallic cardstock and patterned paper. I’m always looking for new ideas for my gigantic stash of patterned paper, and these dies provide the perfect complement – no stamping required! Seasons Greetings My first card features the Filigree Quartet. This is a super clever die which can be used to use lace-like…
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The Warm Holiday Wishes Project Kit | Cardmaking Inspiration with Amanda Korotkova | Video
The Sparkling Christmas collection is HERE! The 2020 Spellbinders collection of 10 etched die sets, 13 Glimmer plate sets and a clear stamp set will knock your Christmas Stockings off this year! There’s something for everyone and they’ve been meticulously designed to work together in oh so many ways. Join designer Amanda Korotkova as she shares 3 beautiful cards created using our Warm Holiday Wishes Project Kit (sold out). This kit was designed as a preview of the new Sparkling Christmas collection. Watch video below or on Youtube: Have a Very Merry Christmas Card Take three colors of cardstock that would work well together and die cut Kaleidoscope Plaid…
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Foiled Halloween and Thanksgiving Cards with Jean
Hello crafty friends! I’m Jean, a paper crafter living in the Pacific Northwest blogging at Right as Rain. I am delighted to be on the Spellbinders blog today sharing colorful, foiled cards created with products in the Fall/Halloween Collection. No matter what your style–fun or elegant–the collection has something to offer for fall holiday cardmaking. Happy Halloween Card The design of the Halloween card makes for quick construction as the individual images are foiled separately and cut with a circle die. As one image was heating up, I prepared the next to be foiled. Foil bat from the Spooky Greetings set in Black on lime green cardstock. Foil ghost from…