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Use Your Press Plates 3 Ways
Hi Spellbinders fans. Alanna Moses from EmbellishCraftLove.com and I am very excited to be guesting on the Spellbinders blog today. I am super excited about the Glad Tidings collection from Simon Hurley and Spellbinders. It features three press plate sets, perfect for your holiday crafting needs. In this blog post, we will be using the Betterpress system and cotton cardstock to get a letterpress effect, we will be using regular inks on cardstock to get a similar yet different look, and lastly, we will be using the press plates with the Spellbinders Glimmer machine to foil them. SENDING HOLIDAY CHEER For my first card, I am using the Ornamental Press…
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Quick and Easy Cards with the Oh Joyful Day Collection
Hi Spellbinders fans. Alanna Moses from EmbellishCraftLove.com and I am very excited to be guesting on the Spellbinders blog today. I have the honor and privilege of sharing with you the Oh Joyful Day Card Making Kit from Rosie’s Studio. In this kit, you will get patterned paper, chipboard embellishments, a clear sticker pack, and button embellishments. There are also some additional add on pieces in this collection as well to further stretch your supplies and creativity. If you find yourself running low on one of the products, you can also purchase the products individually if you would like. For my first card, I started by die-cutting some gold mirror…
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Adding Dimension to your Fall Projects
Hi Spellbinders fans. Alanna Moses from EmbellishCraftLove.com and I am very excited to be guesting on the Spellbinders blog today. Today, I am working with the Falling Leaves collection. This collection has a press plate with coordinating stencil, a 3D embossing folder, and three wax seals. All of these products are so beautiful and pair perfectly together. For my first card, I started by taking the Autumn Rain BetterPress and Stencil Bundle and used my BetterPress machine to ink up the press plate. I used the Opal Blush Shimmer Interference Ink Pad from Lisa Horton Crafts. I then used the coordinating stencils to color the umbrellas and leaves. I trimmed…
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Exploring the Not Your Ordinary Card Collection
Hi Spellbinders fans. Alanna Moses from EmbellishCraftLove.com and I am very excited to be guesting on the Spellbinders blog today. I have the honor of sharing the Not Your Ordinary Card Collection from Wendy Vecchi and Spellbinders. This is a fantastic collection of products which includes a stencil set and four die sets. Each of the products is available for separate purchase or there is a bundle for a limited time with savings. THANKS A MILLION Use Build a Plaid Layered stencil set and stencil with three shades of yellow ink. Use Golden Rose Paper Glaze for one layer Die cut floral and leaf images from the Essential Envelope die…
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Dimensional Florals with Ease
Hi Spellbinders fans. Alanna Moses from EmbellishCraftLove.com and I am very excited to be guesting on the Spellbinders blog today. I have the honor of sharing the Winter’s Grace Garden collection from Susan Tierney-Cockburn and Spellbinders. Susan’s floral sets are always so beautiful. There are five die sets and one 3D embossing folder in this collection. They can be purchased separately or in a bundle at a discount. HELLO SWEET FRIEND Emboss white cardstock with Norwegian Rosemaling 3D Embossing Folder and add Wonderland Distress Mica Stain With foam squares, add to an A2 notecard made from Spellbinders Waterfall cardstock Die cut vase from Paperwhites and Glass Vase die set and…
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Vintage Postal Christmas Cards
Hi everyone! So happy to welcome you to a new post here on the Spellbinders blog. I’m Pam Sparks, cardmaker, blogger and instagram creator. Today I’m sharing three cards I made with the new Simon Hurley Christmas Collection. My first card uses images from the Sketched Santas and Sketched Christmas stamp and die sets. I had fun stamping and coloring on kraft color cardstock with color pencils. I kept it pretty simple…inking, some die cutting and layering for A2 size cards. My second card I had the idea to go ‘postal’ and make a faux postcard design using the Sketched Snowmen stamp and die sets. I stamped and heat-embossed two…
