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Using Distress Oxide Inks To Add Tons of Color to Die Cut Scenes
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share some fun ways to use Distress Oxide Inks to enhance your die-cut scenes. Ink-blended backgrounds can add tons of color to your cards while coloring die-cuts with inks can really add dimension and realistic details. Here I used Distress Oxide Inks along with the Country Road Collection to create three colorful cards for different seasons. Sunset Scene Thank You Card Distress Oxide Inks are perfect for creating easy ink-blended backgrounds even between colors you might not normally try to mix. I thought a bright sunset-inspired sky would be beautifully paired with a…
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Seahorse Kisses Cards with Marie Nicole
Hello again, crafty friends! Marie here from Marie Nicole Designs. I am sharing three creations using the Seahorse Kisses collection. This collection includes stamps, dies, glimmer plates, and even a stunning embossing folder. If you love all things under the sea, this is a collection that will catch your attention! GLIMMER OVER A FUN BACKGROUND My first card features the large glimmer plate image of a seahorse along with some shells, flowers, and sea plants. I kept it simple by making a fun background to glimmer over. I created the background by dragging several colors of blue ink pads across my paper in different directions to leave some streaks. Then,…
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Pop-Up Hummingbird Cards with Rachel Alvarado
Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I am so happy to be back for another guest post on the Spellbinder’s blog. I have a few 3D projects to share with you today that feature the gorgeous new Hummingbird Collection by Bibi Cameron. Pop-Up Hummingbird Slimline Card For my first card, I created an 8.5” x 3.5” slimline card featuring both the Pop-Up Hummingbird and Hummingbird and Lily Die Sets. For photo purposes, I am showing you both the front and inside of the card at the same time. For the inside of my card, I pieced together the pop-up hummingbird and pop-up flower from the Pop-Up Hummingbird Die…
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Colorful Toolbox Essentials Cardmaking Ideas
Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I am so happy to be back for another guest post on the Spellbinder’s blog! I have three projects to share with you today that feature the new Toolbox Essentials Collection by Nancy McCabe. Toolbox Pop-up Card For my first card, I created a fun mini toolbox pop-up card. To start, I first created my toolbox base using some Kraft Card Stock, a paper trimmer, a scoring board, and some adhesive. Box Card Measurements: Cut 2 strips of kraft card stock to 6” x 1 ¾” Score each piece at 1.5” and 5.5” on the long side Adhere pieces together by adding…
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Glimmer Greetings Collection Inspiration Round-Up
Hello, Spellbinders fans! Welcome back to the “Inspiration Round-Up” series on our blog designed to inspire, educate and share beautiful projects created with our products. Get ready for an unbelievable lineup of beautiful inspiration featuring the Glimmer Greetings Collection. We’re hoping this will be a valuable source of inspiration for all of your card-making and paper crafting! And check out the inspiration on our blog featuring the Glimmer Greetings Collection! Share your projects on Instagram and tag us @teamspellbinders #neverstopmaking #glimmerhotfoilsystem.
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Vintage Christmas Inspirations
Hello Spellbinders friends! It’s Angela Tombari here and today I would love to show you what I created with the new release Christmas Flea Market Finds, made by Spellbinders in cooperation with Cathe Holden. Christmas Treat Bags Since it’s a Christmas-themed collection, I thought its papers were perfect for making some treat bags. I used papers from both paper pads, Christmas Velvet, and Home For The Holidays. I chose papers with delicate tone on tone design, one blue with small tiny flowers, one red with delicate embroidery, and the last, my preferred, with a fluffy boutis. Boutis is an old French type of embroidery. The treat bags are cut with…
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Holiday 3D Embossing Folders Collection – Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the new Holiday 3D Embossing Folders from Spellbinders. The gorgeous and versatile designs in this collection inspired me to create three bright and pretty holiday cards with tons of texture. Gilded Poinsettia Card The beautiful all-over pattern of the Scenic Poinsettias 3D Embossing Folder is perfect for so many inking or coloring techniques but also looks great as-is. Here I applied a light layer of gold wax to the pattern for this simple and pretty holiday card for a friend. Trim a piece of Phone Booth Cardstock…
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Holiday 3D Embossing Folder Card Ideas with Sandi MacIver
Hi there, this is Sandi MacIver and I’m excited to be back on the blog today sharing three cards I’ve created with the NEW and oh-so-fabulous Spellbinders Holiday 3D Embossing Folders. There are two beautiful new embossing folders just in time for your holiday creating. The Scenic Poinsettia and the Dimensional Diamonds. Both are the new 5.50 x 8.50 versatile 3D Embossing Folders which can be used to create various sizes from A2, 5 x 7, up to a full-sized slimline. For the most detailed impression, lightly mist the cardstock on both sides with water before embossing. Embossing folders are fabulous for adding great detail to the background of your…
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Holiday Cards Featuring the Winter Wonderland Collection with Carol Hintermeier
Hello! Carol Hintermeier here, and I’m thrilled to be invited to guest blog today! I’ve been card-making for close to 20 years and a fun fact about me is that my very first die-cutting machine and dies were from Spellbinders! That’s another reason why I’m so honored to be invited to Spellbinders’ blog! I have created three cards to share with you using the beautiful Winter Wonderland Collection—one stepped-up card, and two quick and easy cards! I love how the Winter Wonderland die cuts make easy, and yet such beautiful cards! My first card is my stepped-up card where I’ve added some dimensional flowers to create a card for that…
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Believe in the Magic cards with Babi
Hello crafty friends! This is Babi and I am so excited to share with you my first Guest Design projects featuring the Gnome for Christmas collection. For the first project, I used Argyle Socks embossing folder and Gnome Tree dies to create a card in traditional Christmas colors. Trim white cardstock to 4×5.25” to create the main panel. Blend Candied Apple and Festive Berries Distress Oxide over the panel. Once the ink dries, emboss the panel using Argyle Socks embossing folder. Die cut Gnome Tree in white cardstock. Blend Forest Moss, Peeled Paint, and Twisted Citron Distress Oxide onto the gnome clothes. Blend Ground Express onto the shoes and Tattered Rose Distress Oxide…
