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Getting More Mileage from Modeling Pastes with Add-ins
Hey there, Spellbinders artists and enthusiasts! Daniel West here, with some inspiration and a few tips for stenciling with TCW Light & Fluffy Modeling Paste and White Modeling Paste. Sometimes we see a simple product in basic white and wonder what we can do with it. But these pastes work like a blank canvas you can use as is or add in colors and glitter for different effects. The Light & Fluffy Modeling Paste boasts a wicked short drying time and a true-to-its-name texture. This paste lays down quickly and without fuss. When I stenciled it onto my projects, I noticed it didn’t seep in under the stencils because of…
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Coloring With Strong Pastels
Hi everyone! This is Jennifer Rustioni from @armieritagli! I’m so happy to be back on the Spellbinders Blog! Today I share with you a step-by-step tutorial of the card I realized featuring the Uchida Le Pen Neon! These pens are so fun to use! I chose to use the Uchida Le Pen Neon to create a CAS card. I realized an easy coloring different from my usual, and I had so much fun to do it! For my project, I used the Stampendous Little Monsters Perfectly Clear Stamp Set. These monsters are so fun and cute, aren’t they?? Well, I stamped a monster on a white card stock using the…
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Creating Eye-Catching Cards with Fine Tip Neon Pens
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and today I’m excited to share a couple of ways to add eye-popping color and the look of texture to backgrounds and die-cuts using Uchida Le Pen Neon Pens. Colors this bright can be a little intimidating to use on cards, but I promise you’ll have fun when you try it! I wanted a large canvas to play with the beautiful colors in the Uchida Le Pen Neon Pen set, so I started by applying Gold Hot Foil to white cardstock using the Geometric Flower Background Glimmer Plate. Then I colored the petals of the flowers using a flicking motion with the pens. Since…
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Exploring Modeling Paste and White Glitter Magic
Hello! Jean Manis here to share inspiration for impactful stenciled card backgrounds using the Light & Fluffy Modeling Paste and Baby Baubs White Glitter. Let’s take a look at the transformative magic of modeling paste on three cards–from the elegant sparkle of glitter-infused paste to a mesmerizing ombré effect and finally to the impact of blended watercolor hues. Modeling Paste and White Glitter For subtle, understated shimmer on a stenciled background, add white glitter to modeling paste. The reflective properties of the glitter enhance the overall visual appeal and create a captivating finish. Create an A2-size card base from Brushed Gold Mix the Baby Baubs White Glitter in with the…
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Adding Color to Better Press with Inks, Foils, and Pencils!
Hi friends! Emily Midgett from Sixth Street Sundries is here with you today on the Spellbinders blog, and I’m so excited to be featuring these beautiful new images from the Simon Hurley Spring Sampler Better Press collection! These images are classic and utterly reminiscent of springtime, featuring some storybook bunnies that are channeling Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit illustrations, an embossing folder that adds beautifully subtle and neutral basket texture, and some elegant magnolia images that are gorgeous with or without coloring. I have three projects to share with you today upon which I have added lots of color with both inks and colored pencils, so let’s get started with the…
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Creating Unique Backgrounds For Cards With Modeling Paste
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of cards using white modeling paste as a fun background element. White modeling paste can be used as-is, with stencils, or mixed with a variety of other mediums for endless possibilities in your paper crafting projects. Modeling Paste & Stencils There are lots of ways to alter modeling paste to suit your project, but with a thick and creamy consistency, it also looks great applied through stencils right from the jar. Here I created a pretty textured background for this soft spring flowers card. Apply white modeling paste through the…
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Every Occasion Floral Alphabet Cards
Hello crafty friends, I am Heejung Hunsberger and I am thrilled to be returning this month as a guest designer for Spellbinders. If you want to know me better, visit my blog or Instagram. I also have a YouTube channel where I post a lot of video tutorials. I enjoyed using the Every Occasion Floral Alphabet Collection. I created six different cards. I made three cards using the BetterPress system and three cards using the Hot Foil system. Better Pressed Cards Each Letter plate was printed using the BetterPress system with water-based color inks. I pressed the Floral E Plate onto the Bisque BP A2 Cotton Card panel using All That Jazz Ink and…
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Playing With Color and the Every Occasion Floral Alphabet
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share a couple of cards made with the new Every Occasion Floral Alphabet Collection from Spellbinders. The gorgeous floral letters and matching sentiments in this collection make such a statement on their own, I decided to play with different color schemes to create interesting backgrounds on these three fun cards for various occasions. Ombré Sending Love Card One of my very favorite types of cards to mail out are “sending love” cards, so I was excited to see the beautiful Floral S and Sentiment Press Plate. Pink might seem like an obvious choice…
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Summer Blooms Made Easy – Press To Impress!
Hello there! This is Lisa from My Card Trip and I am thrilled to be a guest here on the Spellbinders blog again today. I am sharing a couple of ideas using the gorgeous new BetterPress Place & Press Registration Collection along with some of the new colors of BetterPress Inks. When I first saw the new BetterPress Place & Press Registration line, I was not only intrigued but also super excited! What a great innovation to be able to use different colored inks to build your image. Not only that, the grid template makes these plates really simple to use and they create beautiful results. I’m sure you are…
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Adding Fun Details To Multi-Colored BetterPress Designs
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of cards made with the new Place & Press Registration Collection from Spellbinders. I love how easy this new system makes it to create gorgeous multi-colored pressed designs and I was inspired to create two colorful cards with a couple of added special touches. Foiled Floral Thank You Card The Thank You Blooms BetterPress Plate Set looks beautiful in different colors, but I wanted to add a touch of gold foiling to the design as well. Here I foiled the oversized sentiment in gold and added the flowers and leaves…