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Rainbow Floral Cards with Mona Toth
Hi, it’s Mona Toth here, in this post I have three happy and colorful card inspirations for you. In this project I am featuring various stamp sets from the Watercolor Florals collection by Sushma Hegde. For all the three cards I have used different watercolor washes. For these watercolor techniques I have used Art Essentials palettes by Jane Davenport to get this bright happy look. For the first card I painted rainbow stripes with bright watercolor shades and a 14-size flat watercolor brush, then I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder. Next, I stamped the floral images with watermark ink from the Fragrant Flowers Clear Stamp Set to…
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A Different Look at the Watercolor Florals with Gemma Campbell
Hello everyone, this is Gemma from mygirllollipop.com. I am thrilled to be guest designing on the Spellbinders blog today. I have three projects to share, highlighting the Watercolor Florals Collection by Sushma Hegde. This beautiful collection is perfect for watercolor, but I wanted to show how fabulous these images are with colour blocking on my projects today. Split Color Block Card Design For my first card, I began by cutting pieces of card to 4.25 x 4.25 inches – one white card square and one blue card square. I arranged the floral images from the Fragrant Flowers stamp set into my stamping platform, so I can stamp the images in…
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Glimmer Essentials Collection Inspiration with Yasmin Diaz
Hello, Spellbinders friends! Yasmin here sharing with you a foiled set of cards created showcasing the latest duo Glimmer Essentials Collection. So, without further ado, let’s jump right into the step-by-step for how to make them. Faith Essentials Duo Lines Rectangle Card The Essential Duo Lines Glimmer Rectangles Glimmer Hot Foil Plate includes 8 glimmer duo lines glimmer plates. These are meant to work in conjunction with Glimmer Hot Foil System Platform and Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine(or another compatible die cutting machine). Start by setting up your Glimmer Hot Foil System Platform and Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine on your crafting table then, turn on…
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March 2021 Clubs Inspiration Blog Hop + Giveaways (Now Closed)
Hello, and welcome! Thank you for joining us for our March 2021 Clubs Inspiration Blog Hop! We are excited to have amazingly talented designers joining us sharing beautiful projects created featuring our Card Kit, Small Die, Large Die, Amazing Paper Grace Die, Glimmer Hot Foil and Clear Stamp of the Month Clubs! We have several giveaways for you, we hope you will join us. Want to add some “Spring” in your bunny’s steps? The March large die is all about pull levers. The levers make it possible to add animation to your cards. Together we will explore the double hinge method. The double hinge component of the die set easily…
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The Simply Perfect Collection – Countless Combinations and Customizations
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jean here sharing three cards created with the Simply Perfect Collection. This versatile collection, which includes products to create backgrounds, die-cut and glimmer-foiled sentiments, and focal images, can be used to craft for any number of occasions. The collection’s products work together beautifully for countless variations. Floral Hello Cards The first two cards use the Florets Embossing Folder for the background, along with a “Hello” sentiment, from the Mix & Match Sentiments set, and focal images, created with the Layered Blooms set. I created two versions of similar design to highlight how easy it is to change the look. For the first card, the Layered Blooms…
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Simply Perfect Collection – Springtime Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to share a couple of projects using the new Simply Perfect Collection. The effortless backgrounds, beautiful florals, and versatile sentiments inspired me to create three bright and cheery springtime cards for a variety of occasions. Color Blocked Hello Card The Color Block Slices Die Set is perfect for making easy and beautiful backgrounds for any type of card. I used it to cut tons of teal and blue cardstock scraps for a crisp and clean hello card. Trim a piece of scrap paper or lightweight cardstock to 4.” x 5.25” and cover it completely with tape runner…
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Simply Perfect Collection Card Set with Lea Lawson
Hi crafty friends! Lea Lawson here today to share a card set featuring the new products from the Simply Perfect collection. This is such a fun collection of amazing dies that I would consider essential, and an embossing folder. Let’s take a look at how I created these cards! Rainbow Thank You Card For my first card I started by die cutting the Simply Perfect Layered Blooms from cardstocks in rainbow colors. You won’t use all of the diecut pieces, but I like to have all the extras on hand for future cardmaking. Next I die cut a panel from white cardstock using the largest Essentials Rectangles, then started to…
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Colorful Clean & Simple Cards featuring Simply Perfect Collection with Yasmin Diaz
Hello, Spellbinders friends! Yasmin here sharing with you a very colorful trio of cards made showcasing Simply Perfect Collection. So, without further ado, let’s jump right into the step-by-step for how I made them. Color Block Slices Birthday Card This collection includes an awesome Color Block Slices Dies which includes 2 thin dies that you can use with your favorite color combination to achieve fun designs by laying it out from the top, bottom, side or center. That said, I went ahead to line up the smaller die from the set over a large piece of light pink cardstock and I ran them thru my Platinum 6 Die Cutting and…
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Glimmering Peony 3 Ways with Bibi Cameron
Hi there, this is Bibi Cameron and I’m happy to be able to share ideas and inspiration using gorgeous new hot plates from the Blooming Birthday Collection designed by Yana Smakula. Today I’m featuring: Glimmering Peony Skinny Stripe Background Yana’s Special Sentiments hot plates Polished Brass Hot Foil To use hot plates, I use the Spellbinders Hot Foil System and the Spellbinders Die Cutting Machine. Glimmer Peony on Dark Background I love the look and feel of gold foil on dark backgrounds as this also allow me to apply easy colouring with coloured pencils. So to make this C6 card, I applied Polished Brass Hot Foil over Navy Blue Cardstock…
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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…