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Better Together! | Tools, Tips and Techniques
Hello, Fun friends! We are so very excited to share with you today because we think you’re going to be so excited about what we’re sharing with you. You know and love Fun Stampers Journey products, right? Well, today Creative Director Kim Kesti is sharing some Spellbinders stamps with our beautiful Liquid Colors. Would you like to watch how Kim paired these two together? You can do so right here! Let’s not delay, lets add color. Isn’t this one lovely? As you can see it’s super simple, just a couple of steps and you have something amazing to send to your loved ones. Let’s talk about how Kim made this…
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Rainbowitis Card using Jane Davenportโs ColorSticks
Hi there โ thank you for joining me again to learn a little more about the stunningly versatile ColorSticks from Jane Davenport and Spellbinders.ย Today I’m going to show you a few different techniques that you can use to make a bright and beautiful card just like this one. For those who donโt know me, Iโm Kate Palmer, Aussie artist and devoted Davenpeep, though Iโm better known as Sparkle Tart online because I love all things sparkly!ย You can find me tapping away on my blog, posting projects and techniques over on YouTube or sharing snapshots over on Instagram (@k8palmer or @planningwithsparkletart) โ I love to share and I canโt…
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Easy Marbling Technique | Tools, Tips and Techniques
Hello, Fun friends! We are so very excited to share with you today because we think you’re going to LOVE what we’re sharing with you. You love simple and gorgeous paper crafting techniques, right? We love how Creative Director Kim Kesti shared how to create a beautiful marbled background using our Liquid Colors. Would you like to watch how Kim created these two cards? You can do so right here! Let’s not delay, lets get a little bit messy! Isn’t it just stunning?! That beautiful marble background looks like some expensive piece of stone or artwork that took hours to create. However, as Kim showed us in her video –…
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Glimmer Hot Foil Techniques with Mona Toth
Hi, itโs Mona Toth here, with a step by step photo tutorial. Today I will show you how I made these quick and easy cards using patterned papers. In this post I am featuring Glimmer Hot Foil Machine. Let’s see my creations. Step By Step Instructions: Check out the step by step instructions below for this project: Turn on your Glimmer Hot Foil Machine Pick a Hot Foil color Cut the foil to the Hot Plate’s size Put the Hot Plate on your Glimmer Hot Foil and position it Turn on the “timer” on your machine Add the Hot foil with the colored side facing downwards Chose a patterned paper…
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Spellbinders Glimmer Plates Inspiration | Clean & Simple Foiled Cards with Kaja
Hi there, It’s Kaja from Kajcyika crafts and I am honored to be guest designing for Spellbinders! Today I will show you some cards I made using the Glimmer Hot Foil system and some glimmer plates. I made four cards and they all feature some great sayings that I foiled on a card using the Glimmer hot foil system. First two cards are practically the same, the only thing different is the color of the foil. On the first one I used Teal and on the other one I used Rose gold foil that comes with the Glimmer machine. I used a gray patterned paper that I cut down to…
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Spellbinders Glimmer Plates Inspiration | Clean & Simple Foiled Cards with Laurie
Hello there, itโs Laurie Willison here from Soapbox Creations. I am stopping in with a couple projects using the Glimmer Hot Foil System. ย I love this amazing tool and how it adds so much to a card! I wanted to make the glimmer plates the focal point of the card and to do that, I have left these cards very clean and simple. ย This makes for an easy card but also one that packs a punch. World’s Greatest Friend Card This first card uses the Worldโs Greatest Friend Glimmer Plate: To create this card, I foiled “World’s Greatest Friend” in silver foil on white cardstock, cut it out using a…
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Using Just Stamps & Dies! January 2019 You’re My Type Card Kit of the Month Edition
Hello Spellbindersโ fans! Are you ready for another dose of inspiration featuring our January 2019 You’re My Type Card Kit of the Month? Weโre back with our new monthly series called โUsing Just Stamps & Diesโ. Just a reminder, these posts feature quick and simple cardmaking tutorials using just the die set and/or stamp set from our Card Kits of the Month. Today we have a special treat for you – a few card making ideas & video tutorial all made using a typewriter die from our January Card Kit of the Month. We also have additional inspiration (gorgeous cards!) from our guest designers at the end of this post!…
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Video: Valentine’s Day Cards & Tags with Paul Antonio Glimmer Plates
Valentineโs Day will be here before we know it, so why not start working on Valentineโs day cards right away? Itโs always fun to give and receive handmade cards so I encourage you to join me today and create a few. I love to use coloredย cardstock to make an impact on my cards, and so for todayโs projects I picked a fewย colors from Fun Stampers Journey. The colors are really nice and this paper also foils beautifully.ย The colors I used are: Watermelon Fusion, Sweet Berry, Bubble Gum as well as aย light gray from my stash for the pink panel; Rich Coral, Candy Apple,ย Pomegranate Splash and Raspberry Berry for…
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Fresh & Beautiful Die Cutting | TryDay Friday
You know how we love our Try Day Friday series!ย Each Friday afternoon on our Facebook page, we share a new technique with you LIVE.ย Isn’t that so fun?ย This week Creative Director Kim Kesti is using some old favorites, some leaf dies with our True Color Fusion Ink pads.ย Not only are the results stunning but it’s such a good way to use dies you might not always reach for AND experiment with color palettes. If you’d like to watch on our YouTube channel, you can see the video right here.ย Make sure you leave Kim a comment and let her know how much you enjoyed her technique &…
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Paul Antonio Glimmer Plates Inspiration | Hot Foiling Techniques with Laura Volpes
Hi everyone! It’s Laura from A bit of my crafts, and today I am really thrilled to be guesting hereย on the Spellbinders blog and to show you some cardmaking inspiration with the Glimmer Hot Foilย System and the Glimmer Hot Foil Plates by Paul Antonio. The Glimmer Hot Foil System is so fun to use, I simply couldn’t stop! I created three differentย cards, each showcasing different plates and different techniques, so let’s have a look! Card 1: Simple Foiling For the first card I did some foiling with the Silver Glimmer Hot Foil Roll on some blue cardstock. I used the Faux Script Happy Birthday Plate for the sentiment, and added…