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Video: Valentine’s Day Cards & Tags with Paul Antonio Glimmer Plates
Valentine’s Day will be here before we know it, so why not start working on Valentine’s day cards right away? It’s always fun to give and receive handmade cards so I encourage you to join me today and create a few. I love to use colored cardstock to make an impact on my cards, and so for today’s projects I picked a few colors from Fun Stampers Journey. The colors are really nice and this paper also foils beautifully. The colors I used are: Watermelon Fusion, Sweet Berry, Bubble Gum as well as a light gray from my stash for the pink panel; Rich Coral, Candy Apple, 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! Each Friday afternoon on our Facebook page, we share a new technique with you LIVE. Isn’t that so fun? This week Creative Director Kim Kesti is using some old favorites, some leaf dies with our True Color Fusion Ink pads. 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. 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 here on the Spellbinders blog and to show you some cardmaking inspiration with the Glimmer Hot Foil 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 different 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…
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Follow Your Heart | Valentine’s Pocket Card Tutorial
Hey, Fun friends! We’re excited to share a fun and festive Valentine project with you, from our recent Follow Your Heart event. We had such a good time sharing with you some new Valentine’s Day inspired products [Let’s be honest, though. These can be used for so much more than just Valentine’s Day!], fun stamps, dies and other pretty supplies you’ll be excited to use to bring paper to life. Let’s share a project you can create with just a handful of supplies, starting with one sheet of cardstock and the FSJ Scoring Board! Isn’t that just too cute?! Imagine all of the ways you can fill those pockets. Photos,…
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Paul Antonio Glimmer Plates Inspiration | One Layer Cards with Zinia
Hello Spellbinders’ fans! It’s Zinia here and I’m really thrilled to share with you a couple of clean and simple cards I recently created using the Glimmer Hot Foil System and some of the plates designed by Paul Antonio. I’m a huge fan of simple one-layer cards and it’s really amazing how easy it is to create them with the Glimmer Hot Foil System. I recently sent a couple of foiled cards to friends and they couldn’t believe they were handmade. I especially love foiling on dark paper so that’s what I did for today’s cards. It barely needs any effort and time to create stunning and elegant cards that…
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Paul Antonio Glimmer Plates Inspiration | Glamming Up With Glimmer Hot Foil with Janette Kausen
Hello and welcome! I’m Janette Kausen and I have been addicted to the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System for months now. This healthy addiction has brought the wow factor to a myriad of my recent projects. Today, I am showcasing how Glimmer Hot Foil brings basic printed paper or designs up to the glamorous notch with Glimmer Hot Foil plate designs by Paul Antonio. Patterned paper either multiplies, or I am a collector. Neither can be confirmed or denied. Pairing up the Glimmer Hot Foil System with preprinted papers, backgrounds I’ve created, or other simple designs has helped to alleviate my overflowing stash while creating fun and glammed up projects.…
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Card Club Kit Extras! January 2019 Edition. Loads of inspiration!
Hello-hello, Spellbinders’ fans! We’re so glad you are LOVING our January kits! To bring you even more inspiration with our Card Kit of the Month products we are sharing monthly inspiration featuring Card Club Kit Extras! Did you know, you can get awesome extra products to go along with your Card Kit of the Month? Or maybe you are not a Club member yet, but would like to give our extras a try – you can do so here. Today we have 3 projects to share featuring the awesome You’re My Type Clear Stamp Set, You’re My Type Die Cut Shapes & 3D Stickers Set, You’re My Type Red Glitter…
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Cardmaking, Die Cutting, Glimmer Hot Foil, Glimmer Kit of the Month Club, Large Die of the Month, Small Die of the Month
Valentine’s Day Card with January Small, Large Dies & Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month
Did you know, you can use your January 2019 Small & Large die of the Month as well as Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month together? Yes! These products coordinate to help you create beautiful cards! Here’s a fun example of a Valentine’s Day card using all of the above kits for January 2019: To create this card we first die-cut parts & pieces to create a boy using Small Die of the Month dies. Watch our January 2019 Small Die of the Month video to learn how to use these dies. Next, using Large Die of the Month we created a bouquet and arranged boy’s arms as if…
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Glorious Glimmer Inspiration | Elegant Cards with Desiree
Hello Everyone! My name is Desiree Kuemmerle and I am very excited to be a Guest Designer on the Spellbinders Blog today showcasing the Hot Foil Glimmer plates by Becca Feeken – Amazing Paper Grace! The Amazing Paper Grace collection is absolutely beautiful and you will see why so many of these products are titled as Elegant! These are a perfect companion for the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System and the more I create with this system, I find just how versatile it is in our paper crafting world. Hopefully you will see just how easy this system is with the help of a few tips and tricks I will show…
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Glorious Glimmer Inspiration | Clean & Simple Cards with Brenda
Hello everyone!! This is Brenda, from MyPaperCut Creations. I am absolutely thrilled to be guest posting for Spellbinders today!! I am sharing three cards that feature the beautiful Glorious Glimmer Hot Foil Plates designed by Becca Feeken. I had never used a foiling system before I received the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foiling System & I feel that it has taken my card making to another level! My first project combines two of the Glorious Glimmer Plates by Becca Feeken to create this sympathy card. I feel that with sympathy cards, sometimes simpler is better. The foiling adds a lot of class to a simple card. I started by hot foiling…