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Cardmaking, Die Cutting Inspiration, Glimmer Hot Foil System, Intermediate, Stamping Inspiration, Step by Step Tutorials
Christmas Traditions Inspiration with Andrea Shell
Hello! It’s Andrea Shell with you, and I’m delighted to be back as a guest on the Spellbinders blog. Today I have three cards to share with you using the festive Christmas Traditions Collection. My first card features the beautiful Rejoice Nativity Etched Dies. These dies make it so easy to create elegant Christmas cards! I cut the frame die from gold foil paper, white cardstock, and two shades of brown. I trimmed “rejoice” from the white frame and the manger from the dark brown one and layered them onto the gold frame. I cut the sky background from navy cardstock and layered it onto a white oval. I glued…
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Merry Stitchmas Collection Inspiration with Caly Person
Hi, Everyone! This is Caly Person with you today! I’m sharing three cards using products from the Merry Stitchmas Collection. I tried to pick a non-traditional color scheme for my cards today using pinks and greens. Gives it softer look and I hope you like these projects! I used standard six-stranded embroidery floss for today’s stitching panels along with some gold thread. You’ll notice the colors I choose are not only in the thread, but also in the cardstock. I started with white cardstock and colored it with Copic markers to match the thread that I used for the projects. For my first card, I die-cut the Diamond Stitch die…
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Holiday Flora Inspiration with Caly Person
Hi, Friends! This is Caly Person and I’m thrilled to be here today sharing three projects using beautiful dimensional products from the Susan Tierney-Cockburn Holiday Flora Collection! Susan’s collections have been a favorite of mine from the start and I was so excited to be able to use these holiday products and share them with you! Christmas Amaryllis My first card uses the Amaryllis die. I die-cut the flowers from white cardstock and colored them with Copic markers (R32, R35, R37, R39). For the stem and leaves, I die-cut the pieces of green cardstock and added some shading using Copic markers (G21, G24, G46). I also die-cut the stamen from…
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Stained Glass Bouquet Inspiration with Yasmin Diaz
Hello, Spellbinders friends! Yasmin here sharing with you a very elegant trio of cards made showcasing the newest Stained Glass Bouquet Collection by Becca Feeken. So, without further ado, let’s jump right into the step-by-step for how to make them. Stained Glass Bouquet Square Card This gorgeous collection includes a full array of amazing die set that will help you to create handmade cards from a delicate, elegant, or why not fun and colorful looks. Therefore, to create this elegant square card, start off by creating a 4-1/4’’ x 4-1/4’’ inches white card base. Next, line up over a large piece of white cardstock the largest die from Tulip Trio…
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Susan’s Spring Flora Collection Inspiration with Bibi Cameron
Hello from Scotland, This is Bibi Cameron and today I’m sharing three easy ideas using some of the die sets and stamps from the new Susan’s Spring Flora Collection. These cards also feature an idea to create easy collapsible 3D frames. Spirea Bridal Wreath The idea to create 3D collapsible frames was born when I was looking for alternatives to add dimension to my projects avoiding the stiffness of double sided adhesive foam tape, and also easy mailing. To make this kind of frames all you will need to cut your paper 2″ wider than the width of the die you want to use to cut the center window. Then,…
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Embossing Folders Cards Trio with Yasmin Diaz
Hello, Spellbinders friends! Yasmin here sharing with you a very colorful trio of cards made showcasing NEW Embossing Folder Collection. So, without further ado, let’s jump right into the step-by-step for how I made them. Scallops This collection includes this fabulous Scallops Embossing Folder which can be use as borders, waves or why not for a cloudy sky just like I‘m using it for the first example. I started by placing an A2 white card panel inside the embossing folder and then, I went ahead to run them through my Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine following the dry embossing instructions. Once I had finished dry embossing it, I…
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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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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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Delicate Impressions Collection – Inspiration with Yasmin Diaz
Hello, Spellbinders and FSJ, Friends! Yasmin here sharing with you a delicate trio of Glimmer Foiling cards made showcasing Delicate Impressions Collection by Becca Feeken. So, without further ado, let’s jump right into the step-by-step for how I made them. Sweet Blooms Border & Diamonetta Background This collection includes a variation of beautiful large and small glimmer plates with which you can achieve fabulous card designs so therefore, I’d like to mention that this are meant to work in conjunction with Glimmer Hot Foil System and Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine. With that said, start by setting up your Glimmer Hot Foil System and Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing…
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Advanced, Cardmaking, Die Cutting Inspiration, Glimmer Hot Foil System, Platinum 6, Step by Step Tutorials
Expression of Love Collection with Yasmin Diaz
Hello, Spellbinders and FSJ, Friends! Yasmin here sharing with you a lovely trio of Glimmer Foiling cards made to showcase Expression of Love Collection. So, without further ado, let’s jump into the step-by-step for how I made them. Full Foiled Background This collection includes the beautiful Scattered Hearts Background Glimmer Hot Foil Plate so therefore, I started by setting up my Glimmer Hot Foil System and Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine on my crafting table then, I turned on the glimmer hot foil platform. Thus, while the platform was heating up, I went ahead to line up the glimmer plates on the right side of a white card…
