Inspiration Featuring the Delightful Darlings Collection with Andrea
Hello, crafty friends! It’s Andrea from Blissfully Scrappy with you to share two cards I created featuring the adorable Delightful Darlings Collection illustrated by Mayline Jung. These girls are so cute and fun to color, and you can easily make them look like any little girl you know by changing your color choices. What little (or big!) girl wouldn’t love a card with an image that looks like her?! Darling Hello First up is this cutie from the Darling Hello stamp set. Isn’t she so sweet and perky?! I stamped her and the butterflies from the set, colored them with Copics, and fussy-cut them. I really wanted to accentuate this little girl’s…
Cardmaker Stamp Collection – A Trio of Colorful Slimline Cards by Jean
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jean here sharing three projects created with the Cardmaker Stamp Collection. I’ve created colorful, slimline cards employing one of my favorite design principles–repetition. Let’s take a look! Add the unexpected to a vintage theme with a rainbow of colors Apply a variety of Distress Oxide Inks to Snowdrift Stamp Hit the Road truck image in black on inked cardstock; fussy cut. Stamp textured white cardstock panel, measuring 3 ½” x 8 ½”, in gray ink with Hit the Road route image in several places. Heat-emboss Hit the Road sentiment in white on Onyx cardstock; cut with the Everyday Sentiments II die. Add trucks at an angle…
Glimmer Essentials Collection – Springtime Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m so happy to have the opportunity to share a couple of projects using the new Glimmer Essentials Collection from Spellbinders. The Essential Duo Line Glimmer plates create the perfect accent border for any background, sentiment, or focal image and I was inspired to create two bright springtime cards combining all of the different shapes. Simple circle borders are always the perfect backdrop for a rustic wreath, so I created this cheerful floral birthday card using both the Essential Duo Line Glimmer Circles and Squares. Apply Gold Hot Foil to navy blue cardstock using the two largest plates from the Essential Duo Line…
- Cardmaking, Die Cutting Inspiration, Glimmer Hot Foil System, Intermediate, Platinum 6, Step by Step Tutorials
Fashionably Fun – Sweet Cardlets
Hello crafty friends! I’m Jean, a papercrafter living in the Pacific Northwest blogging at Right as Rain. I am delighted to share cards combining two of my favorite techniques–diecutting and foiling–to showcase the Sweet Cardlets Collection by Becca Feeken for Spellbinders. For all three cards, I’ve used Black Glimmer Foil, one of my favorite ways to add impact and style to a card. With the Sweet Cardlets Collection, you’ll create cards suitable for a multitude of occasions that come together in minutes. The sets contain foil plates and dies that include background, focal image, and sentiments. Please note: I used the Foil Trimmer to cut the foil for these projects.…
Foiled Halloween and Thanksgiving Cards with Jean
Hello crafty friends! I’m Jean, a paper crafter living in the Pacific Northwest blogging at Right as Rain. I am delighted to be on the Spellbinders blog today sharing colorful, foiled cards created with products in the Fall/Halloween Collection. No matter what your style–fun or elegant–the collection has something to offer for fall holiday cardmaking. Happy Halloween Card The design of the Halloween card makes for quick construction as the individual images are foiled separately and cut with a circle die. As one image was heating up, I prepared the next to be foiled. Foil bat from the Spooky Greetings set in Black on lime green cardstock. Foil ghost from…
- Cardmaking, Die Cutting Inspiration, Glimmer Hot Foil System, Intermediate, Platinum 6, Step by Step Tutorials
Beyond the Wedding Season with Jean Manis
Hello crafty friends! I’m Jean, a papercrafter living in the Pacific Northwest blogging at Right as Rain. I am thrilled to be on the Spellbinders blog today sharing three cards created with the Wedding Season Collection by Nichol Spohr. My cards illustrate how the collection can be used for occasions other than weddings. Additionally, I show how materials other than cardstock add shine, texture, and visual interest. Let’s take a look! On my first card, I created a masculine Congratulations card for someone landing a job. With the Wedding Dress & Tux set, I cut the suit from gray flannel and the shirt from a linen-textured white cardstock. I cut…
Glimmer Background Collection – Not Just for Backgrounds with Jean Manis
Hello crafty friends! I’m Jean, a papercrafter living in the Pacific Northwest blogging at Right as Rain. I am thrilled to be on the Spellbinders blog today sharing projects created with the Glimmer Background Collection. I am relatively new to foiling with the Glimmer Hot Foil System and had a blast trying out the four plates in the collection. I foiled with different colors of foil, including Rainbow Foil, foiled on different colors of cardstock, and I tried dry-embossing with the plates. My number one piece of advice is to experiment! The plates, measuring 2 ½” x 6″, create gorgeous backgrounds (as the collection name implies) and the variations are…
- Cardmaking, Die Cutting Inspiration, Glimmer Hot Foil System, Intermediate, Platinum 6, Project Kits, Video Tutorials
The Effortless Greetings Project Kit | Cardmaking Inspiration with Michelle Short | Video
The Effortless Greetings Project Kit is here! This Effortless Greetings Project Kit is the perfect way to get your hands on early products from one of the upcoming April Collections “Effortless Greetings Collection by Laurie Willison.” This kit comes with an assortment of THREE new Glimmer plate sets, two rolls of Glimmer hot foils, a clear stamp set, and a card making project kit to make FOUR cards. BUY KIT NOW Included in Project Kit: Framed Details Glimmer Plate Set GLP-162 Foiled Brushstrokes and Stripes Glimmer Plate Set GLP-163 Effortless Sentiments Glimmer Plate & Die Set GLP-164 Floral Love Clear Stamp Set STP-012 Glimmer Foil Roll – Silver GLF-003 Glimmer…
5 Alternative Projects with 3D Vignette Mini Album Collection by Becca Feeken with Bibi Cameron
Hello from Scotland! It is Bibi Cameron here and I’m happy to be able to share ideas and inspiration using some of the dies from the latest 3D Vignette Mini Album collection by Becca Feeken. I’m all about gold but I choose silver and holographic cardstock for the 3 main projects today. I thought this stunning neutral color will allow me to show you the true beauty of the die cuts. Wrinkled Flowers Using Sweet Cottage Flowers Dies to die cut a piece of barely grey cardstock. Spray the floral die cuts with water and allow the paper to absorb it. Next, gently crush the die cuts like if you…
Paul Antonio Holiday 2019 Inspiration | Gift Giving Ideas with Niki Coursey
Hey y’all! I’m Niki, the chicky behind Cardstoq Blog, and I’m SO happy to be guest designing here on the Spellbinders Blog. Today’s fun is all about the Holiday 2019 Collection by Paul Antonio, and I’ve put together a matching trio of projects to help get your creativity flowing for the upcoming holiday season. I like making matching sets like these because it helps me dress up a gift like a pro, and it will help you too: picture a matching tag and card on a gorgeous white embossed wrapping paper and an extra little gift bag tied on with a sweet treat inside! Stunning, I tell ya. Let’s get…
