Ahhhhh happy Monday!! Usually I'm not much of a Monday person (or a morning person...) BUT I'm part of a big, fun, inspiring blog hop using a bunch of new Spellbinders dies AND I had a ton of success with foil! For those that haven't been watching me for a while - I struggle with foil and have yet to really use it on cards. That changed today!
OK first off:
Spellbinders released a bunch of fabulous Christmas sets this season! I was invited to take part in this big blog hop so there's a TON of inspiration as well as GIVEAWAY info at the end of my post!
I ended up making several cards using a few of the new die sets:
(apologies for the crappy photo - this one was taken late at night with horrible lighting)
First off - I got a Glimmer Hot Foil System - AND I was able to make it work. I have been stockpiling foils and foiling supplies for well over a year now and have either been unsuccessful or intimidated by all things foil. I took a gamble and got this machine because I LOVE the idea of being able to create letterpress foil designs - and because it's supposed to be easy to use.
Well if I can do it anyone can. These Ornament Hot Foil pates were some of my first attempts (the sentiments on the puppy cards were my FIRST first attempt) and they were almost perfect. I used 2 different colors of Glimmer Foils for them and alternated the foiled sentiments. The set also comes with all the dies to create the poinsettias and branches etc so I added those as well.
On the outsides and insides of the cards I stamped snowflakes from the Frozen Fractals stamp set and added a sentiment from the Inside Holiday Greetings set to finish them off.
For the next 2 cards I stencilled over Simon's Pine Bough stencil and stamped the Frozen Fractals snowflakes again. Hanging from the branches is Spellbinders Deck the Halls wafer dies. I die cut and assembled them from red and white card stocks and added the topper, bow and hanger with gold foil card stock.
I finished off the insides of the cards with the stencilled Pine Bough and another sentiment from the Inside Holiday Greetings set.
Last but not least is the Puppy Christmas cards!! I used Spellbinders Merry Hugs die set (isn't it adorable?!?). I'd foiled sentiments from the Ornament set, as well as a sentiment from the Holiday Sentiments hot foil plate onto blue card stock.
I die cut the puppers glasses from the same goal foil card stock I'd used on the green cards above. The backgrounds were done in the same way - just a Diagonal Stripe stencil and Schoolhouse Red ink this time.
I finished off the inside in the same way - Frozen Fractals snowflakes and a sentiment from the Inside Holiday Greetings and that was it!
To see how my cards came together AND to see my first impressions/unboxing/first attempt with the Glimmer Hot Foil System (skip to the 9 minute mark if you want to get right to the cardmaking portion) check out my video below:
Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <-------click!
Now for the hop here are all the stops in case you missed any!
I get asked a lot about where to purchase the supplies I use in my videos and blog posts. I list all the supplies I use at the end of my posts (below) or in the description box directly below my video on YouTube.
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Now for the GIVEAWAY!!!
To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, August 25th 11:59 pm EDT. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Monday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties, and taxes.
Thank you for stopping by and good luck! ❤️
