Happy Friday, crafty friends! I just wanted to pop in and share a Christmas card set that I created using some of the newest Spellbinders August release products! These cards feature elements from the gorgeous Yana's Christmas Foiled Basics, Christmas Cascade collection by Becca Feeken, and the Sparkling Christmas collection.


I love the elegance of the products that I've used on this card set today, and I feel like they mixed together beautifully! I created a couple of card sets using the first release of Yana's Foiled Basics, and this second release doesn't disappoint! It is beautiful. Here is a list of the main products that I've used on this card, plus you can find my list of tools, etc., at the end of this post. Thank you so much for clicking on my links and shopping from them, as they provide me with a small amount of compensation at no cost to you. I genuinely appreciate your support!


For this first card, I quickly created a galaxy background using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers (specific colors linked above). This is really simple to do by scribbling color around your watercolor panel, then adding in black around it. Spritz it with water, then move the colors around until it looks how you like it! Easy peasy! I tape my panel down to my glass media mat so that it won't warp or curl on me once I add the water, which makes it super easy. I use both my large We R Memory Keepers glass media mat, and the Tim Holtz travel glass media mat - just depends on my mood. Let it air dry or heat set it, then splatter it with Titanium White acrylic ink to create the stars.

Next I glimmer hot foiled the Winter Village and Yana's Christmas Sentiments to heavyweight white cardstock in Aura colored foil. I fussy cut alongside the top of the village, then proceeded to put the card together. I mounted the galaxy background to an A2 white card base with a full panel of foam adhesive, then adhered the winter village piece to the top. I popped only the very top of that piece up with foam dots.

Finally I mounted the sentiment to the corner with foam dots, and finished by accenting with self adhesive jewels that have been in my stash for awhile. I purchased them at a big box craft store.

With my Glimmer Hot Foil machine still out, I foiled the Christmas Sweater pattern to black cardstock using Aura colored foil. Then I foiled elements from both the Filigree Glimmer Wreaths and Yana's Christmas Sentiments sets to white cardstock in Pewter colored foil. I diecut it using the middle sized circle from the Essential Circles die set.

I proceeded to layer the foiled background to the front of an A2 white cardbase with a full panel of foam adhesive. Then I mounted the foiled circle to the middle with foam tape. I trimmed the rest of the sentiment into a thin strip, then adhered it with a thin strip of foam tape right below the word "from". To finish I accented with some self adhesive jewels.

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Hi there, crafty friends! We just arrived home from our trip to NYC, and we had the BEST time. What an amazing city! I couldn't live there, but I enjoyed the hustle, bustle and all there was to do for 6 days. I wanted to pop in today and share some cards I've created using a couple new Spellbinders collections called Modern Essentials and Bold Type Face Sentiments.  This post is quite timely, because Spellbinders has a Glimmer Sale going on now through March 17th, where you can get the Glimmer System for $99! I can't express enough how much I love this little machine, so be sure to scoop it up if it's been on your wishlist!

If you know anything about me, you know that I LOVE Essentials and I LOVE word dies. So this release was right up my alley! I decided to go with a rainbow theme for the sentiments, then kept the rest of the card design simple in order to really highlight those amazing Modern Essentials Glimmer plates.

For this square card I foiled the Essential Glimmer Circles in gold to white cardstock, then diecut with the Nestabilities Essential Squares.  I diecut the Bold Type Happy word twice from rainbow striped cardstock that I created myself, then 4 more times from white cardstock. I cut them mutiple times so I could stack the sentiment and give it more dimension and sturdiness. Then I foiled the More Sentiments Glimmer plates to cashmere cardstock and trimmed into a banner. I assembled the card together as shown, popping the square background up with a full panel of foam adhesive. The final step was accenting with the Crystals Mix to finish.


My second card was created almost exactly the same way. For this one I foiled the Essentials Glimmer Rectangle plates in gold to white cardstock, then diecut with the Nestabilities Essential Rectangles. I diecut the etched Bold Type Congrats word from rainbow striped cardstock that I created myself, then 4 more times from white cardstock & stacked together. Then I foiled the More Sentiments Glimmer plates to cashmere cardstock and trimmed into a banner. I assembled the card together as shown, popping the background up with a full panel of foam adhesive. The final step was accenting with the Crystals Mix to finish.

These new Modern Essentials are really fantastic! There are more shapes that I can't wait to use in the future, and you can see them all in the Full Bundle. This is a great way to purchase them all, as you get almost $40 in savings!

 That is everything I have for you today! If you have any questions about my card, feel free to leave them in the comments and I will be sure to reply.

You can see more foiling blog posts HERE & HERE, plus a YouTube Video HERE. If you are interested in foiling, now is a great time to purchase the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System, as it is discounted to $99 now through 3/17!

Happy Sunday, crafty friends! I hope you all have had a wonderful weekend so far. We have a newborn foster baby right now, which will likely be a very temporary placement as there is a lot of family available for the kinship search. But we will keep the little one safe & loved while they sort out and expedite the familial foster process. We've finally gotten into a bit of a groove, and are getting a bit more sleep. But we have kept our weekend quiet for the most part.

A couple of weeks ago I shared a card set using the brand new Yana's Foiled Basics collection from Spellbinders, and you can find that blog post HERE. Yana & Spellbinders reached out and asked me to create a video using these beautiful products, and I happily said yes! You can watch these three cards come to life in my video below, or on YouTube.
In this video I share the foiling process, a mistake, adjustments I made for better foiling results and then putting the cards together. It is a bit longer than my usual videos, but foiling is a bit longer of a process. I hope you will enjoy watching it anyways!

These cards focus on the following products in the Yana's Foiled Basics collection: Polka Dot Strip, Foliage Border, Organic Foliage & Yana's Sentiemnts. You can find a full product link list at multiple stores at the end of my post.

I've used cardstocks from Spellbinders/FSJ in the following colors: Whip Cream, Blue Lagoon, Outrageous Pink & Peaches and Cream.

Here is a look at each card. Let me know which one is your favorite in the comments below!

Have you tried out foiling yet? These new products from Yana will surely make you fall in love with the process, and I can't recommend them enough! I had so much fun creating these cards, and I am still in awe of the foiling process every time I do it!

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Hey there, crafty friends! I hope you are having a good week so far! Today I've got a card set to share with you featuring the brand new Foiled Basics by Yana Smakula for Spellbinders. I am so happy for Yana having her own collection of Glimmer Hot Foil products, as I think she does an AMAZING job with them. I watch all of her videos, and have had my Glimmer Hot Foil machine forever...but I'm going to be real with you. This was truly the first time I've ever broken it out & used it. (Shhhh...don't tell anyone or I'll get my papercrafting card revoked. Lol!)

I am so happy with the results, and while they aren't perfect, I am learning to embrace imperfections when papercrafting and finding ways to strategically use them or cover them up when it happens. With that being said, I have a few tips that I want to share about the foiling process as we take a look at my two cards today. First, I want to mention how I got started. When Yana shared these new foiling products with me, the first thing that came to mind was the classy & bold colors that are often used in Kate Spade collections. So that was the jumping off point for my inspiration for my card set!

Grab a few sheets of cardstock that you are okay with tossing if you don't like how the foiling turns out. The Glimmer Hot Foil System comes with a couple of foil colors, and one of them was silver. I'm not the biggest silver person, so I used that since I wouldn't reach for it very often when crafting. During my practice time, I followed the instruction manual first and then made adjustments based on what I saw in the foiling. Sometimes that meant adding a paper shim, which I needed for the polka dots but not the intricate foliage & sentiments.

I felt the practice time was crucial to really get a feel for how foiling works best for me and my workspace. I practiced for about 30 minutes, and after about 10 I was getting good foiled impressions that could actually be useable on a card. So, I promise you won't waste too much but I do think this part is important!

I learned SO much from just watching Yana's videos. This video is a perfect introduction to the Glimmer Hot Foil System, and then this video is packed with helpful tips, techniques & tricks for foiling. She has done a lot of foiling as she works for Spellbinders, so she really is an amazing resource for learning.

This is THE most important tip! Just have some fun, and don't worry about everything being completely & utterly perfect. Sure, there are some flaws in the foiling on these cards. But I did it myself, making it handmade & special for my recipient. I am THRILLED with how they turned out, and I had SO much fun making them! And that truly is the most important aspect - to have fun while creating and doing what you love. :)

STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS:

• Create (2) A2 top folding card base out of white cardstock.
• Foil light pink cardstock in Polished Brass using Polka Dot Strip, then cut into two strips
• Foil navy blue & light pink cardstock in Rose Gold and Polished Brass using Foliage Border & Organic Foliage, then die-cut.
• Foil light pink cardstock in Rose Gold using Yana’s Sentiments, then die-cut.
• Layer the polka dot strips with a thin dark pink strip of cardstock to the A2 card fronts.
• Layer the circle foliage frames to the front of each one with foam tape.
• Accent the foliage frames with additional foliage, leaves & flowers.
• Add a die-cut sentiment to each circle with foam tape.
• Finish by accenting with iridescent jewels.

One final shopping note, you can purchase all of these new Foiled Basics by Yana separately (as linked in the instructions above), or get them all in Yana's Foiled Basics Project Kit. This kit also includes 4 rolls of foil in some really fresh & fun colors, plus a few other supplies for creating 4 cards. You get a bit of a discount with this option...yay for savings!

That is everything I have for you today! If you have any questions about my post today, feel free to leave them in the comments and I will be sure to reply.