Spellbinders Quick Trimmer

Spellbinders Quick Trimmer

Hello! I’m delighted to be sharing product news from Spellbinders – the introduction of the Quick Trimmer, with which you can accurately cut foil to size without any scratching and easily trim sentiment strips! This is a huge time saver when it comes to cutting foil! The trimmer comes with a self-healing mat, trimmer plate, and foil and paper blades. Check out this video for all of the details!

Spellbinders Quick Trimmer

Spellbinders Quick Trimmer

Earlier, I created a Halloween card using the trimmer, and today I am sharing a Christmas card of similar design.

Spellbinders Glimmer Foil Christmas Card

Spellbinders Glimmer Foil Christmas Card

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Spellbinders November 2020 Small Die of the Month

Hello and happy November! Today, I am sharing holiday-themed cards created with this month’s Small Die of the Month kit at Spellbinders – “Frankie Goes to the North Pole.”

Spellbinders November 2020 Small Die of the Month

I’ve used two of my favorite techniques: diecutting and glimmer foiling .

Spellbinders November 2020 Small Die of the Month

On my first card, I placed Frankie into a ski scene.

Spellbinders November 2020 Small Die of the Month

  • I created the background with patterned paper and a ski slope cut from glittered cardstock. I created the slope by cutting an oval and trimming it on its sides and bottom.
  • I cut the snowman from Whip Cream cardstock and cut the scarf, mittens, hat, skis, and poles from specialty cardstock (red velvet, black glitter, silver foil) to add textural interest.
  • I cut and assembled the tree, branches, and trunk; the additional branches add volume to the tree. I added the star and the ornaments. The set contains dies to create the tree and dies to create a North Pole sign.
  • I heat-foiled the Holiday Sentiments Series 2 sentiment on red velvet.
  • I added the sentiment, snowman, and tree to the scene. I also cut snowflakes using the Festive Wreaths Slider Card die and added those for additional interest.

Spellbinders November 2020 Small Die of the Month

I used the other snowman face option on a CAS card. Frankie is having a great time on his skis!

Spellbinders November 2020 Small Die of the Month

  • I cut and assembled the snowman.
  • I glimmer foiled the sentiment with the Christmas Essentials Glimmer Ovals plate in Silver Matte on teal cardstock and cut it with the oval die.
  • I dry-embossed the Candy Apple background, added the foiled oval to the base, and added the assembled snowman with foam adhesive.

Spellbinders November 2020 Small Die of the Month

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Penny Black Frozen Vista

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS Christmas card created with new products from Penny Black’s Season of Hope Collection.

Penny Black Frozen Vista

  • To begin, I applied Distress Oxide inks to Bristol board.
  • I stamped the 30-736 Frozen Vista image in black. The stamp set includes two window pane images.
  • I heat-embossed the 30-736 Frozen Vista sentiment on white cardstock from which I cut the opening using a die in the 51-698 Frozen Vista Cut Out set.
  • I added the frame over the inked and stamped image.
  • I added snowflakes cut from white cardstock with a die in the 51-080 Around Town set.

Penny Black Frozen VistaI particularly like window scene. One of my favorite Christmas motifs is Santa in the sky over a landscape.

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Penny Black – Adorn

Hello! Today I am sharing another card created with die sets in the just-released Penny Black collection – Season of Hope. This CAS holiday card took only a few minutes to assemble.

Penny Black - Adorn

  • The star of the card is the ornament created with the 51-666 Adorn set. I backed the ornament, cut from red foil, with white cardstock. I cut its topper from silver foil and added silver twine to the assembly.
  • I cut the 51-670 Bountiful Berries from white glitter paper. (I’m planning on using this die again to cut a branch from tan, green, or white cardstock and add Nuvo drops for the berries.
  • I cut the sentiment from silver foil using the 51-698 Frozen Vista Cut Out set. For additional depth, I backed the silver foil with the sentiment also cut from white cardstock.
  • I added the branch, sentiment, and ornament (popped up with foam adhesive) to a card base covered with patterned paper.
  • I embellished the scene with snowflakes cut from glitter cardstock using dies in the 51-268 A Blizzard and 51-080 Around Town sets.

Penny Black - Adorn

I was originally planning to add light blue ink to a white cardstock panel for the background, as I did on this card; however, it felt too plain. I had the patterned paper out for a different project and liked how the red ornament popped against the blue snowflake pattern.

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Penny Black – Christmas Baubles

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS Christmas card created with supplies from the just-released Penny Black collection – Season of Hope. The collection is jam-packed with stamps and dies for holiday crafting.

Penny Black - Christmas Baubles

  • I cut the 51-659 Beautified Baubles from silver foil, gold foil, red foil, and red velvet (the tie).
  • I assembled the ornaments with glue.
  • I stamped the 30-731 Christmas Moments sentiment on to a card base on which I had applied Distress Ink.
  • I adhered the branches, cut with a die in the 51-659 Beautified Baubles set, to the card base and added the ornaments with foam adhesive.

Penny Black - Christmas Baubles

I can almost smell the greenery!

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