Spellbinders | August 2021 Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month

Today's Spellbinders inspiration features the August 2021 Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month! This month's kit comes a roll of beautiful Bright Pink Foil and a total of five dies -- four foiling dies and one cutting die for the sentiment. As with all card kit subscriptions, you can cancel anytime and there is no long-term obligation!

I loved the idea of foiling the two bouquets together and wanted that to be the focus of the card. I cut strips of Bazzill heavyweight cardstock in different widths -- 1/4" in Pale Rose, 1/2" in Cotton Candy, 3/4" in Candy Hearts and 1" in Lollipop. I covered the remaining portion with Neenah heavyweight and foiled the panel using the Bright Pink Foil included in this month's kit.

After foiling, I trimmed the panel down to 4" x 5.25" and created a card base from white linen cardstock. I cut a strip of black and white patterned paper and secured it to the card base, then attached the foiled panel on top.

I used the foiling sentiment and hexagon with Silver Foil on black foil cardstock and the result is incredible! I couldn't stop admiring it! In fact, I die cut several of these sentiments using various colours of cardstock and different foil colours before deciding on this version.

I die cut the hexagon using the coordinating die, also included in the August 2021 Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month, and popped it up on the panel with foam tape. To finish, I added three black enamel dots to balance out the black elements on the card.

Here's a list of kits I share each month and some of the value kits:

Small Die of the Month

Large Die of the Month

Clear Stamp of the Month

Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month

Die Hard Addict

Die & Stamp Addict

Glimmer 'n Cut Value Club

Don't forget to check out the Clearance Sale with an additional 20% off at checkout!

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Spellbinders | August 2021 Small Die of the Month

Today's Spellbinders inspiration features the August 2021 Small Die of the Month with a heat foiled sentiment from Sweet & Snarky Birthday Wishes. This sentiment set was previously sold with Aura Foil as the Glimmer Kit of the Month in June 2021 but both items are now available for purchase individually. As with all card kit subscriptions, you can cancel anytime and there is no long-term obligation!

The dimensions of this card are for a 3.25" x 6.5" mini slimline and I cut the card base from white linen cardstock which is my go-to for the majority of my cards.

All of the coloured cardstock is by Simon Says Stamp and the matte gold cardstock is by Sizzix. The colours are as follows: Burnt Orange, Orange Peel and Sunshine for the layered hexagons, Mint for the hexagon background, Peacock Teal for the outline mini slim die, Slate Gray for the foiled sentiment, and opulent matte gold for the rectangles.

It's so much fun to choose colours for these layering dies and see them come to life as the colours are stacked with Bearly Arts liquid glue. The fine nozzle on this glue makes it the perfect tool for all Spellbinders dies! Since the layered hexagons are three layers high, I stacked the hexagon outline to match their height. 

I love the Aura Foil I used to heat foil the sentiment from Sweet & Snarky Birthday Wishes. It matches the opulent matte gold cardstock perfectly! I stacked the sentiment strip two high to make it sturdy and more polished.

To finish, I attached all the layers and matching pearls to the mini slim card base using Bearly Arts liquid glue. The sentiment strip was attached using 1/4" Scor-Tape.

Here's a list of kits I share each month and some of the value kits:

Small Die of the Month

Large Die of the Month

Clear Stamp of the Month

Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month

Die Hard Addict

Die & Stamp Addict

Glimmer 'n Cut Value Club

Don't forget to check out the Clearance Sale with an additional 20% off at checkout!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Ellen Hutson | Summer of Stamping: Week 4 | Essentials by Ellen Release IG Hop

Ellen Hutson's Summer of Stamping continues with a brand new Essentials by Ellen release available  NOW and the Brand Ambassadors are celebrating with an Instagram Hop to bring you inspiration using these fabulous new products! While appreciated, comments left here are not eligible for the $25 gift certificate. Please head to Instagram for all the details! 

For this release hop, I had the joy of playing with the Stay Cool stamp set and coordinating Stay Cool Dies. The set is full of abstract shapes and patterns, perfect for stretching your creative muscles! The first pieces I noticed were that there were three parts to make a popsicle but that was too obvious so I got out an acrylic block and started stamping the shapes in different colours.

After creating a flower with the half-circle and almond shapes, I came up with the idea of using them to create cute little jellyfish. Even better, the small circle was perfect for eyes and there was also a highlighting curve that turned out to be perfect for a smile! The googly eyes completed the adorable sea creatures!

The heads were stamped with Coral Cabana, the eyes and stars were stamped with Melon Ice, the tentacles were stamped with Bellini, the mouths were stamped with Samba, and the waves in the background were stamped with Mint To Be.

The sentiment was ombre-stamped with Twilight and Black Jack, and the dots in the corners of the card base were stamped with Black Jack.

I purposely did not align the tentacles perfectly because I wanted them to look more quirky and also give the illusion of added movement. Between the waves, the stars creating sparkle in the water, the tentacles and the googly eyes, all of these elements make this a super fun card!

After making the jellyfish, I decided to stretch my creative muscles even further and see what other sea creatures I could come up with and... looking at the All the Feels Die, I managed to design a little crab! I was giggling the entire time I was putting it together.

Again, the head/body was stamped with Coral Cabana, the eyes were stamped with Black Jack, the mouth was stamped with Samba, the claws were stamped with Bellini, the legs were stamped with Black Jack, and the water droplets were stamped with Mint To Be and Melon Ice.

This was the first time I made an infinity shaker card! Not only was it fun, it was so easy and I will definitely be making more. First, I cut the front panel using the Melon Edge Dies and then I die cut the All the Feels Die from the top portion of the panel.

For the base, I cut a separate A2 panel and used Mint To Be and Melon Ice to ink blend the panel, allowing the beautiful seascape to show through the die and the shaker pocket to show completely at the very bottom.

After ink blending, I secured the shaker pocket to the panel and filled it with Iridescent Mini Star Confetti. After closing the pocket, I used 1/8" and 1/4" Scor-Tape to secure it to the front of the shaker panel and popped up the crap and water droplets with foam tape. When the entire panel was completed, I secured it to the white linen card base with 2" Scor-Tape.

Be sure to click HERE or on the image below to head to Instagram and begin the hop for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate to EllenHutson.com!

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