Hello there!! I am super excited to be participating in a blog hop for Spellbinders!!! Today, we are featuring the Decorative Glimmer Collection!!
If you arrived here from the uber talented Caly Person’s Blog, you are on the right track. Be sure to start at the Spellbinders Blog and visit each stop on the hop. (I have also included a complete list of designers further down in this post.) Keep reading for more info on the super prizes up for grabs.
I have two cards to share with you today!! There is nothing that takes your cards up a notch like foiling does!! The Glimmer Hot Foil System makes adding foil a breeze. Yana Smakula has some wonderful YouTube videos with helpful hints to aid in using hot foil.
For my first card, I hot foiled the Flower Pattern Glimmer Hot Foil Plate with Matte Gold Foil onto Bristol paper. I watercolored this beautiful background with watercolor markers. I love how the foil resists the watercolor! Once the panel was dry, I trimmed a bit off of the top and bottom and matted it onto light blue cardstock.
The Hello Glimmer Hot Foil Platewas also foiled with Matte Gold Foil onto Bristol. I die-cut it with the included die and added a light blue watercolor wash to match the background. I popped the Hello die-cut up in the center of my floral background with foam adhesive.
This Flower Pattern Glimmer Hot Foil Plate was love at first sight for me!! I thoroughly enjoyed adding watercolor to the foiled images!!
My second card features the ornate Fanciful Corners Glimmer Hot Foil Plate with Aura Foil.
The Aura Foil is just stunning!! I wish I could capture it in photos!
I began by foiling the Fanciful Corners Glimmer Hot Foil Plate in each corner of a panel of dark blue cardstock. I used pieces of washi tape to hold the plates in place. The panel was trimmed slightly and matted onto a panel of metallic gold paper and then an A2 panel of the same dark blue cardstock. I foiled the Hello Glimmer Hot Foil Plate onto blue cardstock and cut it out with the die. I also die-cut a piece of metallic gold paper and adhered it behind the foiled one, slightly offset.
I adhered the die-cuts in the center of the background panel with foam adhesive and called it done!!
I am the last stop on the hop!! Here is a complete list of all of the stops!! Be sure to comment along the way for a chance to win one of the fabulous prizes listed below!!!
- Spellbinders
- Yana Smakula
- Hussena Calcuttawala
- Nichol Spohr
- Marie Heiderscheit
- Bibi Cameron
- Ashlea Cornell
- Laura Volpes
- Varada Sharma
- LauraJane Head
- Ilina Crouse
- Justine Hovey
- Jacquie Dean
- Kaja Vezenšek
- Caly Person
- Brenda Noelke<<<YOU ARE HERE>>>
Giveaway:
To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, July 7th 11:59 pm EDT. The winners will be announced in the blog hop post the following Monday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties, and taxes.
Thanks so much for joining me today!!
I’ll see you soon!
What a beautiful background on the first card! The flowers are super pretty! And I love the second one too, so elegant!
What a beautiful and colorful card! The copper and blue card is so pretty too!
So awesome! So pretty!
These are all gorgeous but that pop of gold on the navy is so elegant, I just adore it!
Such beautiful cards!!
Such different cards but they are both stunning! I love them!
Two beautiful cards. Your water coloring is lovely.
HOW LOVELY!!!!!!! I was JUST playing with this plate- Flower Pattern last night! LOL AND I have those Ornate Corners too…. LOVE how you used them on the blue card stock! I THINK I “need” that fancy Hello now! A SUPER JOB, Brenda!!!!! ;)<3
Beautiful cards! I love how the foiling acts as a resist so color can be added to the project. Thanks for sharing your inspiration.
Such beautiful cards! Love the foiling…
Thanks for sharing.
These cards looks beautiful.. love the bold and vibrant colors.. thanks for the inspiration ..
Both are GORGEOUS! I love the way the foil looks on the blue cardstock! WOW!
Love both cards. Will need to try it on my Bristol paper. Finding the blue one stricking. May need to try this color combo for my hanukkah cards this year. I make both christmas and hanukkah but struggle with what to do. You given me an idea for this year
Love both your cards. I have never colored in my foilplate… what a great effect!
Really beautiful cards, Brenda! Love your choice of plates and colors of foil.
Simply beautiful!!
Wow absolutely beautiful cards! I especially love the first one with that floral plate…. stunning! Thanks so much for sharing with us 🙂
So pretty
Beautiful cards, and the dark blue…WOW! Just GORGEOUS!
Gorgeous cards! Love the watercolored background!
so pretty – gorgeous watercolouring, love those soft colours!!
Love what you created!
Awesome cards! Thanks for sharing
Gorgeous cards. I especially love the blue and gold. So nice!
I love the color combination with the foil!
Stunning! Love the watercolor of the first card and the pop of elegance with the blue card. Thanks for sharing on the hop.
Your soft colors look wonderful with the glimmery parts. So pretty
I love the use of the watercolor with the foiled images.
I love your use of the watercolor with the foiled images.
I love your inspiration!
Your first card is so perfect it looks like a Hallmark card.. The colors are stunning. The blue card is very special and so simple.
Your cards are beautiful. Love the soft colors you used to watercolor the first one and the elegance of the blue and gold card. Great job! Thanks for sharing!
Oh wow! Such stunning cards!
Beautiful cards. I love the gorgeous foiling on the colored cardstock — stunning.
Your flower card is amazing! Love it!
Thanks for sharing your beautiful foiled cards!
Such pretty palettes, I adore the elegance of the second card. Thanks for sharing this inspiration with these fun products.
Great cards! Your watercoloring is beautiful and I love how you added offset gold under the hello die in your second card. Stunning!
So pretty and elegant with the foiling. I like the colors on the first one too.
your floral card is like a gorgeous spring garden, and the gold and blue are so very elegant!
Gorgeous cards. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards! I love how the gold foil looks on the blue cardstock!
Gorgeous projects — thank you for sharing. I love the deep color of the paper with the gold foil. Very stunning!
Beautiful cards! I like the colors on the floral card.
Gorgeous cards! Thanks for sharing 😀
I love the soft colors of that first card. 🙂
Wow! These are beautiful! Love that blue and gold!
wow your cards are so elegant
Beautiful cards. Love them both. The watercoloring is amazing. And the contrast between the dark paper and foil is perfect. Thanks for the inspiration.
Gorgeous cards! Love the coloring on the floral design! Beautiful foil plate designs!