Spellbinders | May 2024 Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month - Tropical Bloom + BONUS Tropical Bloom Stencil

Today, I'm sharing two cards featuring the May 2024 Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month from Spellbinders. Both cards feature the "Tropical Bloom" Glimmer Hot Foil Kit and the second card also features the BONUS coordinating "Tropical Bloom Stencil", only available with The Deluxe Caboodle Value Club. Club Kits close on the 27th of each month so get them while you can!

Ever since I made THIS card featuring the Daffodil Spray, I've wanted to make another card in this style and it was time! This fresh colour palette was inspired by Lauren Wager.

The cardstock I pulled are Hero Arts Pumpkin, Spellbinders Glacier and Barely Peach, and Concord & 9th Clover. After cutting up various slices of each other and taping them together at the back, I was ready to heat foil.

I used Matte Gold Hot Foil to heat foil the large "Tropical Bloom" directly onto the panel. It's not perfectly foiled on the Clover section but it'll do.

The "Tropical Bloom" Glimmer Hot Foil Kit comes with two sentiments with coordinating dies. I heat foiled this particular sentiment with White Hot Foil on Clover cardstock and die cut it a second time from Mirror Gold cardstock.

After popping up the sentiment with foam strips, I added a few coordinating Tangerine Glitter Dots. What do you think of this design? How does it compare to my previous card featuring the Daffodil Spray?

My second card also features the "Tropical Bloom" Glimmer Hot Foil Kit but I also used the BONUS coordinating "Tropical Bloom Stencil", which is only available with The Deluxe Caboodle Value Club.

This time, I used Pewter Hot Foil to heat foil the "Tropical Bloom" twice on white cardstock. I love this shade of foil as an alternative to black because it's not quite so dark and has a lot of shine. It's just so beautiful to look at in person.

The BONUS coordinating "Tropical Bloom Stencil" comes with two layering stencils and I used the following inks to add colour to the flower: Concord & 9th Nectar, Catherine Pooler Mandarin Spice and Tranquil, and Concord & 7th Clover.

The sentiment banners are all from the Cheers to You Sentiments Press Plate & Die Set but I heat foiled them here, also using Pewter Hot Foil. I love that you can use BetterPress plates as hot foil dies, too! To finish, I added a few Nectar Enamel Dots.

Here's a list of monthly club kits I share, as well as some of the value kits offered by Spellbinders:

Stitching Die of the Month

Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month

The Deluxe Caboodle Value Club

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Lawn Fawn | Anniversary Card

Hi, lovely friends! Today, I'm sharing the cutest card that my son made for our 20th wedding anniversary last month. Damian used THIS card that I made for my husband as his inspiration. If you don't know the Squishmallow Avery story, you can read more HERE and HERE about why we're obsessed and why our birds are often coloured like male mallards. ;)

Damian stamped and coloured 20 adorable birds, one for each year of marriage, from Simply Celebrate Critters using the Copic markers listed below. Then he added white gel pen accents just like I did on my existing card. 

After die cutting the birds, he set those aside and stamped two speech bubbles from Dad Jokes and filled them with sentiments from Virtual Friends Add-On.

 

Next, he cut a card base from Surf Blue cardstock, plus a matching frame using the Stitched Rectangle Frames dies. Before popping all the die cuts on to the card base, Damian stamped a sentiment from the Party Animal stamp set.

After all the die cuts were arranged with small foam squares, Damian added three enamel hearts in three shades of pink-red for a pop of colour. I really love his cute and clever design to use one bird for each year of marriage!

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Spellbinders | Glimmering Flowers Collection - Part 1

Hello, crafty friends! I'm so excited to be creating with the Spellbinders Glimmering Flowers Collection. It's so beautiful and easy to use with hot foil plates and coordinating stencils. You'll definitely want every piece in this collection! I used the same colour palette to create contrasting cards for this post and you'll definitely see more from me using other products in this collection.

Both my cards feature the Glimmering Buttercups Glimmer Plate but this first card also features the Layered Glimmering Buttercups Stencils which are only available as part of the Glimmering Buttercups Glimmer and Stencil Bundle.

I heat foiled the Glimmering Buttercups on white cardstock with Aura Hot Foil and I love the way it shimmers and glows in the light. I chose four inks to stencil in the buttercups and they are Be Mine, Cotton Candy, Glitz and Sprinkles. I layered a bit of Glitz over Sprinkles on the small leaves for a slight green tint.

After stencilling, I used the largest of the Precision Layering A2 A dies to cut the panel and attached it to a white linen card base. Next, I heat foiled all of the Curved Everyday Sentiments with Aura Hot Foil on Pitch Black cardstock.

After layering the sentiment banner with Sweet Pea and Surf Blue cardstock, I popped it on foam strips and added some Fashion Topaz Pearl Dots to finish the card.

This second card is a dramatic contrast to the first design. I wanted to show off the beautiful details on the Glimmering Buttercups Glimmer Plate and this was easy to do with Bright Pink Hot Foil on Pitch Black cardstock.

No stencil was necessary here but if you wanted to add something, distress oxide inks would work wonderfully to highlight the buttercups a bit.

Once again, I cut the panel using the Precision Layering A2 A dies and attached it to a white linen card base. Next, I heat foiled all of the Curved Everyday Sentiments with Aura Hot Foil on white cardstock.

I cut extra sentiment banners with Mirror Gold cardstock and popped it to the foiled panel with foam strips, tucking a teal double bow underneath.

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