Pinkfresh Studios Twist Pattern Press Plate Cards

I am having great fun playing with my press plates in the Glimmer Machine from Spellbinders. I love a product that can be used several different ways and all my press plates can also be foiled! I also love press plates that are not flowers and could not resist the Twist Pattern Press Plate with its matching die from Pinkfresh Studios. I did combine it with their Honeysuckle press plate on the Best Wishes card but most of the time I admit I wish there were more non-flower press plates on the market. On the first card I simply foiled the Twist Pattern Press Plate for a subtle pretty background. On the second card I ran the Twist Pattern Press Plate through my BetterPress with no ink to create the blue embossed background. I also foiled  the twist pattern with rainbow foil and cut out with the matching die also from Pinkfresh Studios. I raised that twist pattern with foam adhesive strips and moved it over slightly for a double twist pattern.

Here are two more ways to create with this Twist Pattern Press Plate- attach a 2nd foiled pattern in the opposite direction and inlay some pieces in different colors. The foiled and die cut sentiments you see here are from a new press plate set from LDRS Creative. 

Spellbinders Handmade Holidays Many Ways

Spellbinders has released so many awesome collections in July and helped me to get a great start on my Christmas card making! I made the card above with the lovely Delivering Joy Sleigh Die Set over an embossed candy cane background (embossing folder also from Spellbinders.) The foiled sentiment is from another press plate and matching die from Spellbinders.

The gorgeous roses press plate with matching stencil set is called Winter Rose Background BetterPress Plate, but I didn't make any holiday or winter cards with it. I thought it would make a beautiful wedding card and a lovely Best Wishes card in purples like below:

I cut out the center and added color to just that part with the layering stencils included in this set. Both foiled sentiments on these cards are from the Spellbinders BetterPress New Beginnings Timeless Sentiments set. 

One easy way to use Spellbinders BetterPress Plates is to simply run it through the BetterPress system without any ink and it letterpresses it for a subtle embossed look. I fussy cut some of white foiled roses and added some leaves die cut with a Spellbinders die out of foiled black cardstock. 

Spellbinders Adorable Bibi's Pugs Cards and Tags

Oh My is this pug shaped card not adorable? I jumped at the chance to play with the new collection at Spellbinders called Bibi's Cats and Pugs. The Big Pug Die Set contains 24 dies that together make amazing pug cards. I chose to make a white pug and cut the shape of the card with the largest pug die. Here is the fun surprise when the card is opened:

The birthday pug inside is another of Bibi's adorable sets called Party Puggles. Below is a set of tags I made with both of the pugs sets of dies:

Easy Pop Up Piano Card with Karen Burniston Dies

I am a huge fan of Karen Burniston's pop up dies but will admit that some of them take more time and effort than others. I love to make an easy pop up card like these that are sure to impress the birthday boy or girl, and I show how easy these are to make in my new video here. 

The newest release by Karen Burniston included two add on die sets for the Lorna Label Pop Up die and as I show here they can be used with or without the pop up die. But of course the real magic happens when the card is opened:

It is much easier to see the pop up motion in the video of course but here is a side view showing the Piano Pop Up attached to the Lorna Label Pop Up with the famous song "Happy Birthday To You". I chose a side view even though there are some shadows so you can see how the two pop up pieces attach. I show step by step how to do that in the new video. 

One of the hardest parts of cardmaking for me is to pick out different color combinations that look good together. But now it is easy because I have Sarah Renae Clark's Color Box and I chose this color combo for the piano pop up card I made step by step in the video:

I had great fun playing with the new pop up dies from Karen Burniston and hope my cards will encourage you to give some of the ideas and products a try1

Sailboats and Pirate Ships - Oh My!

I am a huge Karen Burniston fan and marvel every release at the amazing pop up dies she designs. This time it is pop up boats with a sailboat and a pirate ship add-ons. (She also has an amazing piano pop up which I will be playing with soon and will share.)

These card fronts are fun and all but the real magic happens when the boats pop up when the card is opened. My grandson is going to love the pirate ship:

I made a reel to show you how the magic happens when the cards are opened. Something on Blogger has changed because even the shortest reels now exceed their limits? So you can see it on my Instagram or Karen's Kreative Kards Facebook page. 

Christmas In July With My New Spellbinders Glimmer Machine

I resisted getting a hot foil system for years but after I started accumulating press plates and realized every one of them can also be foiled, I gave myself an early Christmas present and bought the Glimmer machine when  it was on sale at Spellbinders. 

ALERT - Spellbinders is running another great sale right now with up to 40% off many many BetterPress plates and supplies!

Here is one of the cards I share in my new video here. I foiled both of the Day and Night Pines Press Plates from the new Home For the Holidays collection at Spellbinders with a sparkly gold foil. The 3rd set of strips were run through my BettterPress with gold ink and I hot foiled the sentiment from a new set called Sending Joy Sentiments that includes matching dies. I saw this cool woven strips sketch on a Facebook group but there were no instructions. I made my strips 1/2 inch wide and also placed them 1/2 inch apart so it was not too hard to do. 

I am a newbie at hot foiling as I just got my Glimmer machine last week. But I watched some videos from Spellbinders and others and have found it to be not hard at all. Here is another card I shared in the new video:

I foiled on vellum with a speckled silver hot foil in my Glimmer machine before cutting it with Spellbinders Essential Arches with a silver frame too. I brushed on soft inks on the back and added a hot foiled silver Sending Joy sentiment. 

I love the foiled cards with these new Spellbinders press plates as well as the BetterPress cards so I had great fun making these lovely cards for my Christmas card stash. 

Spellbinders Color Mix Joy Holiday Cards

Joy is my favorite holiday word but I love to share joy all year round with handmade cards. The Christmas in July releases like Spellbinders Home For The Holidays remind us that it is never too early to start making Christmas cards so we are not stressed in December to get them done. My two cards today were made with the new Color Mix Joy Press Plates from Spellbinders. The registration plates allow us to change colors for each letter, and I chose two shades of blue and green for the O to make it into a wreath. The stitched snowflake is from Spellbinders Stitched Christmas Sweater set and I used another Spellbinders die set to cut the shaped card and card front.

I chose traditional Christmas colors for my second joy card and added a Happy Holidays pressed and cut out with the new Sending Joy Holiday Words set from Spellbinders.

Two more cards for my holiday card stash made easily and beautifully with the new Home For The Holidays collection from Spellbinders!