Spellbinders March Clubs Blog Hop

Hello! I’m so happy to be a part of the March Clubs blog hop for Spellbinders today. I’m using the Glimmer of the Month. I had a wonderful idea for my card but I messed it up pretty badly. I’m going to share how it was supposed to be done. I’ll tell you what went wrong and how I managed to save my card.

1. Die cut four hexagon from the Geo Foliage Glimmer Plate set from Hammermill cardstock.

2. Hot foil the March Glimmer of the month plates with Black Hot Foil Roll on each hexagon.

If you figure out the layout of the hexagons as you work, you won’t need to hot foil the entire panel, just the parts that show.

3. Color all the flowers and leaves. I used Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Sprout, Fairway and Field.

This is where I messed up. I added Pawsitively Saturated Inks to each flower and leaf with a small blending brush. I should have masked the edge of each image then colored them. I got ink out of the lines everywhere. It looked terrible!

To save my card, I die cut the images out of the hexagons and die cut four new hexagons. I placed the die cut images on the new hexagons using the old ones as templates. Think it worked out pretty well!

4. Adhere the hexagons to the card base with foam tape. Cut off any overhang.

5. Hot foil the sentiment from Sentiments for Everyday Glimmer Plates on Hammermill cardstock with Copper Hot Foil Roll. Cut into a strip. Add a strip of Glossy Black Cardstock offset. Adhere to card with thin foam squares.

6. Add Black Onyx Droplets with Bearly Arts Precision Glue.

I’m happy with how my card turned out despite messing it up! I hope to recreate this at some point and do it right.

Giveaway

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on our blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, March 13^th, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in the Spellbinders blog hop post the following Wednesday. The winner is responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes.

Please note, store credit (gift certificate) cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions. Store credit can be applied to shop past Club products, Club extras and regular releases.

You can find the participants list below. Thanks for visiting!

Spellbinders Blog
Tina Smith
Bibi Cameron
Annie Williams
Jill Hilliard
Jean Manis
Becca Feeken
Yasmin Diaz
Linda Parker
Virginia Lu
Sandra Nagel
Ilina Crouse
Laurie Willison
Jennifer Snyder
Marie Heiderscheit
Jennifer Kotas
Deborah Jenkins
Hussena Calcuttawala
Linh Van
Joy Baldwin
Erin Thompson
Rosemary Dennis
Karen Yagel
Jenny Colacicco
Jeanne Jachna
Jessica Vasher
Melody Rupple
Alanna Moses
Lisa Tilson
Jen Krey
Emily Leiphart
Kathy W. Clement
Rebecca Keppel