Hello crafters. Today, even though it’s still just August, I’m sharing a hot foil tutorial using etched dies to make a Christmas card. Spellbinders has just released a bunch of absolutely gorgeous Holiday dies and Glimmer plates that are very much on-trend and make fabulous Christmas projects.
I haven’t had the chance to play with the dies yet, I have used the new Glimmer plates and I do have a video coming soon, but today I wanted to do some die cutting and also show you how you can use your regular dies to create foiled effects on your Christmas cards.
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
As always, I filmed a video tutorial showing how to create this project from start to finish. I’m hoping you’ll enjoy it. Watch it below or on my Youtube channel:
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CARDS DETAILS
The die I am working with today is Joy. The Joy comes with an outline die and this is what I am using to foil with. There are also separate dies to cut the word Joy as well as dies to cut poinsettias, holly leaves, branches, and berries.
I used Blue Lagoon cardstock from FSJ, cut it to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2” to make the front of the card. Next, I used my hinge method to position and attach the die exactly in the center of my panel. I explain the hinge method in detail in one of my previous videos.
Having secured the Joy on the paper, and having added the Polished Brass foil, I also prepped “Merry and Bright” glimmer plate sentiment. These glimmer plates come from the new Holiday Sentiment set and are a great addition to the 2 previous sentiment sets from Spellbinders called Everyday sentiments, I can’t get enough of them and I use them for nearly every foiled project I make.
Once I foiled both, I set the sentiment aside. Next, I die-cut Joy letters from gold glitter and gold foil cardstock and foam mounted them onto my panels (I foiled several joy panels as I wanted to make more than one card).
One of my favorite ways to dress up simple card designs like this is to add some ink blending and so I’ve picked 2 colors of ink – Blue Lagoon, the same ink color as the paper I have foiled on and also Huckleberry Fusion from FSJ to do the ink blending.
With the ink added around the edges, the center section of the panel really glows. With the ink blending done I foam mounted the sentiment panel, die-cut poinsettias, leaves, and branches and adhered everything onto the card. I used Candied Apple and Fresh Forest cardstock from FSJ to die cut all of these pieces.
I used glue to adhere everything in place except for the red flowers – I used foam adhesive to pop those up next to the letters. I also added gold flower centers to the red poinsettias and even some red berries onto some of the branches.
I also used Nuvo drops in Morning Dew and coated the berries as well as the gold flower centers on the poinsettias. For the other card, where I had the Mirror Gold cardstock letters I also added some gold glitter die cuts to the add some shine to the card, I skipped adding Nuvo Drops but added Jewels from Pretty Pink Posh instead. I love both card options, but curious to know if you prefer one over the other.
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GIVEAWAY
To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $50 gift certificate to one lucky blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, September 25th 11:59 pm EDT. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Monday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties, and taxes.
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
 Joy Etched Dies Holiday 2019 Shop at: SB | AZ |
 Holiday Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate Holiday 2019 Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ |
 Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ |
 Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Polished Brass Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ |
 Spellbinders Deep Sea Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ |
 FSJ Mirror Gold Cardstock Shop at: SB |
 FSJ Blue Lagoon 8.5 X 11 Cardstock Shop at: SB |
 FSJ Candy Apple 8.5 X 11 Cardstock Shop at: SB |
 FSJ Fresh Forest 8.5 X 11 Cardstock Shop at: SB |
 Simon Says Stamp Cardstock Gold Glitter Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Polished Gold Mirror Card Gloss Cardstock Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Altenew Gold Mirror Cardstock Shop at: TS UK |
 FSJ Blue Lagoon True Color Fusion Ink Pad Shop at: SB |
 FSJ Huckleberry Fusion True Color Fusion Ink Pad Shop at: SB |
 Pretty Pink Posh Sea Glass Jewels Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Pretty Pink Posh Caribbean Blue Jewels Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Tonic Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ | TS USA |
 Tonic Deluxe Adhesive Nuvo Glue Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ | TS USA |
 Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS | PPP | AZ |
 White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | SC | SB | AZ |
Yana , this card is brilliant! I love it!!
Gorgeous cards!! Love the new release!!
Love the card. I have been looking a foiling systems recently. I may have to dive in.
This card is breathtaking, so pretty. That color blue is gorgeous and I love it so much. Definitely need to take a look at FSJ card stock. Thanks for sharing.
Such a merry and Bright card perfect for the holidays
YANA YANA YANA! So beautiful
I always learn something new from you and enjoy watching you. Thank you for sharing.
I love the color combo of this card, so elegant. Thanks for a great give away and sharing these great products with us.
The most bright and merry card I’ve ever seen! GORGEOUS, happy, and no one possible word to describe it.
This is one of the most beautiiful cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
It is hard to choose between the two cards. Both are awesome. I do love the addition of the poinsettias.
Yana, this is REALLY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!! ;)<3
Wow!!! Stunning card!!!
I just love the rich colored cardstock and ink that you used for your card…Just beautiful one of my favorite,
Thank you for sharing
Amazing card! So pretty and detailed. The video is great. Thanks.
Yana, once again you nailed it. This J-O-Y card is simply beautiful. You know how much I love your work. You did it again. Awesome work! ; )
Ooohhh! Love the vibrant colors! Really accentuates the foil.
Absolutely stunning. That’s all I can say about this card. Beautiful job!
I see so many gorgeous cards on blogs, but this one is SPECIAL!!!! I love the colors, the die cuts, the placement….
Gorgeous! Love the non-traditional card color!
Beautiful!
What a fabulous card!! Your card is indeed ‘merry & bright’ just as the sentiment says 🙂
LOVING the deep blue background and how it makes the gorgeous foil accents POP! Fabulous!
Spectacular card with gorgeous colors and details! Love the foiled background and the embellishments!
Your cards are absolutely gorgeous! I love how you darkened the edges of the panel with ink!
Your card is absolutely stunning!
Your card is gorgeous. Love the pretty blue background and especially the JOY die cut. TFS
What a lovely card Yana. Love the deep blue background with the gold and the colorful die-cut elements. Such a pretty design. Thank you for the inspiration!
Beautiful card.
I am stunned by the sheer beauty and drop dead gorgeous JOY card.!
Beautiful! Love the blues with the red. I like them both equally! Thanks, Yana.
WOW….what a FABULOUS card.
this JOY die is on my wish list! Too bad it is sold out already. Love your beautiful card, Yana.
Love the idea of fouling! Your blue Joy cards are GORGEOUS!
Love the bold colors, just beautiful
Your cards are gorgeous. I love the blue coloring. This joy die is beautiful.
Absolutely stunning card.
The cards are beautiful, this is a great release. I must try the blue background.
Stunning! Love your cards and ideas.
Love the blue. Still not to dark for the gold.
Really like you color choice for this card.
Sometimes the word ‘joy’ can get lost on a card but not this one! Excellent!
This is one of the prettiest Christmas cards I’ve seen! The Blue Lagoon cars stock is gorgeous!
beautiful card. love the colors you used.
Such an incredible background! I love how the JOY just pops from the card and shimmers!
Stunning colors & design. The tone-on-tone background, the foiling and perfectly placed letters are wonderful.
Both of these are gorgeous! I love the one with the Nuvo drops really makes the berries pop.
Very cool card. Love the deep blue background.
SWOON!! I LOVE all of the AMAZING Inspiration!! Such a STUNNING Card Design!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
Wow such great,gorgeous and beautiful cards love the vibrant colors. Thanks for sharing.
Love your card with the Color scheme.