NEW VIDEO - One Glimmer Plate , Three Ways | Christmas Card Magic 2026 #4 - Sandi MacIver

Hi crafty friends! Welcome back to Christmas Card Magic 2026 Video #4. In today’s video, I’m using the new Hero Arts Easy Elegance Collection to create five holiday cards and show you three ways to use one Glimmer Plate. We’ll add beautiful shine with hot foiling, use the leftover foil to create a reverse-foiled background, and dry emboss with that same plate for a completely different look. Also, I’ll give you a quick look at the new and improved Glimmer Foil Machine from Spellbinders.
So let’s get started.

Products used for the Glimmer Plate Three Ways Video

Hero Arts Easy Elegance Collection
Radiant Start LetterPress & Foil
So Very Merry Stamp & Cut
Bold Holly Die Set
Lindy’s Magicals in Waterlillies Lavendar, Hydrangea Blue, and Sweet Violet Purple Teal.

I also used the Spellbinders Gold Assorted Pack for behind the die cuts in the first two foiled cards.

I like the matte finish and the glitter finish for both of these.

Then you use the die cuts from the first two cards to create a third.

The second Glimmer Plate Technique:

– is to dry emboss with it, using your Soft Impression Pad in the sandwich for your die-cutting machine. It does a beautiful job of embossing.

And since we made 8 cardstock panels at the beginning of the video with the Lindy’s magicals, there are plenty left over to die-cut additional holly pieces.
This color combo on the mint green embossed background is my favorite of the 5 cards today – what’s yours?

Glimmer Plate Three Ways – Technique #3 – Reverse Glimmer.

I also show you how to use the New Glimmer Hot Foil Machine and the recently released A2 Solid Rectangle Plate to turn the leftover foil from the first two cards into another stunning background for card #5.

By the end of the video, you will have five beautifully artistic holiday cards filled with shimmer, ready to send to friends and family. And the bonus? They’re all flat enough to mail without extra postage for thickness!

And of course, Technique #4 – you can Betterpress with this plate as well. I didn’t include it today, because I didn’t make a card using it.

Here’s today’s Card Making Video: One Glimmer Plate, Three Ways | Christmas Card Magic 2026 #4

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