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Spellbinders August 2025 Clubs Blog Hop – Glimmer Fish Cards

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Hey cardmaking friends! I’m excited to be joining the Spellbinders August 2025 Clubs Blog Hop today. Each stop along the hop is filled with unique inspiration featuring one of this month’s club kits. My feature is the Glimmer of the Month Club Kit – Arctic Glimmer – and I have two fun cards to share with you. Both also showcase the adorable Fish Friends Bonus Die Set, exclusively for Deluxe Caboodle members. These little fish are irresistibly cute and so much fun to put together!

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Handmade card featuring a school of whimsical die-cut fish created with the Spellbinders Glimmer of the Month and Deluxe Caboodle Bonus gift. The fish are arranged in neat rows across a turquoise background with Glimmer Hot Foiled white bubbles, blending from pink to purple hues with black tails. A small black banner in the lower right corner reads “WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER” in white text. The design is mounted on a bright magenta card base, with a purple mat layer, evoking a playful and uplifting underwater scene.

Products used for the Spellbinders August 2025 Clubs Blog Hop | Glimmer Fish Cards

Hey cardmaking friends! I’m excited to be joining the Spellbinders August 2025 Clubs Blog Hop today. Each stop along the hop is filled with unique inspiration featuring one of this month’s club kits. My feature is the Glimmer of the Month Club Kit – Arctic Glimmer – and I have two fun cards to share with you. Both also showcase the adorable Fish Friends Bonus Die Set, exclusively for Deluxe Caboodle members. These little fish are irresistibly cute and so much fun to put together!

The Glimmer Hot Foil Club of the Month features a background plate filled with playful bubbles, perfectly coordinated with the rest of this month’s club releases. For today’s cards, I used two different foils — white foil for the card on the left, and Speckled Prism Glimmer Hot Foil for the card on the right.

Handmade card featuring a school of whimsical die-cut fish in shades of pink, magenta, and purple with black tails, arranged in neat rows on a turquoise background with foiled bubble patterns. A black sentiment strip at the bottom reads “WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER” in white text. The card is displayed on a decorative gold coral placemat with starfish accents over a purple surface. Created using the Spellbinders Glimmer of the Month Kit – Arctic Glimmer – and the Fish Friends Bonus Die Set.

 

How to create the Spellbinders August 2025 Clubs Blog Hop Glimmer Fish Card #1

Start with a 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ piece of Waterfall cardstock and use the Arctic Glimmer Plate to White Hot Foil bubbles across the panel.

Attach the foiled panel to a top-folding A2-sized white card base (4-1/4″ x 11″, scored and folded at 5-1/2″).

Using the two-piece Fish Friends die set, cut ten fish fronts from watercolor paper that has been treated with Lindy’s Magical Powders in Polite People Purple and Sweet Violet Purple Teal. Cut the base layer of each fish from scraps of black cardstock, then assemble them with white liquid glue.

Arrange the fish in angled, straight-line rows from the center toward the left edge of the card and adhere them with foam squares for dimension. Finish by adding a white heat-embossed sentiment from the Paper Splash Clear Stamp and Die Set.

Handmade underwater-themed card featuring a bright orange-and-white clownfish swimming above layered die-cut coral and seaweed inside a white arched frame. The background is turquoise cardstock foiled with a playful bubble pattern, adding a shimmery underwater effect. A black sentiment strip at the bottom reads “IT’S OK TO FLOAT AWHILE” in white text. The card is displayed with orange and green cardstock mats, seashell accents, starfish, and greenery for a coastal-inspired presentation. Created using the Spellbinders Glimmer of the Month Kit – Arctic Glimmer – and the Fish Friends Bonus Die Set.

How to create the Spellbinders August 2025 Clubs Blog Hop Glimmer Fish Card #2

Start with a 4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of Waterfall cardstock and use the Arctic Glimmer Plate with Speckled Prism Glimmer Hot Foil to add a shimmering bubble pattern to the card front.

Using the Essential Arches dies, cut an arch opening from the foiled panel, then die-cut a slightly larger arch from white cardstock.

Attach the foiled panel to a top-folding A2-sized white card base (4-1/4″ x 11″, scored and folded at 5-1/2″). Layer the arch pieces over the opening, adhering them to the center of the card with foam squares for added dimension.

Cardmaking work-in-progress showing die-cut pieces arranged on a grid mat for an underwater-themed card. On the left is a turquoise bubble-foiled card front with a white arched window opening, already attached to a white A2 card base. To the right are additional die-cut elements, including two brown arched frame outlines, a turquoise bubble-foiled arch panel, a plain white arch panel, a piece of coral in peach cardstock, a bright orange-and-white clownfish, and green seaweed pieces. These components will be assembled to create the finished card.

Die cut the clownfish, coral, and kelp, then arrange and adhere them to the arched panel (note: one small kelp piece is missing from the image, as it was added later).

To finish, use the Paper Splash Clear Stamp and Die of the Month to white heat emboss a sentiment onto a scrap of black cardstock. Trim the sentiment strip and attach it beneath the arch with foam squares for added dimension.

That’s it for my Glimmer Hot Foil of the Month share, I hope you enjoyed my cards and will give them a try.

Giveaway:

To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on our blog. Giveaway closes Sunday, August 17th, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in this 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.

BLOG HOP

Now it’s time to hop to the next stop on the hop, Vicki Poulton.  If you get lost along the way, here are the links to the entire hop for you.

Spellbinders Blog
DOM – Michelle Short
DOML – Vicky Papaioannou
DOMST – Bonnie Crane
GOM – Sandi MacIver – You are here
CDOM – Vicki Poulton
EOM – Bibi Cameron
3EOM – Sheri Gilson
BPOM – Cheryl Penner
WSOM – Mindy Eggen
SOM – Lisa Tilson
BONUS – Allison Frazier

 

 

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57 thoughts on “Spellbinders August 2025 Clubs Blog Hop – Glimmer Fish Cards”

  1. Debra Lovell

    OooOOohhhh I Love how you did the bubbles with the glimmer plate…
    Youve inspired me to try this… I absolutely love your style. Ive been following you on YouTube for a while because you make such beautiful things. Thank you

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