Alex Syberia Designs March Release & Giveaway
- Keisha Diann
- 7 hours ago
- 4 min read
Hello Lovelies, welcome to the Alex Syberia Designs March Release & Giveaway! As a recovering shoe addict, I couldn't be more pleased with the stylish shoe-themed crafty treats in this release. You'll love that not only get to die-cut, but emboss, Betterpress (deboss) and foil your way to some sophisticated cards.
Join me today for a walkthrough of two of the five cards that I made with this release. We'll focus on several of the techniques I mentioned, but foiling is the real star of the show. It's been a while since I've foiled anything. I've been lazy about pulling out my machine and add a little shine to my makes, but I couldn't resist all the fabulous shoes in this release!
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CHIC SHOES BIRTHDAY CARD - Stamping, Foiling, Coloring, Die-cutting and Ink-blending
Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
FANCY SHOES FRIENDSHIP CARD - Stamping, Foiling, Coloring, andDie-cutting
Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
COLOR PALETTE
CARDSTOCK - Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass
INK PADS - Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Spiced Marmalade, Lost Shadow, Hickory Smoke
COPIC MARKERS - B00, B01, RV04, RV09, YR04, YR12, E01
CARD HIGHLIGHTS
SHOES
Die-cut the shoes and flowers using the corresponding Chic Shoes dies
Use small ink blending brushes to apply Tumbled Glass ink to the shoe "base"
Take the Tumbled Glass ink pad/cube and gently run it over the embossed surface of shoe base.
Ink-blend Tumbled Glass ink onto the "front" and "back" of the shoe
Ink-blend Spiced Marmalade to 2 of the flowers and Lost Shadow to the center of the flowers
Assemble the shoes using craft glue
BOW FRAME
Die-cut the Bow-frame from Sea Glass Cardstock using the die from the Wrapped With Love Die Set
Stamp the Bow-frame in Broken China with the corresponding stamp from the Wrapped With Love Stamp Set
BACKGROUND
Mask the perimeter of a piece of 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Sea Glass Cardstock using delicate painters tape or washi tape
Stamp with the large flower bouquet from the Wrapped With Love Stamp Set. Use a smaller single flower to fill in the gaps
It should look like this when complete.
Heat the "On Your Birthday" foil stamp from the Shoe Sentiment Set on the Glimmer Machine base.
Once heated, foil the sentiment onto white cardstock, die-cut and assemble to finish the card.
FANCY SHOES BIRTHDAY CARD - Stamping, Foiling, Coloring, Die-cutting and Ink-blending
Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
CARD HIGHLIGHTS
FOILING SHOES
Heat the shoe press plates on the Glimmer machine base
Cover with foil
Add a layer of white cardstock (110lb Neenah)
Place the 2 Glimmer plates over the cardstock
Run through a die-cutting machine to apply the foil
COLORING
Use the selected Copic markers to color in the white spaces on the foiled shoes
INK-BLENDING THE SENTIMENTS
Ink-blend the selected colors onto white cardstock scraps
FOILING THE SENTIMENTS
Cover the white cardstock scraps with foil, shiny side up applied to the inked side of the scrap
Heat the Shoe Sentiment press plates on the Glimmer machine base
Place the foil-covered scraps face down on the heated press plates and run through a die-cutting machine.
Use the sentiment "frame" die to cut out each sentiment
Additional Steps
The white card background is 4 1/4" x 6 1/4".
Use Tumbled Glass ink and the Wrapped With Love bouquet to stamp a floral border about 1"+ from the bottom edge on the long side.
You are now set to complete card assembly!
UP CLOSE AND CRAFTY
LAST LOOK!
SNEAK PEEK!
Below are all the makes I did with this release! Stay tuned to my Insta for the rest!
GIVEAWAY!!!
Don't leave without sharing a comment to enter the giveaway! Details below:
Alex Syberia Designs is giving away a $15 gift card to 4 lucky winners! To play along, simply leave a comment on each stop of the hop.
Open internationally.
All 4 winners will be drawn from the entrants that have played along with this Blog hop by midnight BST February 9th, 2026.
Winners will be announced on the Alex Syberia Designs blog 'Giveaway Winners' page on March 17th, 2026.
Head over to Erin's Blog now to check out all the crafty goodness she has created with the release. Thank you so much for spending a little time with me!
SUPPLIES:
I listed the products that I have used below. Please note that these are compensated affiliate links, used at no cost to you. I really appreciate your support. All stamps used today were part of my maker package from Alex Syberia. Click on the icons below each product picture to shop with SimonSaysStamp.com.
Thank you so much for showing your steps! I LOVE both chic shoe cards! Great colors and foiling!
Such cool cards! I love that foiling!