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Open House Collection | Spellbinders Live
Join Nicole Westervelt in the Creative Classroom to learn about our new Open House collection. This collection is part of Spellbinders’ largest holiday release ever – but you’ll love how you can use the Open House dies all year long. Watch video below or on our Youtube channel: Each set in this collection builds on the Open House Door Base (S4-1131). Build upon the Door Base with the Door Side Panel Dies (S2-316), Topiary Dies (S3-414) and Sentiment Steps (S4-1132). Use the dies to create cards sized A2, 5×7, slimline and more. Already have the Always Welcome door from the Large Die of the Month Club in 2020? These add-on sets will all coordinate with that set!…
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Open House Collection – Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the new Open House Collection from Spellbinders. The fun and welcoming scene-building die sets in this collection inspired me to create three cheerful cards perfect for sending a warm hello or a special note . Open House Hello Scene-building die sets can be a little intimidating, so I wanted to start by creating a simpler front door step with just a few special touches first. Using mainly the Open House Door Base Die set, this cheerful door card is perfect for sending a happy hello, especially to…
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Open House Collection – Holiday Card Inspiration With Michelle Short
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be sharing three cards with you today using the new Open House Collection. This die cutting collection features four sets that you can mix and match to create wonderful front door scenes. These are perfect for Christmas/winter cards, like I have used them today, but these would work equally well for non-holiday cards too. FROM OUR HOME TO YOURS CARD My first card is a card that would be lovely to send to holiday guests inviting them to stay, or simply as a holiday card in general. It could even be used as a non-holiday card! I started off by…
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Birdhouses Through the Seasons with Natasha Vacca
Hi my name is Natasha Vacca and I am so excited to be on the Spellbinders blog today! I have had an amazing time working with the new release Birdhouses Through the Seasons by Vicky Papaioannou. These houses are so sweet and I am excited to show you how I created a house for each season! I wanted to create a house for each season and showcase different ways to use these dies using both colored cardstock and by water coloring the die cuts! I hope you enjoy them! You can also find me on my personal blog at natashascolorfulcreations.com I would love it if you stopped by there too!…
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Birdhouses Through The Seasons Collection – Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back today to share a couple of projects using the new Birdhouses Through The Seasons Collection by Vicky Papaioannou. This collection really spoke to me as a nature-lover, so I wanted to use as many of the seasonal sets as I could together. Since the birdhouses are large enough to fill a card front, I was inspired to create three fun cards in different sizes for a variety of occasions. I thought the tall birdhouse from the Build A Fall Birdhouse die set would be perfect for a slimline card, but I’m not quite ready to start my fall…
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Everyday Cards with the Birdhouses Through the Seasons Collection with Tina Smith
НеІІо Crafty Friends! Tina here from Cards and Coffee Time! І am super excited to bе back with some fun cards to share with you using the amazing Birdhouses Through the Seasons Collection bу Vicky Papaioannou. Although each birdhouse set had а seasonal theme, І wanted to show you how fun and versatile these Build а Birdhouse sets сап bе. І fell in Іоvе with everything about them, the size, the shape, the embossed detail and the customizable elements that go along with it. Each of these Birdhouses have а season to them but І wanted to show that there are elements of the die sets that сап bе used…
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Seasonal Slimline Birdhouses by Jean Manis
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jean here sharing three slimline cards showcasing the Birdhouses Through the Seasons Collection by Vicky Papaioannou. This whimsical and unique collection includes five die sets and a sentiment stamp set with which to create bird and/or birdhouse-themed cards. Let’s take a look at different ways to use the products, no matter what the season! Add sparkle to a summer-themed card with glitter Create background: Create sky background by blending Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink on Snowdrift cardstock panel cut to 3 ½” x 8 ½”. Stamp Tweet Sentiments sentiment in black ink. Create foreground: For sand, apply clear glitter to Portobello cardstock with spray adhesive. For…
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Cardmaking Inspiration | You’re The Best Cuddle Buddy Card Featuring Build A Panda with Yana
Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Welcome back to our Cardmaking Inspiration series! We hope you’ve been enjoying these mini posts sharing simple cardmaking ideas and step by step instructions on how to make them! This week we’ll be sharing lots of fabulous inspiration featuring our Die D-Lite collection dies. Today we are sharing this gorgeous card created using Build A Panda dies. Project created by in-house creative designer Yana Smakula Step By Step Instructions: We have a full set of step by step instructions describing how to create this card. Create A2 top folding card base out of white cardstock. Cut patterned paper panel to 4 x 5 ¼”, foam mount onto the…
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A Special Christmas Gift Box
Can I tell you something about me? I hate the Christmas rush. I hate it so much I refuse to get caught up in it. But I am fanatic about a joy-filled, meaningful celebration, so I start early! Making and wrapping my gifts a tiny bit at a time. Using two of my etched dies sets, here’s my latest gift box. It’s easy as can be, if you take your time and enjoy each step. So this is what I gathered for the project: S4-821 Building a Snowman Etched Dies S4-753 Build a House Etched Dies Empty cheese box Piece of heavy paper to make the box a bit taller…
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Summer, Summer, Summertime… Flowers, Birds and Beautiful Sentiments!
Hello there! This is Lisa Tilson from My Card Trip and I am happy to be back here on the Spellbinders blog with you. Today, I am sharing three ideas using the beautiful new Copperplate Everyday Sentiments Collection by calligrapher Paul Antonio. In this BetterPress collection you have six gorgeous scripty font sentiment plates covering a wide variety of occasions. You can create timeless letterpress designs with these plates and I hope I can get your creative juices flowing with how I have used them. Let’s get started! Hello For my first project, I thought I would create my most needed type of card – a general “hello”. So the…