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Die D-Lites Holiday Inspiration | More Christmas Cards with Enza Gudor
Hello there! This is Enza Gudor, and today I’m back to share a new set of cards showcasing the adorable Holiday Die D-Lites Dies. You can find my first post here. I decided to go with a less traditional color scheme this time: pink and teal, with touches of red and green. For the first card, I used the Die D-Lites Christmas Dies and the Die D-Lites Snowflakes Dies. I started by adhering a 4×5.5” teal plaid patterned paper onto an A2 sized pink dotted paper. I then assembled the tree. I love that this set comes with two dies that allow you to create separate layers and have fun with colors and patterns!…
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Zenspired Holidays Inspiration | Christmas Wreath with Alexandra Suta
Hello everyone! My name is Alexandra Suta and i am the creator behind Made by Alexandra blog where i share my love for cardmaking. For the month of September I have the honor to guest design here on Spellbinders blog and i will share 3 different blog posts featuring the amazing Zenspired Holidays collection by Joanne Fink. Here is the first card that i am showing you and i have to admit that this collection is right at my alley as i am a huge fan of winter and holiday season. Because i really love the look of coloured pencils on kraft cardstock in combination with the traditional Christmas colours i…
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Zenspired Holidays Inspiration | Magic of the Holidays with Mona Toth
Hello everyone, it’s Mona Toth here, and I am excited to share with you my first post featuring Zenspired Holidays collection by Joanne Fink. Winter is my favorite holiday season and I love the Christmas themed cards very much. I started working on my project with coloring. I used the Wilted Violet, Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistachio Distress Mini inks as watercolor on Distress Specialty Stamping Paper and while it was wet I salted it. That gave me a cool spotted effect. When it was done I stamped the text from the Christmas Sentiments stamp set with Watermark Ink and heat embossed with Gold Embossing Powder. Next, I stamped the…
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Die D-Lites Holiday Inspiration | Jumping into Christmas Cards with Laurie Willison
Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie Willison here. I am so glad you are joining me today. If you are like me, you start your Christmas cards early. For me, I like to do a stack of 5-10 cards every so often so I don’t get overwhelmed in making all my Christmas cards at once. Today, I am here to share one clean and simple card and a tag using Holiday D-lites Dies. To create this card, I used the D-lites Snowflakes dies to create an dry embossed pattern on the card front. I attached the embossed panel to the aqua card base with fun foam for some dimension. Next, I…
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Die D-Lites Holiday Inspiration | Christmas Character Cards with Kimberly Crawford
Hello everyone! This is Kimberly Crawford and I am thrilled to be on the Spellbinders blog! Today I get to share the absolutely adorable new Holiday Die D-Lites! These cute images have details galore with basic die cutting, but add a few other special touches, and you can make these images come to life! Each of these sets of Die D-Lites contains so many details! This snowman makes me smile instantly. One of the features of Spellbinders dies that I have long-loved is the embossed details on the images. Take a look at the hat on the snowman. When I die cut it, the ribbon on his hat has a…
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Die D-Lites Holiday Inspiration | It’s Christmas with Enza Gudor
Hello everyone. This is Enza Gudor, and today I am sharing the first of two blog posts featuring the super fun Holiday Die D-Lites collection. I love the whimsical images of these sets; they are so cute and perfect for the upcoming holiday season! They are also very versatile and can be used to create cards, tags, gift wrapping elements, ornaments, and much more. For my projects today, I have decided to go with the traditional red and green color combination. I have two cards and two tags to share. Let’s start with the cards! They both feature a horizontal design and dimensional elements. For the first one, I used…
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A Charming Christmas Inspiration | Gatefold Card & More with Hussena
Hello everyone! This is Hussena from Quill and Punch Works, and I am super stoked to be a guest blogger on the Spellbinders blog. I absolutely adore all Spellbinders dies and it’s always such a pleasure to be invited to guest design on the blog! I have three projects to share today featuring the ever elegant ‘A Charming Christmas collection by Amazing Paper Grace. This collection is full of absolutely gorgeous and elegant dies, and I couldn’t resist making some non traditional Christmas projects using them. These dies are infinitely versatile, and can be used for a wide variety of projects, and not just Christmas ones. I will be sharing one such…
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A Sweet Christmas Inspiration | Santa & Presents Card with Elena Salo
Hello dear Spellbinders friends! Elena Salo is here with another project featuring A Sweet Christmas collection by Sharyn Sowell. If you missed my previous project, you can find it here. I like all the Christmas scenes in this collection. There are so many ways to use them in different Christmas projects. And today I’d like to show you how I’ve used one of those dies in my greeting card. I created 6 ½ x4” top folding card base and covered the front with patterned paper. I added light brown ink to the edges of the card. I created a panel out of light grey cardstock of the same size as…
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A Sweet Christmas Inspiration | Love & Joy Card with Virginia
Hello friends! This is Virginia Lu here! Thank you for joining me for my 3rd (and last) guest post today. You can see my previous guest post here and here. I hope that you check out “Sweet Christmas” Collection by Sharyn Sowell if you have not already. This Christmas collection evoke sweet and homespun feelings and is perfect for creating your own Christmas projects. Today I am featuring this lovely die set called Santa Parade. Creating Christmas projects can be a bit daunting and time-consuming. Pattern paper really come in handy when you want to put together a card in a jiffy. I hope today’s post inspires you to look…
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A Charming Christmas Inspiration | Merry Christmas Card with Elena Salo
Hello everybody! Thank you for joining us again! Elena Salo is here again. If you missed my previous post devoted to A Charming Christmas collection, you can read it here. Here is the card I made for today’s post. I created 6×4’ top folding card base out of light grey cardstock. I find Snowflake Toppers set of dies one of the most beautiful from this collection. I adore these fragile and gorgeous patterns which add so much charm to the project. I die cut two arched toppers from Snowflake Toppers set out of white cardstock and adhered them on the both sides onto the card base. I die cut a…