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Handmade Collection Inspiration | Handcrafted Cards with Anna
Hello and welcome back! It’s Anna here and today I’ve got a couple of projects to share with you, highlighting the fabulous Handmade Collection by Stephanie Low. I had so much fun creating these cards: Stephanie’s new collection is just awesome and so inspiring! Kitchen Handmade Card My first card features the Kitchen Handmade set: its images are just perfect for homemade gifts from the kitchen. I started working on this card by creating the background. I used one of the images from the Kitchen set and stamped a custom pattern in two colors on a white cardstock panel. Then, I cut the stamped panel in three parts and mounted them on a card…
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Cardmaking Inspiration | Happy Spring Card
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! Today we have a Clean & Simple floral card created using dies from the Four Seasons collection by Lene Lok. Project created by in-house 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 white card base out of white cardstock. Cut blue cardstock panel to 4 x 5 ¼”. Die-cut Spring out of white and deep blue cardstock. Adhere together and…
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Flower Garden Inspiration | Bird On Cherry Branch + Copic Coloring with Cynde. Video
Hey folks! This is Cynde Whitlow and I’m from The Pink Envelope. Thanks so much for stopping by! I’m here today to share a video, where I show you how I make a card using the Bird On Cherry Branch Dies by Sharyn Sowell and Copic Coloring. If you’re interested in seeing what I did with the Botanical Butterfly and the Botanical Dragonfly you can see those here and here. I started by die cutting the entire Bird On Cherry Branch Die Set from alcohol friendly cardstock. I chose bold bright colors for al of my coloring. I knew I wanted the bird to be blue and the cherries red,…
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Bible Journaling Inspiration | Watercolor Cards with Yoonsun
Hello crafty friends! Yoonsun here with you again! Today I will be sharing with you a couple of my watercolor cards with some Joanne Fink Bible Journaling collection products – I love every single stamp set from this collection so much! For my first card, I used the Singing Bird stamp set as my main supply. I die cut the Tallulah Frill Layering Frame from watercolor paper using the Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine first. I then stamped the image from the Singing Bird set onto lace frame using black pigment ink. I colored the stamped image and the background with watercolors, and then inked the edges with…
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Die D-Lites Inspiration | Floral Card with Brenda
Hello everyone!! This is Brenda Noelke from My PaperCut Creations. I am over-the-moon excited to be guest posting for Spellbinders over the next couple of weeks!! I will be using the fabulous February Die D-Lites Release. Seriously, something for everyone!! The project I have for you today uses the Sketched Blooms Dies. I usually gravitate toward floral stamps & dies. Here in the Midwest, we are anxiously awaiting the arrival of spring, so I definitely wanted to create something spring-like. I began by masking off the top & bottom of a panel of smooth cardstock and blended some Distress Oxide Inks for the background. I trimmed the panel down slightly and…
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Handmade Collection Inspiration | Rainbows with Anna
Hello crafty friends! Thanks for joining me today. It’s Anna here and I’m back with a couple of new projects featuring the awesome Handmade Collection by Stephanie Low. Like I mentioned in my previous post, I really love this new collection: every single stamp set is absolutely gorgeous and so inspiring! Pretty Handmade Card My first project shows how to use coordinating dies to create windows for stamped images. I had so much fun creating this card! I started working on this card by die-cutting four windows out of a white cardstock panel, using a die from the One of a Kind set. Then, I stamped the quills. I inked each one…
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Elegant 3D Vignettes Inspiration | Happy Birthday Card with Hussena
Hi everyone! This is Hussena from Quill and Punch Works, and I am super thrilled to be back again for my second post as a Guest Blogger this month at the Spellbinders blog. In my last post, I shared an ornate, layered floral card and a favor bag. Today, I will be sharing a card I made using the new range of 3D Vignettes Die Collection by Amazing Paper Grace. The dies are extremely gorgeous, and can make any card stand out. I have created a floral, birthday card for today’s post. To start with, I adhered a pink polka dots pattern paper on my card base. I then die cut the Grand Dome…
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3D Vignettes | From 3D to Flat & Fabulous
3D Vignettes is meant to be dimensional but there’s no rule saying you can’t go from 3D to Flat and Fabulous! Hi there friends, I’m Becca Feeken with Amazing Paper Grace – I designed the 3D Vignettes Collection and today I want to show you a background I created from taking two panels, snipping them and building them around a focal point. It’s always a delight to take a die meant for one thing and to use it for another. That’s the hook that makes me want to add it to my stash. If I know I can get extra uses from it, then it’s a good bet! The filigree detail on the…
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Flower Garden Inspiration | Botanical Dragonfly Card with Cynde. Video
Hey folks! This is Cynde Whitlow and I’m from The Pink Envelope. Thanks so much for stopping by! I’m here today to share a video, where I show you how I make two cards using the Botanical Dragonfly Dies by Sharyn Sowell. If you’re interested in seeing what I did with the Botanical Butterfly you can see that here. I started by ink blending watercolor cardstock with two shades of blue ink. I made sure to concentrate most of the darkest ink in the lower left corner of the cardstock and blend out the lightest. I also made sure to leave the top right corner white. I was pretty sure…
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Video Friday | Paper Diorama / Figurine Holder with Olga
Hi there, it’s Olga and I am back with another 3D project tutorial. I have literally gasped when I first saw Becca Feeken’s new 3D card dies. This is the type of dies that I have been waiting for – the one that allows you to easily create a diorama or a shadow box template just by cutting out all elements and then assembling it. My favorite die set from this collection is Grand Arch 3D Card just because it has a simple rectangle for an outline which makes it super versatile and suitable for all styles. I have used this gorgeous die set to create a diorama that holds a…