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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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Christmas Slimline Inspiration with Marie Heiderscheit
Hello, crafty friends! Are you ready for some Christmas inspiration? I’m sharing three slimline cards today showcasing the Holiday Slimline collection by Spellbinders! There are so many fun die and glimmer sets in this collection that you can mix and match to get a head start on your Christmas cards! Die Cut Greenery My first card features these gorgeous pinecone, poinsettia, and greenery dies that you can layer and add to your cards. I cut a large amount of these pieces, ink blended them a bit, and then layered them over my card front. Before adding my die cut pieces, I dry embossed the background with one of Spellbinder’s slimline…
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Trim A Tree Collection Inspiration with Melody
Hello! It’s Melody here on the blog today. This is my first time as a Guest Designer on the Spellbinders Blog and I am excited to be here. I have two projects to share with you that I created with the new Trim A Tree Collection. The collection included a Layered Christmas Tree Stencil, O Christmas Tree Etched Dies, and the Shining Christmas Tree Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set. To create the background I cut a piece of dark blue cardstock to fit the card front and blended Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink on the outside edges. Then I used the Layered Christmas Tree Stencil with Journey Modeling Paste to add the snow to the background. Next I…
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Trim a Tree for the Holidays with Bobbi Lemanski
Hello, friends of Spellbinders! It’s Bobbi Lemanski here sharing some festive trees for the holidays as the guest designer for Spellbinders. At our house, we celebrate big for Christmas with four trees in the home and countless decorations. We love to decorate each tree uniquely to fit the space. Today, I am decorating trees for my holiday cards instead. I’ve got three cards to share that show the many different ways you can use the Trim a Tree Collection of products together to create lovely winter trees. O Christmas Tree Image My first 5” X 7” card features the O Christmas tree dies. You get a base and layered die…
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How to Trim a Tree in 3 Easy Steps with Jean
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jean here sharing two holiday cards created with the Spellbinders Trim a Tree Collection, which includes dies, glimmer plates, and a stencil that work together or separately. I’m showing how to create cards with this collection using a three-step approach: create the background, create the focal point(s), and embellish. Let’s take a look! A snowy, forest scene captures the magic of the holidays Create background: Create A2-size card base. Cut A2-size panel from navy cardstock. Foil Gifts of Christmas sentiment in Gold in upper-left. Mask sentiment area and apply white embossing paste through the Layered Christmas Tree Stencil (snow portion) to panel. Set aside to dry.…
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Becca Feeken’s New Vignette Dies | Spellbinders Live
Join Kim Kesti in the Creative Classroom as she plays with new additions to Becca Feeken’s elegant 3D collection of Vignette dies. Watch today’s video and then try one of these fun techniques on your next project! You can watch below or on our Youtube channel: The Vignette dies create dimensional 3D layers but the finished project also lays flat to fit in an envelope. You can create a stand-up cabinet style card project or an album style with tab pages for photos or die cut elements. For extra versatility, use the die cut elements to add to a standard card too! In today’s video Kim walks you through exactly what…
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Be Merry Collection Inspiration with Laura Evangeline
Hello, crafty friends! I am Laura Evangeline, and I am excited to join you here as a guest blogger for the first time. I grew up in Texas, and after a few trips around the world with the Army, I now call Nashville “home” along with my handy husband, who is soon to retire from the Army, and also my spunky 10-year-old son. I can’t forget our two Yorkies, Max and Penny too! I started making cards a few decades ago now, but after taking a long break I realized it was more than a silly hobby. I wholeheartedly credit my mental health and well-being to crafting and the amazing…
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Be Merry Collection – Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the new Be Merry Collection from Spellbinders. The fun die sets, sweet holiday images, and beautiful sentiments in this collection inspired me to create three cute cards perfect for sending a little Christmas cheer. DELIVERING WARM HUGS CHRISTMAS CARD I fell in love with the adorable bear in the Chill Bear Die Set and knew I had to use him on a card right away. With a fun stenciled background and a stack of tiny gifts, I created this simple and cozy Christmas card. Trim a piece…
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Be Merry Collection – Inspiration with Andrea Shell
Hello! It’s Andrea Shell here with you, and I’m super excited to be guesting on the Spellbinders blog again. I got to play with the amazing Be Merry Collection, and I’m totally smitten with it! These stamps and dies are so much fun, and I think you’ll agree with me. Family & Friends Shopping Spree Card My first card features the Shopping Spree Dies, which I cut from a combination of cardstock and Deco Foil Flock. To cut the flock details, I first adhered the flock to white cardstock and then die-cut it with the Shopping Spree Dies. For the gifts I used the Christmas Wishes Paper from the November…
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August 2021 Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month is Here – Lattice Petal Foldover
Our August 2021 Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month is here! Designed by Becca Feeken from Amazing Paper Grace this “Lattice Petal Foldover” die of the month will have you creating gorgeous layered projects in no time! Versatile, elegant, and timeless. This die set features 14 dies. Enjoy the step-by-step tutorial below as well as the video tutorial to get you started with this month’s kit. Make sure to show us what you create by tagging #AmazingPaperGraceClubKit & #SpellbindersClubKits on social media! This kit is available on August 1st, 2021, make sure to get yours! Join the Club Instructions: Catch step-by-step instructions for this project below. Click photos to…