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Let’s Get Realistic … With a Modern Twist!
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog to share three projects with you using the Through the Arbor Garden Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. I love how realistic these flowers are. You can create them in a few different ways. I went with traditional, but with a modern twist! TAKE CARE DELPHINIUMS These delphiniums are so pretty! I love blue and purple tones, so have always loved these flowers! To make this card: I cut the Bamboo Trellis Background four times from Alabaster Cardstock. I added ink blending on top using Distress Inks and Blending Brushes. The pieces were assembled (two base…
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Through the Arbor Collection Introduction with Susan Tierney-Cockburn
Hello Paper Gardeners, I’m Susan Tierney-Cockburn and I’m excited to introduce my latest collection with Spellbinders, Through the Arbor. Since early civilization, gardeners have searched for ways to emphasize and delineate their garden spaces and arbors accomplish this by providing a dreamy entry into the garden. An arbor invites you in to a magical setting of different plants that enhance the senses and brings a relaxing atmosphere our hectic days. These covered shelters that were originally built to provide shade, now offer a way to punctuate the walk way into your garden! There are five (5) new flowers and shrubs, a 3-dimensional Arbor (of course) and a background embossing folder,…
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3 Expert Monochrome Techniques featuring Letter Pressed Cards
Hi there my Spellbinders’ friends! My name is Jaycee Gaspar and I’m so excited to share three cards featuring the Simon Hurley Spring Sampler Collection. This collection features three new crafting must-haves and Simon’s existing sentiment hot foil plates. Did you know you can use your BetterPress Press Plates in your hot foil machine? I loved using these new products to make three cards with spring themes. BetterPress Press Plates can be used in the Glimmer Hot Foil System in place of hot foil plates. This is a great way to stretch your products for other mediums if you have both the BetterPress and the Glimmer Hot Foil System. This does…
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Coloring BetterPress Images with Colored Pencils
Hello! I’m Jen Kotas from Who Stole My Glitter and I’m happy to be here today to share three cards featuring the Spring Sampler Collection from Simon Hurley. There are two BetterPress sets along with a 3D embossing folder. I’m not great with watercolor no matter what type I’m using. I’m most familiar and comfortable with alcohol markers but they don’t work well with the BetterPress ink or cardstock. My preferred medium for coloring BetterPress images is colored pencils. Before I got to work, I embossed three A2 panels using the Woven 3D Embossing Folder. I added ink later to customize the backgrounds. After impressing all of the Spring Magnolias…
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Custom Backgrounds With Small Stamps
Hello! I’m Jen Kotas from Who Stole My Glitter and I’m happy to be here today to share three cards featuring the January 2024 Collection from Simon Hurley. All three cards feature backgrounds made using the small stamps in each set. All three cards I’m sharing use small stamps to create a background to highlight the main image. The use of a stamp positioner helps with placement and when using multiple ink colors on one stamp but this look can be achieved without. Using a stamp positioner, place the small stamps from the Big Hugs Stamp Set close together and stamp using a teal ink pad. Rearrange the stamps and…
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Double Up Your Focal Points
Hi everyone. Alanna Moses from EmbellishCraftLove.com and I’m happy to be back on the Spellbinders blog. I have three super fun cards to share with you today using the new Simon Hurley stamp and die collection for January 2024. This collection has three large stamp sets and coordinating dies are available for them. You will see repetition in each of my cards using embossing folders, Mica Stains, and a doubled-up focal element. SENDING BIRTHDAY HUGS For my first card, I used the new Monster Hugs stamp set and coordinating dies. I stamped out two of the cute animals with Copic-friendly ink and then colored them in with my Copic markers.…
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Shadow Box Card Ideas With Windows With a View Collection by Tina Smith
Hello, crafty friends! I am Heejung Hunsberger, and I am excited to be a guest designer again this month. If you want to know me better, visit my blog or Instagram. I also have a YouTube channel where I post a lot of video tutorials. Today, I am sharing three shadow box cards that feature the Windows with A View Collection by Tina Smith. This collection is available on February 10th, 2024. “A World of Views & Dreams” Shadow Box Card “I enjoy creating 3D cards and this time, I made a shadow box card using a new collection. The card measures 5 x 7 inches, and although the window die was meant for…
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Relax and Enjoy the Views!
Hi folks, Kavya from @handmadebykavya is here with some fun inspiration for Tina Smith’s new collection – Window with a View. I love playing with dies, especially ones that can be used in multiple ways. You will find that the collection is versatile as well! I have three cards for you today, all inspired by some views I remember from my adventurous travels. This collection is available on February 10th, 2024. Floral Window Sill My first card is inspired by my mom’s window sill. Every time I visit her, I look forward to sitting by the window, admiring her mini garden and reading a good book. I started off by…
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Making Fun Scene Cards For any Occasion
Hello crafty friends! Vic here with you today and I am sharing some sweet cards from the Windows with a View by Tina Smith Collection. I absolutely adore this beautiful collection and you can have hours of fun die-cutting! There are so many dies in this wonderful collection you will be spoiled for choice! I love the fact that you can also create so many different scenes too for all your cards and projects. This collection is available on February 10th, 2024. I have created three different cards today using the Windows with a View by Tina Smith. For my first card I used the Vista View Window Etched Dies…
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Windows With A View Collection Introduction with Tina Smith
Hello friends! This is Tina Smith and I’m so excited to introduce my new collection with Spellbinders called Windows With a View. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been a daydreamer. As one of six kids, it was common for me to tuck myself into the quiet window bench of our family home and imagine fantastical scenarios on the other side of the glass. With winter blanketing my current views in drifts of snow, I was inspired to imagine bright and cheery scenes outside my windows again, like I did as a girl. And just like that – Windows With A View was born! This collection is…