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Make It Merry Limited Edition Holiday Cardmaking Kit 2023 Inspiration Take 3!
Welcome back to our mini inspirational series featuring the Make it Merry Limited Edition Holiday Cardmaking Kit! Check out the first post in the series HERE with 5 Christmas Card Ideas from Brenda Noelke and the second post HERE with 5 More Christmas Card Ideas from Leica Palma. 2023 Make It Merry Christmas Kit is packed full of holiday cheer! This mega Christmas offering will have you creating over 25 seasonal cards and more with loads of leftover embellishments, papers and more. This kit also includes sparkly gems, beautiful holiday patterned papers, various kinds of stickers, cardstock, card bases and envelopes. With foam and tape adhesives in the mix, no…
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Using Distress Oxide Inks To Add Tons of Color to Die Cut Scenes
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share some fun ways to use Distress Oxide Inks to enhance your die-cut scenes. Ink-blended backgrounds can add tons of color to your cards while coloring die-cuts with inks can really add dimension and realistic details. Here I used Distress Oxide Inks along with the Country Road Collection to create three colorful cards for different seasons. Sunset Scene Thank You Card Distress Oxide Inks are perfect for creating easy ink-blended backgrounds even between colors you might not normally try to mix. I thought a bright sunset-inspired sky would be beautifully paired with a…
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The Country Road Card Ideas With Brenda Noelke
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m thrilled to be guest posting on the Spellbinders blog again today! I’m sharing three cards using the Country Road Collection designed by Annie Williams!! I’ve always been a huge fan of Annie’s cards and I’m so excited for her first collection! My cards today have more of a Spring or Summer theme going on, but there is also a seasonal die set that I can’t wait to use! SENDING BIRTHDAY WISHES CARD I began by die-cutting the wheelbarrow in Country Wheelbarrow Etched Dies from Silver Fox, Latte, Timber, and Brushed Silver cardstock. I brushed a bit of Distress Oxide Ink…
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Country Road Collection Introduction with Annie Williams
Hi there crafty friends, this is Annie Williams and I’m so excited to introduce my new collection with Spellbinders called Country Road. This collection is inspired by rural Pennsylvania, a place my family now calls home after many years of moving from city to city to pursue my education and career in science. When we traded busy city streets for rolling country roads, I was struck by the beautiful gardens and entryways my friends and neighbors spent countless hours building to create the warm and welcoming community around me. There are five products in this collection – four die sets and a stamp and die set. Each set was carefully…
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Holiday Cheer Enclosed – Special Pet Delivery 3 Ways
Hello. It is Jean from Right of Rain sharing three projects to showcase the Special Pet Delivery die set, part of the Holiday Cheer Enclosed Collection. Your cat- and dog-loving friends will be delighted to receive projects featuring these cute pets! I created a mini-slimline card, gift tags, and a winter holiday card with products from the collection. While my projects are focused on the winter holidays, the sets can be used for a wide variety of occasions. Custom Cat Card & Socks! Customize a card for the recipient using their pet’s (or pets’) coloring. This card is accompanying a pair of cat socks being sent to a three-cat household.…
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Celebrate You: Cards & Gift Bags How-To with Hussena Calcuttawala
Hello, crafty friends! This is Hussena from Quill and Punch Works, and I am so excited to be guest designing on the Spellbinders blog today featuring the Celebrate You Collection. This is a large collection with lots of great gifting and greeting cards goodies that pair beautifully with cardstock or patterned paper for a quick easy card, or something a little more stepped up with the addition of floral dies. Custom Gift Bags My first project is a set of Gift Bags made using the Gift Bag Etched Dies, Be Bold Blooms Etched Dies, the Mini Blooms and Sprigs Etched Dies, and the Geo Screen Embossing Folder. These are so…
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January’22 Release Party – Booth Tour & Collections Overview
Join Nicole Westervelt for a tour of the Spellbinders Booth and a look at our brand-new January 2022 collections! They’re full of beautiful new designs and products that you’ll love for handmade cards and crafts during the new year! Watch below or on our Youtube channel: Be Bold Collection First up, the Be Bold Collection is perfect for a fresh new year. This collection includes the Be Bold Blooms (S5-502) and Lemon Zest (S4-1173) die sets plus a variety of new alphabet dies, including the Be Bold Lowercase Alphabet (S4-1162), Uppercase Alphabet (S4-1161), and Punctuation & More Dies (S1-042). You’ll love the versatility and flexibility to mix and match these…
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August’21 Release Party – Booth Tour & Collections Overview
Join Nicole Westervelt in the Spellbinders Booth as she showcases the August 2021 release. It’s the second part of our giant three-part holiday release. This month features a cornucopia of fall and Halloween products, as well as some new collections from Spellbinders’ amazing licensed designers. Are you ready to take a look? Watch below or on our Youtube channel: Open House Fall & Halloween This release begins with fall and Halloween. Did you catch the Open House collection released last month? We’re thrilled to share the Halloween and fall die sets to enrich the Open House series. Create warm, friendly front-door scenes with the Open House Pumpkin Topiary Dies (S3-423) and Open…
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July’21 Release Party – Booth Tour & Collections Overview
You might be sitting in the summer sunshine today, but thanks to Spellbinders it’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas! We are so excited to share the biggest holiday release we’ve ever had in the history of the company – it’s so big we had to break it into three months. We have so much to share in this first release and even though you might be thinking about the beach, the pool, and a glass of lemonade, we know you’re going to LOVE diving into your holiday crafting projects with these fresh, winter products. Join Nicole Westervelt in the Spellbinders booth as she shares the following products and…
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What’s New | Yana’s Christmas Foiled Basics by Yana Smakula
I’m delighted to introduce you to my second collection of Glimmer Hot Plates called Yana’s Christmas Foiled Basics. This collection was based on my first collection, Foiled Basics and many items in this new line have a very similar look and feel to them, but with a Holiday twist. Christmas is one of my favorite holidays and Christmas cards by far are my favorite to make. So I couldn’t resist the opportunity to design several Christmas glimmer plates to create elegant foiled Christmas cards. Welcome to the latest segment of What’s New At Spellbinders & FSJ. Join Creative Director, Kim Kesti, as she presents brand new Yana’s Christmas Foiled Basics…