Some of my happiest memories are those times when friends and family gather for celebrations. We celebrate birthdays and holidays of course but we also have the habit of festive half birthdays, gotcha days for adoptive kids, summer solstice and the first ripe berry of the year and so much more. Because life’s so busy,
Truly, we live in a great big, wonderful world. There’s no such thing as ordinary, is there? Pour yourself a simple cup of tea and watch the steam curl upwards. Open the door and smell the wind, feel the way it blows your hair across your face. Hesitate for just a minute to enjoy the
Hi, I’m Sharyn Sowell, sharing my new holiday die cuts. Home made is the essence of holiday joy, right? My inspiration for these dies was my own holiday strategy: slow down and make it simple and authentic. I embrace the happy memory-making creativity and refuse the myth of the superwoman perfectionist. I designed these dies
Hi, I’m Sharyn Sowell, back again to introduce a new collection of dies for Spellbinders. Every one of my dies is an exact reproduction of what I do by cutting paper freehand with a pair of ordinary scissors. It’s kind of like sketching with scissors instead of a pen. But you get the same results
Looking for a special gift to give this Mother’s Day or have a special birthday coming up that you want to give the perfect gift. Join me Sharyn Sowell as I show you how to make a pretty gift box, your loved ones would be so excited to get.
Let’s face it. You’re busy. I’m busy. In an ideal world, we’d have hours to craft all day but this is real life and sometimes what we need is crafting in a pinch. So let’s make something ultra fast to celebrate spring! I used the Baby’s Garden die from my Little Loves collection. Since I wanted
A teeny tiny box is the perfect way to show off little things. In this case, a silhouette portrait of a pair of darling children. This is a very simple project that just takes a bit of patience, so relax with a friend and let’s craft together! You’ll be using the Tiny Shadow Box die
I’m Sharyn Sowell, the Spellbinders artist whose designs are all snipped freehand using only a simple pair of scissors. I’m delighted to share another sneak peek at my new Flower Garden collection that will be released very soon. This collection was snipped in English cottage garden and the garden just beyond my studio window, and
I’m Sharyn Sowell, the Spellbinders artist whose designs are all snipped freehand using only a simple pair of scissors. I’m delighted to share a sneak peek at my new garden collection that will be released very soon. This collection is a snapshot of a cottage garden, snipped in English gardens and my own little patch
Hi, friends, I’m Sharyn Sowell, an artist designing dies for Spellbinders. I’m loving the Holiday 2017 dies right now because they feel like pure joy and celebrate the blessing of a family holiday that’s all about love, not perfection. It’s almost Christmas and this is about the time I begin to feel frazzled with so
