Happy Collection Introduction by Sharyn Sowell
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, all my die and glimmer plate designs are meant to work well without fuss. Layering with simple shapes, adding a word or two makes great cards with these designs. Or cut them from bright card stock and use for party coordinates like buntings, napkin rings and name tags. Children can color plain white die cuts…
Great, Big, Wonderful World | Collection Introduction by Sharyn Sowell
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 sparkle of raindrops on a flower or the sound of children’s laughter. All life is a miracle, isn’t it? And every tiny thing is worthy of delight and celebration. The great big, wonderful world collection is perfect for that every day habit of sharing life with those we love. I’m sharing with you a piece…
A Sweet Christmas Inspiration | Collection Introduction by Sharyn Sowell
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 for relaxed crafting. Let’s make the holidays stress free this year! Baking is my favorite holiday treat. Yours, too? Pick up the Recipe Card Stamp & Die set. And by the way, this set isn’t specifically holiday so you can use it all year just by picking the right colors! The scallop edged recipe card…
Cuppa Coffee, Cuppa Tea Inspiration | Collection Introduction by Sharyn Sowell
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 with a die so much faster! I’m an occasional barista, and one morning as I worked a friend complimented me on the best caramel macchiato ever. I laughed and told her, “we love you so we make you great coffee!” Right then I knew I just had to design the Cuppa Coffee, Cuppa Tea collection.…
Pretty Gift Box with Sharyn Sowell
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.
Spring Crafting in a Pinch with Sharyn Sowell
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 to bring a bouquet to my neighbor but had literally only ten minutes to spare, I grabbed a generic looking tag I had made months ago and not used. I scrounged some ribbon from my stash and decided it was a perfect match for the daffodils in my garden. I sliced a little opening in…
Tiny Shadow Box Portraits
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 from my Flower Garden collection and the Swallow and Heart dies from my Joyous Celebration collection for the little matching gift card. Cut the Tiny Shadow box and frame, fold the tabs, and glue. Add a bit of decorative paper at the back of the box if you like. Then use a few of your treasured hoard…
Planning a Garden Wedding
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 each piece is designed with all the irregularities of art snipped freehand with a scissor, so your finished projects will achieve an artisanal hand made style. Because these dies are so intricately designed, they go together very quickly, with the dies themselves doing most of the work so you don’t need to spend a…
Save the Date with Flower Garden Dies
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 of green. There’s going to be a wedding in my family and the planning is underway already. We’ve begun with Save the Date cards, and choosing papers and colors has never been more delightful. The intricate garden-themed dies are perfectly suited for any time you want a feminine, fresh floral look. My dies are always…
Let’s Wrap Our Gifts… Quick & Easy
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 much going on and so much to do. But I’m not willing to stuff my gifts into cheap gift bags or wreck the budget on gift wrap that’s going to be thrown away. This calls for super easy wrap techniques that look splendid. Here’s what’s going under my tree this year, and it’s lightning fast.…
