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Video: New Cut & Emboss Folders Cards with Nichol
Hi there! This is Nichol Spohr with four sympathy/thinking of you style cards featuring the new Cut & Emboss Folders. The embossed backgrounds create amazing elegant designs for so many different occasions. Two of the new folders are perfect for A2 sized cards (4 ยผโ x 5 ยฝโ) and two are perfect for 5โ x 7โ cards. A bit of inking to the embossed areas helps showcase the detail and a contrasting color of cardstock layered behind each panel clearly shows the die cut areas! Florals from a past Large Die of the Month Kit were used to adorn the designs, however you could use florals from any of your…
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Vintage Treasures Collection Inspiration | Spring Card with Dorota Kotowicz
Hello, my name is Dorota Kotowicz and I am from Poland. I have been doing scrapbooking for 12 years, and the very first dies on my desk were from Spellblinders. I am thankful with all my heart for invitation to share a project as a Guest Designer on the Spellbinders blog. Using the newest dies, I created an album which you can see on my blog, here’s a sneak peek: Today, I’m happy to share with you a quick photo tutorial showing how to create a handmade card. The cards is made from very spring-y, flowery collection of papers. In the center I used a die in a shape of…
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Vintage Treasures Collection Inspiration | Handmade Cards with Hussena Calcuttawala
Hello, Spellbinders fans! This is Hussena Calcuttawala, from Quill and Punch Works, and I am beyond thrilled and honored to be a guest blogger today on the Spellbinders blog. I am here to share five projects that Iโve made with the absolutely glorious, Vintage Treasures Collection by Becca Feeken. Itโs an absolute joy to work with this collection – The die designs are so ingenious and make creating projects a breeze! I can’t wait to show you my projects using this collection. Vintage Treasures Collection by Becca Feeken brings classic circular motifs and elegant flourishes to life. A perfect addition to her other Spellbinders collections for making beautiful projects! My…
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Using Just Stamps & Dies! April Night Out 2019 Card Kit of the Month Edition
Hello Spellbindersโ fans! Are you ready for another dose of inspiration featuring our April Night Out Card Kit of the Month? Weโre back with our monthly series called โUsing Just Stamps & Diesโ. Just a reminder, these posts feature quick and simple card making tutorials using just the die set and/or stamp set from our Card Kits of the Month. We have Josie sharing this gorgeous “It’s Your Engagement” card. Enjoy! Instructions: Die cut top and skirt from printed velum and cream card stock and die cut belt and hanger from brushed gold card stock Fold and crease skirts; offset and layer. Trim velum corners at waist Layer die cut…
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Video: Shaped Card featuring Vintage Treasures with Erum Tasneem
Hi there everyone! Erum Tasneem here today to provide you with a bit of inspiration for the Vintage Treasures Collection. Though this collection is so beautiful that you will be inspired just by looking at it! Since there is a lot of die cutting involved, I thought itโs best to list down the instructions in steps. I first took the largest cutting die and the accompanying embossing die from the Tiffany Lavaliere Die Set. Next, I taped both of these together and die cut them out of a regular white cardstock using the Platinum 6โ Die Cutting Machine. Once cut, I changed my sandwich and ran it through the machine…
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Handmade Easter Cards for All
The days until Easter are counting down, but there’s still plenty of time to make handmade cards and crafts for your people! Let’s look at a couple of projects that you can make, featuring the Faithfulness stamp and die set. You’ll see the versatility of the bunny stamp, and you might find some new ideas to try! First up, look at this sweet project! Is it a gift? Is it a 3D card? Is it a home decor item? Yes, yes, and YES. We created this project by starting with the Treat Box Die. Before adhering the box together, we simply trimmed one panel off to make an open box…
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Vintage Treasures Collection Inspiration | Passions of Life Tags by Mallika Kejriwal
Hello everyone, my name is Mallika Kejriwal and I am guest designing for Spellbinders this month using the beautiful Vintage Treasures Collection by Becca Feeken. I am from Chicago and I work full time as a coder for a tech company and part time as a crafter. I run a YouTube channel called Aola DIY where I teach shabby chic, vintage inspired mixed media crafts. Today Iโll be sharing my interpretation of beautiful Vintage Treasures Collection in mixed media style and along with that I also a step by step tutorial for everyone to follow along. I was inspired by the celebration of life and how precious and beautiful it…
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3 Ways to Use Stencils and Modeling Paste on Handmade Cards
Have you been keeping up with FSJ’s weekly video tutorials on YouTube? Each week we come to you live from the FSJ studio to share cardmaking ideas and tutorials that are sure to jumpstart your creativity – and we bet you’ll learn something new too! Today, let’s take a look at one of our recent Tips, Tools and Techniques videos which focuses on using stencils and modeling paste. Kim started off this tutorial by adding modeling paste to the Polka Dot Wall stencil, on three different panels of cardstock. Then, she added color in three different ways. You are going to learn so much during this video, so we hope…
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Vintage Treasures Inspiration | Handmade Cards with Karin ร kesdotter
My name is Karin ร kesdotter (You find me on Instagram as Peppermintpatty42 and my blog is PeppermintPattyโs Papercraft ) and I am thrilled to be here today to share five projects that Iโve made with the absolutely wonderful Vinatge Treasue Collection by Becca Feeken. I can never stop being fascinated by how dies work and the beautiful result that comes out at the other end once youโve rolled your die and cardstock through the die-cutting machine. Itโs a joy to work with the collection – so many beautiful dies and endless possibilities. The first dies that caught my eyes were the beautiful oval from Bella Luce Ovalsย and the lovely…
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Vintage Treasures Collection Introduction by Becca Feeken
I’m so tickled to introduce you to my newest collection – Vintage Treasures. My name is Becca Feeken with Amazing Paper Grace; I’m a legacy maker. In other words, I love to make and give tangible things that come from my heart and will stand the test of time. Sometimes the test of time is that it sits on someone’s desk for a month, sometimes it means that they stow it away in a box to pull out for memories years later, or sometimes it means that they pass it along to someone else. The way that I feel about making heart created things that people can actually touch and…