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Merry Mug & Circle Delights Inspiration
Hello everyone! This is Jennifer Rustioni from @armieritagli! I’m so happy to be here today on the Spellbinders Blog! I want to share with you three Christmas cards I created featuring the new amazing Merry Mug & Circle Delights Collection! RUDOLPH The first card I realized is featuring the super fun Festive Ornaments and Santa’s Festive Circle Crew Etched Dies! I die-cut the circle base for my reindeer using kraft card stock, and then I blended the edges with some Distress Ink. After that, I die-cut the other parts and colored them with Copic Markers. At this point, I assembled the reindeer. I realized the base of my card by…
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Spellbinders Exclusive Collection Inspiration with Jean Doeringsfeld
Hi everyone! It’s Jean Doeringsfeld and I’m super excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders Blog! Today, I’m sharing three cards made with Spellbinders’ Exclusive products. This collection is a holiday must-have you won’t want to miss! I had so much fun creating with this collection, and I can’t wait to share my cards with you – so let’s get started! Poinsettia & Bells This collection features a gorgeous new 3D embossing folder and die set called Poinsettia Bells & Border. The die in this set cuts out a portion of the embossed image to create an elegant border for your card. You can use the embossing folder with…
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3 Simple Karin Brushmarker PRO Techniques for Card Making
Hi there my Spellbinders’ friends, welcome back to the Spellbinders Blog! My name is Jaycee Gaspar and I’m back again to bring you some creative inspiration using the Karin Brushmarker PRO markers with Spellbinders products. In this blog post, I’ll be sharing three simple techniques to create your own stunning and vibrant watercolor-like cards. The Karin Brushmarker PRO markers are dye ink, water-based markers with intense saturation. The color vibrancy is surprisingly consistent even when diluted with water. This saved me from having to apply layers of color. The springy marker nib is great for brush lettering, fine line work, or bold washes of color. I could quickly work up two…
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Adding a Personal Touch to Your Betterpressed Christmas Cards
Hey everyone, this is Martina from @fraupony and I am truly excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders Blog again. Today’s post will be focusing on the BetterPress Christmas Collection – A wonderful collection filled with so many different options for your Christmas cards. I have been thinking that it could be a fun idea, to create three different cards using some of the BetterPress Christmas Collection plates and Distress Oxides. I have been using the same three colors of Distress Oxides on all cards, just on two I have been adding an additional red and brown tone. For the first card, I have been covering the Holiday Foliage…
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Ready for Halloween! Card Ideas for You to Try!
Hello crafty friends! This is Jennifer Rustioni from @armieritagli! I’m very happy to be here again as a guest on the Spellbinders Blog! Today I share with you three Halloween cards I created featuring the new amazing Simon Hurley’s Fall Sampler Stamp & Dies Set! This set is really amazing and perfect for creating cards for Halloween and Thanksgiving as well! HERE FOR THE BOOS For my first card, I chose to create an illustrated card with the super cute little ghost from Simon Hurley’s Fall Sampler Stamp Set. I started drawing the tree on the right with a Copic marker in a light shade. After that, I colored the…
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Merry & Bright Collection – Holiday And All-Occasion Ideas
Hello everyone! I’m Meg Brooks from Anchored By Ink and I am so excited to be a guest designer again for the Spellbinders blog! Today, I am featuring 3 cards using the gorgeous Merry & Bright Collection. This collection includes small florals, a striped embossing folder, a large all-occasion bow, and a festive holiday tree. I chose to keep my cards bright and more for all occasions but you could simply switch the color palette to accommodate the holidays. Die-cut leaf images from the Petite Blooms and Sentiments from white cardstock. Adhere all of the die cuts to a top folding A2 white card base using liquid glue. Be sure…
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Merry & Bright Collection – Card Inspiration
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of cards made with the Merry & Bright Collection from Spellbinders. The bold designs and beautiful florals in this collection inspired me to create three simple and pretty cards perfect for sending a holiday hello. Oversized Double Bow Card I thought the giant bow from the All Occasion Bow Die Set was such a fun design that I pulled it out first to play with. Here I doubled up my bow loops for this oversized holiday card featuring tons of color and stripes. Die cut white, Waterfall, and Teal Topaz…
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Serenade of Autumn Cardmaking Ideas
Hi friends! Emily Midgett from Sixth Street Sundries is here with you today to share some vivid autumn inspiration using the absolutely magnificent new Serenade of Autumn Collection! This collection features beautiful Better Press plates, floral dies, sentiments, a 3D embossing folder, a new wax seal design, and a variety of printed ephemera and paper goods to make crafting a variety of gorgeous, cohesive autumn cards simple. I have three cards to share with you today, so let’s get started with the details! Before beginning my cards, I selected a variety of colorful autumnally-themed cardstock from the Spellbinders Card Shoppe line. I wanted a color scheme that was autumnal without…
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Using the Serenade of Autumn Collection to Find My Mojo
Hello crafters! Joan Bardee here. Today I’m sharing a few tips on how to use the Serenade of Autumn Collection to jump-start your creativity during those inevitable times when your mojo takes a hike. The Serenade of Autumn Collection is huge! It consists of a variety of beautiful products – dies, stamps, stencils, 3D embossing folder, Better Press Letterpress, patterned papers, embossed watercolor papers, printed vellum, wax seals, gemstones, ephemera, etc. It’s amazing, but … my mojo was missing. Here’s how I used a few of these products to find my mojo. Copy Someone Else’s Card Copying someone else minimizes the number of decisions I need to make, and that…
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3 Autumn Themed Flower Cards for All Occasions + Bonus Scrapbook Layout
Hi there my Spellbinders’ friends, welcome back to the Spellbinders Blog! My name is Jaycee Gaspar and I’m so excited to share three cards and a scrapbook layout featuring the Serenade of Autumn collection. This collection features BetterPress press plates, steel dies, ephemera, and embellishments! I focused on a cohesive color palette that matches the Serenade of Autumn Gems. I recently crafted some beautiful papercrafts using an enchanting color palette consisting of coral, rose quartz, jade, and aquamarine. By blending inks, I achieved soft tones that perfectly complemented each other, and I also incorporated color complements to create a more muted tone. Although these colors are perfect for autumn themes and…