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Cardmaking Inspiration | Go Ahead Move Those Mountains Card
Hello Spellbindersโ Fan! Welcome back to our Cardmaking Inspiration series! We hope youโve been enjoying these mini posts sharing simple cardmaking ideas and step by step instructions on how to make them! We all need encouragement and creating an encouragement card for a friend is a good idea! Use our Tractors dies with an empowering sentiment for a fun and quick project. Project created by in-house designerย Yana Smakula Step By Step Instructions: We have a full set of step by step instructions describing how to create this card. Die-cut and emboss tractors out of silver cardstock. Die-cut tractors out of blue cardstock. Adhere onto silver die cuts and off set…
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Chantilly Paper Lace Inspiration | Elegant Floral Cards with Melissa. Part 3
Hi! Melissa Phillips here with you again today, sharing a couple of extra Chantilly Paper Lace cards! Catch my previous posts sharing inspiration with this collection here and here. With February and Valentineโs Day right around the corner, I wanted to create some handmade love notes using my Spellbinders supplies. I love red and pink together for this fun time of year and normally, when I sit down to create Valentineโs card, they are somewhat casual and playful.ย The Coralineโs Chemise Layering Large Frame Die is the perfect way to dress up a Valentine card and take it to the next level. The details of the Coralineโs Chemise Die are…
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Let’s Get Squared Up – From Rectangle to Square Card
I always want to get the most out of my die templates, so I thought about taking a large rectangle card front and squaring it up to give it a different look.ย ย I’mย Becca Feekenย withย Amazing Paper Graceย and my card today takes a simple rectangle die, cuts it up and reassembles it as a square card.ย By doing that, I’ve kept my favorite parts of the die and have created a new look in the process. Last year one of the dies I introduced was the S6-112 Graceful Frame Maker.ย This die takes a panel of paper and miters it into four identical pieces.ย ย You want to do this with a symmetrical…
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Video Friday | Dimensional Valentine with Kelly
It’s Kelly Latevola here and I’m so excited to be sharing a fun dimensional valentine with you today.ย Valentine’s have been on the forefront of my mind lately.ย Once I saw this set, with that font, I was sold! I started by laying down a super light blend of Salty Ocean Distress Oxide. I flicked on a bit of clean water and perfect pearls to add some interest to the background. I stamped the Bee Any Sweeter Stamp three times. Once on white, once on my background, and again on the background after I adhered the heart. This makes sure all the lines for the sentiment are flush. I did a…
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Chantilly Paper Lace Inspiration | Elegant Floral Cards with Melissa. Part 2
Hello! This is Melissa Phillips again, and today Iโve got more lovely Chantilly Paper Lace cards to share with you.ย I don’t know if you’re like me, but I have always love Kraft cardstock. Itโs a go-to, necessity, must-have item in my craft room.ย For my cards today, I have combined my love of Kraft with beautiful Spellbinders dies. My first card uses the Breannaโs Corset Label dies, which are a wonderful must-have item as well.ย They provide a perfect place to ground your elements and create standout focal points.ย I die cut three different sizes of them from three different colors/patterns of paper, with my top layer cut from…
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Lavender & Poppies Inspiration | Die-cutting without Dimension with Elena
Hello dear friend! This is Elena Salo, thank you for joining me today. This is my last post with projects I made using dies from the Lavender and Poppies Collection.ย Iโd like to show you some fun technique with dies today. With this technique you can create your own patterned paper with die-cuts without any dimension. Instructions: Die cut 20 flowers with small die from Eau De Lavender Label set of dies. Use thick cardstock and glue two pieces together for extra dimension. Click images to enlarge. ย Create 4 ยฝ x 6 โ card base, place the flowers on the front side and adhere them with temporary adhesive. ย Emboss…
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Easy Elements In a Row Card
Sometimes I like to mass produce cards for friends, but I never quite want to make them identical.ย I’mย Becca Feekenย withย Amazing Paper Graceย and I have an easy card to share with you today.ย Take a stunning element and repeat it in a row three times and you’ll get a harmonious design, furthermore the eye loves the balance of the three elements in a row.ย The sum of all the parts creates a unique piece with balance and simplicity. Tip: Stick to an odd number of elements in a row to create visual appeal.ย Your brain and eyes favor an odd number. For my card today I created a long landscape…
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Chantilly Paper Lace Inspiration | Elegant Floral Cards with Melissa
Hi everyone!ย Iโm Melissa Phillips and am so happy to be a guest blogger here on the Spellbinders blog.ย Over the next few weeks, I will be sharing projects with you created using the gorgeous Chantilly Paper Lace collection dies.ย They are all so beautiful and have quickly become my most favorite dies! My first card uses the Lunette Arched Borders, which are so versatile and unique.ย I love that you can create delicate, detailed frames around your sentiment or focal point using these particular dies. I used these dies along with solid berry colored cardstock and framed in a sentiment that was stamped on a Vintage Pierced Banner die.…
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Lavender & Poppies Inspiration | Handmade Card with Dry Embossed Panels
Hello dear Spellbinders’ fans! This is Elena Salo andย I’m so happy to share my projects with you again!ย Today I’d like to continue sharing projects I made usingย dies from theย Lavender and Poppies Collection.ย I used several sets to emboss the panel, which I used as the background for the first card. Iย die cut a square window in my panel and foam mounted it on the cardย base. I die cut Corner Poppiesย out of watercolor paper and colored them with distress markers. I addedย flowers in the lower corner of the window with double sided foamย squares. I used embossed square from the previous card for my second card. I stamped the sentiment and foam…
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Spring Flowers, April Showers
If you’re like me, I’m finding myself thankful to be putting away the Christmas Paper while reaching for something that harkens spring.ย I’mย Becca Feekenย withย Amazing Paper Graceย and spring is on my mind.ย ย Indeed, Spring Flowers, April Showers!ย A touch of vintage paper, lace and flowers was enough to get me dreaming of flower gardens beginning to bloom. For my card today I started with a 5 1/2″ x 7 – 1/2 base out of cream – this is my favorite size of card.ย I assemble the base from one 8-1/2″ x 11″ sheet of cardstock cut in half at 5 -1/2″.ย On one of the panels I score and…