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Step by Step Tutorial: Create a Thank You Card with a 3D Embossing Folder Background
Hello! Jen Kotas here today with a step by step photo tutorial creating a card with the Lined Corners 3D Embossing Folder. card. I walk you through embossing with a 3d embossing folder and using the BetterPress System to create two tone botanical images. Mist Malibu ColorWheel Cardstock with water before embossing to prevent panel from cracking. Lay panel on Lined Corners 3D Embossing Folder so the intersection of the space between embossed area sits either in bottom left or top right portion of card. When using the Universal Plate System with a Spellbinders 3D embossing folder, use only the A and D plates. Cut embossed panel to 4 x…
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Step by Step Tutorial: Create a Bold and Pretty Birthday Card with the Copperplate Happy Everything Collection
Hi there, this is Annie Williams, and today I’m excited to take you step-by-step through creating this bright and colorful birthday card made with the new Copperplate Happy Everything Collection by Paul Antonio. With four gorgeous BetterPress sentiment sets to choose from, this collection makes easy work of creating elegant cards for a variety of occasions. Start by applying Matte Gold Hot Foil to white cardstock using the “Happy Birthday” plate from the Happy Birthday & Everything BetterPress Plate & Die Set and the Glimmer Hot Foil System. Die cut the foiled sentiment out using the coordinating die from the set (I like to use Best Ever Craft Tape to…
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Beyond the Sentiment: Copperplate & BetterPress Backdrops
Hello, crafters! I’m thrilled to be a guest designer on the Spellbinders blog today, showcasing the beautiful new Copperplate Happy Everything Collection, releasing this June! This collection is versatile, featuring elegant sentiments perfect for various occasions. The Copperplate Happy Everything Collection includes: Copperplate Happy Birthday Everything Plate & Die Set Copperplate Hope You’re Feeling Better Copperplate Happy Anniversary Copperplate Heartfelt Sympathy If you’d like to get to know me better, visit my blog or follow me on Instagram. Additionally, I have a YouTube channel where I regularly post video tutorials. For today’s post, I’ve created three cards, each highlighting a different sentiment from the collection and utilizing BetterPress plates for…
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Minimal to More with Modern Botanicals
Hey Crafty Friends, it’s Amy Tsuruta, and I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog featuring the beautiful Modern Botanicals Collection by Dina Wakley. If you love her Collaged Birds Collection, you’re going to love the new products! My first project features the Flourishing BetterPress Plates. I challenged myself to design a clean and simple card using Pebble panels. The inks I used are: Taffy – Jet Set BetterPress Ink Mini Set Leaf – Flower Garden Betterpress Ink Mini Set Thunder – Jet Set BetterPress Ink Mini Set I love how the Taffy and Leaf colors POP on the Pebble. The sentiment is from the Holding Your Heart Sentiments…
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Classy Cards with Paul Antonio Better Press Plates
Hello Crafters! Nancy Leppek here from Scrapper at Heart.com. I am happy to be back as a guest on the Spellbinder’s Blog. Today, I am sharing three different cards using the recently released Paul Antonio Happy Everything Better Press Sentiments. This release has the most beautiful fonts, especially when they are foiled. For each one of my cards, I have incorporated the delicate Eyelet Scallop Border in my design. Let’s get to it, shall we! Hope You’re Feeling Better I am in love with the new Colorwheel Cardstock, and here I am using a soft color palette using shades of Tutu, Blush, and Brushed White. First, I foiled the sentiment…
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Step by Step Tutorial: How to Make an Easy Shaker Card
Hi there, crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel, and today I am sharing a how to tutorial creating a shaker card and decorating it with the Cheerful Chirps Pretty Birds Die Set. The Spellbinders Cheerful Chirps Collection has several adorable bird-themed die sets. One of my favorites is the Pretty Birds dies, which showcases two sweet birds sitting on a perch. I thought it would be fun to create a shaker window behind the perch, but before we get to the shaker, let’s put the cute birds together! The birds are very simple to assemble. Add a bit of liquid adhesive to the body of the bird where you will add the…
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Pairing Cheerful Chirps and Poppy ColorWheel Cardstock
Joan Bardee here sharing some colorful cards using the Cheerful Chirps Collection. Cheerful Chirps is all about fun and quirky birds and sayings that lift the spirit. As soon as I saw those birds, I thought of using Poppy ColorWheel Cardstock. Poppy is one of my favorite colors. It’s a warm shade of red and evokes happy, perfect for cheerful birds, as well as love-themed and Christmas cards. I buy it and run out of it all the time! SENDING CHEERFUL CHIRPS Who can look at this parrot and not smile? Selected Cosmic Sky (darker bright blue), Poppy (red), and Carrot (orange) as the main color palette, with accents of…
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Spread Your Wings and Take Flight!
Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m thrilled to be here to share three ways to use the super cute Cheerful Chirps Collection with you. This is a very sweet collection that includes three sets of bird dies, a 3D embossing folder, some pretty yellow sequins, and a clear sentiment set with punny greetings to suit many occasions. So, let’s get started with my three cards for today. Fly High and Dream Big For this card, I am using the Pretty Birds Etched Dies and the Spread Your Wings Sentiments Clear Stamp Set. I love how these sweet birds sit on a…
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Adding Inky Details to Create Colorful Cards with the Cheerful Chirps Collection
Hi there, this is Annie Williams, and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of bright and colorful cards made with the Cheerful Chirps Collection from Spellbinders. The beautifully detailed bird dies, versatile embossing folder, and sweet sentiments in this collection inspired me to create three bold and inky cards to send a happy hello. Colorful Lovebirds Card The Pretty Birds Die Set creates a pair of beautiful birds perfect for friendship, love, or everyday cards. Here I inked brightly-colored cardstock with contrasting colors and added an ombre background to create an extra colorful hello card for a friend. Die cut white, Malibu, Saffron,…
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Colorful Rare Bloom Watercolor Cards by Deborah Hellman
Hello crafty friends! My name is Deborah Hellman, and I am thrilled to be a guest designer for Spellbinders this month. Today, I am sharing with you some colorful, Spring watercolor cards that I created using the newest House-Mouse Collection: Rare Bloom. I love House-Mouse and watercoloring, so for me it is a perfect pairing. Another option, these beautiful stamped images could easily be colored with colored pencils or markers to suit your personal preferences. In addition to being adorable, all of the House-Mouse stamps have great details and shading which is a big plus. I stamped all of the images on a 4¼ x 5½ inch piece of Spellbinders’…