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Fresh Florals with the From The Garden Collection by Wendy Vecchi
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 new From The Garden Collection by Wendy Vecchi. The beautiful floral designs and fun sentiments in this collection inspired me to create three bright and pretty cards perfect for sending a springtime hello. Floral Thanks Card I love the classic shapes and sentiment included in the Heartfelt Thanks & Scallops Die Set, so I decided to play with this first. Here I stacked up lots of layers and added some pretty die-cut florals for this thank-you card with a slightly vintage style. Trim a piece…
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Adding Sprays and Inks to Textured Backgrounds
Hi everyone. Alanna Moses from EmbellishCraftLove.com and I’m super happy to be guesting again on the Spellbinders blog. I will be sharing with you three different projects using products from the new January 2024 Exclusive collection. This is an exclusive collection to Spellbinders with just two items which include the Kaleidoscope Garden Press Plate and the Colorful Burst Flower die set. For my first card, I started by taking a piece of the Porcelain BetterPress A2 Cotton Card Panels and I lightly misted it with some water. I then took two colors of Distress Oxide Sprays, in Salty Ocean and Peeled Paint and added some color to the background. Once…
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Spellbinders Exclusive Collection Inspiration!
Hello, crafty friends! I am Heejung Hunsberger, excited to be a guest designer again this month. If you want to know me better, visit my blog or Instagram. I also have a YouTube channel where I post a lot of video tutorials. Today, I am sharing four cards that feature the Kaleidoscope Garden BetterPress Plate and the Colorful Burst Flower Dies from the Spellbinders Exclusive Collection. These products are available exclusively on the Spellbinders website. Colorful Happy Birthday Cards I enjoyed coloring the Kaleidoscope Garden design with markers so much that I did it multiple times! Black BetterPress ink was used to press the Kaleidoscope Garden BP Plate onto BetterPress cotton paper. I colored…
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January 2024 Stencil of the Month Preview & Tutorials – Lively Floral
Our January 2024 Stencil of the Month Club preview & tutorials are here! Here’s a look at the January 2024 Stencil of the Month – Lively Floral: JOIN THE CLUB January 2024 Stencil of the Month – Video Tutorial Watch video tutorial using this month kit below or on Youtube: Additional inspiration Here’s a closer look at the projects we created using our January 2024 Stencil of the Month: January 2024 Value Clubs – Join & Save! Join the Deluxe Caboodle Value Club and receive expertly designed kits, complete with inspiration each month. Plus, members get store savings, extra deals, gifts, and more. The Deluxe Caboodle Club Value Club Membership includes ALL TEN…
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Three Ways To Use Cosmic Shimmer
Hello everyone! I’m Mindy Eggen from Mindy Eggen Design and I’m excited to be back on the Spellbinders blog to share with you three different ways to use cosmic shimmer in your card projects. Before I begin, if you haven’t worked with Cosmic Shimmer Polish before it is kind of like a creamy paste that has tons of shimmer and shine. The top of the lid contains a flat sponge applicator and the jar contains the polish. TECHNIQUE 1: Backgrounds One of the easiest ways to use the polish is to apply it directly to your cardstock. You can use colored cardstock or white for this technique. One thing to…
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Festive Ways To Package Your Cards
Hello everyone! I’m Mindy Eggen from Mindy Eggen Design and I’m excited to be back on the Spellbinders blog to share with you three different ways you can package your cards with clear bags/boxes. Clear boxes are so fun and versatile because you can either let the cards be the decor or decorate them yourself. With the assortment of products from Spellbinders, the possibilities are endless and can be used not just during the holiday season but for any occasion! The first project I want to shed light on is using the card as the decor. I have a stenciled card using the Layered Merry Christmas Foliage Bundle. Not only…
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Add Sparkling Details to Your Projects with Art Glitter
Hello, Spellbinders’ friends Angela Tombari here from I Need Confetti blog. I had the chance to play with Art Glitter and it’s great sparkling fun! I love to use them in many ways and on different kinds of surfaces but today I’ll stay stuck to Art Glitter in paper craft. Keep reading for some examples. Add Art Glitter to Wax Seals It is sufficient to add a pinch of art glitter to make the wax seal shine like a star! There’s a good range of Art Glitter colors with different shining effects and huge shades of wax so it’s great to experiment with different color combinations. From classy to more…
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Simple and Sweet Love Cards with the House Mouse Winter Collection
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of sweet love cards made with the new House Mouse Winter Collection. With such detailed and adorable images in this collection, you can keep the other elements of your card pretty simple and still create eye-catching projects! I started by stamping the image and one of the sentiments from the Snuggle Up Stamp Set onto white cardstock using black alcohol-friendly ink. After coloring the image with Copic markers, I fussy-cut it out with scissors and trimmed the sentiment out into a strip. To create the background, I trimmed a piece…
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House Mouse Winter Inspiration
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m thrilled to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog again today! I’m sharing three cards featuring the House Mouse Winter Collection!! All of the mice in the House Mouse Collections are just darling and this one is no exception!! I LOVE YOU How perfect is this set for Valentine’s Day? I stamped the adorable mouse and the sentiment from the Candy Hearts stamp set onto white cardstock with Copic-friendly black ink and colored it with Copic markers. The way these stamps are illustrated makes it so easy to color them! The panel was die-cut with the second largest die…
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Coloring House-Mouse Everyday Collection With Prismacolor Pencils
Hello everyone! This is Jennifer Rustioni from @armieritagli! Today I share with you three cards I created featuring the super cute and fun House-Mouse Everyday Cling Rubber Stamps Collection! These mice are the cutest, aren’t they?? CHRISTMAS MAGIC The first card I realized features the Flying to See You Cling Rubber Stamp. I stamped the mouse on a black cardstock with the Distress Ink Picket Fence. I colored it with Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils and then added the details of the fur with a white fine-point gel pen. At last, I realized the highlights, the stars and stamped the sentiment at the bottom of my card. FROGGY THROAT For my…