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Light-Up Hanukkah Card Tutorial with Menorah Lights Stamps and Dies
Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, creating a festive card that lights up featuring the new Menorah Lights stamp & die set. I’m sharing my step-by-step process in easy-to-follow photos and instructions! Die-cut the outline Menorah from white cardstock, and the inner die from Silver Matte Metallic, Windy, and Gold Glitter Metallic cardstock. Die-cut the outline and inner die together from white cardstock. Adhere the two white layers together, with the outline on top. Adhere the colored diecut pieces to the Menorah, using the outline as a guide. TIP: I find it helpful to use the wax tip pick-up tool from the Handy Tool Set when placing…
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2 Floral Birthday Card Ideas with the Just Add Cake Cardmaking Kit
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be sharing two cards today using the Just Add Cake Birthday Cardmaking Kit. Both cards feature the Garden Party Etched Dies. I combined them with the shaker domes and sequins on the first card, and for the second, combined them with the mug from Birthday Brew Etched Dies, as well as some extra colours of ColorWheel Cardstock and Gems. I love how you can mix and match the different sets in the kit! Watch the video below or on the Spellbinders YouTube channel: For my first card, I created a meadow of flowers using the pink tones of ColorWheel Cardstock…
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Happy Holidays BetterPress Card Tutorial with Upright Italic Press + Foil Plate
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial with you using the new Upright Italic Happy Holidays Press + Foil Plate by Paul Antonio. This sentiment is a large plate, so perfect to act as the focal point on a card. All you need is a few elements to bring the card together! I chose foliage and a bird. I chose to press the plate today, but it does foil beautifully too! There are other sentiments in the collection, and they will work for this card design too; you may just need to rearrange the foliage and bird to fit. PRESSING THE SENTIMENT Flip Platen of Betterpress Letterpress…
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Elegant Foiled Merry Christmas Card with a Poinsettia | Step-by-Step Tutorial
Hello crafters! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today to share a card using the Upright Italic Holiday Sentiments Collection by Paul Antonio. I am going to be doing a step-by-step photo tutorial showing you how to create a Christmas card using the Upright Italic Merry Christmas Press + Foil Plate. Also included in this collection are three other sentiments – Happy Holidays Press + Foil Plate, Joy to the World Press + Foil Plate and Season’s Greetings Press + Foil Plate. So, let’s get started with the card for today. Merry Christmas For all the die cutting, use the Platinum SIX Die Cutting Machine with the die cutting sandwich…
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Christmas Cat Card Tutorial with Yana’s Christmas Cats Collection
Hello crafters! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today to share a card using the newly released Yana’s Christmas Cats Collection from Yana Smakula. I am going to be doing a step-by-step photo tutorial showing you how to create a Christmas card featuring three of the sets from the collection. One of the cats is being exceptionally naughty by jumping onto the tree! The collection features six new products, including the Christmas Cats Etched Dies, Christmas Cats Accessories Etched Dies and Meowy Christmas Sentiments Press + Foil & Die Set, all of which I use on my card today. There is also a lovely die set called Christmas Cats Window…
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Christmas Cats Christmas Card Tutorial with Spellbinders Christmas Cats Collection
Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, creating a card featuring the hilarious new Christmas Cats collection by Yana Smakula. I’m not even a cat person, but I can’t get enough of this adorable collection! Today I’m sharing my step-by-step process in easy-to-follow photos and instructions. I hope you find them helpful! Die-cut the cats from the Christmas Cats die set in the following cardstock colors: Striped cat: Bellini & Coral; Siamese cat: Fawn & Truffle; Bow: Poppy Eye backer: Raven; Pupils: Class White Assemble and glue the cats together in steps. Be sure to add the white pupil piece first, followed by the black eye backer on…
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Christmas Cats Shaker Card Tutorial with Spellbinders Christmas Cats Collection
Hello, crafty friends! It’s Marie here again from Marie Nicole Designs, and I have such a fun card to share today! The Christmas Cats collection has so many cute dies, a few 3D embossing folders, and some Better Press sentiments that perfectly finish of the feline theme. I mixed and matched a few things in today’s card, and I’ll be showing you a step-by-step on how you can replicate this one on your own. Let’s get started! Cut Out Your Cats! There are four different cats in the Christmas Cats die set. Using the cat or cats you prefer, cut out the pieces and assemble. I have pictured all the…
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Yana’s Christmas Cats Collection Introduction with Yana Smakula
Christmas is even more magical when shared with our furry friends, and that’s exactly what inspired the Christmas Cats Collection. Last summer, I adopted two orange kittens, and they’ve completely changed my life (and my craft room!). They “help” with every project, inspect every box that arrives, and somehow always manage to find the Christmas tree before I do. Their playful personalities inspired this collection, which celebrates all the funny, mischievous, and heartwarming moments that come with having cats during the holidays. Designed for cardmakers who love building scenes and telling stories, this collection combines playful dies, festive accessories, BetterPress sentiments, and versatile embossing folders that work beautifully together or…
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Spectacular Santa Christmas Card Tutorial with Spellbinders Etched Dies
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial with you using the new Spectacular Santa Etched Dies. This wonderful die creates a large-sized Santa that can take centre stage on a card. I kept to a traditional colour palette today for Santa, adding in a little pink for the background, but you can definitely experiment with different colour combinations! DIE CUTTING SANTA PLEASE NOTE: The dies are shown in the photo facing upwards, so that you can see which die is cut from which cardstock. When die cutting, you need to have the cut side facing down onto the cardstock. Die-cut Spectacular Santa Etched Dies from cardstock. Cut…
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How to Make Cute Christmas Cards with the Spectacular Collection
Hey there, friends! It’s Marie here again from Marie Nicole Designs. I have a few cards to share with you featuring the Spectacular Collection from Spellbinder. This collection is so cute! There are several characters available for you to piece together, accessorize, and add to cards, tags, or gifts with a fun Christmas theme. I’m going to feature the Spectacular Bear for the first card, but I want to give you a few background ideas for some of the Bear’s friends, as well. Let’s get started! CUT AND ASSEMBLE CHARACTER PIECES Cut all the pieces for the Bear character. The pieces are laid out in this photo next to the…
