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The Be Bold Collection – Building Paper Floral Creations
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jean here sharing three cards created with the Be Bold Collection at Spellbinders. This distinctive collection of and floral and foliage dies, lower- and uppercase alphabet sets, punctuation dies, embossing folders, and casual script sentiments lends itself to endless creative possibilities. I took an organic approach to designing my creations like assembling a floral bouquet. Let’s take a look as I share the cards from start to finish. To begin, I selected three dark cardstock backgrounds. I started die-cutting the letters, sentiments, florals, and foliage from a variety of cardstock colors. Usually, I decide my colors ahead of time, rather than take this more playful approach.…
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Yana’s Blooms Collection – Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the new Yana’s Blooms Collection by Yana Smakula. The gorgeous florals, versatile backgrounds and borders, and pretty sentiments in this collection inspired me to create three bold cards with tons of gold foiling. Magnolia Blooms Thank You Card Magnolias are one of my favorite early spring flowers and I couldn’t wait to use all of the beautiful versions of them in this collection. Here I’ve cut and colored the Magnolia Blooms design and added it to a pretty foiled background for this bright thank you card. Trim…
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Precision Layering Basics with Jennifer Kotas
Hello! My name is Jen Kotas and I’m so happy to be on the Spellbinders blog today. I’ve got three cards to share with you made using the new Precision Layering Basics Dies. What wonderful sets of basic dies to ensure straight edges and perfect measurements every time. When using the A and B sets together to make a 1/16” frame, you’ll need to die cut them separately. I found it easier to cut the smaller die first, then line up the larger one and cut. It is possible, however, to cut the larger one first. Die-cut largest Precision Layering Mini Slimline A Etched Dies from white cardstock and emboss…
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Yana’s Blooms Inspiration with Natasha Vacca
Hi, my name is Natasha Vacca and I am so excited to be a guest designing on the Spellbinders blog today! I have had an amazing time working with the new release – Yana’s Blooms. I fell in love with everything in this new collection! Yana’s work is truly AMAZING and to be asked to create with her new Yana’s Blooms collection is a dream come true! You can also find me on my personal blog. I would love it if you stopped by there too! Magnolia Blooms For my first card, I am sharing a card using the Magnolia Blooms die set. This large die is the perfect bouquet…
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Card Ideas with Precision Layering Basics Collection by Joy Baldwin
Hi crafty friends, my name is Joy Baldwin (aka Create It With Joy). I love making handmade cards and sharing them with you. If you want to check out more of my creations, head over to my blog. I’m excited to share three beautiful cards with you today, using Susan’s Tropical Getaway Collection. So, I really love these Precision Layering Dies. I’m going to share three cards with you showing different designs for each card. These are fabulous dies to have in your stash. For the first card, I used the smaller slimline dies, I die cut the background piece using the largest die. I then used the Embossing Folder of…
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Yana’s Blooms Cards with Jung AhSang
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jung AhSang here, and I am very happy to be returning for another guest post on the Spellbinders blog. If you’d like to follow my crafty projects, my blog is jungahsang.wordpress.com, and my Instagram is @junglebarrya. Today, I’m working with some products from the Yana’s Bloom collection. I absolutely love everything that Yana has created so far, so I was super excited to work with the products Thank You Card with Magnolia Glimmer Blooms For my first card, I decided I wanted to trying foiling on acetate for the first time. I used the glimmer specialty clear film sheets from Spellbinders, the Magnolia Glimmer Blooms hot…
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Precision Layering Basics Collection – Three Ideas From Hussena Calcuttawala
Hello, crafty friends! This is Hussena from Quill and Punch Works and I’m so honored to be guest posting today on the Spellbinders blog! using the new Precision Layering Basics Collection. Basic nesting dies are a staple in every crafter’s stash and there are so many things one can do with them. The dies in the Precision Layering Basics Collection are designed to cut perfectly spaced layers of 1/8-inch, and when combined with the B Sets, help you achieve a 1/16-inch border. This means no more measuring, as the work is done for you. I used the various dies in this collection to create three easy and fun cards for…
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Yana’s Blooms by Yana Smakula – Collection Introduction
Hello, crafters. This is Yana Smakula, I’m thrilled to introduce my new collection with Spellbinders called Yana’s Blooms. I designed this collection with elegant Spring Birthday card making in mind. I give a lot of Birthday cards and my friends and family always ask me to make and give them some birthday cards for them to gift to their friends, thus I never have any on hand and this is the one type of card I need the most. This collection includes 7 products, 5 of them – hot foil glimmer plates and 2 – dies. S4-1169 MAGNOLIA BLOOMS DIE SET Magnolia is the design around the entire collection. I…
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Spellbinders Garden Shutters Collection with Hussena Calcuttawala
Hello, crafty friends! This is Hussena from Quill and Punch Works and I’m so honored to be guest posting today on the Spellbinders blog! I’m sharing a set of three cards using dies from the new Garden Shutters Collection by Becca Feeken. This is a very unique collection that can be used to create a fun element of motion. It creates a beautiful card, and with one pull of a tab, the shutters open to reveal a sweet surprise sentiment, but the die layers can really be used on any kind of card! I had to start out by trying my hand at one of the classic Garden Shutters cards…
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“Love You More” Cards with Jung AhSang
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jung AhSang here, and I am so excited to be returning for another guest post on the Spellbinders blog. If you’d like to follow my crafty projects, my blog is jungahsang.wordpress.com, and my Instagram is @junglebarrya. Today, I’m working with some products from the Love You More collection. I absolutely love the Open House collection already, but it’s even better when more coordinating products are released, and I can make more Open House cards. I made a card with the Open House Valentines, and a shaker card with the Love You More cutting dies. For my first card, I used the Open House Valentines dies along…