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Cardmaking Inspiration | Stay Awesome Card Featuring Dainty Florals with Yana
Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Welcome back to our Cardmaking Inspiration series! We hope you’ve been enjoying these mini posts sharing simple cardmaking ideas and step by step instructions on how to make them! This week we’ll be sharing lots of fabulous inspiration featuring our Die D-Lite collection dies. First up is this gorgeous card created using Dainty Florals dies. Project created by in-house creative designer Yana Smakula Step By Step Instructions: We have a full set of step by step instructions describing how to create this card. Create A2 top folding card base out of white cardstock. Cut patterned paper panel to 4 x 5 ¼”, foam mount onto the card. Die-cut…
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Video Friday | Classics Layered Backgrounds Cards
Hello everyone. This is Nichol Spohr and I’m thrilled to be here today with a set of thank you cards featuring layered backgrounds created with the Fancy Edged Rectangles, Circles, and Ovals dies. Tone-on-tone cardstock creates beautiful layered backgrounds. A simple die cut greeting and a stamped sentiment phrase strip is all that’s needed to finish each of these cards. The Fancy Edged Rectangles, Circles, and Ovals were die cut from multiple colors of cardstock and layered to create the backgrounds for each of the cards. The images were stacked largest to biggest and adhered slightly hanging off the edge of a white card base. Any excess was trimmed off…
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Cardmaking Inspiration | Come Wine With Me with Elena
Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Welcome back to our Cardmaking Inspiration series! We hope you’ve been enjoying these mini posts sharing simple cardmaking ideas and step by step instructions on how to make them! Today we welcome Elena Salo as a guest on our blog sharing a beautiful Wine Party/Tasting invitation or card featuring stamps and dies from our Wine Country collection. This project appeared in the Die-Cutting Essentials Magazine, Issue #33. Step By Step Instructions: We have a full set of step by step instructions describing how to create this card. Create 4 1⁄2 x 5” top folding card base out of white cardstock. Cover edges of the front panel with…
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3 Crafty Ideas for Father’s Day Cards
It’s that time of year when we remember good ol’ dad and we want to show him just how much he means to us! Nothing shows you care more than a handmade card – it’s a piece of you that you give to him! Let’s check out a few ways you can make sure dad feels the love! Say thanks to Dad with this card, created with the Thanks Dad stamp set. The images make a bold statement embossed in white onto colored cardstock. Did you notice the details on the edges of the stars, created with a sponge and Whip Cream ink? Such a fun finishing touch! The Tools…
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Thoughtful Expressions Inspiration | A Card and Chocolate Box Set with Erum
Hello friends! Erum Tasneem here again with some inspiration using Thoughtful Expressions by Marisa Job. Last time I was here, I shared THIS card using the same collection. Today, I thought I’d stretch my dies a bit. For my projects I have used the Just For You Box Etched Dies. For the chocolate box, I used the dies as is and made one in gold and black. I kept it super simple because the die does everything for you. Inside, I added a thin chocolate bar. I covered this up in black and gold designer paper by Papericious. Next, I die cut three flowers with the flower dies that come…
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Cardmaking Inspiration | Happy Birthday Card with Elena
Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Welcome back to our Cardmaking Inspiration series! We hope you’ve been enjoying these mini posts sharing simple cardmaking ideas and step by step instructions on how to make them! Today we welcome Elena Salo as a guest on our blog sharing a stunning Birthday card featuring stamps and dies from our Wine Country collection. This project appeared in the Die-Cutting Essentials Magazine, Issue #33. Step By Step Instructions: We have a full set of step by step instructions describing how to create this card. Create 4 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄2” top folding card base out of white cardstock. Cut a piece of yellow cardstock to 4 1⁄2…
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Special Moments Inspiration | Purple Cards with Zsoka
Hello crafty friends, Zsoka here with you sharing my third and final post showcasing the wonderful Special Moments Collection by Marisa Job. If you’ve missed my previous two posts, you can find them here and here. Today I’m sharing 3 cards I’ve made with this collection. As before, I started out by making A2 size top folding card bases. One of my favourites in this collection must be the super duper gorgeous Laced Flowers Dies. For my first card I die cut these flowers from a purple patterned paper, layered them up using foam adhesive to create just one big, dimensional flower. I added a pink flower button to the middle.…
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Special Moments Inspiration | Happy Birthday Card with Hussena
Hello everyone! This is Hussena from Quill and Punch Works, and I am really excited and honoured to be guesting today on the Spellbinders Paper Arts blog. This post is a part of a series featuring dies from the Special Moments collection by Marisa Job. You can check out my first and second post using the dies from the Special Moments collection HERE and HERE. I love how there a number of different dies in this collection, and there is something for everyone! Today, I have a floral, layered card to share. Here’s what I have created: To create my card, I first took a White card base and matted some light pink cardstock…
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Video Friday | Pop-Up Card with Frame Dies with Olga
Hello crafty friends and thank you for joining me on Spellbinders blog! Today I am going to create a pop up card with some ornate frame dies from Special Moments collection by Marisa Job. I will only be using white and ivory cardstocks to create a very subtle variation of color plus some gold mirror cardstock for sentiments. The dimensional pop-up circle card is created with Miss You Swirl die set and I have “love you” written on the one side and “miss you” on the other. There is also some additional space at the horizontal part of the card to write or stamp the message to the recipient. Although…
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Special Moments Inspiration | Layered Cards with Hussena
Hello everyone! This is Hussena from Quill and Punch Works, and I am really excited and honoured to be guesting today on the Spellbinders Paper Arts blog. This post is a part of a series featuring dies from the Special Moments collection by Marisa Job. You can check out my first post using the dies from the Special Moments collection here. This is an amazing collection with some gorgeous, intricate dies. I love how there a number of different dies in this collection, and there is something for everyone! Here’s a look at my first card for today: When I first saw the Special Day Frame Etched die set from this collection, I knew I had…