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(Almost!) One Layer Wonders
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog sharing inspiration using the Glimmering Flowers collection. Today I have three cards to share that are (almost) one-layer cards. Whilst I love adding dimension on my cards, for mailing purposes, it is easier having less dimension! GET WELL SOON For my first card, I wanted to create a shaped card. I find that shaped cards add more interest to clean and simple cards. To make this card: I took a panel of white cardstock and placed a piece of Silver Foil shiny side up on top. I placed the Glimmering Buttercups Glimmer Plate on…
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Sunny Floral Inspiration – Adding Colour and Using Shapes Three Ways
Hello there Spellbinders friends! This is Lisa Tilson from My Card Trip and I am thrilled to be back here again with you on the Spellbinders blog. Today, I have three cards to share with you using the Glimmering Flowers Collection. This collection consists of two floral glimmer hot foil plates which you can use on their own or you can use them with their coordinating layering stencils. There is also a new glimmer sentiment set which has lots of useful everyday sentiments in a fun curved banner design. I show three different ways of adding color to your card designs and I have kept my color palette similar on…
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Cultivate Your Cardstock Green Thumb with New Propagation Garden from Annie Williams!
Hi friends! Emily Midgett from Sixth Street Sundries is here with you today, and I’m very happy to be a guest here on the Spellbinders blog! My husband often jokes that the only way I can grow anything green is on a card, which is 100% accurate. I have purchased and been given many a beautiful plant in my lifetime only to have them sadly wither away. So many people began creating their own miniature greenhouses during the pandemic, and so it makes sense that Spellbinders designed the Propagation Garden product suite to celebrate those lucky folks with green thumbs! I have created a trio of projects with the new…
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Multiple Paper Propagation Stations using the Propagation Garden Collection
Hello, friends! It’s Savannah O’Gwynn from Savannahland2. I’m honored to be sharing some of my ideas using the NEW Spellbinders Propagation Garden Collection by Annie Williams. #SAVfact: I have tried to keep plants alive and start propagation stations… but my green thumb fails each time! LOL! I love this new collection because I can create a propagation station with any plant and it will stay ALIVE 🙃 Grab this beautiful collection and join me in creating different propagation stations for our plant die cuts!! Paper Propagation Station: REGULAR This NEW Propagation Garden Collection has so many different-sized jars and tubes (Laboratory Glassware die set) and wood pieces (Propagation Garden Frames…
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Propagation Garden Collection Introduction with Annie Williams
Hi there crafty friends, this is Annie Williams and I’m so excited to introduce my new collection with Spellbinders called Propagation Garden. This collection is inspired by my career in molecular biology as well as a love for gardening and anything leafy and lively. Audrey Hepburn once said that “to plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow” and I wanted to convey that optimism and sense of wonderment about growth and new beginnings in this collection. Collection is available on April 10th. There are seven products in this collection – three die sets, a BetterPress plate set, a stamp and die set, an embossing folder, and a wax seal…
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Fun Ideas for Die Cutting With Patterned Paper Featuring Doodlebug
Hello, crafty friends! This is Emily Leiphart and I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog, featuring Doodlebug’s Gingham-Linen Rainbow Petite Prints 12×12” Cardstock Paper. Spellbinders is now carrying the entire line of Doodlebug’s Rainbow Petite Prints and it was such a difficult choice because I love them all. Linen is always a must-have for me because it’s so subtle and I love that I can easily stamp on it. Gingham is another fun and versatile choice. After choosing the color palette for my cards and making sure that I had both the Doodlebug prints and coordinating solid cardstock, I went to work on my designs. Spellbinders has so…
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Fun Ways to Use Patterned Paper in Your Cardmaking Projects
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of easy and fun ways to use patterned paper in your cardmaking projects. Patterned papers can be a little intimidating to some due to busy patterns or bright colors, but I hope these techniques can help to show how easily they can add texture and color to an otherwise plain card. Pretty Floral Hello Card I love buffalo plaid, but it can be a very bold look and draw too much attention away from your focal point sometimes. Here I toned this blue plaid pattern down a bit by splitting…
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Simple and Elegant Cards Using Sentiments as a Focal Point
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of easy cards made with the new Copperplate Everyday Sentiments Collection by Paul Antonio. The beautiful, oversized sentiment plates in this collection create amazing focal points for simple and elegant cards. Black & White Thank You Card Paul Antonio’s gorgeous calligraphy deserves the spotlight on any card and the Copperplate Thank You Sentiment Plate is one of my favorites. Here I used the classic black, white, and gold color combination for an elegant thank you card. Ink up the Copperplate Thank You Sentiment Plate with BetterPress Black Ink and press…
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Make Sentiments the Star!
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Copperplate Everyday Sentiments collection by Paul Antonio. These beautiful sentiments really pack a punch and are perfect to be the focal point on a card! THANK YOU Whilst I did cover up some of the flourish in the ‘Y’ on this card, I really love the simplicity of this card design. I think it makes the sentiment the star of the show! To make this card: I placed the Copperplate Thank You Press Plate onto the chase of the BetterPress Letterpress System. I added a Porcelain BetterPress A2 Cotton Card Panel on the…
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Summer, Summer, Summertime… Flowers, Birds and Beautiful Sentiments!
Hello there! This is Lisa Tilson from My Card Trip and I am happy to be back here on the Spellbinders blog with you. Today, I am sharing three ideas using the beautiful new Copperplate Everyday Sentiments Collection by calligrapher Paul Antonio. In this BetterPress collection you have six gorgeous scripty font sentiment plates covering a wide variety of occasions. You can create timeless letterpress designs with these plates and I hope I can get your creative juices flowing with how I have used them. Let’s get started! Hello For my first project, I thought I would create my most needed type of card – a general “hello”. So the…