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Stenciled Book Box with the Layered Christmas Stencils How-To
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share this fun book box tutorial made with the new Layered Christmas Stencils Collection. I love making handmade gift boxes, especially around the holidays, but if you’re strictly a cardmaker then you can just follow the directions to create the box top as a card instead! Trim a piece of Alabaster Cardstock to 4” x 5.25”. Using a sponge dauber with a firm pouncing motion (as opposed to the usual circular blending motion), apply Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Ink through stencil 1 of the Layered Noel Foliage Stencil Set. Similarly, add Kitsch Flamingo…
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Vintage Christmas Inspirations
Hello Spellbinders friends! It’s Angela Tombari here and today I would love to show you what I created with the new release Christmas Flea Market Finds, made by Spellbinders in cooperation with Cathe Holden. Christmas Treat Bags Since it’s a Christmas-themed collection, I thought its papers were perfect for making some treat bags. I used papers from both paper pads, Christmas Velvet, and Home For The Holidays. I chose papers with delicate tone on tone design, one blue with small tiny flowers, one red with delicate embroidery, and the last, my preferred, with a fluffy boutis. Boutis is an old French type of embroidery. The treat bags are cut with…
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Spellbinders Halloween 2021 Collection Inspiration with Sheri
Hello! It’s Sheri again from My Sheri Cards and I am excited to be sharing 3 Halloween projects I created using the Halloween 2021 Collection. Some of these die sets are designed to work with the Open House Collection but I wanted to show that you can use them all on their own too! Spooky Greetings/Witch Card I love using green, orange and purple for Halloween projects. I had some Photo Play papers that were perfect for these projects. The witches hat and legs from the Let’s Be Frank die set were so fun to create and layer. They took a little patience with getting them paper pieced but I…
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Halloween Favor Boxes with Laura Evangeline
Hello, crafty friends! I am Laura Evangeline, and I am excited to join you here as a returning guest blogger. I currently live just outside Nashville along with my handy husband, 11-year-old son, and our two Yorkies, Max and Penny. If you’d like to visit with me more later, you can also find me on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and YouTube. Today I am sharing a set of favor boxes I made using the new Halloween 2021 collection. Although this collection lends itself wonderfully to cardmaking, I find I don’t actually give a lot of Halloween cards. I do however give loads of Halloween treats! I always need several dozen for…
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The New Holiday Medley Collection by Becca Feeken with Linda
Hello. I’m Linda, a papercrafter from the UK and I was delighted to be invited by Spellbinders to be Guest Designer on their blog. I am showcasing some products from the fabulous new Holiday Medley Collection by Becca Feeken. I have three Christmas projects to share with you today and I do hope you like them. Christmas is the ideal occasion for throwing dinner parties with stunning table displays, and I thought it would be fun to create a personalized guest place setting card. I thought that the gorgeous Pinstripe Bracket Card Builder Hot Foil Plate was just perfect for this. It also occurred to me that this idea would…
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Two Easy Spooky Projects featuring Halloween Collection by Becca Feeken with Svitlana Shayevich
Hello crafty friends! It’s Svitlana Shayevich from Craftwalks and I’m super excited to be a guest designer today here on the Spellbinders blog. I will be sharing two easy and fun Halloween projects with you. Even though I live in the USA now I was born and raised in Ukraine and back there we don’t celebrate Halloween. It was an alien holiday for me when I just moved here but it took only a couple of years for me to start loving it. Now Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and I’m always excited to play with spooky products. Halloween House Goodie Box My first project is a cute…
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Delivered Bundles: Hello Delivered & Love Delivered Kits
Hello crafty friends! Many crafters (just like you) have been doing their part to share extra love and kindness over the past few months. Sending happy mail and sharing handmade treats, no matter how simple or small, helps us feel connected to the people we care about and it brightens the recipient’s day to know they are thought of and loved. We’ve bundled together some of our favorite FSJ supplies to help you spread some sunshine into the world with simple treat boxes and tags. Today we’re going to share creative ways that you can use these bundles to share some handmade goodness with others. Ready for a peek at…
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Wedding Season Collection | Wedding Cards with Koren Wiskman | Video
The Wedding Season collection by Nichol Spohr is here! Wedding Season by Nichol Spohr reflects a clean and contemporary look to that all-important life event. Mix and match with the other sets in the collection to create a wonderful array of projects for the happy couple! SHOP COLLECTION Join designer Koren Wiskman as she shares 3 beautiful wedding cards created using this collection. Watch video below or on Youtube: Treat Box Assemble Treat Box. Cut circle with basic circle die using white cardstock. Emboss circle using Inspire Embossing Folder and adhere to the top of the Treat Box. Cut vest, bow tie and top of dress using preferred or…
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Holiday Cheer Staff Picks
Spellbinders + FSJ has many hardworking team members whose smiling faces you don’t get to see very often. For the Holiday Cheer Launch Party, we brought a few of them into the spotlight to share their favorite holiday products with you. The video segment is below, but first let’s take a look at a few of the projects made with the Staff Picks – I bet you’ll see some of your own favorite stamps and dies, and you might just find some new favorites too! Gnome for the Holidays Antonietta is our Product Manager and she chose the ever-popular Gnome for the Holidays stamp set and coordinating die set. Just…
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Easter Blessings | Cards, Projects and More For Spring!
Hello, Fun friends! We’re definitely ready for spring and bet you are, too. Lots of you are having cold and snowy winters and probably just want to see the flowers begin to poke their heads thru the soil. Or, maybe just the mercury on thermometer rising a little bit would be enough. Either way, we’re ready too. Especially after our Easter Blessings Live Launch Party we’re really excited for all of the adorable spring projects. Did you see the event? If not, you can watch it on our YouTube channel right here. While we’re thinking of pretty pastels and sweet images, let’s take a look at a handful of projects…
