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  • Cardmaking,  Stamping

    Beautiful Backgrounds Cards with Joy

    August 5, 2024 / No Comments

    Hello crafty friends, I love a good background stamp! I’m going to show you three cards using three different background stamps from the Stampendous Beautiful Backgrounds. I used three different techniques with these awesome stamps. For my first card, I used the Leafy Lines background stamp, it has a pull-away piece that I used for this card design. On a piece of watercolor paper I hot-foiled the background with the Diagonal Glimmer Stripes (discontinued) and Aura foil. I stamped the corners with the Leafy Lines pull-away stamp piece. I colored the leaves with multiple colors using Karin Watercolor Markers. I added a few splatters with the Karin Markers and added…

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    Creating Christmas Cards with the Simon Hurley Christmas Collection

    August 4, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Hi, it’s Marie here from the blog and YouTube channel, Marie Nicole Designs. I’m excited to be sharing three cards I created using stamps from the new Simon Hurley Christmas Collection. These cards are fairly simple to create, and they will be perfect to send out in this upcoming holiday season. I made two cards with a glimmered background I added with a Simon Hurley Glimmer plate I have. I think the pattern looks like snowflakes so it fit well with the snowmen! The last card I made is simply using the stamped image along with a sentiment and some ink-blended colors. Let’s take a look! SIMPLY SNOWMEN I started…

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  • Cardmaking,  Stamping

    Modern Holiday Magic: Minimalist Christmas Cards with Style

    August 3, 2024 / 2 Comments

    Hi there my Spellbinders’ friends!  My name is Jaycee Gaspar and I’m so excited to share three cards featuring the Simon Hurley Christmas Collection.   This collection features coordinating stamps and dies with a fun sketched feel.  As an added bonus, I used one of Simon Hurley’s Astro Pastes to complement the design of these cards. My main focus on these card projects was balancing the sketched and illustrated feeling of the images with modern and sleek details.  I hope that you can use these design techniques in your holiday cards and see how easy it is to keep things simple and stylish. For this first card technique, I wanted to showcase…

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    July 2021 Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month is Here – Pop Up 3D Vignette Home Sweet Home

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  • Cardmaking,  Stamping

    Silly Goose Birthday Party

    July 2, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Hello crafty friends!  It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com.  I have a few cards to share with you showcasing some fun and beautiful new stamp sets illustrated by Simon Hurley. For my first card, I created a slimline card measuring at 3.5” x 8.5” featuring the Silly Goose Stamp Set.  I made my card one-layer by masking my images as I stamped.  In order to do this, I first created a rough draft of where I wanted to place my images and then used my MISTI to align my images on my final draft as I stamped.  I started with the images that appeared in the front of my card first,…

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  • Cardmaking,  Stamping

    Simple and Cute Birthday Cards with New Stamp and Dies from Simon Hurley

    June 22, 2024 / No Comments

    Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of cute birthday cards made with new stamps and dies by Simon Hurley.  The unique images and sentiments in the collection inspired me to create two fun cards perfect for sending birthday wishes to anyone on your mailing list. Pink Ombre Birthday Cake Card I loved the sketchy style of the Birthday Party Stamp Set and having the solid layering stamps makes it even more fun to use!  Here I stamped multiple layers of both the cake and balloon images before adding some extra touches with alcohol markers for a…

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    Focus on the Fun of Coloring Without the Background Hassle!

    June 5, 2024 / No Comments

    Hello, crafters! Cha Lion here as a guest designer on Spellbinders’ blog! I’m thrilled to be back for another month and excited to share some delightful creations with you. Today, I’m showcasing a series of summer cards using the adorable House-Mouse Summer Fun collection. In my previous post, I discussed how storytelling inspired my coloring and highlighted watercolor techniques focusing on spotlight effects (you can check out that post HERE). This time, however, I’m sharing tips for when you can’t spend a lot of time coloring. You’ll see this approach in the three cards I’ve created for you. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them!…

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  • Cardmaking,  Stamping

    Moving into Summer with House Mouse Fun

    May 22, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Hi crafters, Dina Kowal here! The House Mouse gang is back with some hot weather antics in the Summer Fun collection… I’m not even sure how it’s already time for summer cards, but here we are! There are 4 new sets in this House Mouse release, each with a card-sized image and several coordinating sentiments. I love the movement that is drawn into each of these images, so I used different methods and mediums to highlight those details. You know I love to watercolor, so on all these cards I used my favorite paints to begin my coloring. I let the paint dry between layers and kept building up intensity,…

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    September 15, 2018
    Spellbinders March 2020 Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month is Here – Elegant Infinity #Spellbinders #AmazingPaperGraceClubKit #SpellbindersClubKits #NeverStopMaking

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  • Cardmaking,  Stamping

    House Mouse Summer Fun Card Ideas

    May 21, 2024 / No Comments

    Hello and welcome back to the Spellbinders blog. My name is Joy Wilson I and hope to inspire you to pull out your favorite markers and the new House Mouse red rubber cling stamps that have been introduced this month from the Summer Fun Collection. This collection is so enjoyable because it encompasses our favorite summer pastimes that will take you down memory lane. The Coloring What I personally love about coloring House Mouse stamps is that the shading is built in for you, taking the guess work out of it. I have heard people say that sometimes they don’t know where to start with their coloring because light source,…

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    May 20, 2024 / 4 Comments

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  • Cardmaking,  Die Cutting,  Stamping

    Perfect Sentiments for Cardmaking

    May 4, 2024 / 1 Comment

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