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Altering Die Cuts with Scissors. Thanks For All You Do Card & Video Tutorial
Hello everyone, this is Yana Smakula and thank you for joining me! For my today’s blog post & video tutorial I decided to do something different, like altering die cuts with scissors! Usually we simply cut the piece out with the help of our dies and use it as is, but one can always alter die cut pieces slightly to make them a better match for a specific project. This card was published in the Die-cutting Essentials Magazine Issue 25 along with a few other cards done in a similar style – check it out for more inspiration. I started working on this card by die-cutting base panels for my…
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Rustic Wedding Bouquet by Donna Salazar
Hello my peeps! Today I’m sharing the flower bouquet that I made for my daughter’s wedding. She had a very casual wedding (she wore a denim dress) and she asked me to make her bouquet for her… of course I said YES!!! I have a video tutorial for you showing how I made my favorite style of flowers as well as how I added them to sticks to make them into a Rustic Wedding Bouquet that matched her dress perfectly. I hope you enjoy it!!! Here are a couple more photos. And one of the happy couple… Spellbinders Product Used: S5-086 Bitty Blossoms Etched Dies by Donna Salazar Designs…
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Layered Dimensional Die Cutting. Episode #2 – Teacher Card
Hello everyone. This is Yana Smakula and thank you for joining me! This blog post and video is a part of new monthly feature I’m hosting on Spellbinders blog and Youtube channel called “Layered Dimensional Die Cutting”. I hope you’ve enjoyed the first episode, in case you missed it you can find it here! What is “Layered Dimensional Die Cutting Series”? Once a month I’m sharing a card project along with a detailed video tutorial showcasing traditional Spellbinders style with lots of die-cut layers and dimension! For my today’s blog post, since school starts very soon, I thought it would be appropriate to create a World’s Best Teacher card. …
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Wedding Gift Box with Positively Peony Contour Steel Rule Die
Hi, it’s Elena here with you today. The wedding season is here and each time I think what can be done more for the special day other than just cards. I thought that a cute little box would be a perfect alternative to making a present. I created a box and made a peony flowers using the SR-038 Positively Peony Contour™ Steel Rule Die To create my flower I used fabric – white tulle and mauve rayon. I colored them myself several years ago when I enjoyed batik and made some paintings on the silk. It was a good time to recycle something that has been kept for so long!…
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Adorable Birthday Card Ft. Half Hex Quilt & Bear Scout
Hi everyone! I’m Laura Sterckx from makingcardsisfun.com and I’m excited to be sharing my first card and video on the Spellbinders blog as a Spellblogger! 🙂 For today’s blog post I made a cute birthday card for kids featuring the Half Hex Quilt dies from the Quilt It collection by Lene Lok along with the Bear Scout die from the My Little Red Wagon collection by Debi Adams. First I used the Half Hex Quilt dies from the Quilt It collection by Lene Lok to create my own patterned paper. To be honest with you, I have zero experience when it comes to quilting so I had to some research…
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Layered Dimensional Die Cutting Series. Episode #1 – Birthday Card featuring Venise Lace collection
Hello everyone. This is Yana Smakula and thank you for joining me! This blog post and video marks the start on a new monthly feature I’m hosting on Spellbinders blog and Youtube channel called “Layered Dimensional Die Cutting Series”. What is “Layered Dimensional Die Cutting Series”? Once a month I’ll be sharing a card project along with a detailed video tutorial in the showcasing traditional Spellbinders style with lots of die-cut layers and dimension! For my today’s blog post I made a birthday card using several dies from Becca Feeken’s Venise Lace collection. I started working on this card by doing all of my die cutting first. I decided to…
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Art Deco Christmas – Easy Inlaid Die Cutting Video Tutorial
Hello everyone, this is Yana Smakula sharing another card making video tutorial. This week we are talking Christmas in July and while it might seem a bit too early for Christmas cards and such I always try to start my Holiday card making well in advance to avoid surprises during a hectic Holiday season. If you prefer to make your Christmas cards in the Fall you can always bookmark or pin this tutorial and come back to it later. One of my most favorite collections from Spellbinders is the Art Deco line by Stacey Caron. It helps to add an unexpected twist to card making. I was happy to see Art…
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Embellished Gift Box Video Tutorial
Becca Feeken here sharing a new die from my Amazing Paper Grace Collection because you never know when the next gift giving occasion is around the corner. I am going to show you how to embellish a bag box for any occasion using a couple of dies: the Favorably Simple Gift Box, the Swirling Grace and also the Tiered Multi-Loop Bows. This box can be used for casual to dressy to a teacher’s gift all the way up to a bridesmaid’s gifts! Spellbinders Supplies: S5-259 Favorably Simple Gift Box S6-077 Swirling Grace S6-048 Tiered Multi-Loop Bows
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Creative Cafe Try a Trend: Altered Lamp Shade with Seth Apter Collection
Using a combination of products from the Seth Apter Collection, Designer Debi Adams created this ulta cool altered lamp shade! Do you have a lamp shade that needs a new look? Give this a try! Scroll down to see how Debi created this project in her process video! Supplies: S4-621 Drip Drop S4-623 Coffee Ring S4-625 Ring Around PL-001 Spellbinders® Platinum⢠[...]