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BetterPress Letterpress System by Spellbinders is an innovative way to achieve the elegant look of letterpress technique without all the mess. It’s an easy-to-use system that produces professional stationery style projects with detailed impressions that can be felt to the touch. Combine BetterPress with the Glimmer Hot Foil System, the Sealed with Spellbinders wax seal program, and the extensive library of Spellbinders products to create one-of-a-kind cards, stationery, projects and more. The BetterPress System works with your manual die-cutting machine to create beautiful, effortless, and detailed letterpress effects. Four easy steps to professional results! Place BetterPress Press Plate onto the Chase (magnetic platform to hold the press plate). Next, tape Card Panel on the Platen (clear top plate with registration marks). Apply Ink onto Press Plate. Make Letterpress Sandwich and run through the manual die-cutting machine. This exciting new system was designed to be used with your Platinum or Platinum 6 Die-Cutting & Embossing Machine, and is also compatible with many other die cutting machines including the Sizzix Big Shot.
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Colorful and Nontraditional Christmas Colors with the Holiday DIY Color Deck Expansion Pack
Hey Crafty Friends, it’s Amy Tsuruta, and I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog featuring the fabulous Holiday DIY Color Deck Expansion Pack. If you love the original DIY Color Deck System, you’re going to be smitten with the Holiday version. It contains 12 cards with holiday-inspired artwork, fun facts and information to help and spark your creativity. My first project features the Yuletide Ride Etched Dies from the Wonderland Collection and Petite Criss Cross Press Plate from the Merry Moments Collection. I challenged myself to put together the Holiday DIY Color Cards together first and then pick out my supplies. This is the ColorWheel color palette for…
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Let’s Party with Pooh!
Hi there, crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel. If you loved the Say Cheese Classic Pooh collection, you will be excited to hear that the new Say Cheese Classic Pooh Birthday collection is the perfect addition! If you haven’t yet seen the original Classic Pooh collection, this is the perfect time to check it out! The new Classic Pooh Birthday collection includes new characters (Rabbit and Owl) as well as party accessories, new sentiments, and more! You can use all of the original characters and dies like the Memory Frames Etched Dies and the Tigger and Eeyore Etched dies, and combine them with the new Classic Pooh Birthday Accessories Dies to create…
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Say Cheese Classic Pooh Birthday Collection Cards
Hello, crafters! I’m thrilled to be a guest designer on the Spellbinders blog today, showcasing the Say Cheese Classic Pooh Birthday Collection. For these cards, I also incorporated Pooh and Piglet. If you’d like to get to know me better, visit my blog or follow me on Instagram. Additionally, I have a YouTube channel where I regularly post video tutorials. Winnie the Pooh and Presents card For my first card, I created this cheerful design featuring Winnie the Pooh surrounded by gifts, perfect for celebrating a very happy birthday! Products Used: Pooh & Piglet Etched Dies Birthday Bash Press Plate & Die Set (from Simon’s Birthday Bash Collection) – used…
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A Very Happy Birthday, From the Branches of the Hundred Acre Wood
Hello, my craft friends! I’m so excited and honoured to be joining you today as a guest designer on the Spellbinders blog! June is such a joyful month, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to share a special step-by-step photo tutorial featuring the utterly charming Say Cheese Classic Pooh Birthday collection by Simple Stories. If you’re a fan of sweet nostalgia, soft colors, and all things Winnie the Pooh, you’re in for a real treat. This project was such a joy to create, from the whimsical artwork to the playful patterns, everything about this collection just sparks happiness and a sense of timeless childhood wonder. Whether you’re crafting for a…
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Step by Step: Country Barn Inspired Star Wreath Card
Hi there, crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel, and I adore the new Country Christmas Collection designed by Annie Williams for Spellbinders. I am sharing a tutorial today on how to create a Christmas card with three different supplies from this collection. Starting with the Barn Star Wreath Etched Dies, die cut a full star with the outline die out of two colors of cardstock. I chose Waterfall Cardstock and some silver foil cardstock. Then place the decorative dies for each of the star points on top of one of the die-cut stars and hold them in place with Spellbinders Best Ever Craft Tape. Run that star with all of its decorative…
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Embrace the White Space!
Hello there, Michelle Short here, and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog sharing three cards using the Wonderland collection. This fabulous collection is perfect for Christmas and the holidays, and includes snowmen, festive cars, cocoa cups, trees, and lots more! As you will see from my cards, I embraced the white space of the card bases to let the die cuts shine! YULETIDE RIDE My first card uses Yuletide Ride, which is a fun set featuring a car and all things festive that you can adorn the top of it with! To make this card: Die-cut car from Waterfall, Teal Topaz, Raven, Classic White, and Beeswax…
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Kick Off Your Christmas Crafting With Three Clean and Simple Designs
Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m so excited to be here to share three ways to use the lovely Wonderland Collection with you. This is a fabulous, fun and festive Christmas collection that includes three sets of etched dies, a stamp and die set, a BetterPress Registration Plate set, and three BetterPress plate,s including some sentiments. There is also a BetterPress Cover Plate with a beautiful snowflake design and a set of 2025 plates so that you can get cracking on next year’s DIY calendar! So, let’s get started on the cards. Fa La La La La This sweet arch framed…
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How To Layer Die Cuts To Create A Mediterranean Doorway
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial with you using Beyond the Door Etched Dies from the La Dolce Vita Collection. This set is fantastic as you can mix and match the different elements to create different scenes and views through the doorway – cobblestones, ocean, clouds, vines and much more! STEP 1 – DIE CUT THE DOORWAY Place the deep arch door frame and shutter details onto Malibu ColorWheel Cardstock and hold in place with Best Ever Craft Tape. Create your die cutting plate sandwich – (top to bottom) A Platform Base, B Platform Top, C Cutting Plate, cardstock pieces with dies on top, C Cutting…
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Step by Step Tutorial: Multicolor BetterPress Cards Made Easy
Hi there crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel and today I am sharing the simplest way to create a multicolor BetterPress card using the Spellbinders Flourishing Betterpress Plates with a Registration Template. If you’ve never used a Spellbinders Registration template, don’t worry! I’ll share all the steps you need to follow, but essentially, the Registration template is an acetate sheet marked with each of the plates from the set. You will run the plates through in various passes and each pass is designated by a separate color on the acetate. So the first step is to tape the acetate to the BetterPress Chase (which is the magnetic platform that will hold the press…
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Combining Foil and BetterPress for Simple and Pretty Encouragement Cards
Hi there, this is Annie Williams, and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share a couple of simple and pretty cards made with the Modern Botanicals Collection by Dina Wakley. The fun new embossing folders and abstract BetterPress plate designs in this collection combine beautifully with her previously-released designs. I was inspired to mix foiling with letterpress techniques to create three easy encouragement cards. Things Will Work Out Card The fun elements in the Flourishing BetterPress Plate Set can be arranged in limitless ways or you can use the included registration template for easy placement. Here I used Dina’s arrangement, but combined a little foil with…
