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  • Create Realistic Dimensional Flowers for Clean And Simple Cards, S5-712, S6-169, S3-569, BP-311, BP-298, BP-025, BP-287
    BetterPress,  Cardmaking,  Die Cutting,  Step by Step Tutorials

    Dimensional Floral Cards with The Poet’s Garden Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn

    January 22, 2026 / 1 Comment

    Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Tilson, and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog with you today. I’m here to share some inspiration with The Poet’s Garden Collection from Susan Tierney-Cockburn. This is a beautiful release of flowers that are designed to have lots of dimension, and I definitely have that on my cards today! This collection has a choice of Double and Single Peonies, Clematis Poet, Wild Violet, and Love-In-A-Mist Etched Dies, along with an accompanying BetterPress sentiment set. Spending time creating these dimensional flowers is very relaxing, and they really pack a punch when they are done! You’ll need to send them to their respective…

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    Colorful Floral Cards with the Wildflowers Collection by Lisa Horton

    May 24, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of colorful springtime cards made with the new Wildflowers Collection by Lisa Horton.  The gorgeous floral dies, versatile background images, and customizable sentiments in this collection inspired me to create three bright and pretty cards for a variety of occasions. Gladiolus Birthday Card The Layered Gladiolus Die Set creates a beautiful focal point perfect for all kinds of cards.  Here, I chose shades of coral to contrast with an aqua background for this colorful birthday card for a friend. Die cut Bellini, Coral, and Rainforest Cardstock using the Layered Gladiolus…

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    Combine BetterPress, Die Cutting and Stamping on One Simple Card

    May 23, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Hi there crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel. Today I am sharing a step by step tutorial of how I made a floral card with the Lisa Horton Wildflowers collection. Start by creating the background of the card. Use Best Ever Craft Tape to tape the corners of a piece of A2 BetterPress cardstock onto the clear plate of the BetterPress. Place the Script Text BetterPress Plate on the magnetic platform and swipe Tuscan BetterPress Ink on the plate to ink it up. Place the clear plate on top of the magnetic platform and run it through a die-cut machine. Tape the scalloped oval from the Scallop and Stitched Edge Ovals Etched…

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    A Trio Of Wildflower Wishes

    May 21, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Wildflowers collection by Lisa Horton. This wonderful collection features wildflowers, some fabulous background elements and fantastic sentiments. Everything works well together, but you can use elements separately too! BIRTHDAY WISHES My first card uses the Layered Gladiolus Etched Dies for my focal point, combined with one of the sentiment sets, plus the Script Text BetterPress Plate for a subtle background. To make this card: Die cut the Layered Gladiolus Etched Dies from ColorWheel Cardstock – Orchid and Mulberry for the petals, Beeswax for the flower centres, and Peridot and Rainforest for the…

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    Clean & Simple Pastel Floral Cards

    May 20, 2025 / 3 Comments

    Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m excited to be here to share three ways to use Lisa Horton’s new Wildflowers Collection with you. This is such a pretty collection that includes a couple of BetterPress Plates, a BetterPress Registration Press Plate Set, a couple of floral etched die sets and a set of nesting ovals which feature stitching and scallops. There are also two clear stamp/die sets which have everyday sentiments to suit many occasions. So, let’s get started with my three cards for today. I love to play around with colour combinations and for a bold color-loving girl…. this was…

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    Wildflowers with Nancy Leppek

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    Hello Crafters! Nancy Leppek here from Scrapper at Heart.com and I could not be more excited to be a guest here on the Spellbinder’s Blog. Today I am sharing three different cards using the recently released Lisa Horton Wildflowers Collection. There are so many items that I fell in love with in this release, and are totally worth checking out! Let’s get to it, shall we! SENDING LOVE AND BEST WISHES Some of my favorite new cardstock colors are Seaside and Waterfall, and I think they look beautiful foiled in gold. First, I foiled the background in Matte Gold onto the Seaside Cardstock using the gorgeous Script Text BP Plate.…

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