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3 Techniques To Try With Art Glitter
Hello friends! This is Lisa from My Card Trip and I am excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog today. I am here to share some sparkly fun with you as I am going to be showing some different ways to use Art Glitter on your projects. All of the three techniques are simple to do and I have lots of tips and tricks to share along the way. After each of the techniques, I have a card which shows the final project using that particular technique. Itβs always nice to see an end result, right?! But first, a bit about Art Glitter. I am using five different…
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Merry & Bright for a Simply Festive Season of Cardmaking
Sending Christmas cards is a cherished tradition that brings joy and warmth to both the sender and the recipient. While traditional Christmas cards often feature reds, greens, and golds, there is no rule stating that we can’t add a festive twist with unique and non-traditional color palettes. By incorporating Spellbinders different colors and textures using their amazing dies, hot foil plates, embossing folders, and letterpress plates we can create truly one-of-a-kind greetings that stand out from the crowd. Come and join Lisa Mensing from Confetti and Cards as she presents five fun, festive card designs that are perfect for the upcoming Merry & Bright Season. I truly believe that there…
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Merry Mug & Circle Delights Holiday Cards & Ornaments with Rachel Alvarado
Hello crafty friends! Itβs Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I have some fun holiday-themed cards and ornaments to share with you today featuring items from the adorable new Merry Mug & Circle Delights Collection designed by Nichol Spohr. Festive Ornaments and Gift Tags I absolutely love this entire collection! These cute little ornaments/tags donβt necessarily have to be used for holidays only, but rather can be used for any time of the year depending on how you decorate them! If you donβt want to use them as an ornament, you can use them as gift tags or as stationary designs on your card fronts. To create my ornaments/tags, I die-cut my…
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Merry & Bright Collection – Holiday And All-Occasion Ideas
Hello everyone! Iβm Meg Brooks from Anchored By Ink and I am so excited to be a guest designer again for the Spellbinders blog! Today, I am featuring 3 cards using the gorgeous Merry & Bright Collection. This collection includes small florals, a striped embossing folder, a large all-occasion bow, and a festive holiday tree. I chose to keep my cards bright and more for all occasions but you could simply switch the color palette to accommodate the holidays. Die-cut leaf images from the Petite Blooms and Sentiments from white cardstock. Adhere all of the die cuts to a top folding A2 white card base using liquid glue. Be sure…
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Merry & Bright Collection β Card Inspiration
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and Iβm excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of cards made with the Merry & Bright Collection from Spellbinders. The bold designs and beautiful florals in this collection inspired me to create three simple and pretty cards perfect for sending a holiday hello. Oversized Double Bow Card I thought the giant bow from the All Occasion Bow Die Set was such a fun design that I pulled it out first to play with. Here I doubled up my bow loops for this oversized holiday card featuring tons of color and stripes. Die cut white, Waterfall, and Teal Topaz…
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Using the Beautiful Wreaths Collection Without Making a Wreath
Hello crafters! Joan Bardee here and Iβm happy to be back on the Spellbinders blog sharing 3 cards using the Beautiful Wreaths Collection designed by the delightful Suzanne Hue. This collection will give you everything you need to make many different wreaths. There are many add-ons available that allow you to make cards for any occasion. I decided to not make any wreaths. Rather, I wanted to use the add-ons to demonstrate how versatile the collection is. Stylish Snowman I LOVE this dapper snowman – so stylish with his top hat and scarf. Die cut the snowman from Christmas Wreath Add-Ons using White, Brushed Black, Poppy Field, Pink Sand, Peridot,…
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Sealed for Christmas Cardmaking Inspiration
Welcome to the Spellbinders Blog! I’m Lisa Mensing from Confetti and Cards with Lisa Mensing Blog, and I am here to share with you three quick and simple Christmas card ideas. The holiday season can get busy, but that does not mean you can’t still create beautiful and meaningful cards. With just a few tools, including my Platinum 6 and Glimmer Foiling System, I was able to create these three stunning cards. Join me as I walk you through the process and show you how you can easily recreate these designs. Get ready to be inspired and spread some holiday cheer! Often, I turn to my color palette to give…
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3 Ways to Create Movement in Your Cards Using the Dancinβ Christmas Collection
Hello crafters! Joan Bardee here and Iβm happy to be back on the Spellbinders blog sharing different ways to create movement using the Dancinβ Christmas collection. This collection is designed to easily make cute cards that have elements that literally move. No special materials are required. However, in design, βmovementβ can mean other things, including leading the viewerβs eye in a particular direction. Here, Iβm showing 3 different ways to create movement. THE CUTEST DANCINβ GINGERBREAD β LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE MOVEMENT This card has literal movement β the body of that adorable gingerbread girl moves back and forth. It also has figurative movement β your eye follows the gingerbread girl…
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Sealed For Christmas Card Making Inspiration with Leica Palma
Hello there, my crafty friends! Leica here, excited to share three card ideas using the Sealed For Christmas collection. Two have that cozy Christmas feel, while the other one is perfect for celebrating someone’s birthday. You can totally use this collection for other special occasions, too! Let’s talk about the first card. I had so much fun with the Sealed Christmas Sprigs Etched Dies. The poinsettia and cabbage rose shapes are just lovely. I used colorful paper from Spellbinders – Dahlia, Fern, Peridot, Pink Sand, and Rainforest. The shiny part at the middle of the flowers is made from gold foam sheets, and they twinkle so nicely. The card panel…
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Swirling Foliage Tree 3 Ways
Hello, dear friends! It’s Leica, and today I want to share three fun ways to use the Swirling Foliage Tree from the Glimmer for the Holidays collection. This hot foil plate creates a beautiful swirling foliage design that’s perfect for making stunning Christmas cards. Let’s dive in! For my first card, I cut up strips of colorful cardstock and glued them onto white A2-sized paper. Then, I hot-foiled the Swirling Foliage Tree in gorgeous gold foil and trimmed it down, adding a gold border around it. The result was absolutely stunning! To complete the look, I added some white foliage, red berries, and topped it off with a pink Merry…