-
Simon Hurley Everyday-Cards Trio
Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I’m happy to be back on the Spellbinders Blog today sharing some cards that feature new stamps and coordinating die sets illustrated by Simon Hurley. For my first card, I used the new Everyday Wreaths Stamp Set and the Everyday Wreaths Die Set. I trimmed a piece of Raindrop Color Essentials Card Stock for my A2-sized card base and layered it with a 4” x 5.25” piece of white card stock. Next, I lightly blended a 3.75” x 5” piece of smooth white card stock with Stormy Sky and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Inks starting with my darker color at the lower…
-
Christmas Cards with Simon Hurley Timeless Trees Collection
Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I am thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders Blog today sharing some cards that feature products from the beautiful new Simon Hurley Timeless Trees Collection. I immediately fell in love with this collection at first sight! My first card showcases the new Classic Christmas Tree Die Set combined with the gorgeous Branches 3D Embossing Folder. To assemble my tree, I first die-cut all my pieces from a variety of colored card stock. I used two shades of green card stock for my tree, making sure to use the darker green for my background piece. To add some shading, I lightly blended…
-
Perfect BetterPress Sentiments for Every Season
Hello, it’s Jean Manis here and I am excited to share three cards created with products in the Spellbinders All Seasons Scrapbooking Collection. The lowercase script font used in the sentiments has a timeless elegance and versatile appeal, making the sentiments perfect for any season and occasion. I have used three of the collection’s BetterPress sets and one of the die sets, along with other Spellbinders die sets, to create a fall, a Christmas, and an Easter card. On the fall card, seasonal flowers are paired with a BetterPress sentiment that says “These golden days,” evoking the warmth and beauty of autumn. Cover an A-2 size card base with a…
-
Sentiments for All Seasons
Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I am thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog today sharing some new, gorgeous sentiment sets from the All Seasons Scrapbooking Collection. These sentiment sets will go perfectly with almost any other Spellbinders product that you own and can be used all year round. My first project is a 6.5” x 3.5” slimline card that showcases the new Four Seasons Etched Dies. I combined the “Autumn” die along with some previously released fall-themed die sets. For the large foliage, large pumpkin, acorn, and mushroom, I used the Autumn Wonder Etched Dies Set. I also added some tiny leaves and foliage from…
-
Bring Your Most Magical Memories to Life With Storytelling!
Hello Crafters! Celes Gonzalo, also known as GuiadeManualidades, is here to share new ideas with you. First time on the blog—so excited! Today, I invite you to bring those magical memories to life with the beautiful Storytelling collection. We’re going to use many of the die sets in creative and fun ways. Plus, we’ll add some extra elements to make these two ideas truly wonderful. Are you ready to start creating? Let’s go! BORN TO EXPLORE LAYOUT This first project is dedicated to Sebas, my husband. He loves traveling, walking, taking photos and living fun and unique experiences every chance he gets. When I saw some of the sets in…
-
Red, White & Blue Christmas Cards Featuring Home for the Holidays
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog today sharing three cards using the Home for the Holidays Collection. This collection features lots of dies and press plates and I am using a few on my cards today. All my cards feature the color blue today. I did not plan for that when I was making them, but I do like blue for the holidays, especially when combined with white and red! NICK For my first card, I have combined St. Nick Etched Dies with the Sprinkled Confetti Press Plate to make a mini slimline card. To make this card: Die cut…
-
Cats & Pugs Galore
Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I am happy to share some fun projects that I made using the new and super adorable Bibi’s Cats & Pugs Collection. I fell in love with this entire collection from the start and had so much fun playing with each set! My first project is a 9” x 4” slimline card that showcases five sweet little pugs that I created using the Party Puggles Etched Dies. To start my card, I first created my pugs by die-cutting all of my pieces from a variety of Spellbinders colored card stock. I then added some quick ink blending with a dome-shaped blending tool…
-
Celebrate Summer with Fabulous Florals
Hello there! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m delighted to be here to show you some ideas using the latest collection from Susan Tierney-Cockburn. This collection is called Nature’s Botanical Garden and it features five floral die sets, a beautiful 3D embossing folder, and a BetterPress Sentiment Set. I think the embossing folder may be my favorite embossing folder to date! All Susan’s collections are of course stunning and this one is no exception. Believe My first card is a shaker card. I love to make shakers and I thought that it would work well with the Nature’s Botanical Wreath 3D Embossing Folder. I…
-
July 2024 BetterPress Plate of the Month Preview & Tutorials – Christmas Haul
Our July 2024 BetterPress Plate of the Month preview & tutorials are here! Change the way you create with the NEW BetterPress Letter Press System, which provides an innovative way to achieve the elegant look of letterpress without all the mess. It’s an easy-to-use system that produces professional stationery style with detailed impressions that can be felt to the touch. The BetterPress System works with your manual die-cutting machine to create beautiful, effortless, and detailed letterpress effects. Here’s a look at the June 2024 BetterPress Plate of the Month – Christmas Haul: BetterPress Letterpress system is needed to use this BetterPress Plate. Sold separately. JOIN THE CLUB July 2024 BetterPress…
-
Easy and Fun Cards with the Out and About Collection
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of cute cards made with the new Out and About Collection. The adorable die sets in this collection were all designed to work with the new Scout Mini Diecutting Machine, but I think you’ll see that the smaller cutting platform doesn’t limit your creativity at all! Here I picked some of my favorite die sets from the collection to create three really fun cards that are sure to send a smile. Dancing in the Rain Card I couldn’t resist that adorable duck from the Dancin’ In The Rain Die Set,…
