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Merry Mug & Circle Delights Holiday Cards & Ornaments with Rachel Alvarado
Hello crafty friends! It’s 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 don’t 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 don’t 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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Stampendous Holiday Hugs Cardmaking Ideas
Hello! I’m Jen Kotas from Who Stole My Glitter and I’m happy to be back today to share three cards featuring the Stampendous Holiday Hugs Collection. There are three adorable character die sets in the collection that I’ve turned into shaped cards. There are also coordinating stamp sets to add cute details or sentiments. You could turn these shaped cards into tags by punching a hole in the card base and then adding twine or ribbon. To avoid seeing the back of the cardstock colors when the card is open, die-cut pieces out of white to back things like the hat and beard. Die cut the Santa body from Santa…
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The Envelope of Wonder Collection – Taming Overwhelm
Hello! Jean Manis is here to talk about feeling overwhelmed when faced with an abundance of choices, specifically with crafting projects that involve a lot of die-cutting. The secret to working with die sets containing dozens of pieces without getting lost? Set limits to enhance your creativity. Let us delve into this topic as we explore three projects created with the Spellbinders Envelope of Wonder Collection. The Envelope of Wonder Collection offers a multitude of design possibilities. Look at all of those incredible dies! The open envelope, as a card base, serves as a foundation for the themed die sets: Halloween, Autumn, and Christmas. So how will we conquer the…
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Easy Interactive Halloween Cards with Dancin’ Halloween Dies
Hey there, my crafty pals! It’s Leica here, and today I have a step-by-step photo tutorial to show you how to make three awesome cards using the Dancin’ Halloween collection. Trust me, they’re super fun to create! Don’t worry if you feel a bit overwhelmed by all the different parts in this collection. Putting them together is actually quite easy. The packaging even includes a picture of the final product, which makes it really simple to follow along. To start, I picked out a bunch of colors for the cardstock: Lilac Blossom, Peridot, Persimmon, and Sunkissed. I also used Alabaster and Onyx cardstocks. To save time and make things easier,…
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Stenciled Book Box with the Layered Christmas Stencils How-To
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share this fun book box tutorial made with the new Layered Christmas Stencils Collection. I love making handmade gift boxes, especially around the holidays, but if you’re strictly a cardmaker then you can just follow the directions to create the box top as a card instead! Trim a piece of Alabaster Cardstock to 4” x 5.25”. Using a sponge dauber with a firm pouncing motion (as opposed to the usual circular blending motion), apply Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Ink through stencil 1 of the Layered Noel Foliage Stencil Set. Similarly, add Kitsch Flamingo…
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It’s Time to Get Stitching with Stitched for Christmas!
Hello crafters! Joan Bardee here and I’m happy to be back on the Spellbinders blog sharing some holiday cards using the Stitched for Christmas collection. Yes, Christmas! I’ve been crafting long enough to remember when companies would release their Christmas products in November, which never left me enough time to use them. So, I am thrilled to see Christmas in July. Chose a slightly nontraditional Christmas color palette, substituting aqua or teal for green. Note: I made these cards before the sentiments in this collection were available, so I used sentiments from last year’s collections. Warm & Cozy Sweater This card was inspired by all the sweaters my mom made…
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Stampendous Hugs With Brenda Noelke
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m super excited to be guest posting on the Spellbinders blog again today! I’m sharing three cards using the Stampendous Hugs Collection!!! This collection is soooo adorable!! There is the most darling bear, kitten, and puppy included with so many different options for personalizing them for your specific occasions!! I LOVE YOU BEAR For my first card, I die-cut the largest bear from the Bear Hugs Die Set from Latte, Alabaster, Onyx and Pink Sand cardstock. I blended a bit of Distress Oxide Inks around the outside of the die-cuts for dimension, then adhered all of the pieces together with…
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Send Hugs Through Cards with Leica Palma
Hey there, crafty friends! It’s Leica here, and I’m excited to share three cards I made using the new Stampendous Hugs Collection from Spellbinders. These critters are just too cute, and I had a blast creating these cards. Let’s start with my first card. I used the Stampendous Kitty Hugs Etched Dies to cut out an adorable kitty from Fog cardstock. I used different colored cardstock to create all the other elements and filled the card with these cute pieces. Adding a party hat and a bow gave it a playful touch. I stamped a sentiment from the Stampendous Kitty Hugs Faces and Sentiments Clear Stamp Set on a panel…
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Birthday Card Ideas With Leica Palma
Hi there, crafty friends! It’s Leica writing on the Spellbinders Blog. Today, I want to share with you three cards I made using the new Carissa Wiley – It’s My Party collection. I absolutely adore this collection because I’m always in need of birthday cards to send to my family and friends. For my first card, I created a shaker card using the Giant Party Balloon. I used Pastel Pink Hot Foil on Pink Sand Color Essentials Cardstock to hot foil the balloon. To make a fun background for the shaker balloon, I hot foiled the Starburst Glimmer Hot Foil Plate in Pastel Mint. Then, I hot-foiled the Happy Birthday sentiment…
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Country Road Inspiration Ideas with Rachel Alvarado
Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com, and I have a few projects to share with you today that feature products from the gorgeous new Country Road Collection by Annie Williams. Rustic Greeting Card For my first project, I created an A2-sized card featuring items from the Rustic Garden, Garden Builder, and Seasonal Décor Etched Die Sets. For both my large wagon wheel and barrel, I die-cut my lighter pieces from some Portobello Cardstock and lightly blended them with Gathered Twigs and Ground Espresso Distress Inks to add some shading. I then cut the darker pieces from a piece of Timber Cardstock and adhered them all together. I die-cut…