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Creating Unique Backgrounds For Cards With Modeling Paste
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and Iβm excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of cards using white modeling paste as a fun background element. White modeling paste can be used as-is, with stencils, or mixed with a variety of other mediums for endless possibilities in your paper crafting projects. Modeling Paste & Stencils There are lots of ways to alter modeling paste to suit your project, but with a thick and creamy consistency, it also looks great applied through stencils right from the jar. Here I created a pretty textured background for this soft spring flowers card. Apply white modeling paste through the…
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Playing With Color and the Every Occasion Floral Alphabet
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and Iβm thrilled to be back on the blog today to share a couple of cards made with the new Every Occasion Floral Alphabet Collection from Spellbinders.Β The gorgeous floral letters and matching sentiments in this collection make such a statement on their own, I decided to play with different color schemes to create interesting backgrounds on these three fun cards for various occasions. OmbrΓ© Sending Love Card One of my very favorite types of cards to mail out are βsending loveβ cards, so I was excited to see the beautiful Floral S and Sentiment Press Plate.Β Pink might seem like an obvious choice…
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Double Up Your Focal Points
Hi everyone. Alanna Moses from EmbellishCraftLove.com and Iβm happy to be back on the Spellbinders blog. I have three super fun cards to share with you today using the new Simon Hurley stamp and die collection for January 2024. This collection has three large stamp sets and coordinating dies are available for them. You will see repetition in each of my cards using embossing folders, Mica Stains, and a doubled-up focal element. SENDING BIRTHDAY HUGS For my first card, I used the new Monster Hugs stamp set and coordinating dies. I stamped out two of the cute animals with Copic-friendly ink and then colored them in with my Copic markers.…
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Fun Floral Cards with the BetterPress Spring Collection
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 new BetterPress Spring Collection from Spellbinders.Β The delicate floral images and beautiful sentiments in this collection inspired me to create three pretty cards for a variety of occasions this spring. Muted Floral Sympathy Card I thought the dainty floral images in the Flower Stems Press Plate Set were so beautiful that I pulled these out first.Β Here I inked them up in muted colors and created both a background and focal point for this easy sympathy card. Arrange the plates from the Flower Stems Press…
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Fabulous Florals with the Fresh Picked Collection
Hello Crafters! Itβs Melody Rupple here and I’m excited to be on the blog today to share a few cards I have created with the new Fresh Picked Collection. I love the modern, contemporary feel of this collection. The Fresh Picked Collection includes 4 floral dies, a sentiment die set, and an embossing folder. I have created three cards with the collection. So letβs get started. My first card features the Fresh Picked Anemones Etched Dies. You can create four different Anemones with the die set and you can use them separately or together for different looks. I die-cut the flowers from Pink Sand, Dahlia, and Wild Berry Cardstocks and…
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Graphic Stylized Design with The Fresh Picked Collection
Hello crafters! Joan Bardee here to share some fun colorful cards made with the Fresh Picked Collection. Recently Iβve seen a lot of graphic stylized designs β large florals, fruits, or other images – manipulated so that they fit into a rectangle or other shape like a puzzle. Some describe this design as mid-century modern. You can see examples by checking out my Pinterest page here. In addition, the November Large Die of the Month Towering Blooms is also in that style. The Fresh Picked Collection has that bold aesthetic and I absolutely love it. The collection consists of 4 die sets β Buttercups, Daffodils, Berries, and Anemones. There is…
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One Collection Three Ways
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! Iβm so excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog again today! Iβm sharing three cards featuring the From the Garden Collection designed by Wendy Vecchi!! There are stamps, dies, stencils and shaped dies in this amazing collection!! I LOVE it!! THANKS Layering stencils are all the rage right now and the Garden Party Stencil is absolutely beautiful!! I layered die inks onto two panels of white cardstock through the Garden Party Stencil with blending brushes, then stamped the outline with black dye ink using the Garden Party Clear Stamp & Die Set. I used the Coordinating Die included…
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Adding Sprays and Inks to Textured Backgrounds
Hi everyone. Alanna Moses from EmbellishCraftLove.com and Iβm super happy to be guesting again on the Spellbinders blog. I will be sharing with you three different projects using products from the new January 2024 Exclusive collection. This is an exclusive collection to Spellbinders with just two items which include the Kaleidoscope Garden Press Plate and the Colorful Burst Flower die set. For my first card, I started by taking a piece of the Porcelain BetterPress A2 Cotton Card Panels and I lightly misted it with some water. I then took two colors of Distress Oxide Sprays, in Salty Ocean and Peeled Paint and added some color to the background. Once…
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House Mouse Winter Inspiration
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! Iβm thrilled to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog again today! Iβm sharing three cards featuring the House Mouse Winter Collection!! All of the mice in the House Mouse Collections are just darling and this one is no exception!! I LOVE YOU How perfect is this set for Valentineβs Day? I stamped the adorable mouse and the sentiment from the Candy Hearts stamp set onto white cardstock with Copic-friendly black ink and colored it with Copic markers. The way these stamps are illustrated makes it so easy to color them! The panel was die-cut with the second largest die…
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Coloring House-Mouse Everyday Collection With Prismacolor Pencils
Hello everyone! This is Jennifer Rustioni from @armieritagli! Today I share with you three cards I created featuring the super cute and fun House-Mouse Everyday Cling Rubber Stamps Collection! These mice are the cutest, arenβt they?? CHRISTMAS MAGIC The first card I realized features the Flying to See You Cling Rubber Stamp. I stamped the mouse on a black cardstock with the Distress Ink Picket Fence. I colored it with Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils and then added the details of the fur with a white fine-point gel pen. At last, I realized the highlights, the stars and stamped the sentiment at the bottom of my card. FROGGY THROAT For my…