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Serenade of Autumn Cardmaking Ideas
Hi friends! Emily Midgett from Sixth Street Sundries is here with you today to share some vivid autumn inspiration using the absolutely magnificent new Serenade of Autumn Collection! This collection features beautiful Better Press plates, floral dies, sentiments, a 3D embossing folder, a new wax seal design, and a variety of printed ephemera and paper goods to make crafting a variety of gorgeous, cohesive autumn cards simple. I have three cards to share with you today, so let’s get started with the details! Before beginning my cards, I selected a variety of colorful autumnally-themed cardstock from the Spellbinders Card Shoppe line. I wanted a color scheme that was autumnal without…
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Cardmaking with BetterPress – Autumn Card Inspiration
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the BetterPress Fall and Halloween Collections from Spellbinders. The beautiful autumn designs and fun Halloween icons and backgrounds in these collections inspired me to create three colorful cards with an elegant letterpress effect. Autumn Floral Corner Card I loved the collage of images in the Autumn Floral Corner Press Plate Set, so this was the first design I picked up. With some bright autumn colors, I could easily bring a basic black press of this gorgeous image to life. I started by adding black BetterPress Ink to…
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Game Day Collection – Sport Themed Card Ideas with Jennifer Kotas
Hello! I’m Jen Kotas from Who Stole My Glitter and I’m happy to be here today to share three cards featuring the Game Day Collection. This collection features multiple ways to create a jersey and a wide variety of sports equipment. I didn’t attempt to replicate any certain team jerseys, my inspiration came from the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, and the New York Yankees. You can customize the dies to fit your favorite team or the school colors for someone special. Die cut the jersey, long v-neck, and trim from the Athletic Apparel Etched Dies from Cosmic Sky and white cardstock. Assemble with liquid glue. Die cut the basketball from…
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Painter’s Garden Inspiration with Jennifer Kotas
Hello! I’m Jen Kotas from Who Stole My Glitter and I’m happy to be here today to share three cards featuring the Painter’s Garden Collection from Susan Tierney Cockburn. There are five new flower Dies in this collection along with a 3D Embossing Folder. Susan typically colors her flowers with Copic Markers and uses a special cardstock from Spellbinders. I prefer to cut my flower pieces from heavy-weight colored cardstock from Spellbinders. I added detail to the flowers with ink. It’s a time saver but I also love how the cardstock softens as I shape it but doesn’t tear. For detailed instructions on creating the flowers, please visit the Spellbinders…
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Fall Tiered Tray and Gnomes with Karen Reátegui
Hello crafty friends, my name is Karen Reátegui and I’m so happy to be here today. I’ve been making cards for over 5 years now and most of my creations are shared on my blog, and you can also follow all of my cards and projects over my Instagram @_littleblessings_. This project was really fun to create, a fabulous Tiered Tray with lots of elements to make some fall cards from the Tiered Tray Collection by Becky Roberts. I was inspired by a fall color palette and I tried to stick to those colors but I gave each card its own personal touch. My preferred technique was die cutting and…