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Brighten Up Your Day and Create Three Simple Floral Cards
Hello there Spellbinders friends! Lisa Tilson here from My Card Trip and I am excited to be back here with you on the Spellbinders blog. Today I have some cards to share using the More Fresh Picked Collection. I really loved the first Fresh Picked Collection so I was delighted to be asked to make some more cards for you using the latest release. There are three new floral sets and they are all super pretty. I think they are very simple to use and they definitely come together pretty quickly if you follow the intended design. The new sets have the same style as the first collection – big,…
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Sunny Floral Inspiration – Adding Colour and Using Shapes Three Ways
Hello there Spellbinders friends! This is Lisa Tilson from My Card Trip and I am thrilled to be back here again with you on the Spellbinders blog. Today, I have three cards to share with you using the Glimmering Flowers Collection. This collection consists of two floral glimmer hot foil plates which you can use on their own or you can use them with their coordinating layering stencils. There is also a new glimmer sentiment set which has lots of useful everyday sentiments in a fun curved banner design. I show three different ways of adding color to your card designs and I have kept my color palette similar on…
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Summer Blooms Made Easy – Press To Impress!
Hello there! This is Lisa from My Card Trip and I am thrilled to be a guest here on the Spellbinders blog again today. I am sharing a couple of ideas using the gorgeous new BetterPress Place & Press Registration Collection along with some of the new colors of BetterPress Inks. When I first saw the new BetterPress Place & Press Registration line, I was not only intrigued but also super excited! What a great innovation to be able to use different colored inks to build your image. Not only that, the grid template makes these plates really simple to use and they create beautiful results. I’m sure you are…
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Faux Stitching Ideas To Try with Your Stitching Dies
Hello crafters! This is Lisa from My Card Trip and I am delighted to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog today. I am sharing a fun and simple way to get the look of stitching on your cards, without the need for actual stitching with thread! It is surprisingly easy and very quick to do. Many stitching dies can actually be used without any threads at all, as the patterns are often still really pretty with all the tiny holes. However, you can also add faux stitching with pens to give you a similar look to thread. I am going to be sharing one card in detail today but…
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Using the Beautiful Wreaths Collection Without Making a Wreath
Hello crafters! Joan Bardee here and I’m 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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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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Envelope of Wonder Collection – A Trio of Ideas from Lisa Tilson
Hello everyone, this is Lisa Tilson from My Card Trip and I am delighted to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog today. I will be featuring the super fun Envelope of Wonder Collection and have three cards to share with you. This collection consists of four different envelope collections plus an accompanying clear sentiment stamp set along with a Press Plate and Die Set. I use two of the envelope collections as they were intended but my third card shows how you can use them on a A2 sized card. These sets are good fun with lots of options for filling the envelope – either to bursting point and…
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The Versatility of Shape Dies Using Products from the Sealed for Summer Collection with Joan Bardee
Hello crafters! Joan Bardee here and I’m happy to be back on the blog. Spellbinders recently released the Sealed for Summer collection, which includes a variety of beautiful products, including another set of “essential” shape dies – Essential Modern Ovals. I’m featuring that product today, as well as the Glimmer Alphabet. In addition to the new Essential Modern Ovals dies, Spellbinders has a line of shape dies (as opposed to dies that cut out a coordinating image) that are so versatile. These dies, such as, Hexi-Gems, Hearts, and Circles, can be the starting point for making colorful, graphic, geometric designs, as well as more traditional cards. Today I’m sharing 3…
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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…
