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Happier Hour Collection With Brenda Noelke
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m thrilled to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog today! I’m sharing three cards featuring the Happier Hour Collection with you today! We are traveling to Mexico in December, so the Sip Sip Ole’ Etched Die Set really spoke to me! HERE’S TO GOOD TIMES AND GREAT FRIENDS I began by die-cutting the element for my focal point using the Sip Sip Ole’ Die Set. For the outline of the glass, I used matte silver cardstock from the Treasured Antique Silver cardstock pack, and for the salt, I used the glitter cardstock from the same pack. The colors of…
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SPOILERS! 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar – Day 12 with Yana Smakula
Welcome to day 12 of our 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar class! Join us and stitch your way through the season! We invited 12 guest artists to share inspiration with the 12 stitching surprises. Let’s welcome Yana Smakula as she shares inspiration with the Day 12 surprise! Don’t miss the other video tutorials from our free Youtube Class: Day 1 with Kim Kesti; Day 2 with Jaycee Gaspar; Day 3 with Rebecca Keppel; Day 4 with Nichol Spohr; Day 5 with Tina Smith; Day 6 with Mindy Eggen; Day 7 with Carissa Wiley, Day 8 with Lisa Tilson, Day 9 with Suzanne Hue, Day 10 with Laura Bassen, Day…
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Sugar and Spice And All Things Nice!
Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m excited to be here to share some inspiration with the Candy Christmas Collection from Stamperia. This is a super sweet and cute release, guaranteed to have you running for those sugary treats in no time! In the collection, you have a Gingerbread House, Gingerbread Train, Gingerbread Plane(with some cute banners), a Gingerbread Man (or woman!) with a parachute or hot air balloon, a lovely waffle cone pattern 3D embossing folder, and some festive border dies. So, let’s get started on my three cards for today. Merry Christmas This first card features the Gingerbread House Etched…
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Whimsical Christmas Cheer with Lisa Horton’s All About Christmas Collection
Hello crafty friends! I am Lorena Wakefield. I’m so thrilled to be back as a guest designer on the Spellbinders Blog. Today, I’m sharing a festive trio of handmade cards using the absolutely delightful Lisa Horton All About Christmas Collection. These designs are brimming with charm, texture, and holiday cheer, perfect for sending love this season! Each card features a unique scene, brought to life through dimensional die cuts, playful birds, sparkly elements, and a clean, fresh color palette. Let’s take a closer look at each one: Merry Christmas Bells This card centers around a glittering pair of holiday bells tied with a big red bow. I layered them over…
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Kick Off Your Christmas Crafting With Three Clean and Simple Designs
Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m so excited to be here to share three ways to use the lovely Wonderland Collection with you. This is a fabulous, fun and festive Christmas collection that includes three sets of etched dies, a stamp and die set, a BetterPress Registration Plate set, and three BetterPress plate,s including some sentiments. There is also a BetterPress Cover Plate with a beautiful snowflake design and a set of 2025 plates so that you can get cracking on next year’s DIY calendar! So, let’s get started on the cards. Fa La La La La This sweet arch framed…
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Step by Step Tutorial: Create a Bold and Pretty Birthday Card with the Copperplate Happy Everything Collection
Hi there, this is Annie Williams, and today I’m excited to take you step-by-step through creating this bright and colorful birthday card made with the new Copperplate Happy Everything Collection by Paul Antonio. With four gorgeous BetterPress sentiment sets to choose from, this collection makes easy work of creating elegant cards for a variety of occasions. Start by applying Matte Gold Hot Foil to white cardstock using the “Happy Birthday” plate from the Happy Birthday & Everything BetterPress Plate & Die Set and the Glimmer Hot Foil System. Die cut the foiled sentiment out using the coordinating die from the set (I like to use Best Ever Craft Tape to…
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Adding Inky Details to Create Colorful Cards with the Cheerful Chirps Collection
Hi there, this is Annie Williams, and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of bright and colorful cards made with the Cheerful Chirps Collection from Spellbinders. The beautifully detailed bird dies, versatile embossing folder, and sweet sentiments in this collection inspired me to create three bold and inky cards to send a happy hello. Colorful Lovebirds Card The Pretty Birds Die Set creates a pair of beautiful birds perfect for friendship, love, or everyday cards. Here I inked brightly-colored cardstock with contrasting colors and added an ombre background to create an extra colorful hello card for a friend. Die cut white, Malibu, Saffron,…
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Creating Beautiful Dimensional Flowers
Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m excited to be here to show you how to create dimensional flowers. I am using one of the beautiful floral die sets from the Summer Solstice Garden Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. This collection features five sets of flower dies, a 3D embossing folder, and a sentiment press plate, which has lots of garden-themed quotes to enjoy. This is the card I am creating for you today. I will be walking you through all the different stages of pulling it together. I am using the lovely Cosmos Etched Dies and the Summer Solstice Garden Sentiments BetterPress…
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In Reel Color
Hello Crafty Friends, it’s Amy Tsuruta and I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog featuring the amazing Take Note Collection. I wanted to incorporate a rainbow palette with my projects but also keep it to a handful of colors. For my first project, I designed a mini composition book. I combined the Memo Splatter BetterPress Plate along with the Reel Color Sentiment BetterPress Plate & Die Set. This is when I tell you that I love working with BetterPress products! The Memo Splatter was inked in Azalea – BetterPress Ink, and the sentiment in Black – BetterPress ink. All the white paper I used is the BetterPress Porcelain…
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Froggy Fun with the Jump For Joy Collection
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of fun cards made with the new Jump For Joy Collection from Spellbinders. This collection is small but super versatile, and I was inspired by the cute frogs and fun scenic elements to create three sweet cards for a variety of occasions. FROG PRINCE CARD The centerpiece of the collection is the Frog Prince Die Set, and I couldn’t get over this little guy and his adorable crown. The scenic elements make it so easy to create all different kinds of cards with this set, and I decided to create…
