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    SPOILERS! 12 Days Of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar – Day 11 With Michelle Short

    October 3, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Welcome to day 11 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 Michelle Short as she shares inspiration with the Day 11 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. Hello…

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  • SPOILERS! 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar – Day 6 with Mindy Eggen
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    SPOILERS! 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar – Day 6 with Mindy Eggen

    September 28, 2025 / No Comments

    Welcome to day 6 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 Mindy Eggen as she shares inspiration with the Day 6 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. Hello friends! This is Mindy with Mindy Eggen Design, and I’m so excited to be back with you for Day 6 of the 12 Days of…

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    Spellbinders A Sweet Christmas Collection by Saharan Sowell - Inspiration | Baking Cookies Layout with Anna featuring S4-940 Gingerbread Boy Garland Tag #spellbinders #diecutting #neverstopmaking #sharynsowell

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  • SPOILERS! 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar – Day 5 with Tina Smith
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    SPOILERS! 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar – Day 5 with Tina Smith

    September 27, 2025 / No Comments

    Welcome to day 5 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 Tina Smith as she shares inspiration with the Day 5 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. I am truly thrilled to share some sweet and delightful stitched cards with Day 5 of the 12 Days of Stitchmas Advent Calendar for 2025. Cocoa and Christmas hold a special…

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  • SPOILERS! 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar – Day 4 with Nichol Spohr
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    SPOILERS! 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar – Day 4 with Nichol Spohr

    September 26, 2025 / No Comments

    Welcome to day 4 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 Nichol Spohr as she shares inspiration with the Day 4 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. Hello friends, it’s Nichol Spohr, and today we’re taking a look at what’s behind Door Number Four in the 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025! I have two festive cards to share with you today featuring the…

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    3 Sweet Gingerbread Cards: A Trio of Holiday Inspiration

    September 15, 2025 / 4 Comments

    Hey Crafty Friends, it’s Amy Tsuruta, and I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog featuring the sweet Candy Christmas Collection with Stamperia.   Do you have holiday traditions? We love to decorate gingerbread houses. We also have a crafty day. Last year, we painted and decorated small wooden houses. This year, I want to move to baking a gingerbread village to decorate. My first card features the Gingerbread Plane & Banner Etched Dies. My husband is a pilot, and every year I design holiday cards for his pilot friends.  Keeping this in mind, I decided to make this my template for that group.  I kept it clean and…

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    Step By Step Tutorial: Boo! – How To Create A Clean And Simple Halloween Card

    September 12, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial using the Spooktacular Collection by Simon Hurley. I love the ghosts in the Boo Crew set! You can dress up the ghosts with hats, glasses, ties, etc.  – so cute! For today, I thought it would be fun to take the witch’s hat from the Bewitched set to add on to my ghost! STEP 1 – DIE-CUTTING THE GHOST + WITCH’S HAT Cut pieces of cardstock slightly larger than the size of the dies. Place the main body of the ghost from Boo Crew onto Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock and hold in place with Best Ever Craft Tape. Place bottom…

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    Step By Step Tutorial: Santa Clause

    July 22, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial with you using The Clauses Etched Dies from the North Pole Friends Collection by Simon Hurley. This set is fantastic as you can mix and match the different elements to create both Mrs Claus and Santa Claus with different accessories. STEP 1 – DIE-CUTTING SANTA Die cut Santa, sack and holly, and berries from The Clauses Etched Dies. Cut pieces of ColorWheel Cardstock to be slightly larger than the size of the dies. Place body, arms, legs, and berries onto Pomegranate ColorWheel Cardstock and hold in place with Best Ever Craft Tape. Place beard, moustache, and gloves onto Classic White…

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    Fun Holiday Cards with the North Pole Friends Collection

    July 21, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Hi there, this is Annie Williams, and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of fun holiday cards made with the North Pole Friends Collection by Simon Hurley.  There are so many adorable character options in this collection to make cute projects all season long, and I chose a couple of my favorites to create three easy cards perfect for sending a little holiday cheer. Let It Snow Card The North Pole Sentiments Die Set can be used to build two adorable snowmen and a ton of fun sentiment signs to hang on a sweet candy cane pole.  Here I added this cute guy…

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    Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection

    July 16, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Hi there, this is Annie Williams, and today I’m thrilled to create this elegant Christmas card step-by-step with you, made with the new Wonderland Collection from Spellbinders. With cute die sets, gorgeous sentiments, and versatile BetterPress plates, this collection is perfect for creating fun holiday cards or even a custom calendar.  Today, I chose to focus on the beautiful Three Magi Stamp & Die Set and add a fun background for this simple card with tons of impact. Die-cut the robes of the magi out of yellow, teal, and red cardstocks using the Three Magi Stamp & Die Set. Here I chose a light, medium, and dark tone from each color…

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    Embrace the White Space!

    July 15, 2025 / 2 Comments

    Hello there, Michelle Short here, and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog sharing three cards using the Wonderland collection. This fabulous collection is perfect for Christmas and the holidays, and includes snowmen, festive cars, cocoa cups, trees, and lots more! As you will see from my cards, I embraced the white space of the card bases to let the die cuts shine! YULETIDE RIDE My first card uses Yuletide Ride, which is a fun set featuring a car and all things festive that you can adorn the top of it with! To make this card: Die-cut car from Waterfall, Teal Topaz, Raven, Classic White, and Beeswax…

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