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  • 2 Floral Birthday Card Ideas with the Just Add Cake Cardmaking Kit
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    2 Floral Birthday Card Ideas with the Just Add Cake Cardmaking Kit

    July 20, 2026 / No Comments

    Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be sharing two cards today using the Just Add Cake Birthday Cardmaking Kit. Both cards feature the Garden Party Etched Dies. I combined them with the shaker domes and sequins on the first card, and for the second, combined them with the mug from Birthday Brew Etched Dies, as well as some extra colours of ColorWheel Cardstock and Gems. I love how you can mix and match the different sets in the kit! Watch the video below or on the Spellbinders YouTube channel: For my first card, I created a meadow of flowers using the pink tones of ColorWheel Cardstock…

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    Hot Foil Joy to the World Christmas Card Tutorial with Upright Italic Press & Foil Plate

    July 19, 2026 / No Comments

    Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, creating a striped holiday card featuring the beautiful new Upright Italic Joy to the World press & foil plate. I’m sharing my step-by-step process in easy to follow photos and instructions! To start, turn on your Glimmer Hot Foil System, then let it heat up. Once the green indicator light notifies you that the platform is ready, place the Upright Italic Joy to the World plate on it and hit the timer button. Once the timer button stops flashing, prep your Polished Brass hot foil and white cardstock. Remove the platform from the base, then place the Polished Brass foil pretty…

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    Jane Davenport Artomology | Take a Deep Breath Mixed Media Card with Mona Toth featuring JD-014 Mermaid Washi Sheets and JD-025 Smooth Markers - Mermesmerizing #janedavenport #janedavenportartomology #Artomology #spellbinders #neverstopmaking #smoothmarkers #makeitwithmichaels #washisheets

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  • MAKE THE SENTIMENT THE FOCAL POINT WITH PAUL ANTONIO UPRIGHT ITALIC HOLIDAY SENTIMENTS, BP-372, S5-698, S4-1453, BP-199
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    Happy Holidays BetterPress Card Tutorial with Upright Italic Press + Foil Plate

    July 17, 2026 / No Comments

    Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial with you using the new Upright Italic Happy Holidays Press + Foil Plate by Paul Antonio. This sentiment is a large plate, so perfect to act as the focal point on a card. All you need is a few elements to bring the card together! I chose foliage and a bird. I chose to press the plate today, but it does foil beautifully too! There are other sentiments in the collection, and they will work for this card design too; you may just need to rearrange the foliage and bird to fit. PRESSING THE SENTIMENT Flip Platen of Betterpress Letterpress…

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    August 18, 2020
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  • Create A Die Cut and Foiled Christmas Card using Paul Antonio Upright Merry Christmas Press + Foil Plate, BP-370, S4-1452
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    Elegant Foiled Merry Christmas Card with a Poinsettia | Step-by-Step Tutorial

    July 16, 2026 / 1 Comment

    Hello crafters! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today to share a card using the Upright Italic Holiday Sentiments Collection by Paul Antonio. I am going to be doing a step-by-step photo tutorial showing you how to create a Christmas card using the Upright Italic Merry Christmas Press + Foil Plate. Also included in this collection are three other sentiments – Happy Holidays Press + Foil Plate, Joy to the World Press + Foil Plate and Season’s Greetings Press + Foil Plate. So, let’s get started with the card for today. Merry Christmas For all the die cutting, use the Platinum SIX Die Cutting Machine with the die cutting sandwich…

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    October 27, 2025
    Spellbinders February 2020 Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month is Here – Elegant Reveal Shutter Card

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  • Create A Die Cut and Foiled Christmas Card using Yana's Christmas Cats, S4-1546, S4-1547, BP-375
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    Christmas Cat Card Tutorial with Yana’s Christmas Cats Collection

    July 15, 2026 / 1 Comment

    Hello crafters! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today to share a card using the newly released Yana’s Christmas Cats Collection from Yana Smakula. I am going to be doing a step-by-step photo tutorial showing you how to create a Christmas card featuring three of the sets from the collection. One of the cats is being exceptionally naughty by jumping onto the tree! The collection features six new products, including the Christmas Cats Etched Dies, Christmas Cats Accessories Etched Dies and Meowy Christmas Sentiments Press + Foil & Die Set, all of which I use on my card today. There is also a lovely die set called Christmas Cats Window…

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    April 1, 2025
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    June 20, 2022
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  • FLORAL ELEGANCE FEATURING ASTRANTIA, S5-711, S4-1482, S2-447, E3D-168, S5-747, S1-188
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    Serenity Garden Floral Birthday Card with Astrantia, Primrose & Tassel Flowers

    June 26, 2026 / No Comments

    Hello crafty friends! I’m Bonnie Crane, and I’m thrilled to be joining you as a guest designer for Spellbinders. Spring always has a way of turning my thoughts toward flowers and time spent in the garden. It feels like the perfect season to draw inspiration from the Spellbinders Serenity Garden Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. For this card, I’ve showcased the beautifully detailed Astrantia bloom, complemented by two additional florals from the collection – Primrose and Tassel Flower – creating a soft, layered bouquet. ASTRANTIA Die Cutting Cut small florets from Blush cardstock. Cut large petals twice from Chiffon cardstock. Cut floret stems (both sizes) and flower centre from Rainforest cardstock…

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  • “Cascading Coneflowers” by Simon Hurley Ombre Background & Diecutting Tutorial, E3D-177, S4-1540, S4-1539
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    Easy Coneflower Card with Simon Hurley’s Cascading Coneflowers Collectiony Simon Hurley Ombre Background & Diecutting Tutorial

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    Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, creating a card featuring the beautiful new Cascading Coneflowers collection by Simon Hurley. I’m sharing my step-by-step process in easy-to-follow photos and instructions! To start, we are going to ink blend a 4” x 5.25” panel of Classic White cardstock with a coordinating shade of ink. We will deepen the blend at the top to give the panel an ombre gradient from top to bottom. Next, we are going to 3D emboss the panel with the Cascading Dots embossing folder. The best plate sandwich for running this through your Platinum 6 is Platform Base A, 3D Embossing Folder with paper inside,…

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    Chompster Birthday Cards: Creative Cardmaking Ideas with the Just Add Cake Kit

    June 20, 2026 / 2 Comments

    Hello, crafty friends. Allison Frazier here. I’m excited to be on the Spellbinders blog and YouTube channel today sharing two fun ways to use the Chompster die set from the Just Add Cake Birthday Cardmaking Kit. One card features only products from the kit, and the other features a few additional products from my Spellbinders stash. I know the kit is called “Just Add Cake,” but you’ll see that just adding cheese can be just as fun! For my first card, I used only products available in the kit. Since the Chompster set itself has everything you need to make an adorable card, I wanted to challenge myself and find…

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    June 4, 2026 / No Comments

    Hello friends! Nichol Spohr is here  with a couple of birthday cards featuring the incredible Just Add Cake Box. If you’re like me, birthday cards are something that I always need a lot of and something I always like to have on hand! I love that with the Just Add Cake box you can mix and match to create incredible celebration cards whether you use just the kit or mix and match with your favorite Spellbinders products you have in your craft stash. Today I’m featuring the Light the Candles die set from the box for a couple of cupcake themed designs. First, we are going to showcase the components…

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