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A Christmas Dance
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog today sharing three projects using the Dancin’ Christmas Friends Collection. This fabulous collection features characters that are made so that their legs move, or dance, which is super fun! A GIFT FOR YOU For my first card, I am using the Dancin’ Gnome Etched Dies. This die creates a gnome that is almost 6” tall, so I opted for a mini slimline card, to get the full effect of his dancing legs! To make this card: Die cut Dancin’ Gnome Etched Dies from Snowdrift, Bearly Peach, Teal Topaz, Waterfall, Poppy Field, and Silver Assortment…
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Interactive Christmas Cards
Hello! Jen Kotas is here today with three cards featuring the Dancin’ Christmas Friends Collection. Interactive cards are so fun to make and dancing characters make it so easy! One of my cards features embossing with a press plate. To do this, follow the instructions for embossing an etched die found on the Platform Base of the Universal Plate System. Die cut the Dancin’ Moose Klondike, Dancin’ Gnome Alfie, and Dancin’ Douglas Etched Dies from various colors of cardstock and specialty papers. Assemble the die cuts using liquid glue but don’t adhere the legs to the body. Dry emboss a background for each character. I used Holiday Lights 3D Embossing…
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3 Ways to Create Movement in Your Cards Using the Dancin’ Christmas Collection
Hello crafters! Joan Bardee here and I’m happy to be back on the Spellbinders blog sharing different ways to create movement using the Dancin’ Christmas collection. This collection is designed to easily make cute cards that have elements that literally move. No special materials are required. However, in design, “movement” can mean other things, including leading the viewer’s eye in a particular direction. Here, I’m showing 3 different ways to create movement. THE CUTEST DANCIN’ GINGERBREAD – LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE MOVEMENT This card has literal movement – the body of that adorable gingerbread girl moves back and forth. It also has figurative movement – your eye follows the gingerbread girl…
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4 Groovy Interactive Cards featuring the Dancin’ Christmas Collection
Hi there my Spellbiners’ friends, Welcome back to the Spellbiners Blog! My name is Jaycee Gaspar and I’m a full-time scientist and part-time content creator and card maker. Today, I’m sharing simple inspiration and projects featuring the Dancin’ Christmas Collection. This collection features four dancing groups, a paired sentiment stamp set, and embossing folder. This group is sure to keep you crafting, but your recipients will be amazed by how clever your Dancin’ Christmas cards are. I used three techniques to make these interactive cards: ink blending, color blocking, and shiny embellishing. Ink blending gives dimension to otherwise solid hues of cardstock. Color blocking helps define clear palettes in your…
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Halloween Fun With Emily Leiphart Featuring Boo Dance Party Collection
Hello, crafty friends! It’s Emily Leiphart here and I’m thrilled to be guesting on the Spellbinders blog, featuring the Boo Dance Party Collection. I selected some non-tradition colors for this set of Halloween cards and I hope you’re inspired to try something different for your Halloween cards this year. This collection is so adorable and I think these colors suit the sweetness of these products! Dancing Ghost Halloween Card I love all of the Spellbinders dies with swinging legs so when I saw the Dancin’ Ghost and Dancin’ Mummy, I couldn’t help but squeal! They’re so cute when assembled and I can’t stop swinging the legs. Even my teenage son…
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Boo Dance Party Collection: Halloween Fun with Joan Bardee
Joan Bardee here and I am delighted to share 3 fun and colorful cards using some cute products in Spellbinders’ Boo Dance Party Collection. Dancin’ Ghost You can’t have a Halloween Party without a dancing ghost, right? This Dancin’ Ghost is carrying a cute little bag full of die-cut candies, and the best part is that its striped legs swing back and forth! Added a tiny hanging spider from Boo Dance Party Sentiments Clear Stamp Set to the ghost and accented it with a black sequin for a fun detail. I wanted a background that wouldn’t distract too much from the ghost. After trying out a few options, I settled…
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Boo Dance Party Halloween Cards with Ilda Dias
Hello friends, it’s Ilda Dias here with you all today and I am excited to be back on the blog with some Halloween Cards featuring the cutest little trick or treaters from the Boo Dance Party Collection. If you love Halloween I hope these three faBOOlous cards inspire you! Dancin’ Trick or Treaters Halloween Slimline Card Cut paper to 8×3.5 inches using white cardstock for the background panel. Ink blend the background. Inks from bottom to top – Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink, Mustard Seed Distress Oxide Ink, Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Ink, and Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink. Die-cut all the pieces for Dancin’ Ghost, Dancin’ Mummy, and the…
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Boo Dance Party Collection – Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the new Boo Dance Party Collection from Spellbinders. The fun interactive designs, cool backgrounds, and cute sentiments in this collection inspired me to create three spooky and cute cards perfect for the Halloween-lovers on your mailing list. Hey Boo Dancing Ghost Card The Dancin’ Ghost Die Set was so adorable that I had to create a card with him first. Here I added this cute guy to a spooky starry night for a fun Halloween card. Trim a piece of Cosmic Sky Cardstock to 4.25” x 5.5”…
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Happy Dance Collection 3 Ways with Debby van Diepen
Hello all, this is Debby van Diepen from the Netherlands and I am excited to be on the blog today. I want to share three cards using the new Happy Dance Collection. This is a beautiful Collection full of die cuts, sentiment stamps, and hot foil sentiments. This collection is also perfect to create projects for Mother’s day or Fathers day. Let’s Dance Fathers Day Card The Happy Dance collection is full of dies that are perfect to create masculine cards with. When you think of a masculine card, you might think of blue color tones. I wanted to show that pastel colors can word great for a masculine card…
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Happy Dance Kinetic Cards with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the new Happy Dance Collection from Spellbinders. The unique kinetic dies, versatile accessories, and beautiful sentiments in this collection inspired me to create three fun cards perfect for celebrating lots of different little moments. Stuck on You Kinetic Card What crafter can’t think of at least a dozen ways to use this cute little glue bottle on a card? Here I’ve added it to a pretty set of legs for this easy love card. Die-cut Pink Sand, Barely Peach, Snowdrift, and Persimmon Cardstock using the legs, skirt,…
