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House Mouse Sweet Moments Collection With Brenda Noelke
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m super excited to be back on the Spellbinders blog today!! I’m sharing three cards featuring the House Mouse Sweet Moments Collection! I’m a huge fan of the mice in the House Mouse Collections! Such sweet images and the red rubber stamps beautifully! WHERE FLOWERS BLOOM… I’ve always loved this sentiment, so I knew I had to use it with the sweet Wishing For Spring stamp set!! I stamped the adorable mouse and the sentiment from the Wishing For Spring stamp set onto white cardstock with Copic-friendly black ink and colored it with Copic markers. The panel was die-cut with…
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Let’s Create Some Pretty Packaging!
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Sealed 3D Christmas Collection. This beautiful collection features two press plates, a box die, 3 wax seal stamps and lots of beautiful wax beads! I thought for my blog post today that I would focus on creating pretty packaging. I love gift-giving and making things look pretty, so for today, I have some boxes, tags, and envelopes to share with you. RED & GOLD CHRISTMAS For my first project, I created a box using the new Ribbon Box Etched Dies. Not only is this box beautiful, but it is also really easy…
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SPOILERS! 12 Days of Stitchmas Advent Calendar 2024 | Day 9 With Yana Smakula
Welcome to day 9 of our 12 Days of Stitchmas 2024 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 9 surprise! Don’t miss the other video tutorials from our free Youtube Class: Day 1 with Suzanne Hue | Day 2 with Laura Bassen | Day 3 with Kim Kesti | Day 4 with Michelle Short | Day 5 with Lisa Tilson | Day 6 with Mindy Eggen | Day 7 with Carissa Wiley | Day 8 with Cheryl Penner Hello Crafty Friends! …
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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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House Mouse Holiday Card Ideas
Hello, crafty friends! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m excited to be guest posting on the Spellbinders blog again today! I’m sharing three cards using the House Mouse – Holiday Collection! This collection includes six seasonal and holiday House-Mouse scenes with the adorable mice that we have all come to love! If you love these precious mice as much as I do, there is also a bundle that includes all six stamp sets! MERRY & BRIGHT CHRISTMAS For my first card, I stamped the darling mouse and sentiment from the Merry & Bright stamp set onto white cardstock with Copic-friendly black ink. I colored it with Copic markers,…
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BetterPress Christmas 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 BetterPress Christmas Collection from Spellbinders. The gorgeous plate designs and beautiful sentiments in the collection inspired me to create three easy holiday cards with an elegant letterpress effect. Festive Noel Card Something about the boldness and beauty of that Festive Noel Press Plate made me reach for this one first. I added some simple coloring to a basic black press of this gorgeous design for an easy and pretty Christmas card. I started by adding black BetterPress Ink to the Festive Noel Press Plate and pressed…
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Cardmaking with the Nutcracker Sweet Collection
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the new Nutcracker Sweet Collection from Spellbinders. The gorgeous color scheme and sweet die-cut designs and stickers in the collection inspired me to create three holiday cards that are both easy and elegant. Ornament Noel Card There are several folk art ornaments in the Nutcracker Ballet Printed Die-Cuts pack that are just gorgeous, so I wanted to play with these first. Here I arranged them on top of some pretty patterned paper for this easy and pretty holiday card. I started by die cutting the front of…
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Using Distress Oxide Inks To Add Tons of Color to Die Cut Scenes
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share some fun ways to use Distress Oxide Inks to enhance your die-cut scenes. Ink-blended backgrounds can add tons of color to your cards while coloring die-cuts with inks can really add dimension and realistic details. Here I used Distress Oxide Inks along with the Country Road Collection to create three colorful cards for different seasons. Sunset Scene Thank You Card Distress Oxide Inks are perfect for creating easy ink-blended backgrounds even between colors you might not normally try to mix. I thought a bright sunset-inspired sky would be beautifully paired with a…
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Metallic Embossed CAS Cards
Hi, it’s Mona Toth here, in this post I have an easy-peasy CAS card inspiration for you with Flurry of Snowflakes 3D embossing folder. If you need an elegant card for an occasion, this design is a very good choice and the result will be eye-catching with a luxury touch. The heart of this technique are 3 elements: a 3D embossing folder with pretty pattern, a high-weight cardstock and a high-quality mirror cardstock. I decided to use the Flurry of Snowflakes 3D Embossing Folder. First, I cut a piece of 5.5” by 4.25” cardstock from the Gold and Silver Mirror Cardstocks. I also cut 2 pieces of white heavy weight…
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Our Top 15 3D Embossing Folder Card Ideas
We are so delighted to have released more 3D embossing folder designs throughout 2022! Adding texture and dimension has always given cards extra detail. However, using 3-dimensional embossing folders gives paper an even more defined, textured finish to create stunning crafts. Keep reading to see all the ways you can craft with these folders! This gorgeous Flower Frenzy embossing folder is filled with different blooms and leaves to add to cards. The tightly packed floral pattern makes this filled background a beautiful addition to cards for birthdays, anniversaries, spring themes, and even more! project by Zsoka Marko Another one of our favorite cards uses this Orange Peel Quilt embossing folder.…
