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  • BetterPress,  Cardmaking,  Die Cutting,  Embossing,  Step by Step Tutorials

    Step by Step Tutorial: Create a Bold and Pretty Birthday Card with the Copperplate Happy Everything Collection

    June 18, 2025 / 1 Comment

    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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  • BetterPress,  Cardmaking,  Die Cutting,  Embossing

    Texture Backgrounds and Spanish Sentiments

    February 27, 2025 / No Comments

    Hello Friends! It’s Raquel here again. Today I’m excited to share some easy to make cards with lots of texture. I’ve also used the new Spanish sentiments Betterpress Plate & die set and the Spanish everyday sentiments etched dies, both of them from the International Sentiment collection. I was born in Spain so and I have to admit I was so happy when I knew these sentiments were released. I adore the font of both the Betterpress sentiments and the dies that come with a shadow die. For my first project I used the Fresh Picked Buttercups. I wanted to create a simple yet eye-catching design where the flowers and…

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    New 3D Embossing Folders with Bibi Cameron

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    Meet Fergus, The Cutest Handmade Gnome for the Holidays, S7-278, S4-1491

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  • Sending Monster-ous and Playful Birthday Wishes
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    Sending Monster-ous and Playful Birthday Wishes

    January 22, 2024 / No Comments

    Hello Friends! It´s Raquel here again sharing some colorful fun ideas with the super adorable Monster Birthday Collection. The moment I saw these critters I couldn’t help but smile and think of fun and playful scenes with lots of color. These projects can be used for birthday celebrations or just for a fun surprise card for both children and adults. Some of these little whimsy and fun creatures even dance with its moving legs so there is also that additional surprise. My first project features the super cute Birthday Dinosaur Etched dies. This adorable lady dinosaur stole my heart with her captivating eyes and her gorgeous flower crown. One dinosaur…

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  • Card Assortment Featuring the New Simon Hurley Collection with Leica Palma
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    Card Assortment Featuring the New Simon Hurley Collection with Leica Palma

    July 24, 2023 / No Comments

    Hey crafty friends! It’s Leica here, and I’m thrilled to be sharing three fantastic cards with you on the Spellbinders Blog. Today, I’ve got some brand-new goodies from the Simon Hurley collection to show you. Each card has its own unique style, and I can’t wait to share them with you. Let’s kick things off with the first card. I started by using an A2-sized Glacier cardstock for the base, and to add some texture, I ran it through a machine using the Floating Balloons 3D Embossing Folder. It gave the card panel such a cool texture! I then stamped, colored, and cut the images from the Hot Diggity Dog…

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    Birthday Mini Album with Carissa Wiley’s collection It’s My Party with Angela Tombari

    June 21, 2023 / 7 Comments

    Hi crafty friends! It’s Angela Tombari from I Need Confetti blog. Today I would like to share the mini album I created with the fun It’s My Party collection signed by the amazing Carissa Wiley. I will show you how easy it is to create a beautiful memory-keeping project using this collection, It’s My Party, combined with some products from It’s My Party Too collection by Spellbinders. First thing first, the mini album cover measures 4,75 x 8,75 inches. The pages are 4,25 x 8,25 inches, about the size of a traveler’s notebook, so popular in scrapbooking. So, if you’d like to replicate this project and don’t want to create…

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