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  • Naughty Christmas Cats Diecutting & Hot Foiling Tutorial, S4-1546, S4-1547, S5-761, E3D-179, BP-375
    Cardmaking,  Die Cutting,  Embossing,  Step by Step Tutorials

    Christmas Cats Christmas Card Tutorial with Spellbinders Christmas Cats Collection

    July 14, 2026 / 1 Comment

    Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, creating a card featuring the hilarious new Christmas Cats collection by Yana Smakula. I’m not even a cat person, but I can’t get enough of this adorable collection! Today I’m sharing my step-by-step process in easy-to-follow photos and instructions. I hope you find them helpful! Die-cut the cats from the Christmas Cats die set in the following cardstock colors: Striped cat: Bellini & Coral; Siamese cat: Fawn & Truffle; Bow: Poppy Eye backer: Raven; Pupils: Class White Assemble and glue the cats together in steps. Be sure to add the white pupil piece first, followed by the black eye backer on…

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    Creating Bougie Cards with a Limited Color Palette

    January 17, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Hello, crafty friends! I’m Adrienne Boese, better known as Alice Scraps Wonderland online. Today I’m sharing three card ideas using the Bougie Birthday collection designed by Nina Boettcher. Since this blog post is all about being a little bougie, I’ll be sharing how to create that glamorous look with a limited color palette. The color palette I’m using is brown, cream/white, peach and touches of sparkle. I’ll also be sharing these in three different card sizes: A2, A7 and a gift card holder, so no matter what size you love to create in, there will be an idea for you! Bougie Cake with Macarons Card This A7 card makes a…

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    Spellbinders September 2020 Large Die of the Month is Here – Have Your Cake #Spellbinders #NeverStopMaking #Cardmaking

    September 2020 Large Die of the Month is Here – Have Your Cake

    September 1, 2020
    Cardmaking Inspiration | Happy Birthday Card with Elena Salo for Spellbinders. S4-879 Labels 59, S4-880 Labels 59 Decorative Accents, Spellbinders S5-347 Wine Charms, SDS-134 Wine Glass Bottle Tag #spellbinders #winecountry #diecutting #neverstopmaking #handmadecard

    Cardmaking Inspiration | Happy Birthday Card with Elena

    June 11, 2018
    QUICK AND SIMPLE NEW BABY CARDS FEATURING CLASSIC POOH BIRTHDAY COLLECTION, BD-1012, BD-1042, BP-343, S4-1501, E3D-164, S6-249

    Beginner-Friendly Baby Cards with the Say Cheese Classic Pooh Baby Collection

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    ‘365 Moments Like These’ Mini Album by Angela Tombari

    February 10, 2024 / No Comments

    Hi dear Spellbinders friends! It’s Angela here and today I have a cute mini album to show you. I made it using Noteworthy collection from Simple Stories combined with several Spellbinders products like dies, hot foil plates, wax seal, and more. I had so much fun creating it and I hope you like it too! I will start by giving you some measurements. The mini is 8 inches tall and 4,75 inches wide, while the pages are 7 x 4,25 inches. There are 8 pages in total plus several inserts and flaps that can accommodate photos. The closure of the mini is made with a ribbon that wraps around the…

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  • Santa's Here Die 3 Ways!
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    Santa’s Here Die 3 Ways!

    July 31, 2023 / No Comments

    Hi friends, Angela here. Welcome to Spellbinders blog. I had the pleasure to create a few cards with the fun new die Santa’s Here from Christmas Classic collection and I am very happy to share them with you! Before starting with the cards, let me tell you a story. Do you know that Santa Claus originates from the Dutch Sinterklaas? And do you know that he dresses also green? Sinterterklaas is the Dutch name of the fantastic character derivate from St. Nicholas, also called Sint Nicolaas. This explains the existence of several English variants of the name, like Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, St. Nick. His green suit color is a…

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    Snowflake Card Ideas in Pink!

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  • Birthday Mini Album with Carissa Wiley’s collection It’s My Party with Angela Tombari
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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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    May 25, 2023
    Video: Foiled Watercoloured Christmas Card with Debby Hughes for Spellbinders featuring Merry Christmas Banner Glimmer Hot Foil Plate Holiday 2019

    Video: Foiled Watercoloured Christmas Card with Debby Hughes

    August 16, 2019

    Using Modeling Paste with ColorSpark Watercolor Powders and Corner Rounder Punch

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  • Playing with Postage Edge Shapes with Angela Tombari
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    Playing with Postage Edge Shapes

    November 19, 2022 / 4 Comments

    Hello crafty friends! It’s Angela Tombari here, from I Need Confetti, and today I would like to show you what I created with the new Postage Edge Shapes dies by Becca Feeken. I focused on the different shapes of postage dies and created three projects: a DIY ornament and two cards, plus a bonus one that I’ll show you at the end of the post, so keep on reading. DIY Christmas Ornament The first project I would like to share is a fun one and very easy to make: a Christmas ornament made with Postage Edge Circles dies. I cut 6 different sizes of card-stock circles, alternating the circle dies.…

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    Good Vibes Only Collection by Stephanie Low - Inspiration | Butterfly & Floral Cards with Kay for Spellbinders using S2-294 Petal’d Poetry dies. #spellbinders #neverstopmaking #diecutting #handmadecard

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  • Halloween Fun With Emily Leiphart Featuring Boo Dance Party Collection
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    Halloween Fun With Emily Leiphart Featuring Boo Dance Party Collection

    August 21, 2022 / No Comments

    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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  • Through the Garden Gate Collection with Kassi Hulet
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    Through the Garden Gate Collection with Kassi Hulet

    April 18, 2022 / No Comments

    Hello, my fabulous friends, it’s Kassi Hulet here, and I’m excited to be guest designing, and sharing some fun projects featuring the new flowers from the Through the Garden Gate collection!  I have been daydreaming of being able to walk out into the garden and see flowers everywhere… I’m beyond ready for the constant rain to give way to sunshine, and for it to really feel like spring. I can’t control the weather, so I’ll just have to fill my studio with flowers while I wait! When I looked up photos of hollyhocks to see what colors they come in, I found a spectrum of warm colors…pinks, reds, oranges, and…

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  • Reverse Foiling Ideas with Michelle Short and Essential Glimmer Solid Shapes Collection
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    April 13, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Hello there, Michelle Short here with some inspiration using the new Essential Glimmer Solid Shapes Collection. This is such a fun collection as you get to use up all of your scraps after foiling. There are so many different designs that work with reverse foiling. I love that these are shapes, but you can also cut your own shapes too! I have used the circle, rectangle (in a slightly different way!), and square today but there is also an oval. I found that I got great results by heating up the Glimmer Hot Foil System platform twice and also using the hinge method for foiling – by taping down the…

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  • Two Tones Hot Foil Techniques + Elegant Becca Feeken Clear Card | Spellbinders Live
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    Have you ever made a clear card? Today in the Creative Classroom, Kim Kesti shares an elegant Glimmer card with a clear base, plus two additional Glimmer cards featuring Becca Feeken’s Delicate Impressions Collection. Clear Card Base Saving Grace Card Kim begins this tutorial showing you how to make a clear card base. To create one yourself, trim an acetate sheet into card size and score to fold. Next, add a cardstock panel inside the card, and embellish with the Fanfare Border on each side. Then, decorate a slightly smaller cardstock layer to add to the front of the card. Kim created this layer with two tone foiling using Rose…

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