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12 Days of Stitchmas Advent Calendar | Day 6 with Michelle Short
Welcome to day 6 of our 12 Days of Stitchmas 2023 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 Michelle Short as she shares inspiration with the Day 6 surprise! Don’t miss the other video tutorials from our free Youtube Class: Day 1 with Mindy Eggen | Day 2 with Sandi MacIver | Day 3 with Laura Bassen | Day 4 with Jaycee Gaspar | Day 5 with Yana Smakula. Hello there and welcome 12 Days of Stitchmas day 6! It’s Michelle Short here to share some inspiration with you using…
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Glimmer Holly Background 3 Ways – How-to Step-by-step
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial with you using the Glimmer Holly Background and Layered Glimmer Holly Background from the De-light-ful Christmas Collection by Yana Smakula. This is such a pretty background and can be used in lots of different ways. Today I have three cards to share with you – 1. Using the Glimmer Holly Background and Layered Glimmer Holly Background together. 2. Using the Glimmer Holly Background on its own, and 3. Using the Layered Glimmer Holly Background on its own. GLIMMER HOLLY BACKGROUND + LAYERED GLIMMER HOLLY BACKGROUND STEP 1 Let the Glimmer Hot Foil System platform heat up while you place Champagne…
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Christmas Florals Stencil How-to Step-by-step
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial with you using the Christmas Florals Stencil from the new Classic Christmas Collection. This is such a pretty stencil set (5 layering stencils) that creates a beautiful floral arrangement. They can be used alongside the Christmas Florals & Sentiments Etched Dies or can be used on their own. I am using both on my card today. STEP 1 Start off by placing the first Christmas Florals Stencil (they are numbered in the bottom left-hand corner) onto a panel of white cardstock and secure in place with Best Ever Craft Tape. Using Blending Brushes, blend red ink on top, with a…
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Christmas Stitching in July!
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share some projects with you using the new Stitched for Christmas Collection. This beautiful collection features lots of stitching dies to create beautiful handmade stitched projects. Not into stitching? You can also use these dies without stitching, they still make beautiful projects! CHRISTMAS POINSETTIAS My first card uses the beautiful Stitched Poinsettia & Holly Etched Dies. I die-cut the poinsettias from Poppy Field Cardstock (both the stitching layer and back layer) and the holly from Peridot Cardstock. I then added ink blending to the layers using Distress Oxide Inks and blending brushes. I stitched the poinsettias and holly leaves using DMC Color Essentials Floss…
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Balloon Bonanza With Michelle Short & Carissa Wiley It’s My Party Collection
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share some projects with you using the new Carissa Wiley – It’s My Party Collection. This beautiful collection features lots of balloons! Balloons are great for any type of celebration – birthday, new baby, congratulations, wedding, etc. I have made three projects that all feature balloons in some way. BRIDE TO BE My first card uses the Party Balloons Bouquet Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set. I foiled the balloons, as well as the balloon string (three times), onto white cardstock using Champagne Foil. They were then die cut out using the coordinating dies. I placed the Balloon Bouquet Designs Stencil on top…
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Four Petal Wonderful Tulips Foiling & Stenciling Step-by-Step
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial with you using the Wonderful Tulips Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set combined with the Wonderful Tulips Layered Stencils from the Four Petal Collection. STEP 1 Start off by cutting Champagne Glimmer Foil to size using Quick Trimmer. I like to have a bit of wiggle room around the foil plates but don’t want too much that can lead to over-foiling. Keep any little bits you cut off; they are perfect for sentiments! STEP 2 Take the Wonderful Tulips Glimmer Hot Foil Plate and prepare to foil onto white cardstock. I like to hold foiling plates down with Best…
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Magical Deer: Christmas and Beyond with Joan Bardee
Joan Bardee here and I am honored to share 3 ways to use the gorgeous Magical Deer Etched Dies from the Winter Tales Collection. They were designed by the talented Zsoka Marko and fit beautifully with the rest of that Collection. The first thing I thought of when I saw this die set was folk art. After looking at dozens of folk-art designs on Pinterest, I was inspired to make a few cards with dark backgrounds. After years of making white-only backgrounds, it’s fun to try something new. For these cards, I used black, but any dark background, particularly a deep cranberry, green, or navy would be awesome. Magical Christmas…
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Dimensional Mailbox Card & More Parcel & Post Inspiration with Rachel Alvarado
Hello crafty friends! This is Rachel Alvarado from rachelalvaradodesigns.com and @theunpamperedstamper. I am thrilled to be guest designing on the Spellbinders Blog today and am so excited to share three fun projects with you featuring products from the new Parcel & Post Collection. Fun 3D Mail Box Pop-up Card For my first card, I created a 3D mailbox using the Parcel & Post Mailbox Die Set combined with both the Parcel & Post Christmas Decorations Die Set and Christmas Mailbox Greetings Hot Foil Set. I love creating 3D cards and this mailbox is perfect for making fun pop-up cards to send to your recipients. Depending on how high you place…
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Foiled Glimmer Greetings Cards with Lisa Tilson
Hello everyone, this is Lisa Tilson from My Card Trip and I am thrilled to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog today. I will be showcasing the fabulous new Glimmer Greetings collection and have three cards to share with you. The collection is beautiful of course and you can have a lot of fun with it! Included are two gorgeous glimmer cover plates, a glimmer ornament, a glimmer tree, and two new solid shapes which enable you to get even more out of your foiling. That’s always a good thing, right? Also included are two nesting die sets which work in conjunction with your new solid shapes. So, put…
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Stitchmas Christmas Inspiration with Michelle Short
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share some inspiration using the new Stitchmas Christmas Collection. If you love stitching, this is the perfect collection for you! Not keen on stitching? Do take a closer look at the collection, the dies still look great without stitching. Having said that, I do enjoy stitching, so all my projects use stitching today. STITCHED JOY CARD I started off my card by die-cutting Stitched Joy from Snowdrift Cardstock twice. I removed the piercing holes with the Tool ‘n One and then the pieces adhered together with Bearly Art Glue for added stability. Using red, green, and gold thread/floss, I stitched the pattern. The ‘joy’…
