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    SPOILERS! 12 Days Of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar – Day 11 With Michelle Short

    October 3, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Welcome to day 11 of our 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 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 11 surprise! Don’t miss the other video tutorials from our free Youtube Class: Day 1 with Kim Kesti; Day 2 with Jaycee Gaspar; Day 3 with Rebecca Keppel; Day 4 with Nichol Spohr; Day 5 with Tina Smith; Day 6 with Mindy Eggen; Day 7 with Carissa Wiley, Day 8 with Lisa Tilson, Day 9 with Suzanne Hue, Day 10 with Laura Bassen. Hello…

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    January 2019 Small Die of the Month is Here – First Crush!

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  • SPOILERS! 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar – Day 7 with Carissa Wiley
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    SPOILERS! 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar – Day 7 with Carissa Wiley

    September 29, 2025 / No Comments

    Welcome to day 7 of our 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 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 Carissa Wiley as she shares inspiration with the Day 7 surprise! Don’t miss the other video tutorials from our free Youtube Class: Day 1 with Kim Kesti; Day 2 with Jaycee Gaspar; Day 3 with Rebecca Keppel; Day 4 with Nichol Spohr; Day 5 with Tina Smith; Day 6 with Mindy Eggen. Hello everyone! It’s Carissa Wiley here with you today, sharing inspiration for Day 7 of the Spellbinders Stitchmas Advent Calendar. Day…

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    Spellbinders Jane Davenport Artomology | Crafting with Jane Davenport Markers with Angela Tombari #janedavenport #janedavenportartomology #Artomology #spellbinders #neverstopmaking #smoothmarkers #makeitwithmichaels

    Jane Davenport Artomology | Crafting with Jane Davenport Markers with Angela Tombari

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  • SLIMLINE GINGERBREAD TRIO, S4-1492, S5-713, S4-1489, S7-280, BP-199
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    Slimline Gingerbread Trio

    September 14, 2025 / No Comments

    Hello there, Michelle Short here, and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the new Candy Christmas Collection by Stamperia. This yummy collection is good enough to eat! I am featuring the gingerbread dies today – a train, plane and house. All with the same colour combination. I thought it would be fun to create them all using mini slimline-sized cards. This size is particularly perfect for the train and plane! GINGERBREAD HOUSE My first card uses the fun Gingerbread House Etched Dies. I cut the base layer from Truffle ColorWheel Cardstock and then the main part of the house from Fawn ColorWheel Cardstock. The icing…

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    Embrace the White Space!

    July 15, 2025 / 2 Comments

    Hello there, Michelle Short here, and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog sharing three cards using the Wonderland collection. This fabulous collection is perfect for Christmas and the holidays, and includes snowmen, festive cars, cocoa cups, trees, and lots more! As you will see from my cards, I embraced the white space of the card bases to let the die cuts shine! YULETIDE RIDE My first card uses Yuletide Ride, which is a fun set featuring a car and all things festive that you can adorn the top of it with! To make this card: Die-cut car from Waterfall, Teal Topaz, Raven, Classic White, and Beeswax…

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    Cardmaking Inspiration | Season's Greetings Card by Yana Smakula for Spellbinders using S4-760 Gilded Ornaments Dies, S5-308 Hemstitch Rectangles Dies, S5-309 Marcheline Plume Dies #christmascard #spellbinders #diecutting

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    February 2025 Stencil of the Month Preview & Tutorials – Nature’s Canvas

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    February 2, 2025

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    Cards to Make You Smile!

    March 25, 2025 / 2 Comments

    Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Little Smiles collection. This beautiful collection features lots of cute critters and elements to create scenes that are perfect for new baby cards, as well as children’s cards, as well as just because cards to put a smile on someone’s face! HELLO, BABY! My first card uses Bundle of Joy, Little Smiles Sentiments, and Wishing Stars Embossing Folder to create a new baby card. To make this card: Die cut stork from Bundle of Joy from white, Peony, Mustard, Pitch Black, and Gold Pearl Metallic Adhere together using Bearly Art Glue. Die-cut…

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    August 19, 2025

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    March 8, 2025
    Spellbinders Blooming Garden Collection by Marisa Job - Inspiration | Romantic and Whimsical Layout with Anna featuring S3-335 Rose Buds, S5-358 Swirl Happy Birthday Frame #spellbinders #scrapbooking #neverstopmaking #diecutting #papercrafting

    Video | Blooming Garden Inspiration | Romantic and Whimsical Layout with Anna

    August 14, 2018
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    Sending Love On Special Occasions

    March 21, 2025 / 2 Comments

    Hello crafters! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m delighted to be here to share some ways to use the Copperplate On Your Wedding Day Collection with you. This is a beautiful collection by Paul Antonio that includes four wedding-themed press plates although the “Sending Love” plate can be used on a wider variety of cards. All the Copperplate collections feature a beautiful Copperplate script that serves as the focal point of your card. As with all press plates, you can also foil them, so you get double the fun! On Your Wedding Day For my first card, I am using the Copperplate On Your…

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    March 23, 2023
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    June 20, 2022
    October 2025 Small Die of the Month Preview & Tutorials – Snow Day Friends

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    October 1, 2025
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    Creating Cheerful Cards Using the International Sentiments (German) Collection

    February 25, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Hello, crafty friends! Isha Gupta here and I am so happy to be on the Spellbinders blog featuring the International Sentiments (German). I’ve been wanting some sentiments in German for my friends here and these are simply perfect. There is a press plate included which I used to foil the sentiments. I kept the color palette similar for all three cards and wanted to share we can still get a different look. Gute Besserung Card This means “Get Well Soon” in German. This is something I would like to keep in my stash, especially during the flu season. I went for a soft feel using pastels and cheerful colors. I…

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    September 1, 2024
    Folk Art collection by Lene Lok - Inspiration | Nordic Wreath by Emily Leiphart for Spellbinders using S4-882 Nordic Floral, S4-885 Nordic Blooms dies #spellbinders #diecutting #handmadecard #neverstopmaking

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    April 8, 2018
    January 2026 BetterPress & Foil Plate of the Month Preview & Tutorials – Post Card Hello

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    Play Your Cards Right!

    January 6, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Jack of All Trades collection by Jaycee Gaspar. This is such a fun collection based on playing cards and can be used in lots of different ways! Jack of All Trades collection by Jaycee Gaspar is available on January 10th 2025. ENJOY EVERY MOMENT My first card uses the stunning Kaleidoscope Noble Suits Etched Dies. Each of the suits (heart, spade, diamond & club) all have three dies that you can layer up one on top of another to create a kaleidoscope look. I have used them that way for my card,…

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    Numbers Count! | 3 Ways to Personalize Cards With Numbers

    November 14, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog today sharing three cards using the Color Mix Celebrations Collection. This collection can be used in so many different ways! It can be combined with the Florals Through the Year Collection to add numbers to calendar pages or the numbers can be used to create personalized cards, like I am creating today (plus lots more!). FORTY For my first card, I wanted to create a personalized number card for a 40th birthday. I love being able to create these types of cards for friends and family. You can really match the design to the…

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    October 28, 2024 / No Comments

    Hello there Spellbinders friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m so excited to be here as a guest and I am sharing three shaker cards using the fabulous Shaker Domes. I love to make shakers, so these cards were really fun to create and the Shaker Domes make it very easy to make them. There are five different-shaped domes in this collection; Arch, Stylish Oval, Emerald Cut, Fresh Picked and Hexi-Gem. They work with the coordinating die sets, so everything is super easy to put together! The dome itself is approx. 0.38” high so you have plenty of room to add different-sized shaker mixes…

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