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    Autumn is Upon Us!

    October 22, 2024 / 1 Comment

    Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Woodland Tales Collection. Autumn/fall is upon is here in the Northern Hemisphere and this Woodland Tales Collection is perfect for the season (but can be used all round too!). Whilst my color palette doesn’t necessarily give autumn vibes, the subject matter does! EACH DAY IS A GIFT For my first project, I wanted to use Finley the Fox. I thought that he would look great nestled in an autumn forest background. For me, mushrooms work perfectly for autumn, so I grabbed them and got to work die-cutting! To make this card: Die…

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    Vintage Vibes With A Touch Of Clean & Simple

    August 12, 2024 / 3 Comments

    Hello there Spellbinders friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m excited to be here to show you some ideas using the oh-so-pretty Yana’s Poppies Collection. This collection is small but nonetheless gorgeous for it. It contains a background press plate, a layering stencil set, and a set of etched dies. The stencil layering set works in conjunction with the press plate and is a quick and simple way of adding beautiful color to your projects. Thanks For my first card, I am using the Poppy Background Press Plate and the Layered Poppy Background Stencils. Instead of pressing my plate, I thought I would foil…

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    November 10, 2020
    January 2022 Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month Preview & Tutorials – Love Enclosed

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    May 1, 2022
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    Let’s Celebrate with Balloons and Simon Hurley’s new collection

    August 10, 2024 / No Comments

    Hi everyone, Ilina Crouse here, and I am thrilled to be on the Spellbinders blog. I always find myself in a need of Birthday card and you can never go wrong with Baloons!!! Which means you can never go wrong with Simon Hurley’s new collections with Spellbinders called Birthday bash. I am loving the mylar balloons and all of the coordinating products. It makes it really easy to combine products like the Mylar Balloons etched dies along with the Party Balloons 3D embossing folder and the Layered Party Ballons stencil. I had so much fun creating with all the products from Simon’s collection! For all of my cards, I tried…

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    March 1, 2019
    Cardmaking Inspiration | Stay Awesome Card Featuring Dainty Florals by Yana Smakula for Spellbinders. S2-293 Dainty Florals #spellbinders #diecutting #handmadecard #neverstopmaking

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    Cool Fransformers Inspiration

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    Christmas Cardmaking using Contemporary Colours

    August 2, 2024 / 2 Comments

    Hello there crafters! Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m excited to be here to show you some ideas using the Home For The Holidays Collection. For my three cards today, I thought it would be fun to use modern, contemporary colors for a super pretty Christmas vibe. I love traditional colors at Christmas, but it’s always good to shake it up a little and I usually end up with a fairly even mix of styles. The Home For The Holidays Collection is a big one and it is packed with super fun dies, gorgeous press plates, beautiful sentiments, and an embossing folder that actually could…

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    December 2020 Clear Stamp of the Month is Here – Ballerina Sentiments

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    Believe In The Magic! Creating With A Traditional Colour Palette

    July 24, 2024 / No Comments

    Hello there! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m thrilled to be here to share some ideas with the fabulous Copperplate Holiday Sentiments release. In this collection, you have seven different Christmas/New Year sentiments to choose from, along with a gift tag press plate. I have chosen to go with a traditional red, white gold, and green color palette for my cards today. I love to use different and maybe surprising contemporary colours at Christmas but I also love the familiarity and warm fuzzy feeling from traditional colors! Merry Christmas All the Copperplate sentiments have the most beautiful script font, at least in my eyes!…

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    September 15, 2018
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    November 2021 Clear Stamp + Die of the Month Preview & Tutorials – Around The Holidays

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    Better Press Christmas – Letter Press and Hot Foil Card Ideas with BetterPress Plates

    September 28, 2023 / No Comments

    Hi friends! Emily Midgett from Sixth Street Sundries here with you today on the Spellbinders blog, and today I have some inspiration to share using a few products from the BetterPress Christmas Collection! One of my favorite things about the new BetterPress Letterpress plates is how beautifully they work with both your BetterPress letterpress machine and the Glimmer Hot Foil machine! The amount of detail that you can achieve with either machine using the super intricate images in the BetterPress lineup is truly impressive. I have created a quartet of projects to share with you today using several products from the BetterPress Christmas collection, so let’s get started with the…

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    March 11, 2024
    Trio of Floral Reflection Cards with Jung AhSang

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    August 2022 Embossing Folder of the Month Kit – Card Inspiration with Annie Williams

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  • The Stylish Ovals Collection With Brenda Noelke
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    The Stylish Ovals Collection With Brenda Noelke

    May 3, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m super excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog again today! I’m sharing three cards using the Stylish Ovals Collection!! There is something for everyone in this collection…stamps, dies, embossing folders, foil stamping, and stitching dies!! It’s AMAZING! THINKING OF YOU CARD I began by stamping the image and sentiment from the Stylish Oval Birthday Wishes Stamp Set onto white cardstock with Copic-friendly black ink. I colored it with Copic markers and die-cut it with a die from the Essential Stylish Ovals Etched Dies. I also die-cut Fruit Punch cardstock with the next largest die in the same…

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    April 6, 2018
    Happy Dance Kinetic Cards with Annie Williams

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    March 28, 2022
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    January 1, 2020
  • Painter's Garden Inspiration with Jennifer Kotas
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    Painter’s Garden Inspiration with Jennifer Kotas

    February 2, 2023 / 4 Comments

    Hello! I’m Jen Kotas from Who Stole My Glitter and I’m happy to be here today to share three cards featuring the Painter’s Garden Collection from Susan Tierney Cockburn. There are five new flower Dies in this collection along with a 3D Embossing Folder. Susan typically colors her flowers with Copic Markers and uses a special cardstock from Spellbinders. I prefer to cut my flower pieces from heavy-weight colored cardstock from Spellbinders. I added detail to the flowers with ink. It’s a time saver but I also love how the cardstock softens as I shape it but doesn’t tear. For detailed instructions on creating the flowers, please visit the Spellbinders…

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  • Anemone Blooms, a Trio of Cards
    Cardmaking,  Die Cutting,  Glimmer Hot Foil,  Step by Step Tutorials

    Anemone Blooms, a Trio of Cards

    January 18, 2023 / 1 Comment

    Hello crafty friends! It’s Jung here, and today, I’m sharing 3 cards that I made using the new Anemone Blooms collection by Yana Smakula. Yellow Foiled Anemones For my first card, I used the Anemone Glimmer Blooms as the focal point. First, I foiled the Anemone Glimmer Blooms hot foil plate on smooth white cardstock with polished brass foil. While my Glimmer machine was hot, I foiled all the sentiments from the Hello, Friend Sentiments as well as the Inside Card Glimmer Sentiments on smooth white cardstock with satin gold foil. Next, I used the coordinating die to die-cut the Anemone Blooms image, and then colored the image with Copic…

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  • Trio of Floral Reflection Cards with Jung AhSang
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    November 15, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Hello crafty friends! It’s Jung here, and I am so happy to be returning for another guest post on the Spellbinders blog. For my projects today, I’m working with some products from the Floral Reflection collection. I love all the florals in the collection, and especially the heart dies! For my first card, I started with the Floral Reflection dies, along with the Essential Floral Reflection die. First, I die-cut all the dies in the Floral Reflection die set on white cardstock for the flower pieces, and craft cardstock for the larger foliage piece. I die-cut everything twice since you need 2 of the floral pieces to cover the shaped…

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