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  • Cardmaking,  Embossing,  Stamping

    Out of This World Cards with Simon Hurley create. Space Friends

    March 8, 2025 / No Comments

    Hi, friends! I’m Lauren Taylor Made and I’m so excited to be here on the Spellbinders Blog to share with you two cards using the Space Friends set in collaboration with Simon Hurley along with some amazing Spellbinders supplies. These cards bring a cosmic touch with embossed textures, vibrant ink blending, and fun space-themed elements. Whether you’re celebrating a birthday or sending encouragement, these designs are perfect for adding a stellar touch to your crafting projects! For the first card, I created a layered background by die-cutting panels from Silver, Lilac Blossom, and Cosmic Sky Cardstock using the Perfect Touch Rectangles and Tag Etched Dies, embossing the top layer with…

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    Rocky Dancin’ Yeti, Monster Friends

    November 11, 2024 / 2 Comments

    Hello Crafty Friends, Heejung Hunsberger here! I’m thrilled to be returning as a guest designer for Spellbinders this month again! If you’d like to get to know me better, visit my blog or follow me on Instagram. Additionally, I have a YouTube channel where I regularly post video tutorials. I absolutely love the Monster Friends Collection, and this month, there’s a new release featuring a die set called “Rocky Dancin’ Yeti.” I created three cards using the Rocky Dancin’ Yeti die, coordinating it with other collections. A Reindeer Yeti I created a yeti with a custom reindeer design. First, I created the background by using two-toned gray ink to press…

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    Setting the Stage with Your Card Backgrounds

    August 10, 2024 / No Comments

    Hello, crafty friends! I’m Adrienne Boese, better known as Alice Scraps Wonderland online. The Birthday Bash collection from Simon Hurley has several fun embossing folders, so for this set of cards, I wanted to create three different backgrounds using the embossing folders. The goal with each of these embossed backgrounds is to set the stage for all of the other elements on the card. I’ll be taking you from the simplest to the most complex embossing folder uses, but along the way, I’ll be giving you my design tips to create balanced cards that impress! Die Cut Balloons Card The simplest form of creating a background with an embossing folder…

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    Spellbinders May 2022 Clubs Inspiration Blog Hop + Giveaways

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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 16, 2018
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    January 1, 2023
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    Sparking Birthday Bash Cards

    August 9, 2024 / No Comments

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    Let’s Celebrate with Simon Hurley’s Birthday Bash Collection

    August 8, 2024 / 4 Comments

    Hello Crafters! Nancy Leppek here from Scrapper at Heart.com and I could not be more delighted to be back as a guest here on the Spellbinder’s Blog today! I am sharing three different Celebratory cards using the brand new incredible Birthday Bash Collection by Simon Hurley. I love every piece in this collection and had a ball making these three cards to share with all of you. Let’s get to it, shall we! May All Your Wishes Come True Nothing says birthday more than balloons and let me just say that these balloons are the prettiest ones I have ever worked with. For my first card, I am using the …

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