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Three Interactive Cards With Rocky The Dancin’ Yeti
Hello! Jen Kotas is here today with three cards featuring the Rocky The Dancin’ Yeti Etched Die Set. This die set is absolutely adorable and comes with a variety of accessories. Each card I’ve created features a different interactive technique. No need to be intimidated by interactive cards! These three cards are simple to assemble. It’s what you add to the rest of the card where you can make it your own. On a piece of teal cardstock, trace the outer edge of the Arch Shaker Dome then blend navy ink in the outlined area, from top switching to a teal ink to end. Splatter with white acrylic paint. Die…
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Interactive Christmas Cards
Hello! Jen Kotas is here today with three cards featuring the Dancin’ Christmas Friends Collection. Interactive cards are so fun to make and dancing characters make it so easy! One of my cards features embossing with a press plate. To do this, follow the instructions for embossing an etched die found on the Platform Base of the Universal Plate System. Die cut the Dancin’ Moose Klondike, Dancin’ Gnome Alfie, and Dancin’ Douglas Etched Dies from various colors of cardstock and specialty papers. Assemble the die cuts using liquid glue but don’t adhere the legs to the body. Dry emboss a background for each character. I used Holiday Lights 3D Embossing…
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Autumn Interactive Card Ideas
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of interactive cards made with some of the latest autumn-themed collections from Spellbinders. I love sending cards that incorporate some kind of surprise element for the recipient and I hope to inspire you to create your own shaker, scratch-off, and light-up cards too! Autumn Woods Shaker Card If you’re new to interactive cards, shaker cards are a good place to start because they’re relatively easy to put together and the recipient can usually figure out how to work them. Here I created a shaker that looks like the hole of…
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Take Action Sentiments Scratch Off Inspiration
Hello! I’m Jen Kotas from Who Stole My Glitter and I’m happy to be back today to share three cards featuring the Take Action Sentiments Stamp Set. There are stamps to use with a shaker and a light-up card as well as the scratch-off cards I’ll be making today. You may want to add a piece of printer paper over the scratch-off sticker sheet when die-cutting to prevent damage to the sticker. Stamp the penguin from the FransFormer Snowy Penguins Stamp Set on an A2 card panel and color with alcohol markers. Adhere to an A2 card base. Stamp the snowflakes, ice swirls, and sentiment on the belly in a…
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Easy Interactive Halloween Cards with Dancin’ Halloween Dies
Hey there, my crafty pals! It’s Leica here, and today I have a step-by-step photo tutorial to show you how to make three awesome cards using the Dancin’ Halloween collection. Trust me, they’re super fun to create! Don’t worry if you feel a bit overwhelmed by all the different parts in this collection. Putting them together is actually quite easy. The packaging even includes a picture of the final product, which makes it really simple to follow along. To start, I picked out a bunch of colors for the cardstock: Lilac Blossom, Peridot, Persimmon, and Sunkissed. I also used Alabaster and Onyx cardstocks. To save time and make things easier,…
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Oh What Fun! Cards for Beginners with Jung
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jung, and I am so happy to be returning for another guest post on the Spellbinders blog. If you’d like to follow my crafty projects, my blog is jungahsang.wordpress.com, and my Instagram is @junglebarrya. Today, I’m working with some die-cuts from the Oh What Fun! collection. I will be showing 3 different and easy ways to use these fun diecuts on cards. For my first card, I made an interactive mini slimline card. To begin my card, I trimmed a piece of Cosmic Sky cardstock using one of the precision layering mini slimline dies. I wanted to add some interest to the background, so I used…
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Happy Dance Kinetic Cards with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the new Happy Dance Collection from Spellbinders. The unique kinetic dies, versatile accessories, and beautiful sentiments in this collection inspired me to create three fun cards perfect for celebrating lots of different little moments. Stuck on You Kinetic Card What crafter can’t think of at least a dozen ways to use this cute little glue bottle on a card? Here I’ve added it to a pretty set of legs for this easy love card. Die-cut Pink Sand, Barely Peach, Snowdrift, and Persimmon Cardstock using the legs, skirt,…
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Spellbinders Garden Shutters Collection with Hussena Calcuttawala
Hello, crafty friends! This is Hussena from Quill and Punch Works and I’m so honored to be guest posting today on the Spellbinders blog! I’m sharing a set of three cards using dies from the new Garden Shutters Collection by Becca Feeken. This is a very unique collection that can be used to create a fun element of motion. It creates a beautiful card, and with one pull of a tab, the shutters open to reveal a sweet surprise sentiment, but the die layers can really be used on any kind of card! I had to start out by trying my hand at one of the classic Garden Shutters cards…
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Easy Interactive Cards With Lisa Mensing & Garden Shutters Collection
Hello, crafty friends. Lisa here, from LisaMensing.com, with you today. I am so excited to be back sharing inspiration here on the Spellbinders Blog. I have three cards to share with you featuring the Garden Shutters by Becca Feeken. If you are looking for easy interactive cards, look no further. I had so much fun creating my first shutter cards, and I hope you enjoy them. I was slightly intimidated by this die set but quickly realized there was no need for concern. The Kinetic Layer Mechanism die included in the Butterfly Bliss Garden Shutters 5 x 7″ Card Base set from the Garden Shutters Collection by Becca Feeken makes…
