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Quick and Easy Die Cut Sentiments by Melissa Phillips
Hi everyone! My name is Melissa Phillips from @lilybeanmom. I’m delighted to join you today with a card tutorial using the new Essentially Yours dies. Creating beautiful cards with easy, effortless die-cut sentiments is a delightful way to add dimension and character to each card you create, so let’s get started. The Essentially Yours die cut collection includes sentiments such as Thank You, Thinking of You, Get Well Soon, With Sympathy, and more. Use these die-cut sentiments on their own or add an embossing folder and flowers for more personality. The choice is yours! Begin with an aqua card base measuring 5 1/2” x 4 1/4”. Using Distress Mix 3D…
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Add the Perfect Finishing Touch With Mini Wax Seals
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Mini Wax Seals collection. As the name suggests, these wax seals are much smaller in size that the previous ones and are oh-so cute! I think they are the perfect finishing touch for cards, tags, boxes and more! JUST A NOTE My first card uses two of the new Mini Wax Seals. I thought they would look great on mini envelopes. They are a little on the large size for the envelopes I used, but I still think they look great! To make this card: Die cut the envelope from Love Note…
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Paper Makeup with Gorgeous You!
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the new Gorgeous You collection. This fabulous collection features fun makeup sets, florals, perfume, and coordinating sentiments, plus a beautiful embossing folder too! HAPPY BIRTHDAY My first card uses Gorgeous You Florals, Cross My Heart 3D Embossing Folder, and Flawless Sentiments. To make this card: Die cut Gorgeous You Florals Etched Dies from Waterfall, Teal Topaz, Blue Spruce, Peony, and Ultra Pink Cut the flower centers from Beeswax, and the leaves/stems from Peridot and Rainforest cardstock. Assemble and adhere flower parts using Bearly Art Glue. Place 4.25” x 5.5” panel of Pitch Black…
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Bring Your Most Magical Memories to Life With Storytelling!
Hello Crafters! Celes Gonzalo, also known as GuiadeManualidades, is here to share new ideas with you. First time on the blog—so excited! Today, I invite you to bring those magical memories to life with the beautiful Storytelling collection. We’re going to use many of the die sets in creative and fun ways. Plus, we’ll add some extra elements to make these two ideas truly wonderful. Are you ready to start creating? Let’s go! BORN TO EXPLORE LAYOUT This first project is dedicated to Sebas, my husband. He loves traveling, walking, taking photos and living fun and unique experiences every chance he gets. When I saw some of the sets in…
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Spooky Cute Cards Featuring the Happy Haunting Collection
Hello, crafty friends! This is Emily Leiphart and I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog, featuring the Happy Haunting Collection. I love creating Halloween cards and, much like my cards for past collections like Boo Dance Party, I wanted to spark inspiration with a fun, non-traditional color palette. The Happy Haunting Collection includes so many fabulous products and I chose to feature Fiona the Dancin’ Witch, Woof-or-Treat and Witchin’ Heels. I may be sharing only three cards here but you’ll definitely see more from this collection. The color palette I’m using includes Pink Sand, Spiced Cider, Nectar, Pale Rose, Meadow, Peacock, Slate Gray, and Onyx cardstock. Also featured…
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It’s Raining Pugs and Cats
Hi everyone, Ilina Crouse here, and I am thrilled to be on the Spellbinders blog. I love dogs, also cats, but dogs are my favorite, but when it comes to crafting I love them both equally and the new Bibi’s Cats and Pugs just hits right. I love the large-sized pug, card and bicycle and they are perfect for making shaped cards. Also, the dies that create smaller pugs and cats are also amazing and perfect to add one, or more to a card. There are so many amazing products in the Bibi’s Pugs and Cats collection so, I had to use all of the products to create my projects…
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Fun Ways To Add Beautiful Sparkle To Your Cards
Hello there Spellbinders friends! Lisa Tilson is here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. Today we are going to be playing with glitter cardstock! I have lots of examples and ideas for you and some great tips to help you get the most out of your cardstock. I love to add glitter cardstock to my cards, often in fairly subtle ways, but there are also many ways of really showcasing the beautiful texture and sparkle. So first let’s take a look at the cardstock itself. Included in the picture are Champagne, Silver, Gold, followed by the five Spring Tones Glitter Cardstock colors, and then the five Jewel Tones Glitter…
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Summer, Summer, Summertime… Flowers, Birds and Beautiful Sentiments!
Hello there! This is Lisa Tilson from My Card Trip and I am happy to be back here on the Spellbinders blog with you. Today, I am sharing three ideas using the beautiful new Copperplate Everyday Sentiments Collection by calligrapher Paul Antonio. In this BetterPress collection you have six gorgeous scripty font sentiment plates covering a wide variety of occasions. You can create timeless letterpress designs with these plates and I hope I can get your creative juices flowing with how I have used them. Let’s get started! Hello For my first project, I thought I would create my most needed type of card – a general “hello”. So the…
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Interactive Travel Album Using Simple Stories’ Fresh Air
Hello crafty friends! My name is Suzanna Lee. I am a memory keeper who likes to work on various canvases be it a memory planner, layout pages or albums. I am absolutely thrilled to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog today sharing pages of a travel album I created using an 8×8 Doodlebug Binder, the Simple Stories Fresh Air collection and some Spellbinders cutting dies, a hot foil set and a wax seal. One of the things I have always loved about memory keeping is the ability to create interactive elements. I am a Physical Therapist by profession so movement is paramount to me. I used a mix of…
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Bright And Breezy Florals to Light Up Your Day
Hello there Spellbinders friends! This is Lisa Tilson from My Card Trip and I am delighted to be back here again with you on the Spellbinders blog. Today, I am sharing three ideas using the beautiful Mirrored Arch Collection. This collection contains three gorgeous new press plates, a set of nesting etched dies and a fabulous new 3D emboss and cut folder. I had fun creating my three cards to share with you so let’s take a look at what I made! I hope that this gives you some ideas for your own cards. Mom – Thanks For Everything Have you got your sunglasses on? Well, you will need to…
