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Easy Hello Friend Card Tutorial with Layered Dies and Ink Blending
Hello crafters! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today to share a card featuring the Layered Hello Friend Etched Dies from the Essentially Yours Sentiments Collection. I am going to be taking you through making this card with a step-by-step photo tutorial. It’s a sweet and simple card to make – a little die cutting, some ink blending, and finally the assembly. Hello Friend For all of the die cutting, use the Platinum SIX Die Cutting Machine with the die cutting sandwich as follows (from bottom to top): Plate A – Platform Base Plate B – Platform Top Plate C – Cutting Plate Plate C – Cutting Plate The cardstock/die…
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Step by Step Tutorial: A Buon Natale Christmas Card
Hello, crafty friends! This is Silvia. I’m so excited to be a guest designer on the Spellbinders blog today, and I just can’t wait to share with you a step-by-step tutorial for a festive card featuring the new Italian Holiday Sentiments Etched die set from the International Holiday Sentiments Collection. I love making Christmas cards, and I really enjoy using sentiments in my own language for those for my friends and family, and this new die set is absolutely perfect for this. I also like mixing and matching different collections, so here I also used the Cocoa Greetings and the Scallop and Stitched Edge Ovals die sets, and I opted…
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SPOILERS! 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar – Day 9 with Suzanne Hue
Welcome to day 9 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 Suzanne Hue as she shares inspiration with the Day 9 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. Hello Crafters, and welcome to day 9 of the 12 Days…
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Wreaths, Swags & More with the Texture & Foliage Collection
Hey Crafty Friends, it’s Amy Tsuruta, and I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog featuring the beautiful Texture & Foliage Collection by Suzanne Hue. My first project features the Autumn Greetings Wreath dies in a non-wreath project. Fall-themed cards are one of my favorites. I combined the following products: Autumn Greetings Wreath Etched Dies, Linen 3D Embossing Folder, and Scallop and Stitched Edge Ovals Etched Dies. I love this color palette for autumn designs: Blush, Bellini, Coral, Fawn, Alabaster, and Gold. Merry Christmas Wreath Card Next up is a Christmas design I adore pink for the holidays! These are the products I used for my project: Seasonal Wreath Foliage Etched Dies, Mistletoe Greetings Press Plate & Die…
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Step by Step Tutorial: Cardmaking with Rub-Ons
Hey Crafty Friends, it’s Amy Tsuruta, and I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog featuring the gorgeous Holiday Magic – Rub Ons. This collection of images come in various sizes with plenty of sentiments to create many cards, tags, and gift giving papercrafting projects. Take a peek at how to create this sweet card with a simple tutorial, starting with a look at the Universal Plate System. I’ve had the Platinum 6 for years and honestly didn’t think I ‘needed’ the Universal Plate System. I’m here to say that it is a game changer. Stack your plates [bottom to top] as noted on the plates A- Platform Base…
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Beyond the Sentiment: Copperplate & BetterPress Backdrops
Hello, crafters! I’m thrilled to be a guest designer on the Spellbinders blog today, showcasing the beautiful new Copperplate Happy Everything Collection, releasing this June! This collection is versatile, featuring elegant sentiments perfect for various occasions. The Copperplate Happy Everything Collection includes: Copperplate Happy Birthday Everything Plate & Die Set Copperplate Hope You’re Feeling Better Copperplate Happy Anniversary Copperplate Heartfelt Sympathy 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. For today’s post, I’ve created three cards, each highlighting a different sentiment from the collection and utilizing BetterPress plates for…
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Colorful Floral Cards with the Wildflowers Collection by Lisa Horton
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of colorful springtime cards made with the new Wildflowers Collection by Lisa Horton. The gorgeous floral dies, versatile background images, and customizable sentiments in this collection inspired me to create three bright and pretty cards for a variety of occasions. Gladiolus Birthday Card The Layered Gladiolus Die Set creates a beautiful focal point perfect for all kinds of cards. Here, I chose shades of coral to contrast with an aqua background for this colorful birthday card for a friend. Die cut Bellini, Coral, and Rainforest Cardstock using the Layered Gladiolus…
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Combine BetterPress, Die Cutting and Stamping on One Simple Card
Hi there crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel. Today I am sharing a step by step tutorial of how I made a floral card with the Lisa Horton Wildflowers collection. Start by creating the background of the card. Use Best Ever Craft Tape to tape the corners of a piece of A2 BetterPress cardstock onto the clear plate of the BetterPress. Place the Script Text BetterPress Plate on the magnetic platform and swipe Tuscan BetterPress Ink on the plate to ink it up. Place the clear plate on top of the magnetic platform and run it through a die-cut machine. Tape the scalloped oval from the Scallop and Stitched Edge Ovals Etched…
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A Trio Of Wildflower Wishes
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Wildflowers collection by Lisa Horton. This wonderful collection features wildflowers, some fabulous background elements and fantastic sentiments. Everything works well together, but you can use elements separately too! BIRTHDAY WISHES My first card uses the Layered Gladiolus Etched Dies for my focal point, combined with one of the sentiment sets, plus the Script Text BetterPress Plate for a subtle background. To make this card: Die cut the Layered Gladiolus Etched Dies from ColorWheel Cardstock – Orchid and Mulberry for the petals, Beeswax for the flower centres, and Peridot and Rainforest for the…
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Clean & Simple Pastel Floral Cards
Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m excited to be here to share three ways to use Lisa Horton’s new Wildflowers Collection with you. This is such a pretty collection that includes a couple of BetterPress Plates, a BetterPress Registration Press Plate Set, a couple of floral etched die sets and a set of nesting ovals which feature stitching and scallops. There are also two clear stamp/die sets which have everyday sentiments to suit many occasions. So, let’s get started with my three cards for today. I love to play around with colour combinations and for a bold color-loving girl…. this was…
