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Destination China Inspiration | Colorful Cards with Elena
Hello friends! Elena Salo is here again! Today I’m sharing a second post where I show how you can use new collection of dies from Lene Lok – Destination China. Here you can find the first project. Many of my favorite dies are from Lene Lok’s collections, because I like all geometrical shapes she creates in her dies. And this collection is also full of such dies. Today I’d like to show you two more cards I created with these release. I created two card bases out of red cardstock. Then I die cut labels out of red, black and white cardstock using Chinese Knot Frame and Chinese Coin Window sets of…
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Video Friday | Shabby Chic Cards with Olga
Hello die cutting fans, thank you for joining me on Spellbinders blog! Today I am going to showcase 2 projects featuring Swirl Background and Curvy Labels die sets from Romancing the Swirl collection designed by Becca Feeken. Both cards are the same design but are a bit different in structure. The project #1 is a multi-layered framed card decorated with a large flower made with Blooming Rose die set. For the background I used a sheet of paper with small floral pattern in subdued pink shades. The project #2 is a trifold card that has a little pocket inside so it can be used as a money holder or a gift…
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Video Friday | Swirl Frame Cards with Olga
Hi, it’s Olga, today I am super excited to share 2 cards that I have created using Swirl Frame die from the latest On the Wings of Love collection by Joanne Fink. This die is perfect for creating framed cards and it can be both landscape or portrait oriented: The first card I’ve made is portrait oriented. I created a shaped frame card base first and then added an embossed insert. For the focal image I have used a tulip die that is also a part of the Swirl Frame set. The die cuts are colored with Distress Inks and the gold foiled sentiment is attached right on top of…
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Die D-Lites Inspiration | Hip Llama Card with Laurie
Hello Spellbinders fans! This is Laurie Schmidlin back with my second guest post for this month. You can see my first Die D-Lites post here. One of the die sets that immediately caught my eye is the Hip Llama set. Llamas are definitely trending right now and I couldn’t wait to create using this fun die set! I started by sponging the background to create a warm, sunset look. I then splattered the blended ink with both water and ink. After that was dry I used a stencil to sponge on some sunshine rays. To create the herd of llamas, I die cute the llama die seven times out of…
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Video Friday | Paper Diorama / Figurine Holder with Olga
Hi there, it’s Olga and I am back with another 3D project tutorial. I have literally gasped when I first saw Becca Feeken’s new 3D card dies. This is the type of dies that I have been waiting for – the one that allows you to easily create a diorama or a shadow box template just by cutting out all elements and then assembling it. My favorite die set from this collection is Grand Arch 3D Card just because it has a simple rectangle for an outline which makes it super versatile and suitable for all styles. I have used this gorgeous die set to create a diorama that holds a…
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Video Friday | Feathers and Florals with Kelly
It’s Kelly Latevola here and I’m back with a fun floral arrangement that uses a ton of products from Stephanie Low’s Cool Vibes Designer Series. I love so many of the elements in this series it was hard to choose which to use! I started by stamping out all my images in Copic safe ink then I dove right into the coloring. I went with a golden yellow and then added purple since they are complimentary colors. I love purple with teal and bright green so those were easy additions to round out my color palette. Once the coloring was finished I put the coordinating dies in place and ran…
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Video Friday | Watercoloured Die Cut Wreath with Debby
Hello, and thank you for joining me. My name is Debby Hughes, and you can find me blogging at Lime Doodle Design. I have been paper crafting for a while now, since 2006. Spellbinders dies were some of the first I bought, and so I’m delighted to be sharing this video tutorial with you today. My project concentrates on creating a classic wreath with lots of layers and dimension. I love to watercolour, and so I painted panels of watercolour to use with my die cuts. However, this wreath would look lovely cut from patterned paper or cardstock too. In the video, I show a quick unboxing of the Platinum…
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Lavender & Poppies Inspiration with Elena. Take 2: Purple and Black!
Hi dear friends! Elena Salo is here again! And today I’d like to continue the theme, which I started in my previous post and combine black cardstock with Lavender dies from the Lavender and Poppies Collection. To make the wreath I used the small flower die from Eau De Lavender Label. I die cut 9 flowers usind watercolor cardstock, colored them with distress markers and placed them on the card, where I’ve already white heat embossed a Thinking Of You sentiment and adhered a green die cut wreath. To finish this card I added some liquid clear drops in different sizes. You can see a close up below: Oh, I love this retro bike die cut! It looks fantastic…
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Creative DIY Party Decor Series | So Sweet Watermelon Birthday Party
The party planner gal that I am had to do something for my oldest daughter’s birthday (even though she is in her 30’s), so I bought these super cool plates, napkins and cups and began planning, designing and making. It wasn’t long before I had a plethora of DIY projects to go with the initial decor. The best part was that they all had the same key component, namely the watermelon, featured throughout the tablescape. I would love to show you how you can make these creations so that you can custom design what fits best for your party occasion. Let’s start with how I made the watermelon and slice.…
