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Video: Silhouetted Images Against Inked and Stenciled Backgrounds with Nichol
Hello everyone. This is Nichol Spohr and I’m so thrilled to be sharing a set of four Christmas cards with dies from the A Sweet Christmas Collection by Sharyn Sowell. Simple inking and stenciling provides the perfect backdrop for these detailed silhouette dies! Die cut greetings paired with a stamped sentiment provides the perfect accompaniment to the design. The backgrounds for the first two cards were created by applying Lucky Clover and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Inks to Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Ink Blending Tools. Stenciling was applied over the inked backgrounds with white pigment ink and allowed to air dry. You can speed up this step with a heat…
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A Sweet Christmas by Sharyn Sowell – Inspiration Roundup!
Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Christmas is just 35 days away! If you haven’t yet started (or perhaps finished) your Holiday projects – now is the time! In this post you’ll find Inspiration Roundup featuring beautiful creations using A Sweet Christmas collection by Sharyn Sowell to help you jump start your creativity! Click the images to visit the designer’s blog and find even more inspiration! You can also find additional inspiration featuring this collection on our blog HERE. Spellbinders Supplies:
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A Sweet Christmas Inspiration | Santa & Presents Card with Elena Salo
Hello dear Spellbinders friends! Elena Salo is here with another project featuring A Sweet Christmas collection by Sharyn Sowell. If you missed my previous project, you can find it here. I like all the Christmas scenes in this collection. There are so many ways to use them in different Christmas projects. And today I’d like to show you how I’ve used one of those dies in my greeting card. I created 6 ½ x4” top folding card base and covered the front with patterned paper. I added light brown ink to the edges of the card. I created a panel out of light grey cardstock of the same size as…
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A Sweet Christmas Inspiration | Christmas Lanterns and Cards with Anna
Hello crafty friends. My name is Anna and I am so happy I can be a guest designer with awesome “A Sweet Christmas” collection by Sharyn Sowell. If you want to know me better, you can visit my blog or Instagram. I also have a YouTube channel, where I post a lot of video tutorials. If you follow me on social media, you may noticed that I am not a cardmaker. I love making layouts and OTP projects and I always try to find some new ways to use dies in my designs. This time I was much inspired by the dies that look like silhouettes. I thought they would…
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A Sweet Christmas Inspiration | Merry Christmas Card with Virginia
Hello friends! This is Virginia Lu here! Thank you for joining me today. I have been a fan of Spellbinders in my early card-making days (circa 2009) and I am absolutely honored to be the guest designer for Spellbinders. Let’s get right to the project. It is never too early to start creating Christmas projects now that the Fall is in the air. The latest Christmas Die “Hanging Stockings” will help you get into the creating mood with Christmas projects. Instructions: I am sharing the step-by-step instructions in the following: Create a colorful background: With Distress Oxide Ink, I blended a mix of green, red and yellow onto a piece…
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A Sweet Christmas Inspiration | Collection Introduction by Sharyn Sowell
Hi, I’m Sharyn Sowell, sharing my new holiday die cuts. Home made is the essence of holiday joy, right? My inspiration for these dies was my own holiday strategy: slow down and make it simple and authentic. I embrace the happy memory-making creativity and refuse the myth of the superwoman perfectionist. I designed these dies for relaxed crafting. Let’s make the holidays stress free this year! Baking is my favorite holiday treat. Yours, too? Pick up the Recipe Card Stamp & Die set. And by the way, this set isn’t specifically holiday so you can use it all year just by picking the right colors! The scallop edged recipe card…
