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Beyond the Wedding Season with Jean Manis
Hello crafty friends! I’m Jean, a papercrafter living in the Pacific Northwest blogging at Right as Rain. I am thrilled to be on the Spellbinders blog today sharing three cards created with the Wedding Season Collection by Nichol Spohr. My cards illustrate how the collection can be used for occasions other than weddings. Additionally, I show how materials other than cardstock add shine, texture, and visual interest. Let’s take a look! On my first card, I created a masculine Congratulations card for someone landing a job. With the Wedding Dress & Tux set, I cut the suit from gray flannel and the shirt from a linen-textured white cardstock. I cut…
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Die D-Lites Holiday Inspiration | Treat Bag with Anya Lunchenko
Hello everyone! My name is Anya Lunchenko, I am excited to be a guest designer on the Spellbinders blog! Holiday related projects are my favorite to create and today I wanted to share with you a treat bag I made using some of my favorite dies by Spellbinders. I used the Silhouette digital die cutting machine to cut the bag shape and a number of different Spellbinders dies to decorate it. After assembling the bag together, I made two dimensional Christmas trees and added them to the bag with pop dots. I used the Nuvo drops in white to add the snow effect to these trees. To the right of…
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Special Moments Inspiration | Die-Cut Happy Birthday Times Two with Jean
Hello everyone. This is Jean Manis, and I am delighted to be here today. I am sharing two Clean and Simple Birthday cards showcasing the Happy Birthday w/ Numbers Dies, part of the Special Moments Collection by Marisa Job. Wanting to illustrate the versatility of the die set, I created a card for someone turning 24 and for someone turning 56. For the “24” card, I cut strips of colorful cardstock with a trimmer and die-cut the Happy Birthday circle from black cardstock for high contrast. I adhered the numbers and hearts with liquid adhesive. For a softer approach on the “56” card, I used patterned papers, gold foil, and…
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Special Moments Inspiration | Purple Cards with Zsoka
Hello crafty friends, Zsoka here with you sharing my third and final post showcasing the wonderful Special Moments Collection by Marisa Job. If you’ve missed my previous two posts, you can find them here and here. Today I’m sharing 3 cards I’ve made with this collection. As before, I started out by making A2 size top folding card bases. One of my favourites in this collection must be the super duper gorgeous Laced Flowers Dies. For my first card I die cut these flowers from a purple patterned paper, layered them up using foam adhesive to create just one big, dimensional flower. I added a pink flower button to the middle.…
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Special Moments Inspiration | Happy Birthday Card with Hussena
Hello everyone! This is Hussena from Quill and Punch Works, and I am really excited and honoured to be guesting today on the Spellbinders Paper Arts blog. This post is a part of a series featuring dies from the Special Moments collection by Marisa Job. You can check out my first and second post using the dies from the Special Moments collection HERE and HERE. I love how there a number of different dies in this collection, and there is something for everyone! Today, I have a floral, layered card to share. Here’s what I have created: To create my card, I first took a White card base and matted some light pink cardstock…
