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Applying the 60/30/10 Color “Rule” to Nichol’s Needlework Collection
Hello crafters! Joan Bardee here sharing cards made with the darling Nichol’s Needlework collection. The highlight of this collection is a die that creates an embroidery hoop, screw, and “fabric.” Nichol Spohr combined her love of cardmaking and needlework in this collection and I think you are going to love it. For me, cardmaking is all about color! There is a design “rule” that uses color to help achieve a cohesive or balanced design. The rule is that the primary or dominant color should be 60% of the design, a secondary color 30%, and an accent color 10%. While I’ve been aware of this rule for a while, I find…
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Nature’s Botanicals Collection Three Ways
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m super excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog today! I’m sharing three cards using Nature’s Botanicals Collection designed by Susan Tierney-Cockburn!! LIVE LIFE IN FULL BLOOM For my first card, I die-cut the flowers, branches, and leaves from the Flowering Quince die set from Barely Peach, Saffron and Rainforest cardstocks. I added shading and details with Copic markers, then used the Ultimate Tool Kit to shape and form the petals and leaves and roll the centers for the flowers. The layers were all adhered together using liquid glue. For the background I die-cut a panel of white…
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Spring Has Sprung Mini Notecards
Hello friends! This is Mindy Eggen and I’m excited to be on the Spellbinders blog to share with you some inspiration using the House-Mouse Spring Has Sprung collection. These are such great sets where you can stamp out a bunch of images, pack a handful of markers, and color on the go! You don’t even need to do a lot of coloring as these are so artistically drawn. All of my images are stamped on Hammermill cardstock with alcohol marker-friendly ink. I followed the lines of the artist using my Copic markers to color in the image and enhance the look of texture with my darkest color of marker. This…
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One Collection Three Ways
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m so excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog again today! I’m sharing three cards featuring the From the Garden Collection designed by Wendy Vecchi!! There are stamps, dies, stencils and shaped dies in this amazing collection!! I LOVE it!! THANKS Layering stencils are all the rage right now and the Garden Party Stencil is absolutely beautiful!! I layered die inks onto two panels of white cardstock through the Garden Party Stencil with blending brushes, then stamped the outline with black dye ink using the Garden Party Clear Stamp & Die Set. I used the Coordinating Die included…
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House Mouse Winter Inspiration
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m thrilled to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog again today! I’m sharing three cards featuring the House Mouse Winter Collection!! All of the mice in the House Mouse Collections are just darling and this one is no exception!! I LOVE YOU How perfect is this set for Valentine’s Day? I stamped the adorable mouse and the sentiment from the Candy Hearts stamp set onto white cardstock with Copic-friendly black ink and colored it with Copic markers. The way these stamps are illustrated makes it so easy to color them! The panel was die-cut with the second largest die…
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Cardmaking Ideas with House Mouse Everyday Collection
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m so excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog today! I’m sharing three cards featuring the House-Mouse Everyday Collection!! I absolutely adore all the House Mouse Collections and couldn’t wait to get my hands on this new collection!! This set would be perfect to box up and give to someone as a gift, as it includes get well, birthday, and all occasion cards!! GET WELL SOON How darling is this scene? I stamped the Froggy Throat stamp set onto white cardstock with Copic-friendly black ink and colored it with Copic markers. Both sentiments, from the same set, were…
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The Flower Market Stencil Collection – Layered Stencils Card Ideas
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m thrilled to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog today! I’m sharing two cards featuring the Flower Market Stencil Collection!! As much as I LOVE coloring, there is just something about ink-blending with stencils that is so relaxing and soothing, isn’t there? HELLO CONEFLOWERS For my first card, I stenciled the first four layers of the Coneflower Layered Stencil Set onto white cardstock using dye inks and blending brushes. For the fifth layer, I masked off the dots in the centers of the flowers and inked the lines in the petals with dye ink. Then I masked off the…
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More House-Mouse Christmas Card Ideas!
Hello crafty friends! It’s Carol here today and I’m totally thrilled to be back today to share three ideas using the totally adorable House-Mouse Christmas collection! I’m not normally a “critter” stamp-loving person, but when I saw the first House-Mouse Collection here at Spellbinders, I was in love with these adorable mice. Did you know that they even have names?!! Take a close look at the package images and you will see the names! For this first card, I used the Bringing Christmas to You stamp set. This cute little mouse’s name is Monica! First I stamped the adorable image with little Monica pulling the beautiful ornament through the snow…
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House Mouse Holiday Card Ideas
Hello, crafty friends! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m excited to be guest posting on the Spellbinders blog again today! I’m sharing three cards using the House Mouse – Holiday Collection! This collection includes six seasonal and holiday House-Mouse scenes with the adorable mice that we have all come to love! If you love these precious mice as much as I do, there is also a bundle that includes all six stamp sets! MERRY & BRIGHT CHRISTMAS For my first card, I stamped the darling mouse and sentiment from the Merry & Bright stamp set onto white cardstock with Copic-friendly black ink. I colored it with Copic markers,…
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Dancin’ Halloween Card Ideas
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m so excited to be guest posting on the Spellbinders blog again today! I’m sharing three cards using the Dancin’ Halloween Collection! This collection includes three die-sets in which one of the elements swings back and forth and one stamp set that includes sentiments that coordinate perfectly, not only for Halloween but for other occasions throughout the year!! Interactive cards add such a fun element of surprise on cards, don’t you agree? BONE-AFIDE FUN BIRTHDAY CARD For my first card, I die-cut the Dancin’ Day of the Dead Girl Etched Dies from Royal Amethyst, Rainforest, Persimmon, Saffron, Snowdrift, Onyx and…
