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Creating Patterned Paper Cards with Rosie’s Studio Breakfast in Bed Collection
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m thrilled to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog today!! I’m combining pattern paper, stickers, chipboard stickers, and die-cut to create three cards with the Rosie’s Studio Breakfast In Bed Collection!! There’s also an embellishment bundle that includes several products from this collection. I had so much fun mixing and matching these goodies!! TIME TO CELEBRATE YOU I began by trimming a piece of pattern paper from the 6” x 6” Designer Paper Pad to 4.25” x 5.5”. I die-cut a panel of Celestial cardstock with a stitched rectangle die from the Nested Postage Labels and Tag Die Set…
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Tabbed Classics Collection With Brenda Noelke
Hello, crafty friends! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m super excited to be joining you on the Spellbinders blog today! I’m sharing three cards today featuring the Tabbed Classics Collection! Designed by Wendy Vecchi! There are so many ways to use this collection!! I kept the color combination similar and focused on the different ways to combine the elements from the collection. HAPPY TO CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY I began by die-cutting the large floral bouquet and the largest single flower from white cardstock using the Thank You Bouquet 3D Floral & Stencil Bundle. I lined up the die-cuts in the embossing folder and ran them through my Platinum…
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From Farfalle to Ravi-Best: Foodie-Inspired Cards with Buon Appetito
Hi folks, Kavya from @handmadebykavya here with some fun inspiration for the latest release – Buon Appetito. I love food and I love pasta! It’s always fun to have some punny food-themed cards in your collection. I have three beautiful cards using a bunch of products from this collection, and I hope they inspire you today. Barilla Pasta Themed Card My first card was inspired by the Barilla Pasta box. I created a Barilla pasta-themed shaker card, and I absolutely love how this turned out. I first die-cut a bunch of adorable bow tie pasta from Pasta Friends Etched Dies and linen colored cardstock. I then created my navy…
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Step By Step Tutorial: House Mouse Tree-mendous Christmas Collection Christmas Card
Hello, crafty friends! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m super excited to be back on the Spellbinders blog today sharing this step-by-step tutorial featuring the Tree-mendous Christmas Stamp Set from the House Mouse Tree-mendous Collection! These sweet mice are decking the halls, and each of the stamps in the collection showcases the House Mouse mice involved in holiday activities!! Let’s get started!! I started by stamping the image in the Tree-mendous Christmas Stamp Set onto an A2 panel of Neenah Solar White 80 lb. cardstock with Copic-friendly black ink using my MISTI. Be sure to remove the foam pad or grip mat from the MISTI before stamping, as…
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Holiday Cards with Annie Williams Country Christmas
Joan Bardee here sharing Christmas in July with the Country Christmas Collection by the talented Annie Williams. This collection will warm your heart. It includes a barn, country star, rocking chair, snowman, horse-drawn carriage, and other elements that capture the nostalgia of a simpler time. I chose a bit of an Americana color palette – red, white, blue (and a bit of green and black) as this collection reminds me of the Pennsylvania Dutch country (one of my husband’s and my favorite places to visit) and its American folk-art tradition. Read along to see how I made these cards and my husband’s reactions to each – I can always count…
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Step by Step Tutorial: Merry Moments Collection Christmas Card
Hello, crafty friends! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog sharing this step-by-step tutorial featuring the Merry Moments Collection today! The largest die in the A2 Matting Basics A Card Creator Die Set was cut from a panel of plaid patterned paper included in the Merry Moments Paper Pad using the Platinum SIX Machine with Universal Plate System with the following plates (bottom to top): A, B, C, patterned paper, C. Next, the fourth largest die in the Essential Stylish Ovals Etched Die Set was taped to a panel of Pomegranate cardstock with the Best Ever Craft Tape. The fifth largest…
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Pairing Cheerful Chirps and Poppy ColorWheel Cardstock
Joan Bardee here sharing some colorful cards using the Cheerful Chirps Collection. Cheerful Chirps is all about fun and quirky birds and sayings that lift the spirit. As soon as I saw those birds, I thought of using Poppy ColorWheel Cardstock. Poppy is one of my favorite colors. It’s a warm shade of red and evokes happy, perfect for cheerful birds, as well as love-themed and Christmas cards. I buy it and run out of it all the time! SENDING CHEERFUL CHIRPS Who can look at this parrot and not smile? Selected Cosmic Sky (darker bright blue), Poppy (red), and Carrot (orange) as the main color palette, with accents of…
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Deal Me Few Cards for Multiple Occasions
Hi everyone, Ilina Crouse here, and I am thrilled to be on the Spellbinders blog again. I spent a lot of my youth playing cards with friends and family. They were the days when social media didn’t exist, and we were “forced” to give each other undivided attention 😉 When I saw the Jack of All Trades Collection by Jacee Gaspar it brought a lot of fun memories from my childhood and had so much fun creating the cards I am sharing today. Jack of All Trades collection by Jaycee Gaspar is available on January 10th 2025. There are so many amazing products in the Jack of All Trades collection…
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House Mouse Sweet Moments Collection With Brenda Noelke
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m super excited to be back on the Spellbinders blog today!! I’m sharing three cards featuring the House Mouse Sweet Moments Collection! I’m a huge fan of the mice in the House Mouse Collections! Such sweet images and the red rubber stamps beautifully! WHERE FLOWERS BLOOM… I’ve always loved this sentiment, so I knew I had to use it with the sweet Wishing For Spring stamp set!! I stamped the adorable mouse and the sentiment from the Wishing For Spring stamp set onto white cardstock with Copic-friendly black ink and colored it with Copic markers. The panel was die-cut with…
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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…
