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Stampendous Spring Card Inspiration With Brenda Noelke
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m thrilled to be guest posting on the Spellbinders blog again today! I’m sharing three cards using the Stampendous Spring Collection! This collection includes several products to create quick and colorful cards! With the Hope of Spring Quick Cards and Joy of Spring Quick Card Backgrounds, all you need to do is trim out one of the images, add it to the background and add one of the included sentiments…easy peasy! But, if you know me, I LOVE to color! So, I’ve implemented the stamps from the collection on my cards today, along with some of the elements from the…
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Stitched Fan Cardfront Dies – All, Some, and One Die
Welcome! Joan Bardee is here today. I’m so happy to share 3 completely different ways to use the beautiful Stitched Fan Cardfront Etched Dies. I’m also going to share some tips for using stitching dies for those of you with little to no experience with them (that’s me!). Warning: it’s addictive. All the Dies This card uses all 5 Stitched Fan Cardfront dies – they cover an A2 card perfectly. Die cut in blue cardstock and stitched each of them with blue embroidery floss. I like the tone on tone for this card. Hot foiled “thank you” from Mini Everyday Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die using opaque white…
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Color with Cardstock – Anemone Blooms Cardmaking Ideas with Joan Bardee
I am delighted to share 3 ways (plus 2 bonus cards) to use the Anemone Blooms Collection, designed by the amazing Yana Smakula. Is it intimidating to use Yana’s products on a Spellbinders blog post? You bet it is, but here it goes anyway! I love big bold anything, so these flowers stole my heart. I wasn’t familiar with anemones and a quick online search revealed that they come in a huge variety of colors. So, use whatever colors you love; for me – pink is my first love. Hot Foiled Anemone Blooms If you are looking for maximum impact with minimal effort, just hot foil the Anemone Glimmer Blooms…
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Strawberry Pies with Pie Perfection & Tina Smith
Hi there, crafty friends! Tina here from Cards and Coffee Time, I am excited to share with you 3 strawberry pie projects featuring my New Pie Perfection Collection on the Spellbinders Blog today. I love to create with paper and I also love to bake, this collection was a perfect match for both. I just love pie in all flavors, cream pies, meringue pies, double-crust pies, fruit pies, and custard pies. With the Pie Perfection Collection, you can create all of the above for almost any season and holiday! With Spring in the air, I think it was only appropriate to make up a few Strawberry Pies for you today.…
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Susan’s Garden Favorites Collection – Card Inspiration with Alanna Moses
Hi friends. Alanna here and I’m super excited to be guesting on the Spellbinders blog today. You can find me blogging at www.embellishcraftlove.com. I will be using stamps and dies from Susan’s Garden Favorites collection. I just love the dimensional looks you can get from all of Susan’s florals and these new dies are no exception. To get the most out of these dies, I highly recommend using Susan’s Garden Ultimate Tool Kit. This set of tools makes creating your dimensional florals so easy. Trillium Card For my first card, I used the gorgeous Trillium die set. To create my card, I started by following the tutorial on the Spellbinders…
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Spring into Glimmer Collection Inspiration with Natasha Vacca
Hi, my name is Natasha Vacca and I am so excited to be a guest designing on the Spellbinders blog today! I have had an amazing time working with the new release – Spring into Glimmer Collection. I fell in love with everything in this new collection and it was a pure joy to work with! You can also find me on my personal blog. I would love it if you stopped by there too! Glimmer Edge Butterflies For my first card I am using 3 new glimmer die sets from this beautiful collection: Glimmer Edge Butterflies, Glimmer Be Bold Sentiments, and Glimmer Edge Flowers. I love combining sets! I started…
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Spring Into Glimmer Collection – Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the new Spring Into Glimmer Collection from Spellbinders. The gorgeous foil plates and beautiful sentiments in this collection inspired me to create three cheery springtime cards for different occasions. The beautiful blooms and leaves in the Glimmer Edge Flowers Plate Set are perfect for so many types of projects. Here I added a pretty gilded bouquet to the center of this foiled and partially-embossed card front for a cheerful thank you card. Trim a piece of Dahlia Cardstock to 4” x 5.25”. Apply Gold Hot Foil to…
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Yana’s Blooms Inspiration with Natasha Vacca
Hi, my name is Natasha Vacca and I am so excited to be a guest designing on the Spellbinders blog today! I have had an amazing time working with the new release – Yana’s Blooms. I fell in love with everything in this new collection! Yana’s work is truly AMAZING and to be asked to create with her new Yana’s Blooms collection is a dream come true! You can also find me on my personal blog. I would love it if you stopped by there too! Magnolia Blooms For my first card, I am sharing a card using the Magnolia Blooms die set. This large die is the perfect bouquet…
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All Stitched Up in Traditional Christmas Colors with Jean Manis
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jean here sharing holiday cards created with the Merry Stitchmas Collection at Spellbinders. As a cross stitcher, the stitching sets always catch my eye. While I created Christmas cards, the products I used can be used beyond the holidays for paper crafting throughout the year. Let’s take a look at how I used several of the die sets in the collection. Pair a glimmer-foiled sentiment with a stitched background for a classic and elegant Christmas card. Die-cut the Circular Stitch Background from Snowdrift Stitch the circles, half-circles, and quarter-circles with Red Ruby, Emerald Green, and Light Gold floss using a size 22 needle. Affix threads to…
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Merry Stitchmas Coordinating Card Duo with Angela Simpson
Hi there, Spellbinders friends! My name is Angela and I’m honored to be guest posting here on the Spellbinders blog. Recently I’ve been playing with some new dies from the Merry Stitchmas collection, and today I’ve got a couple of holiday cards to share. If you’re brand new to stitching dies, don’t worry at all, because I am too! Having only made a few stitched cards prior to the launch of this collection, I certainly consider myself a beginner. That said, these are super easy to work with and I know you’ll get the hang of them very quickly! Here’s a quick step-by-step for each card: Sparkling Mandala The Sparkling…