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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…
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Fall Traditions Collection – Inspiration with Lisa Mensing
Hello, everyone. Lisa here, from LisaMensing.com, with you today. I’m so excited to be back sharing inspiration here on the Spellbinders Blog with you and even more excited by the fact that it’s all about the Fall Traditions Collection. Fall is my favorite time of the year. It ushers in so many beautiful memories from my childhood, Halloween and Thanksgiving to name a few. I’m so blessed to be here today, sharing a few of these projects with you. Thank you for having me. The Happy Turkey Day is easy to assemble and so cute. I like that I could change the look of this card by simply changing the…
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Open House Collection – Inspiration with Andrea Shell
Hello! It’s Andrea Shell with you today, and I’m delighted to be back guesting on the Spellbinders’ blog. I had the pleasure of creating with the gorgeous Open House Collection, and I have three cards to share with you. This collection is so versatile and is perfect for any occasion, from new-home cards to missing-you to Christmas, just to name a few. Happy For You Open House For my first card, I chose to make a mini slimline card featuring that beautiful door from the Open House Door Base Dies. I paired it with the Open House Sentiment Steps and Side Panel Die Sets. The design was inspired by a…
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Be Merry Collection – Inspiration with Andrea Shell
Hello! It’s Andrea Shell here with you, and I’m super excited to be guesting on the Spellbinders blog again. I got to play with the amazing Be Merry Collection, and I’m totally smitten with it! These stamps and dies are so much fun, and I think you’ll agree with me. Family & Friends Shopping Spree Card My first card features the Shopping Spree Dies, which I cut from a combination of cardstock and Deco Foil Flock. To cut the flock details, I first adhered the flock to white cardstock and then die-cut it with the Shopping Spree Dies. For the gifts I used the Christmas Wishes Paper from the November…
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Truly Yours Collection – Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to share a set of projects using the new Truly Yours Collection. The gorgeous classic design elements and beautiful new Glimmer shapes and sentiments inspired me to create four pretty and feminine cards for various occasions. There was something so striking about the simplicity of the Cameo Die Set that I pulled these out to play with first. For a brighter look, I decided to mimic blue agate cameo jewelry in this pretty missing you card. Die cut white cardstock with the largest oval from the Elliptical Ovals die set. Leave the die-cut inside of the die…
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Delightful Darlings Collection – Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back today to share a couple of projects using the new Delightful Darlings Collection by Mayline Jung. The adorable images in this collection inspired me to create two bright and fun cards perfect for sending a little cheer. The little girl image in the Darling Hello Stamp Set reminded me so much of my own daughter that I knew I had to stamp and color it to look like her right away. I added a rainbow star background for a bright and cheery card to send just because. Stamp the girl image from the Darling Hello Stamp Set onto…
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Inspiration Featuring the Delightful Darlings Collection with Andrea
Hello, crafty friends! It’s Andrea from Blissfully Scrappy with you to share two cards I created featuring the adorable Delightful Darlings Collection illustrated by Mayline Jung. These girls are so cute and fun to color, and you can easily make them look like any little girl you know by changing your color choices. What little (or big!) girl wouldn’t love a card with an image that looks like her?! Darling Hello First up is this cutie from the Darling Hello stamp set. Isn’t she so sweet and perky?! I stamped her and the butterflies from the set, colored them with Copics, and fussy-cut them. I really wanted to accentuate this little girl’s…
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Cardmaker Stamp Collection – Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back today to share a couple of projects using the new Cardmaker Stamp Collection. The beautifully illustrated images in this collection inspired me to create three easy and fun cards for a variety of occasions. Cute Boots & Windy Sky I fell in love with the images in the Cute Boots Stamp Set and had to color up that little girl with the umbrella right away. Add a fun backdrop stamped with the Windy Sky Stamp Set and you have a pretty card perfect for sending a little cheer to a friend. Stamp the large girl image from the…
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Cardmaker Stamp Collection – A Trio of Colorful Slimline Cards by Jean
Hello crafty friends! It’s Jean here sharing three projects created with the Cardmaker Stamp Collection. I’ve created colorful, slimline cards employing one of my favorite design principles–repetition. Let’s take a look! Add the unexpected to a vintage theme with a rainbow of colors Apply a variety of Distress Oxide Inks to Snowdrift Stamp Hit the Road truck image in black on inked cardstock; fussy cut. Stamp textured white cardstock panel, measuring 3 ½” x 8 ½”, in gray ink with Hit the Road route image in several places. Heat-emboss Hit the Road sentiment in white on Onyx cardstock; cut with the Everyday Sentiments II die. Add trucks at an angle…
