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Mini-album With Simple Stories Simple Vintage Love Story Collection + Spellbinders Dies
Hello crafty friends! My name is Allison Davis and I am a scrapbooker and sketch artist for my family’s scrapbook store located in Springfield, MO, and also the sketch artist for Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine. I am absolutely thrilled to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog today sharing a mini-album I created using the Simple Stories Simple Vintage Love Story collection along with some Spellbinders cutting dies. One of the things I have always loved and appreciated about Simple Stories collections is the amount of cut-apart papers they include. That was what inspired the design of this album. I used a mix of cut-apart pieces, tags, pockets, and…
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Packaging Ideas With Clear Boxes You Need To Try!
Hello there! This is Lisa from My Card Trip and I am excited to be a guest again on the Spellbinders blog. Today I am sharing a few ideas for gift wrapping clear acetate boxes using beautiful papers and ribbons and also my own decorations. The Crystal Clear boxes I am using today come in a pack of 25. They are so simple to put together as all you need to do is open the box up and tuck the flaps in. The acetate is scratch resistant and the tabs fold very easily. Not only that but the boxes have been made with a material that won’t brittle or crack…
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Crafting With Doodlebug – Cardmaking Ideas You Need To Try
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a bunch of cards made with some of the beautiful Doodlebug products available in the Spellbinders shop. I paired many of the brightly colored cards and envelopes, sweet patterned papers, and fun washi tapes and embellishments with some of my favorite Spellbinders dies to create cards for many different kinds of occasions. Mailbox Thank You Card I hear a lot of crafters say that they love patterned paper, but struggle to use it on their projects sometimes, especially those with bolder colors and patterns. Here I turned a bright stripe pattern into…
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Betterpress-ing on Different Types of Cardstock
Hey everyone, this is Martina from @fraupony and I am truly excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders Blog today. Today’s post will be focusing on a very exciting topic when it comes to the brand-new (and amazing!) BetterPress System – the paper! One of my first questions that came to my mind when I have first seen the BetterPress System was: Do I have to use some special paper? I have then been looking that question up in the FAQ on the Spellbinders Blog and on the Educational Section on the Spellbinders Website and found this answer: “Yes, any cardstock will work with the system; however, to get…
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Mainly Monochrome With Michelle Short
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share three projects with you using the new Glimmer Cardfront Sentiments Collection. I don’t know about you, but I often struggle with picking out color combinations. Whilst there are different ways to combat this (like using a color wheel), I often like to forget about combinations and go monochrome instead. Or in this case mainly monochrome, as I did add in green for the leaves! FULL OF HUGS For my first card, I am using the This Card is Full of Hugs Glimmer Hot Foil Plate. I love the quirky font on these sentiments! It was foiled onto a panel of white cardstock using…
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Stitched Numbers & More Collection – Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the new Stitched Numbers & More Collection from Spellbinders. There are so many ways to incorporate these bold new stitched numbers and symbols into cards and I was inspired to create three fun cards with them for birthdays and every day. 34th Birthday Card Naturally, the new Stitched Numbers Dies are perfect for birthday cards and even better for kinda funny birthday cards. Here I used some fun punctuation and a snarky greeting along with my stitched numbers for this cute birthday card for a friend. I…
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Boho Birthday Cards by Spellbinders with Karen Reátegui
Hello crafty friends! I’m Karen Reátegui and I’m so happy to be back with a fun project. Today I’m sharing a trio of birthday cards that are always so useful to have on hand, and they were created using the Stitched Number & More Collection by Spellbinders. I love stitching so these types of projects are definitely my favorite and we are always in need of celebrating someone’s birthday so giving a handmade card is a very sweet and thoughtful gesture. I have created these cards for special people, my sister, my friend Jennie and my beautiful daughter who will be turning 6 years old very soon. As you read…
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Classic Paper Quilt Cards
Hi crafty friends! I’m Michelle Woerner from Stop and Stamp the Roses and I’m super excited to be guest blogging today. I’ll be sharing 3 cards I made with the brand-new Home Sweet Quilt Collection. The Home Sweet Quilt Collection is designed by Becca Feeken and features six die sets, one 3D embossing folder, and one clear stamp set. It was inspired by beautiful homemade quilt designs that can be adapted to many crafting styles. Let’s take a look at what I made. YOU ARE A WONDERFUL FRIEND CARD For my first card, I used the Layered Windmill die set. To create the octagon shaped card base take 8.5”x11” white…
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Colorful Paper Quilt Cards
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 Home Sweet Quilt Collection by Becca Feeken. The gorgeous quilt-inspired patterns and beautiful heartfelt sentiments in the collection inspired me to create three pretty cards for different occasions. Floral Hello Card I was so taken by the beautiful and unique French Braid Panel design that I decided to try it out first. Here I combined a fun color-blended background with simple white flowers for this pretty mini slimline hello card. Die cut white cardstock once using the French Braid Panel Die insert and outline dies.…
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3D Embossing Folder Collection – Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the new 3D Embossing Folder Collection from Spellbinders. The gorgeous three-dimensional designs in this collection inspired me to create three soft and pretty cards for a variety of occasions. Tufted 3D The elegant Tufted 3D Embossing Folder caught my eye first. Here I added a couple of dainty flowers to a fun custom sentiment for this pretty card for a friend. Trim a piece of purple shimmer cardstock to 4” x 5.25” and emboss it using the Tufted 3D Embossing Folder. Mat the embossed panel with Mirror…