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Simon Hurley Everyday-Cards Trio
Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I’m happy to be back on the Spellbinders Blog today sharing some cards that feature new stamps and coordinating die sets illustrated by Simon Hurley. For my first card, I used the new Everyday Wreaths Stamp Set and the Everyday Wreaths Die Set. I trimmed a piece of Raindrop Color Essentials Card Stock for my A2-sized card base and layered it with a 4” x 5.25” piece of white card stock. Next, I lightly blended a 3.75” x 5” piece of smooth white card stock with Stormy Sky and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Inks starting with my darker color at the lower…
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Ideas For Creating A Homemade Calendar
Hello crafty friends! Lisa Tilson is here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m so thrilled to be here to share some ways to use the Florals Through the Year Collection with you. This is a very pretty collection that includes 12 floral press plates, a 2025 DIY Calendar set of press plates, along with a die that you can use to create an easel stand for your completed homemade calendar. I am sharing a couple of ways to create the actual calendar cards as well as simply using one of the floral plates on a standard A2 card. Calendar Cards With Die Cuts For my first couple of…
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Shaking It Up using Shaker Domes & Pretty Mixes!
Hello there Spellbinders friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m so excited to be here as a guest and I am sharing three shaker cards using the fabulous Shaker Domes. I love to make shakers, so these cards were really fun to create and the Shaker Domes make it very easy to make them. There are five different-shaped domes in this collection; Arch, Stylish Oval, Emerald Cut, Fresh Picked and Hexi-Gem. They work with the coordinating die sets, so everything is super easy to put together! The dome itself is approx. 0.38” high so you have plenty of room to add different-sized shaker mixes…
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Festive Florals Three Ways
Hello there! Lisa Tilson is here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m so thrilled to be here to share three ways with the Amaryllis Christmas Collection by Yana Smakula. Another beautiful release from Yana that includes a set of Amaryllis etched dies, a press plate and stencil bundle (the press plate is also available without the stencil option), a 3D embossing folder, and a fabulous BetterPress sentiment set. Joy To the World For my first card, I am keeping it simple and using Yana’s Amaryllis Etched Dies and the Home for Christmas Sentiments Press Plate and Die Set. Die cut the shadow layer from Yana’s Amaryllis Etched Dies…
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October 2024 Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month Preview & Tutorials – Festive Lights
Our October 2024 Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month Club preview & tutorials are here! The Glimmer Hot Foil membership subscription includes an exclusive Glimmer Hot Foil Plate Set + One Roll of Foil (colors may vary). Please note, new Subscription Sign-Up Window will now open on the 6th of each month and close on the 27th (once existing club members subscriptions have been processed.) If there is additional inventory remaining, then they will be made available for new subscriptions and will have limited availability. Continuing Subscriptions will charge on the 5th of each month. This means existing Club Members will still be able to cancel subscriptions or make…
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HAVE FUN WITH SNOWFLAKES!
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog today sharing three projects using Simon Hurley Let It Snow Collection. This wonderful collection features lots of dies that are perfect for winter, Christmas and the holidays. My three projects all feature snowflakes used in different ways. MERRY CHRISTMAS PENGUIN For my first card, I am using the beautiful Frozen Flurries die (which can be used in so many different ways!) as well as Playful Penguins. To make this card: Emboss/deboss Frozen Flurries Etched Dies (without the outside frame) onto a panel of white cardstock using Platinum Six. Add ink blending to panel using…
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Simple and Cute Birthday Cards with New Stamp and Dies from Simon Hurley
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of cute birthday cards made with new stamps and dies by Simon Hurley. The unique images and sentiments in the collection inspired me to create two fun cards perfect for sending birthday wishes to anyone on your mailing list. Pink Ombre Birthday Cake Card I loved the sketchy style of the Birthday Party Stamp Set and having the solid layering stamps makes it even more fun to use! Here I stamped multiple layers of both the cake and balloon images before adding some extra touches with alcohol markers for a…
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Dressing Up Projects with Subtle Hints of Glitter
Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I have some handmade birthday tags to share with you today that feature one of the many ways to subtly add glitter to your projects. If you haven’t checked them out yet, Spellbinders offers a vast array of gorgeous colored glitter. You can check out all of the colors offered HERE. This glitter easily adheres to your projects with whatever adhesive you desire to use. I created five fun little birthday-themed tags using the beautiful Birthday Wreath Add-ons Etched Dies and Dotted Tags Etched Dies. For each tag, I used some colored Art Glitter along with my die cuts. To do this,…
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Creating Beautiful Texture and Adding Fun Shapes To Your Cards
Hello there Spellbinders friends! Lisa Tilson is here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m delighted to be here to show you some fun simple ways to add texture to your cards using embossing folders and I am also using shaped dies to create layers and extra interest to your card designs. The collection in the spotlight today is the beautiful Sealed 3D Botanical Collection. This release features a couple of 3D embossing folders which you can emboss and cut in one pass, two new wax seal stamps along with three sets of nesting dies which are always a fabulous addition to any craft room. There are no tricky…
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As Timeless as Black and White!
Hi friends! Emily Midgett here with you today on the Spellbinders blog, and I’m thrilled to have been asked to play with the new Timeless Collection. These dies are spectacular in their incredible detail and delicate lines, making them great to have as a focal point or as a lacy accent to a floral focal point, as I’ve done here! I thought that the best way to showcase the marvelous details of this set of coordinating dies and BetterPress plates from the Timeless Collection was to use a stark black and white color palette, softened with peach and coral floral bouquets. The dies in the Timeless collection remind me so…