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Using the Serenade of Autumn Collection to Find My Mojo
Hello crafters! Joan Bardee here. Today I’m sharing a few tips on how to use the Serenade of Autumn Collection to jump-start your creativity during those inevitable times when your mojo takes a hike. The Serenade of Autumn Collection is huge! It consists of a variety of beautiful products – dies, stamps, stencils, 3D embossing folder, Better Press Letterpress, patterned papers, embossed watercolor papers, printed vellum, wax seals, gemstones, ephemera, etc. It’s amazing, but … my mojo was missing. Here’s how I used a few of these products to find my mojo. Copy Someone Else’s Card Copying someone else minimizes the number of decisions I need to make, and that…
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Using the Beautiful Wreaths Collection Without Making a Wreath
Hello crafters! Joan Bardee here and I’m happy to be back on the Spellbinders blog sharing 3 cards using the Beautiful Wreaths Collection designed by the delightful Suzanne Hue. This collection will give you everything you need to make many different wreaths. There are many add-ons available that allow you to make cards for any occasion. I decided to not make any wreaths. Rather, I wanted to use the add-ons to demonstrate how versatile the collection is. Stylish Snowman I LOVE this dapper snowman – so stylish with his top hat and scarf. Die cut the snowman from Christmas Wreath Add-Ons using White, Brushed Black, Poppy Field, Pink Sand, Peridot,…
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12 Days of Stitchmas Advent Calendar – Day 5 with Yana Smakula
Welcome to day 5 of our 12 Days of Stitchmas 2023 Advent Calendar class! Join us and stitch your way through the season! We invited 12 guest artists to share inspiration with the 12 stitching surprises. Let’s welcome Yana Smakula as she shares inspiration with the Day 5 surprise! Don’t miss the other video tutorials from our free Youtube Class: Day 1 with Mindy Eggen | Day 2 with Sandi MacIver | Day 3 with Laura Bassen | Day 4 with Jaycee Gaspar. Hello friends! I’m excited to explore Day 5 with you and some some inspiration with this fabulous stitching die. Day 5 is a beautiful snowflake die. I…
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12 Days of Stitchmas Advent Calendar – Day 2 with Sandi MacIver
Welcome to day 2 of our 12 Days of Stitchmas 2023 Advent Calendar class! Join us and stitch your way through the season! We invited 12 guest artists to share inspiration with the 12 stitching surprises. Let’s welcome Sandi MacIver as she shares inspiration with the Day 2 surprise! Don’t miss the other video tutorials from our free Youtube Class: Day 1 with Mindy Eggen. Hi, card-making friends and welcome back. It’s Sandi MacIver here and I’m sharing Spellbinders 12 Days of Stitchmas Day 2 of this fabulous Advent Calendar. It’s so exciting to cut open the box each day to see what the die set is and then create…
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Glimmer Holly Background 3 Ways – How-to Step-by-step
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial with you using the Glimmer Holly Background and Layered Glimmer Holly Background from the De-light-ful Christmas Collection by Yana Smakula. This is such a pretty background and can be used in lots of different ways. Today I have three cards to share with you – 1. Using the Glimmer Holly Background and Layered Glimmer Holly Background together. 2. Using the Glimmer Holly Background on its own, and 3. Using the Layered Glimmer Holly Background on its own. GLIMMER HOLLY BACKGROUND + LAYERED GLIMMER HOLLY BACKGROUND STEP 1 Let the Glimmer Hot Foil System platform heat up while you place Champagne…
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Seasonal Card Ideas With the Gnome Drive Collection
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 Gnome Drive Collection from Spellbinders. The little gnomes with all of the adorable seasonal accessories from the collection inspired me to create three cute cards for different occasions. Halloween Gnome Card Christmas and birthdays are great, but I love sending cards for the minor holidays because they’re so unexpected! I love that this collection has options for almost every occasion you can think of and I’m starting with Halloween for this cute and fun card. I started by cutting the car and gnome out of…
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Envelope of Wonder Collection – A Trio of Ideas from Lisa Tilson
Hello everyone, this is Lisa Tilson from My Card Trip and I am delighted to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog today. I will be featuring the super fun Envelope of Wonder Collection and have three cards to share with you. This collection consists of four different envelope collections plus an accompanying clear sentiment stamp set along with a Press Plate and Die Set. I use two of the envelope collections as they were intended but my third card shows how you can use them on a A2 sized card. These sets are good fun with lots of options for filling the envelope – either to bursting point and…
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Using Distress Oxide Inks To Add Tons of Color to Die Cut Scenes
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share some fun ways to use Distress Oxide Inks to enhance your die-cut scenes. Ink-blended backgrounds can add tons of color to your cards while coloring die-cuts with inks can really add dimension and realistic details. Here I used Distress Oxide Inks along with the Country Road Collection to create three colorful cards for different seasons. Sunset Scene Thank You Card Distress Oxide Inks are perfect for creating easy ink-blended backgrounds even between colors you might not normally try to mix. I thought a bright sunset-inspired sky would be beautifully paired with a…
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Seahorse Kisses Cards with Marie Nicole
Hello again, crafty friends! Marie here from Marie Nicole Designs. I am sharing three creations using the Seahorse Kisses collection. This collection includes stamps, dies, glimmer plates, and even a stunning embossing folder. If you love all things under the sea, this is a collection that will catch your attention! GLIMMER OVER A FUN BACKGROUND My first card features the large glimmer plate image of a seahorse along with some shells, flowers, and sea plants. I kept it simple by making a fun background to glimmer over. I created the background by dragging several colors of blue ink pads across my paper in different directions to leave some streaks. Then,…
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Pop-Up Hummingbird Cards with Rachel Alvarado
Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I am so happy to be back for another guest post on the Spellbinder’s blog. I have a few 3D projects to share with you today that feature the gorgeous new Hummingbird Collection by Bibi Cameron. Pop-Up Hummingbird Slimline Card For my first card, I created an 8.5” x 3.5” slimline card featuring both the Pop-Up Hummingbird and Hummingbird and Lily Die Sets. For photo purposes, I am showing you both the front and inside of the card at the same time. For the inside of my card, I pieced together the pop-up hummingbird and pop-up flower from the Pop-Up Hummingbird Die…
