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Simple and Elegant Cards Using Sentiments as a Focal Point
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of easy cards made with the new Copperplate Everyday Sentiments Collection by Paul Antonio. The beautiful, oversized sentiment plates in this collection create amazing focal points for simple and elegant cards. Black & White Thank You Card Paul Antonio’s gorgeous calligraphy deserves the spotlight on any card and the Copperplate Thank You Sentiment Plate is one of my favorites. Here I used the classic black, white, and gold color combination for an elegant thank you card. Ink up the Copperplate Thank You Sentiment Plate with BetterPress Black Ink and press…
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Every Occasion Floral Alphabet Cards
Hello crafty friends, I am Heejung Hunsberger and I am thrilled to be returning this month as a guest designer for Spellbinders. If you want to know me better, visit my blog or Instagram. I also have a YouTube channel where I post a lot of video tutorials. I enjoyed using the Every Occasion Floral Alphabet Collection. I created six different cards. I made three cards using the BetterPress system and three cards using the Hot Foil system. Better Pressed Cards Each Letter plate was printed using the BetterPress system with water-based color inks. I pressed the Floral E Plate onto the Bisque BP A2 Cotton Card panel using All That Jazz Ink and…
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Playing With Color and the Every Occasion Floral Alphabet
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share a couple of cards made with the new Every Occasion Floral Alphabet Collection from Spellbinders. The gorgeous floral letters and matching sentiments in this collection make such a statement on their own, I decided to play with different color schemes to create interesting backgrounds on these three fun cards for various occasions. Ombré Sending Love Card One of my very favorite types of cards to mail out are “sending love” cards, so I was excited to see the beautiful Floral S and Sentiment Press Plate. Pink might seem like an obvious choice…
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Autumn Garden & Foliage Cards
Hello and welcome, creative friends! It’s Dilay here from JustCallMeDee.com, and I’m thrilled to return for another guest post on the Spellbinders blog! Today, I’ll be showcasing a few projects featuring the beautiful Birds & Bees Garden collection. I hope you find my creations inspiring and feel motivated to get crafty. Let’s dive right in! Autumn Foliage Hugs For the first card, I created a subtle yet dimensional background by die-cutting a frame using two of the largest Precision A2 Layering dies. Then, I die-cut another piece of white cardstock with the third largest of the Essential Four Petal Labels dies and embossed it using the Basket of Sunflowers 3D…
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House Mouse Holiday Collection Cardmaking Inspiration
Hello crafty friends. This is Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook and I’m very excited to be here sharing a trio of cards featuring the fantastic Christmas release from the Spellbinders House Mouse Collection. These mice stole my heart some years ago when I was first becoming a cardmaker and it thrills me to have them back to create with again. To begin my creations today, I simply cut three panels of Bristol Smooth Cardstock and stamped the main image on each one. Then I sat down to relax and watercolor each one at leisure. I love coloring these images. They’re forgiving for novices and relaxing for anyone! Once the panels were…
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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…
