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Watercolor Fun With The New House Mouse Heart And Soul Collection
Hello fellow crafters! Deborah Hellman here to share with you some cards that I created using the new House-Mouse Designs Heart and Soul Collection. I love House-Mouse, and this new rubber stamp collection does not disappoint. They are sweet, beautifully drawn, and easy to color with all the purposeful detail. With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, these stamp sets include some great sentiments that can be used to express love, caring, and encouragement. For my card set, I decided to use watercolor to my stamped images, but you could easily use colored pencils or alcohol ink markers to add a little color to your stamped images. They could even…
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House-Mouse Summer Fun Card Ideas
Hi crafters, Dina Kowal here! The House Mouse gang is back with some hot weather antics in the Summer Fun collection… I’m not even sure how it’s already time for summer cards, but here we are! There are 4 new sets in this House Mouse release, each with a card-sized image and several coordinating sentiments. I love the movement that is drawn into each of these images, so I used different methods and mediums to highlight those details. You know I love to watercolor, so on all these cards I used my favorite paints to begin my coloring. I let the paint dry between layers and kept building up intensity,…
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Colorful Rare Bloom Watercolor Cards by Deborah Hellman
Hello crafty friends! My name is Deborah Hellman, and I am thrilled to be a guest designer for Spellbinders this month. Today, I am sharing with you some colorful, Spring watercolor cards that I created using the newest House-Mouse Collection: Rare Bloom. I love House-Mouse and watercoloring, so for me it is a perfect pairing. Another option, these beautiful stamped images could easily be colored with colored pencils or markers to suit your personal preferences. In addition to being adorable, all of the House-Mouse stamps have great details and shading which is a big plus. I stamped all of the images on a 4¼ x 5½ inch piece of Spellbinders’…
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Gorgeous Make-up Set Cards
Hello Crafty Friends, Heejung Hunsberger here! I’m thrilled to be returning as a guest designer for Spellbinders this month again! I believe that the Gorgeous You Collection and Mini Wax Seals Collection will be the perfect choice for Mother’s Day or birthday cards for women who enjoy makeup. I just loved creating each card using the collection because I love to have makeup items for me. I made three cards featuring the Gorgeous You mini wax seals Collection and the Gorgeous You Collection. If you’d like to get to know me better, visit my blog or follow me on Instagram. Additionally, I have a YouTube channel where I regularly post…
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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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Moving into Summer with House Mouse Fun
Hi crafters, Dina Kowal here! The House Mouse gang is back with some hot weather antics in the Summer Fun collection… I’m not even sure how it’s already time for summer cards, but here we are! There are 4 new sets in this House Mouse release, each with a card-sized image and several coordinating sentiments. I love the movement that is drawn into each of these images, so I used different methods and mediums to highlight those details. You know I love to watercolor, so on all these cards I used my favorite paints to begin my coloring. I let the paint dry between layers and kept building up intensity,…
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Colorful Cards with the Spring Has Sprung Collection!
Hi, Dina Kowal here with some colorful spring projects featuring House-Mouse stamps! There are 4 new sets in the House-Mouse Spring Has Sprung Collection, each with a card-sized image and several coordinating sentiments. I’m a lonnnng-time House-Mouse fan, so I was thrilled to add these sweet images to my collection! What will these little guys get into next?! I love to watercolor, so I used my favorite paints to begin my coloring here on the Birthday Wishes image. Each area has several layers of color, building up intensity as well as shading and dimension. These little scenes are so detailed – I used several different-sized brushes to get into all…
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Cute and Colorful Cards with the Spring Has Sprung Collection
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of cute cards made with the new Spring Has Sprung Collection by House Mouse. The sweet images and fun sentiments in this collection are perfect for so many occasions and I was inspired to create three colorful cards with them. Sweet Spring Card In my neck of the woods, warmer spring weather has finally arrived and I wanted to celebrate using the adorable image from the Flower Shower Stamp Set. Here I paired it with a bright embossed background for this cheerful spring card. Stamp the image from the Flower…
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Spellbinders Exclusive Collection Inspiration with Jean Doeringsfeld
Hi everyone! It’s Jean Doeringsfeld and I’m super excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders Blog! Today, I’m sharing three cards made with Spellbinders’ Exclusive products. This collection is a holiday must-have you won’t want to miss! I had so much fun creating with this collection, and I can’t wait to share my cards with you – so let’s get started! Poinsettia & Bells This collection features a gorgeous new 3D embossing folder and die set called Poinsettia Bells & Border. The die in this set cuts out a portion of the embossed image to create an elegant border for your card. You can use the embossing folder with…
