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Adding Dimension to your Fall Projects
Hi Spellbinders fans. Alanna Moses from EmbellishCraftLove.com and I am very excited to be guesting on the Spellbinders blog today. Today, I am working with the Falling Leaves collection. This collection has a press plate with coordinating stencil, a 3D embossing folder, and three wax seals. All of these products are so beautiful and pair perfectly together. For my first card, I started by taking the Autumn Rain BetterPress and Stencil Bundle and used my BetterPress machine to ink up the press plate. I used the Opal Blush Shimmer Interference Ink Pad from Lisa Horton Crafts. I then used the coordinating stencils to color the umbrellas and leaves. I trimmed…
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Elegant Peacocks
Hi folks, Kavya from @handmadebykavya is here with some fun inspiration for Dawn Bibby’s new collection – Peacock Paradise. I love peacocks. They are the national birds of India and have a prominent place in history and important life events like Weddings. I have three beautiful cards using a bunch of products from this collection that are perfect for life’s most important moments. Textured Peacock My first card uses the stunning Glorious Peacock die. It’s large and takes most of the space in an A2 card. This lets you create a beautiful card with minimal work! I started off by ink-blending the edges of waterfall cardstock with blue dye ink…
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Creating Sweet Love Cards with the Heartfelt Cardmakers Kit
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share a couple of sweet love cards made with the Heartfelt Cardmakers Kit. The beautiful patterned papers and pretty embellishments in this kit inspired me to create three easy cards perfect for sending love this spring. Love & Hugs Card The gorgeous floral chipboard ampersand and pretty matching patterned paper in the kit caught my eye immediately. Here I paired them with some die-cuts and stickers to create this soft and pretty love card. Trim a piece of patterned paper from the paper pad to 4” x 5.25”, mat it with Onyx Cardstock,…
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Spring Has Sprung!
Hi folks, Kavya from @handmadebykavya is here with some fun inspiration for Simon Hurley’s new collection – Tulip Garden. I love playing with dies, especially ones that can be used in multiple ways. You will find that the collection is versatile as well! I have three cards for you today, all inspired by different painting styles! Renaissance Tulip Painting My first card was inspired by Renaissance paintings. Muted florals on dark green faded background provides enough contrast for an interesting card! I started off by ink-blending some dark green cardstock with dark green and black dye inks. Then, I die cut the card using Stitched Starry Argyle die, Infinity Punch…
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STENCILS: Multiple Ideas and Creations from ONE Product
Hello, friends! It’s Savannah O’Gwynn from Savannahland2. I’m honored to be sharing some of my ideas using the Spellbinders Tulip Garden Collection by Simon Hurley. #SAVfact: I have MORE ideas than I have time to create! Be sure to check out all 11 of my projects using the Tulip Garden Collection and all the tips and bonus ideas throughout this post!! When I saw all of these products from the collection, I was drawn to the STENCILS! That’s typically NOT me!! I am a fussy cutter, patterned paper user, that loves loves loves to add layers and dimensions using stamps, dies, and embellishments. Stencils and ink blending actually scared me!…
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Tulips To Make You Smile
Hi friends, Vic here today and I am so excited to be back on the Spellbinders blog. I have created three cards using the gorgeous Tulip Card Collection by Simon Hurley. This collection is just absolutely beautiful and I really love how big the Tulips are. I had so much fun creating with this collection. I am such a big fan of Tulips! I have used some bright and cheerful colors of card to go along with my cards today. I hope they make you smile! For my first card, I used a piece of white card that I embossed using the Twirling Tulips 3D Embossing Folder. This embossing folder…
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Tulip Garden Collection Introduction With Simon Hurley
Hey friends! My name is Simon Hurley and I am a 21-year-old cardmaker with a love for creating colorful, clean, and simple cards using inks and pastes. I also work with Ranger Ink to create stamps and colorful mediums and Spellbinders to create a line of dies, embossing folders, and specialty plates. I have tons of videos with crafting inspiration which you can find here. The Tulip Garden collection that I created with Spellbinders offers a variety of natural floral and leaf elements to create gorgeous Spring projects! Twirling Tulips The star of this collection is the Twirling Tulips 3D Embossing Folder. This embossing folder features gorgeous large Tulips that…