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Mainly Monochrome With Michelle Short
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share three projects with you using the new Glimmer Cardfront Sentiments Collection. I don’t know about you, but I often struggle with picking out color combinations. Whilst there are different ways to combat this (like using a color wheel), I often like to forget about combinations and go monochrome instead. Or in this case mainly monochrome, as I did add in green for the leaves! FULL OF HUGS For my first card, I am using the This Card is Full of Hugs Glimmer Hot Foil Plate. I love the quirky font on these sentiments! It was foiled onto a panel of white cardstock using…
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Crafting for Beginners: Gnomie Christmas Dance 3 Ways
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share some inspiration using Gnomie Christmas Dance Printed Die Cuts from the Oh What Fun Collection. This pack contains 52 colorful die-cut pieces ready to use in different ways. These are perfect to use if you are beginner but are also quick and fun to use if you are not! Today I have a card, gift tag and gift bag to share with you, but they are perfect for all sorts of other crafts too from journals to gift wrap! BEARY MERRY CHRISTMAS For my first project, I wanted to create a card. I took a panel of white cardstock and added ink blending…
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Winter Wonderland Inspiration With Allison Frazier
Hello, crafty friends! This is Allison Frazier, and I am beyond thrilled to be guest designing on the Spellbinders blog today. I have several projects to share with you featuring the fabulous Winter Wonderland Collection. This collection has everything you need to make cards, tags, scrapbook layouts, gift packaging – the possibilities are endless! Joyful Wishes The different products in this collection mix and match so well with each other. Some of my favorites include the patterned paper with leaves and berries and the matching Printed Die Cuts. I wanted to use these together on one card, but I wanted to tone it down a bit. I did that by…
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Winter Garden Inspiration with Bibi Cameron
Hello crafty friends, this is Bibi Cameron and I’m glad to be able to share cardmaking ideas and inspiration using products from the new Winter Garden Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn for Spellbinders. As always Susan is offering beautiful designs that will allow you to create from easy compositions to very realistic pieces of artwork. I have three easy Christmas projects to share with you today. 5×7 Ice Skate Xmas Card Perhaps one of my favorites in this release is the oversized Ice Skate die (It measures about 4-1/8 x 3-1/2 inches). Due to its size, I decided to make a 5”x7 “inches card and I kept it simple. I like to think…
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How to Assemble the Celebrate You Collection Gift Bag
Want to know how to assemble the Gift Bag Etched Dies (S6-191) from our Celebrate You Collection? Keep reading to find out! Using some paper, glue, and your favorite sentiments and embellishments, you can create an adorable bag just like the one shown below. The dies included in this project were from the Celebrate You Collection featuring the Hats Off To You Etched Dies (S3-434), Assorted Tags Etched Dies (S3-427), and the Celebrate You Glimmer Sentiments (GLP-314). Follow along with Kim as she demonstrates a quick and easy assembly of the Gift Bag Etched Dies (S6-191). You’ll also get some decoration inspiration to create gift bags for all kinds of…
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Stitched Alphabet Collection – Personalized Cards & Gifts with Annie Williams
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 Stitched Alphabet Collection from Spellbinders. The fun stitch-able letters and beautiful foiled sentiments in this collection inspired me to create two custom cards and a monogrammed gift bag perfect for a variety of occasions. Stitched “Happy” Card When you can cut out any word you want, why not start with happy? Here I stitched white florets onto brightly-colored letters for fun slimline birthday card. Die-cut Teal Topaz, Pink Sand, Persimmon, Dahlia, and Rainforest Cardstock using the letter dies from the Stitched H, A, P, and…
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Celebrate You: Cards & Gift Bags How-To with Hussena Calcuttawala
Hello, crafty friends! This is Hussena from Quill and Punch Works, and I am so excited to be guest designing on the Spellbinders blog today featuring the Celebrate You Collection. This is a large collection with lots of great gifting and greeting cards goodies that pair beautifully with cardstock or patterned paper for a quick easy card, or something a little more stepped up with the addition of floral dies. Custom Gift Bags My first project is a set of Gift Bags made using the Gift Bag Etched Dies, Be Bold Blooms Etched Dies, the Mini Blooms and Sprigs Etched Dies, and the Geo Screen Embossing Folder. These are so…
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Graduation Card, Gift Bag & More with Celebrate You Collection and Lisa Mensing
Hello, crafty friends. Lisa Mensing here from Confetti and Card with Lisa Mensing. Today I am sharing three projects using the Celebrate You Collection. This collection has everything you need to celebrate all your family members and friends! It’s not often that I create graduation projects and cards for newlyweds, but this collection made that so easy. Let’s check it out. Mini Slimline Graduation Card This mini slimline graduation card is my first project. Earlier, I mentioned that I found the graduation cap to be so easy to assemble, and the reason for that is that the dies do all the work. I simply die cut turquoise, black, and silver cardstock using…
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Celebrate You Collection – Cards & Gifts For Special Occasions with Annie Williams
m en.UseHi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share several projects using the new Celebrate You Collection from Spellbinders. The gorgeous sentiments, unique 3D dies, and pretty tag designs in this collection inspired me to create a ton of cards and bags for all different occasions. Baby Card I thought the Venetian Wallpaper Stencil was so beautiful and would make the perfect background for this soft and pretty baby card. Trim white cardstock to 4” x 5.25” and apply Tumbled Glass, Spun Sugar, and silver pigment ink through the Venetian Wallpaper Stencil with a blending tool to create the background.…
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Beginner, Cardmaking, Die Cutting Inspiration, Embossing Inspiration, Gift Tags, Step by Step Tutorials
Let’s Celebrate! Custom Cards & Easy Gift Bags How-To!
Hello fellow crafters. It’s Jean sharing projects created with the Celebrate You Collection at Spellbinders. This versatile collection is chock-full of products – dies, stamps, glimmer plates, embossing folders – designed to make projects for a wide range of occasions including graduation, birthday, new baby, and get well. Let’s look at the cards and gift bags that I made for graduation and birthday celebrations. Graduation Cards Nothing says graduation like the iconic mortarboard. Use the Hats Off to You die set to create a stand-alone focal point with a sentiment or a focal point paired with a sentiment in the Celebrate You set. Dry-emboss Brushed Gold panel sized 4 x…
