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Christmas Cats Christmas Card Tutorial with Spellbinders Christmas Cats Collection
Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, creating a card featuring the hilarious new Christmas Cats collection by Yana Smakula. I’m not even a cat person, but I can’t get enough of this adorable collection! Today I’m sharing my step-by-step process in easy-to-follow photos and instructions. I hope you find them helpful! Die-cut the cats from the Christmas Cats die set in the following cardstock colors: Striped cat: Bellini & Coral; Siamese cat: Fawn & Truffle; Bow: Poppy Eye backer: Raven; Pupils: Class White Assemble and glue the cats together in steps. Be sure to add the white pupil piece first, followed by the black eye backer on…
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Easy Coneflower Card with Simon Hurley’s Cascading Coneflowers Collectiony Simon Hurley Ombre Background & Diecutting Tutorial
Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, creating a card featuring the beautiful new Cascading Coneflowers collection by Simon Hurley. I’m sharing my step-by-step process in easy-to-follow photos and instructions! To start, we are going to ink blend a 4” x 5.25” panel of Classic White cardstock with a coordinating shade of ink. We will deepen the blend at the top to give the panel an ombre gradient from top to bottom. Next, we are going to 3D emboss the panel with the Cascading Dots embossing folder. The best plate sandwich for running this through your Platinum 6 is Platform Base A, 3D Embossing Folder with paper inside,…
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Classic Car Card with Stenciled Desert Scene | Highway Horizons Tutorial
Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, creating a card featuring the beautiful new Highway Horizons stencils from the Classic Road Legends collection by Mindy Eggen. I’m sharing my step-by-step process in easy-to-follow photos and instructions! To start, we are going to ink blend the stencils in numbered order. Align stencil 1 over top of an A2-sized (4.25” x 5.5”) Classic White cardstock panel, then ink blend in dark gray ink. I prefer to use a grip mat when ink blending, but you can also adhere them in place with low-tack tape! Align stencil 2 to the panel, then ink blend the dunes in sand brown and the…
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Everyday City Holiday Cards: Creative Ideas with Yana Smakula’s New Collection
Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson is popping in today with three lovely cards to share! There’s something magical about a card that feels like a little world of its own — a tiny doorway, a cheerful storefront, a cozy window scene that invites you to step inside. The brand new Everyday City Holiday collection by Yana Smakula captures that feeling beautifully, bringing the charm of her beloved City Holiday series into fresh, everyday themes you can use all year long. Whether you’re crafting a warm housewarming note, a friendly hello, or a “wish you were here” moment, these dies and press plates make it easy to build scenes that feel…
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The Wonderful Land of Embossing Folders (in Oz, of course!)
Hello, crafty friends! This is Jennifer Ingle joining you today to showcase just how much you can do with one amazing Spellbinders 3-D embossing folder. This simple tool can be used in a variety of unique ways, allowing you to really get the most out of your stash every time you craft! Let’s start with the basics. Spellbinders 3-D Embossing Folders allow you to make a simple background that is full of interest with both physical and visual texture. The card below features a black embossed panel that adds the perfect drop-down to Dorothy and the sentiment banner. The image is colored only halfway to play on the Wizard of…
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SPOILERS! 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar – Day 4 with Nichol Spohr
Welcome to day 4 of our 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 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 Nichol Spohr as she shares inspiration with the Day 4 surprise! Don’t miss the other video tutorials from our free Youtube Class: Day 1 with Kim Kesti; Day 2 with Jaycee Gaspar; Day 3 with Rebecca Keppel. Hello friends, it’s Nichol Spohr, and today we’re taking a look at what’s behind Door Number Four in the 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025! I have two festive cards to share with you today featuring the…
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Texture & Foliage Collection Cards with Suzanne Hue
Hello Crafters, it’ Suzanne Hue from A Creative Muse. I’m thrilled to be on the Spellbinders blog featuring my fabulous, new Texture & Foliage Collection! If you love the original Beautiful Wreaths Collection, you’ll be excited with this expansion on making wreaths, swags, accents, and more. There are new elements, which includes fall, more holiday foliage, and birthday fun! And you can definitely incorporate the Beautiful Wreaths Collection seamlessly with the Texture & Foliage Collection. Also, there are 2 wonderful subtle textured 3D embossing folders and a Birthday themed BetterPress sentiment & die set! My first card features Seasonal Wreath Foliage Dies, Birthday Wishes Sentiments Press Plate & Die, and…
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Create a Simple and Elegant Christmas Card with the Wonderland Collection
Hi there, this is Annie Williams, and today I’m thrilled to create this elegant Christmas card step-by-step with you, made with the new Wonderland Collection from Spellbinders. With cute die sets, gorgeous sentiments, and versatile BetterPress plates, this collection is perfect for creating fun holiday cards or even a custom calendar. Today, I chose to focus on the beautiful Three Magi Stamp & Die Set and add a fun background for this simple card with tons of impact. Die-cut the robes of the magi out of yellow, teal, and red cardstocks using the Three Magi Stamp & Die Set. Here I chose a light, medium, and dark tone from each color…
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Feminine Monochromatic Cards
Hello! Jen Kotas is here today with three cards featuring the Gorgeous You Collection. This collection includes four dies sets, press plate sentiments and a 3D embossing folder. This collection made me want to make mostly monochromatic cards. They were perfect to pair with the new ColorWheel Cardstock. I went through the new ColorWheel Cardstock and picked three or four shades of pink, teal, and purple. I used less than one sheet for these three cards plus I made several other cards. Emboss an A2 panel of white cardstock with the Cross My Heart 3D Embossing Folder. Blend on pink ink from the bottom fading to white. Adhere to an…
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Alcohol Marker Colored Images using Simon Hurley Stamps and Dies
Hello! Jen Kotas here today with three cards featuring Simon Hurley Stamps and Coordinating Dies. There’s so much to love about these products. The woodland animals are precious and there’s so many images in that set. The wreaths are gorgeous and the little artist critters are adorable. I’m most comfortable using alcohol markers but there are so many other mediums you could use. Tag me with the one you choose to color these images with. Emboss a piece of cream cardstock with the Bark 3D Embossing Folder. Drag brown ink pad across panel just catching the embossed areas. Cut to 4 x 5 1/4” and adhere to card base. Stamp…
