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3 Dazzling Cards featuring the New Wax Seal Beads and Bead Mixes
Hello, crafty friends! My name is Heejung Hunsberger, and I am excited to be a guest designer this month. Today, I will share some of my latest projects using the new beads and bead mixes from Spellbinders. The Spellbinder wax beads and bead mixes are stunning. Today, I am showcasing three sets of color-coordinated beads and cards. If you want to know me better, visit myย blogย orย Instagram. I also have aย YouTube channel where I post a lot of video tutorials. Spruce & Pistachio Wax Beads Mix Card I made a card using the Sealed Florals BetterPress Plate and the Sealed Cord & Faux Seal Sentiment BetterPress Plate. The card base is…
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Merry & Bright for a Simply Festive Season of Cardmaking
Sending Christmas cards is a cherished tradition that brings joy and warmth to both the sender and the recipient. While traditional Christmas cards often feature reds, greens, and golds, there is no rule stating that we can’t add a festive twist with unique and non-traditional color palettes. By incorporating Spellbinders different colors and textures using their amazing dies, hot foil plates, embossing folders, and letterpress plates we can create truly one-of-a-kind greetings that stand out from the crowd. Come and join Lisa Mensing from Confetti and Cards as she presents five fun, festive card designs that are perfect for the upcoming Merry & Bright Season. I truly believe that there…
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Seasonal Card Ideas With the Gnome Drive Collection
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and Iโm thrilled to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the new Gnome Drive Collection from Spellbinders.ย The little gnomes with all of the adorable seasonal accessories from the collection inspired me to create three cute cards for different occasions. Halloween Gnome Card Christmas and birthdays are great, but I love sending cards for the minor holidays because theyโre so unexpected!ย I love that this collection has options for almost every occasion you can think of and Iโm starting with Halloween for this cute and fun card. I started by cutting the car and gnome out of…
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Easy Interactive Halloween Cards with Dancin’ Halloween Dies
Hey there, my crafty pals! It’s Leica here, and today I have a step-by-step photo tutorial to show you how to make three awesome cards using the Dancin’ Halloween collection. Trust me, they’re super fun to create! Don’t worry if you feel a bit overwhelmed by all the different parts in this collection. Putting them together is actually quite easy. The packaging even includes a picture of the final product, which makes it really simple to follow along. To start, I picked out a bunch of colors for the cardstock: Lilac Blossom, Peridot, Persimmon, and Sunkissed. I also used Alabaster and Onyx cardstocks. To save time and make things easier,…
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Using Distress Oxide Inks To Add Tons of Color to Die Cut Scenes
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and Iโm thrilled to be back on the blog today to share some fun ways to use Distress Oxide Inks to enhance your die-cut scenes. Ink-blended backgrounds can add tons of color to your cards while coloring die-cuts with inks can really add dimension and realistic details. Here I used Distress Oxide Inks along with the Country Road Collection to create three colorful cards for different seasons. Sunset Scene Thank You Card Distress Oxide Inks are perfect for creating easy ink-blended backgrounds even between colors you might not normally try to mix. I thought a bright sunset-inspired sky would be beautifully paired with a…
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Masculine Card Ideas with Toolbox Essentials
Hello, crafty friends! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! Iโm thrilled to be guest posting on the Spellbinders blog again today! I have three masculine cards to share using The Toolbox Essentials Collection designed by Nancy McCabe! This collection is perfect for those hard-to-create masculine cards!! NAILED IT CARD My first card features a couple of dies from the All the Tools Die Set paired with the A Cut Above the Rest Sentiments & Die Set! I started by die-cutting the hammer from Phonebooth, Onyx and Brushed Silver cardstock using dies from the All the Tools Die Set. I adhered the pieces together with liquid glue and set it…
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Showered With Love Clean & Simple Card Ideas
Hello there, Michelle Short here to share some inspiration using the Showered With Love Collection by Vicky Papaioannou. This is such a fun collection that can be used for lots of different occasions โ love, get well, thinking of you, encouragement, and lots more! THINKING OF YOU I am using Umbrella Bloom for my first card, which is such a beautiful set! I cut the umbrella from Waterfall and Brushed Silver Cardstock and added a little ink blending to the aqua pieces with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink for added interest. I then cut the leaves from Peridot and Rainforest Cardstock. The flowers were cut from Pink Sand, Wild Berry, and…
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Rainbow Showered with Love Cards
Hello crafty friends! Itโs Jung here, and I share 3 cards that I made using the new Showered with Love collection by Vicky Papaioannou. Umbrella Blooms Slimline Card For my first card, I used the Umbrella Bloom dies to create a vertical slimline card. First, I die-cut all the dies in the Umbrella Bloom die set. For the umbrella pieces, I die-cut them several times to make a total of 4 umbrellas. Next, I glued together all the umbrella pieces, and the floral pieces. For my background panel, I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to be slightly smaller than a slimline card, then used Distress inks to create an…
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Warm and Cozy Paper Quilts
Hello Everyone! This is Jyoti with another exciting post so get ready with a warm blanket and a hot cup of cocoa. The Spellbinders new release got into quilting, and I made some fun, bright, cozy, and heartwarming quilts. Not with fabric but with paper! I canโt tell you how overjoyed I am to be sharing my paper quilted cards using the Spellbinders Home Sweet Quilt Collection by Becca Feeken. There are so many different styles of quilt patterns available in this collection and unlimited options to choose from. These dies allow you to be creative and the sentiment stamps in this collection is so clever and thoughtful. LAYERED WINDMILL…
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Flurry of Snowflakes 3 Ways With Brenda Noelke
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! Iโm thrilled to be guest posting on the Spellbinders blog today! I am sharing three ways to use Flurry of Snowflakes 3D Embossing Folder! Glitter Paste This is a fun way to add some sparkle and shine to the debossed side of the embossed panel!! I began by running the Flurry of Snowflakes 3D Embossing Folder through my Platinum 6 Die-Cut Machine with a panel of Glacier cardstock using the Universal Plate System. I added some iridescent glitter paste onto the debossed side of the panel with a palette knife and scraped away the excess. This leaves glitter in the…