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Taking the Fear Out of 3D Florals
Looking to bring the beauty of real botanicals to your handmade cards? Jean Manis here, sharing my experience working with The Poet’s Garden Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn for Spellbinders. Susan’s flowers are known for their lifelike detail, and this collection is no exception. In this post, I’ll walk you through how I approach her dimensional florals with a beginner-friendly process. Let’s step into the garden together! To start, cut each flower from white cardstock and use Susan’s videos to create the blooms to see their true size and form. Because the flowers are dimensional, making a “draft” version is helpful because you won’t know their scale until you make…
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Dimensional Flowers with Clean and Simple Backgrounds
Winter’s Grace Garden Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. In addition to her usual dimensional flowers, there’s also a beautiful 3D embossing folder that’s worthy of its own card. To learn how to assemble these flowers, watch Susan’s videos on Spellbinders YouTube channel. The background embossed with the Norwegian Rosemaling 3D Embossing Folder was cut to 4 x 5 1/4” and adhered to a second panel cut from the largest Perfect Touch Rectangles and Tag Etched Dies. These flowers are the Cymbidium Orchid and Ladybugs Etched Dies cut from Susan’s Garden Specialty Cardstock and colored with alcohol markers. I added a sentiment from All Seasons Spring Press Plate and Die Set. This…
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Snow Garden Collection – Winter Floral Card Inspiration
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the new Snow Garden Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. The beautiful new winter floral dies and gorgeous Glimmer plates in this collection inspired me to create three pretty cards perfect for sending a holiday hello. Glory Of Snow Card I love the frosty look of Glory Of Snow flowers and thought they’d be perfect for a little holiday arrangement. Here I added them along with some pine sprigs to a bright foiled vase for this cheerful holiday card. I started by cutting Susan’s Garden Specialty Cardstock with the…
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Snow Garden Inspiration
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m thrilled to be guest posting on the Spellbinders blog again today! I’m sharing three cards using the Snow Garden Collection designed by Susan Tierney-Cockburn!! I’m always a fan of Susan’s collections and this one is no exception! SEASON’S GREETINGS For my first card, I foiled the Winter Bought Hot Foil Plate onto smooth white cardstock with opaque black foil, then colored it with Copic markers. The panel was die-cut with the second largest die in the A2 Matting Basics A Die Set and adhered to a panel of red cardstock that was cut using the largest die in the…
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How To Dress Up Your Paper Flowers With Prills
Add interest effects and accents to any paper crafting project, especially paper flowers with Prills from USArtQuest. We are welcoming a quest artist Rachel Alvarado as she shares her favorite ways to use prills. Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com, and I wanted to share a few ways that you can use Prills to dress up your paper flowers. Prills are super easy to use and add so much detail and realism to your projects! They come in a variety of colors, giving you many options to choose from. Gerber Daisies My first project features some Gerber Daisies from the Gerber Daisy and Ladybugs Etched Dies designed by…
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The Victorian Garden Collection With Brenda Noelke
Hello, crafty friends! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m thrilled to be guest posting on the Spellbinders blog again today! I am sharing three cards using The Victorian Garden Collection designed by Susan Tierney-Cockburn! This collection consists of six die sets and one hot foil plate set!! I’ll be using four of the die sets on my three cards today! CAMELLIA A2 FRIENDSHIP CARD My first card features the beautiful Camellia Etched Dies with a bit of lavender from the Mason Jar and Lavender Etched Die Set! I started by die-cutting the layers for the camellia and leaves from the Camellia Die Set and the lavender from the…
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The Victorian Garden Collection – Spring Card Inspiration with Annie Williams
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of projects using the new Victorian Garden Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. The beautiful new floral designs and fun containers in this collection inspired me to create three bright springtime cards for different occasions. Lavender Slimline Card I love the look and smell of real lavender so I wanted to try to make my own paper versions with this set first. Here I added a few floral stems to a pretty blue mason jar along with some leafy fillers for this pretty slimline card for a friend. I wanted to give…
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The Painter’s Garden Paper Flowers Inspiration
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m super excited to be guest posting on the Spellbinders blog again today! I am sharing three cards using The Painter’s Garden Collection designed by Susan Tierney-Cockburn!!! If you know me, you know how much I LOVE flowers, so this collection is right up my alley!! PANSY CONGRATULATIONS CARD My first card features the beautiful Pansy Dies!! I started by die-cutting the Pansy Die Set from white cardstock. I Googled pansy photos and chose some beautiful blue ones to try to replicate. I colored them with Copic markers and used Susan’s Garden Ultimate Tool Kit to add texture and dimension…
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The Painter’s Garden Collection – Spring Paper Flower Card Ideas
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share a couple of Spring paper flower card ideas using the new Painter’s Garden Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. The gorgeous floral designs in the collection reminiscent of the works of Impressionist painters inspired me to create three bright springtime cards for different occasions. Pansy Thank You Card I love the unique colorings of pansies and thought they would be a fun design to try it out first. Here I chose three different purple varieties of pansies to emulate for this pretty square thank you card. Die cut Susan’s Garden Specialty Cardstock using the…
