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Add the Perfect Finishing Touch With Mini Wax Seals
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Mini Wax Seals collection. As the name suggests, these wax seals are much smaller in size that the previous ones and are oh-so cute! I think they are the perfect finishing touch for cards, tags, boxes and more! JUST A NOTE My first card uses two of the new Mini Wax Seals. I thought they would look great on mini envelopes. They are a little on the large size for the envelopes I used, but I still think they look great! To make this card: Die cut the envelope from Love Note…
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Spring Plushies
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Spring Felt Stitch & Create collection by Nichol Spohr. There is a bunny (and carrot) in this collection, as well as a hen, and if you love sewing and stitching, these are really fun to create! For these plushies, I like to stitch with 3 strands of floss. However, you can definitely just use two if you like. Whether you choose to coordinate floss and felt colors, or add a contrast, will affect the finished look. I usually use coordinating colors, but contrast is fun too! COZY CLUCK My first plushie uses…
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Paper Makeup with Gorgeous You!
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the new Gorgeous You collection. This fabulous collection features fun makeup sets, florals, perfume, and coordinating sentiments, plus a beautiful embossing folder too! HAPPY BIRTHDAY My first card uses Gorgeous You Florals, Cross My Heart 3D Embossing Folder, and Flawless Sentiments. To make this card: Die cut Gorgeous You Florals Etched Dies from Waterfall, Teal Topaz, Blue Spruce, Peony, and Ultra Pink Cut the flower centers from Beeswax, and the leaves/stems from Peridot and Rainforest cardstock. Assemble and adhere flower parts using Bearly Art Glue. Place 4.25” x 5.5” panel of Pitch Black…
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Modern Realism Floral Trio
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Through the Meadow collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. This beautiful collection features lots of flowers that would be found in a meadow, as well as beautiful coordinating sentiments. These flowers are meant to be created so that they look realistic, and I always enjoy shaping the petals to add that dimension to them. HAPPY BIRTHDAY My first card uses Lavender Mountain Daisy Etched Dies. In real life, I think these flowers are a little lighter in the shade, but I wanted them to pack a punch on my very clean and simple card,…
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A Trio of Birthdays
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog today sharing three cards using the Florals Through the Year Collection. This collection is designed to be used to create a DIY calendar but as you will see from my projects, you can use the floral plates on their own for cards (and anything else!) too! SNOWDROPS For my first card, I used the beautiful January Snowdrops. Since snowdrops are winter flowers, I wanted to give a slight winter feel to the card with a little snowfall! To make this card: Place January Snowdrop Press Plate onto the Chase of the BetterPress Letterpress System.…
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Numbers Count! | 3 Ways to Personalize Cards With Numbers
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog today sharing three cards using the Color Mix Celebrations Collection. This collection can be used in so many different ways! It can be combined with the Florals Through the Year Collection to add numbers to calendar pages or the numbers can be used to create personalized cards, like I am creating today (plus lots more!). FORTY For my first card, I wanted to create a personalized number card for a 40th birthday. I love being able to create these types of cards for friends and family. You can really match the design to the…
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Emboss Like A Boss and Add Pretty Floral Accents
Hello there, Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m so excited to share three ideas using the Beveled Sentiments A2 Cardfronts Collection. There are four 3D embossing folders in this release – Happy Birthday, Thanks, Hello, and A Gift For You. I really like the crisp, clean, and modern style of these folders. As the sentiments are big and bold, they take centre stage and look great even with just some simple ink blending but I went a slightly different way with my cards today. From Me To You My first card uses the Beveled Hello A2 Cardfront 3D Embossing Folder and I decorated it with…
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A Trio of Fun & Festive Christmas Cards
Hello there Spellbinders friends, Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m so thrilled to be here to share three ideas for some merry and bright Christmas cards using the Essential Holiday Collection by Lisa Horton. This is such a fun and festive collection which includes dies (including a tag set) and press plates perfect for all your holiday projects. I really enjoyed making these three cards and hope you like them too! Joy & Blessings For my first card, I have gone with a grid-style layout. This is a format I love to use when I see a specific die that I think will look great…
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Perfect BetterPress Sentiments for Every Season
Hello, it’s Jean Manis here and I am excited to share three cards created with products in the Spellbinders All Seasons Scrapbooking Collection. The lowercase script font used in the sentiments has a timeless elegance and versatile appeal, making the sentiments perfect for any season and occasion. I have used three of the collection’s BetterPress sets and one of the die sets, along with other Spellbinders die sets, to create a fall, a Christmas, and an Easter card. On the fall card, seasonal flowers are paired with a BetterPress sentiment that says “These golden days,” evoking the warmth and beauty of autumn. Cover an A-2 size card base with a…
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Colorful Holiday Stitching With The Stitched Bright Collection
Hello! Jen Kotas here today sharing three cards using the Stitched Bright Collection. The collection contains three stitching die sets for great holiday cards. You don’t need to stitch on your cards to use these dies. I hot-foiled the Stitched Starfilled Background Etched Die for two of my cards. It foiled great! Die cut the Stitched Starfilled Background Etched Die from light blue cardstock. Stitch panel using two strands each of four different floss colors. Adhere panel to an A2 card base with liquid glue. Create sentiments using Mistletoe Greetings Press Plate and Die Set and Teal Topaz BetterPress Ink. Cut out with coordinating die. Adhere sentiments with foam strips…
