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Jazz Up Your One Layer Cards!
Hello Everyone! Jenn Shurkus here and I’m wicked excited to be on the Spellbinders blog as a guest designer. Today I’m sharing some creative cards using this fun collection called House Mouse Summer Fun. I have been cardmaking for a long time, and House Mouse are some of the first wood-mounted stamps I owned. I just love that we can get them in red rubber cling form from Spellbinders now. Hopefully, these cards will give you some inspiration of some simple things you can do to jazz up your one-layer cards! Each of these cards are one-layer cards, the only thing popped up off of them is the sentiment strips. I like…
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Let’s Give a Spring Story to Little Mice Through Watercoloring!
Hello crafters! Cha Lion here and I’m so excited to be on the Spellbinders blog as a guest designer. Today I’m sharing some spring cards using this adorable collection called the House-Mouse Spring has Sprung. Since I was a little girl, I always love coloring and telling stories. To make these cards, I combined watercoloring techniques based on striking spotlight effect, that is, the way of light on our main focal area. I also imagined some more mice stories to color them in, which you can read at the end of this post to give you some ideas. Let’s give a spring story to these mice through watercoloring! COATS OF…
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Direct-to-Paper Backgrounds & Glimmer Cardfront Sentiments by Joan Bardee
Hello crafters! I’m Joan Bardee and I hope you are ready for some fun! Today I’m sharing some easy and colorful cards using the unique Glimmer Cardfront Sentiments collection. Bottom line – this collection, which has 6 separate glimmer plates, each with a large sentiment in a fun font – packs a big punch. The collection also includes a stencil and die that creates a beautiful floral. I paired 3 of these sentiments with a background made with the “direct-to-paper” technique. In this technique, you hold the ink pad in your hand and apply it directly to the paper. I decided on somewhat abstract versions of circles, stripes, and plaid.…
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Layered Stitched Diamond Cards with Larissa Heskett
Hello Crafty Friends! Larissa here today to share some different ideas on ways to use the NEW Limited Edition Layered Stitched Diamond Etched Die Set!! I personally LOVE to stitch on my cards, but there are so many ways that you can combine them with your favorite patterned papers to showcase the designs even more!! For my first card I wanted to use one of the Prints from the NEW Home for the Holidays Paper Pad from the Christmas Flea Market Finds Collection!! SWOON!! These Papers are so BEAUTIFUL and can be used in several ways!! After picking the Patterned Paper, I ran it through my Platinum 6 Die Cutting…