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Vivid Flowers Cards
Hello Crafty Friends, Heejung Hunsberger here! I’m thrilled to be returning as a guest designer for Spellbinders this month again! I’m thrilled to share my cards featuring the Vivid Collection. I always enjoy creating flowers and butterflies, and this collection is fantastic! If you’d like to get to know me better, visit my blog or follow me on Instagram. Additionally, I have a YouTube channel where I regularly post video tutorials. Gray and violet-toned thank you Card I apply a white hot foil to Fog-colored card stock using a Vivid Script Sentiments letterpress plate. I die-cut the leaves and flower stalks on the Rainforest Card Stock. I die-cut the flowers…
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My Love Glows Valentine’s Day Cards
Hello Crafty Friends, Heejung Hunsberger here! I’m thrilled to be returning as a guest designer for Spellbinders this month again! If you’d like to get to know me better, visit my blog or follow me on Instagram. Additionally, I have a YouTube channel where I regularly post video tutorials. I created three Valentine’s cards featuring the Love on the Rocks collection, using black, pink, and red as a combination. My Love Glows First, I hot-foiled the My Heart Beats For You Betterpress plate with white foil on red cardstock. Also, I hot-foiled the sentiments from the My Heart Beats for You BP set on black cardstock with the opal hot…
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Holiday Decor Inspired Cards
Hello! Jen Kotas here today with three cards featuring the Timeless Trees Collection by Simon Hurley. This collection includes two 3D embossing folders and five die sets for creating wonderful holiday and winter scene cards. The idea for these cards was inspired by different holiday decor styles. The first card has a rustic feel, the second is more modern and the third is definitely traditional. Inspiration can be found everywhere! Emboss a 4 x 5 1/4” piece of white cardstock with the Bark 3D Embossing Folder. Gently run a gray ink pad over panel. Die cut the pieces from Mantle Village and Mantle Decorations Etched Dies out of various colors…
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Oh Joyful Day Scrapbook Layouts With Suzanna
Hello crafty friends! Suzanna Lee here today to share with you a couple of Christmas layouts that I created with the Oh Joyful Collection! This festive collection is available in the Spellbinders shop. While you’re adding that to your cart, be sure to grab some metal dies and Press Plates that complement the collection, there are so many to choose from! For my first layout, I was inspired by the chipboard frames with the poinsettia’s. When I can find my travel journal, these frames will be filled with journaling from this visit to a Krakow Christmas Market on Christmas Eve. Frames can be used for so much more than…
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Elegant Christmas Cards using the Season of Wonder Collection
Hello! Jen Kotas is here today with three cards featuring the Stampendous Season of Wonder Collection. This beautiful collection includes two die sets and two stamp sets. This is the perfect opportunity to create a shaped card and make an elegant wreath card. I enjoy creating ink-blended backgrounds but if I’m creating one or two why not create a few extras for other card ideas. I made two Halloween card backgrounds at the same time as these three backgrounds using some of the same inks. Ink blend a piece of white cardstock with light and dark teal colors then splatter with similar metallic ink and white acrylic paint. Set aside…
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Mini Slimnline Trio Featuring Copperplate Holiday Sentiments
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog today sharing three cards using the Copperplate Holiday Sentiments Collection by Paul Antonio. These beautiful script sentiments can be used in lots of different ways, and I love that they are large, so take center stage on the cards! These are Press Plates but can be foiled too, as you will see from my cards. I decided to make mini slimline cards today (3.5” x 6”) as I felt the sentiments fitted well with that design, but they work perfectly for all shapes and sizes of cards too! MERRY CHRISTMAS For my first card,…
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Creating Multi-Color Letterpressed Designs with the Cheers To You Collection
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share a couple of colorful cards made with the new Cheers To You Collection from Spellbinders. The gorgeous new registration plate designs, versatile background, and classic sentiments in the collection inspired me to create three multi-color cards for various occasions. Peony Plaid Friendship Card Buffalo plaid holds a special place in my heart because my five year old, who refers to it as “squares”, will wear any and all clothing and accessories that boast this fun pattern. So naturally, the Buffalo Plaid Press Plate was the first piece in the collection I pulled…
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Stretching Your Stash: Pairing Dies with the New Card Maker’s Kit!
Hello, crafty friends, I’m Adrienne Boese, better known as Alice Scraps Wonderland online, and I’m thrilled to be on the Spellbinders blog for my first guest post! I’m known for my love of florals—I try to tuck in at least one floral element into every project I create. Today’s project features three cards made with Rosie’s Studio Heartfelt Card Maker’s Kit and the Ciao die. Each card is designed with some shabby chic touches and either features florals at the center, or has a few tucked in. This collection offers some fun opportunities to pull out Spellbinders dies you already have in your collection that allows you to match or…
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Every Occasion Floral Alphabet Cards
Hello crafty friends, I am Heejung Hunsberger and I am thrilled to be returning this month as a guest designer for Spellbinders. If you want to know me better, visit my blog or Instagram. I also have a YouTube channel where I post a lot of video tutorials. I enjoyed using the Every Occasion Floral Alphabet Collection. I created six different cards. I made three cards using the BetterPress system and three cards using the Hot Foil system. Better Pressed Cards Each Letter plate was printed using the BetterPress system with water-based color inks. I pressed the Floral E Plate onto the Bisque BP A2 Cotton Card panel using All That Jazz Ink and…
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Fun Floral Cards with the BetterPress Spring Collection
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of cards made with the new BetterPress Spring Collection from Spellbinders. The delicate floral images and beautiful sentiments in this collection inspired me to create three pretty cards for a variety of occasions this spring. Muted Floral Sympathy Card I thought the dainty floral images in the Flower Stems Press Plate Set were so beautiful that I pulled these out first. Here I inked them up in muted colors and created both a background and focal point for this easy sympathy card. Arrange the plates from the Flower Stems Press…
