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SPOILERS! 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar – Day 12 with Yana Smakula
Welcome to day 12 of our 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar class! Join us and stitch your way through the season! We invited 12 guest artists to share inspiration with the 12 stitching surprises. Let’s welcome Yana Smakula as she shares inspiration with the Day 12 surprise! Don’t miss the other video tutorials from our free Youtube Class: Day 1 with Kim Kesti; Day 2 with Jaycee Gaspar; Day 3 with Rebecca Keppel; Day 4 with Nichol Spohr; Day 5 with Tina Smith; Day 6 with Mindy Eggen; Day 7 with Carissa Wiley, Day 8 with Lisa Tilson, Day 9 with Suzanne Hue, Day 10 with Laura Bassen, Day…
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Out of This World Cards with Simon Hurley create. Space Friends
Hi, friends! I’m Lauren Taylor Made and I’m so excited to be here on the Spellbinders Blog to share with you two cards using the Space Friends set in collaboration with Simon Hurley along with some amazing Spellbinders supplies. These cards bring a cosmic touch with embossed textures, vibrant ink blending, and fun space-themed elements. Whether you’re celebrating a birthday or sending encouragement, these designs are perfect for adding a stellar touch to your crafting projects! For the first card, I created a layered background by die-cutting panels from Silver, Lilac Blossom, and Cosmic Sky Cardstock using the Perfect Touch Rectangles and Tag Etched Dies, embossing the top layer with…
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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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Use Your Press Plates 3 Ways
Hi Spellbinders fans. Alanna Moses from EmbellishCraftLove.com and I am very excited to be guesting on the Spellbinders blog today. I am super excited about the Glad Tidings collection from Simon Hurley and Spellbinders. It features three press plate sets, perfect for your holiday crafting needs. In this blog post, we will be using the Betterpress system and cotton cardstock to get a letterpress effect, we will be using regular inks on cardstock to get a similar yet different look, and lastly, we will be using the press plates with the Spellbinders Glimmer machine to foil them. SENDING HOLIDAY CHEER For my first card, I am using the Ornamental Press…
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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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Dimensional Florals with Ease
Hi Spellbinders fans. Alanna Moses from EmbellishCraftLove.com and I am very excited to be guesting on the Spellbinders blog today. I have the honor of sharing the Winter’s Grace Garden collection from Susan Tierney-Cockburn and Spellbinders. Susan’s floral sets are always so beautiful. There are five die sets and one 3D embossing folder in this collection. They can be purchased separately or in a bundle at a discount. HELLO SWEET FRIEND Emboss white cardstock with Norwegian Rosemaling 3D Embossing Folder and add Wonderland Distress Mica Stain With foam squares, add to an A2 notecard made from Spellbinders Waterfall cardstock Die cut vase from Paperwhites and Glass Vase die set and…
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Sparking Birthday Bash Cards
Hello Crafty Friends, Heejung Hunsberger here! I’m thrilled to be returning as a guest designer for Spellbinders this month. If you’d like to get to know me better, you can visit my blog or follow me on Instagram. Additionally, I have a YouTube channel where I regularly post video tutorials. Today, I’m sharing three birthday cards featuring the Birthday Bash Collection by Simon Hurley, using black and metallic card stock. Happy Birthday To You Cards I gold foiled on the black card stock with the Birthday Bash BetterPress Plate. I colored a few images with acrylic markers. I hot-foiled the “Happy Birthday to You” BetterPress Plate with Rainbow Foil on…
