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Floral Card Ideas With The Birds & Bees Garden Collection
Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m super excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog today! I’m sharing three cards using The Birds & Bees Garden Collection designed by Susan Tierney-Cockburn! THINKING OF YOU For my first card, I die-cut the flowers from the Aster and Pom Pom Dahlia & Ladybugs die sets from Pink Sand, Purple Mist, and Chamomile cardstocks. The leaves are from the same sets, as well as the Autumn Foliage die set. They were die-cut from Fern cardstock. I added shading with Copic markers, then used the Ultimate Tool Kit to shape and form the petals and leaves, using Susan’s…
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Crafting With Doodlebug – Cardmaking Ideas You Need To Try
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a bunch of cards made with some of the beautiful Doodlebug products available in the Spellbinders shop. I paired many of the brightly colored cards and envelopes, sweet patterned papers, and fun washi tapes and embellishments with some of my favorite Spellbinders dies to create cards for many different kinds of occasions. Mailbox Thank You Card I hear a lot of crafters say that they love patterned paper, but struggle to use it on their projects sometimes, especially those with bolder colors and patterns. Here I turned a bright stripe pattern into…
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Using Distress Oxide Inks To Add Tons of Color to Die Cut Scenes
Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share some fun ways to use Distress Oxide Inks to enhance your die-cut scenes. Ink-blended backgrounds can add tons of color to your cards while coloring die-cuts with inks can really add dimension and realistic details. Here I used Distress Oxide Inks along with the Country Road Collection to create three colorful cards for different seasons. Sunset Scene Thank You Card Distress Oxide Inks are perfect for creating easy ink-blended backgrounds even between colors you might not normally try to mix. I thought a bright sunset-inspired sky would be beautifully paired with a…
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Country Road Inspiration Ideas with Rachel Alvarado
Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com, and I have a few projects to share with you today that feature products from the gorgeous new Country Road Collection by Annie Williams. Rustic Greeting Card For my first project, I created an A2-sized card featuring items from the Rustic Garden, Garden Builder, and Seasonal Décor Etched Die Sets. For both my large wagon wheel and barrel, I die-cut my lighter pieces from some Portobello Cardstock and lightly blended them with Gathered Twigs and Ground Espresso Distress Inks to add some shading. I then cut the darker pieces from a piece of Timber Cardstock and adhered them all together. I die-cut…
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The Country Road Card Ideas 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’m sharing three cards using the Country Road Collection designed by Annie Williams!! I’ve always been a huge fan of Annie’s cards and I’m so excited for her first collection! My cards today have more of a Spring or Summer theme going on, but there is also a seasonal die set that I can’t wait to use! SENDING BIRTHDAY WISHES CARD I began by die-cutting the wheelbarrow in Country Wheelbarrow Etched Dies from Silver Fox, Latte, Timber, and Brushed Silver cardstock. I brushed a bit of Distress Oxide Ink…
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Country Road Collection Introduction with Annie Williams
Hi there crafty friends, this is Annie Williams and I’m so excited to introduce my new collection with Spellbinders called Country Road. This collection is inspired by rural Pennsylvania, a place my family now calls home after many years of moving from city to city to pursue my education and career in science. When we traded busy city streets for rolling country roads, I was struck by the beautiful gardens and entryways my friends and neighbors spent countless hours building to create the warm and welcoming community around me. There are five products in this collection – four die sets and a stamp and die set. Each set was carefully…
