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  • Spellbinders Shaped Cards Video Series. Episode #3 – Your Kindness Makes Such A Difference card by Yana Smakula. Using: S4-820 Vintage Pierced Banners, S4-817 Breanna’s Corset Label, S5-332 Hemstitch Ovals, S6-130 Coralene’s Chemise Layering Frame Large dies designed by Becca Feeken. #spellbinders #diecutting #cardmaking #handmade
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    Shaped Cards Video Series. Episode #3 – Your Kindness Makes Such A Difference

    November 17, 2017 / 2 Comments

    Hello, everyone! This is Yana Smakula and thank you for joining me! This blog post and video continues the monthly feature I’m hosting on Spellbinders blog and Youtube channel called “Shaped Cards with Spellbinders”. Once a month I am posting a card and and video tutorial featuring a shaped card base using Spellbinders dies! You can catch previous episodes from this series HERE. Step By Step Instructions: We have a full set of step by step instructions describing how to create this card. Die-cut & emboss 2 Chemise Frames from the Coralene’s Chemise Layering Frame Large set out of white cardstock. Score one die cut about 1” – 1 1/2″  at…

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    Yana Smakula

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    Shaped Cards Video Series. Episode #2 – It’s Your Birthday

    October 19, 2017 / 8 Comments

    Hello, everyone! This is Yana Smakula and thank you for joining me! This blog post and video continues the monthly feature I’m hosting on Spellbinders blog and Youtube channel called “Shaped Cards with Spellbinders”. Once a month I am posting a card and and video tutorial featuring a shaped card base using Spellbinders dies! You can catch the first episode from this series HERE. I started working on this card by creating a card base. I decided to use the largest die from the Bella Rose Lattice Layering Frame Large set – this die measures 5×7” inches so it makes a full size 5×7” card. There are several ways to…

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    Shaped Cards Video Series. Episode #1 – You Are A Blessing

    September 14, 2017 / 18 Comments

    Hello, everyone! This is Yana Smakula and thank you for joining me! This blog post and video marks the start of yet another monthly feature I’m hosting on Spellbinders blog and Youtube channel called “Shaped Cards with Spellbinders”. Once a month I will be posting a card and and video tutorial featuring a shaped card base using Spellbinders dies! I was happy to see you enjoy the first few episodes from my original video series, Layered Dimensional Die Cutting, so I decided to introduce additional series and share even more tutorials using Spellbinders dies. I hope you’ll enjoy these videos just as much! In the past I never cared much…

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