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Video: Silhouetted Images Against Inked and Stenciled Backgrounds with Nichol
Hello everyone. This is Nichol Spohr and I’m so thrilled to be sharing a set of four Christmas cards with dies from the A Sweet Christmas Collection by Sharyn Sowell. Simple inking and stenciling provides the perfect backdrop for these detailed silhouette dies! Die cut greetings paired with a stamped sentiment provides the perfect accompaniment to the design. The backgrounds for the first two cards were created by applying Lucky Clover and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Inks to Bristol Smooth Cardstock with Ink Blending Tools. Stenciling was applied over the inked backgrounds with white pigment ink and allowed to air dry. You can speed up this step with a heat…
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A Sweet Christmas Inspiration | A Merry Christmas Card with Elena
Hi, dear friends! Today I’m sharing a Clean & Simple Holiday project featuring A Sweet Christmas collection by Sharyn Sowell. Christmas is coming soon and it’s always very busy time for us. Everything has to be done perfectly and very often there is no time to create Christmas cards for all relatives and friends. So today I’d like to show you very quick and easy Christmas card. To make this card I created 4×5 3⁄4″ top folding card base and applied soft green ink onto the background. Then I die-cut a panel using die from Recipe Card Set out of white cardstock. I stamped some leaves and berries on the…
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A Sweet Christmas by Sharyn Sowell – Inspiration Roundup!
Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Christmas is just 35 days away! If you haven’t yet started (or perhaps finished) your Holiday projects – now is the time! In this post you’ll find Inspiration Roundup featuring beautiful creations using A Sweet Christmas collection by Sharyn Sowell to help you jump start your creativity! Click the images to visit the designer’s blog and find even more inspiration! You can also find additional inspiration featuring this collection on our blog HERE. Spellbinders Supplies:
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Spellbinders Holiday 2018 Release. Blog Hop + Giveaway (Now Closed)
Hello and welcome! We are happy you are joining us for our September New Holiday Product Release Blog Hop! As always, we are thrilled to show you our new products, share inspiration and of course host a giveaway! This month we are featuring A Sweet Christmas by Sharyn Sowell, Zenspired Holidays by Joanne Fink, A Charming Christmas by Becca Feeken and Holiday Die D-Lites. Take a few minutes to browse the new products we have for you! A Sweet Christmas by Sharyn Sowell Zenspired Holidays by Joanne Fink A Charming Christmas by Becca Feeken Holiday Die D-Lites Hop along! We’ve got lots of inspiration waiting for you created by our fabulous…
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A Sweet Christmas Inspiration | Baking Cookies Layout with Anna
Hello everyone. Welcome in my last post for my Guest Designer post on the Spellbinders blog featuring the “A Sweet Christmas” collection by Sharyn Sowell. You can find previous posts here and here. Today we will bake cookies together. They are sugar and gluten free. When I saw Gingerbread Boy Garland Tag die I knew what I wanted to do with it. I have many pictures of my girls helping me bake Christmas cookies, so making a layout was an obvious choice. I started with cutting the cookies out of craft paper. I also cut the frosty parts using white cardstock. I used alcohol markers to color eyes, mouth and…
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A Sweet Christmas Inspiration | Santa & Presents Card with Elena Salo
Hello dear Spellbinders friends! Elena Salo is here with another project featuring A Sweet Christmas collection by Sharyn Sowell. If you missed my previous project, you can find it here. I like all the Christmas scenes in this collection. There are so many ways to use them in different Christmas projects. And today I’d like to show you how I’ve used one of those dies in my greeting card. I created 6 ½ x4” top folding card base and covered the front with patterned paper. I added light brown ink to the edges of the card. I created a panel out of light grey cardstock of the same size as…
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A Sweet Christmas Inspiration | Love & Joy Card with Virginia
Hello friends! This is Virginia Lu here! Thank you for joining me for my 3rd (and last) guest post today. You can see my previous guest post here and here. I hope that you check out “Sweet Christmas” Collection by Sharyn Sowell if you have not already. This Christmas collection evoke sweet and homespun feelings and is perfect for creating your own Christmas projects. Today I am featuring this lovely die set called Santa Parade. Creating Christmas projects can be a bit daunting and time-consuming. Pattern paper really come in handy when you want to put together a card in a jiffy. I hope today’s post inspires you to look…
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A Sweet Christmas Inspiration | Lovely Layers Layout with Anna
Hello again crafty friends. Anna here and it’s time for my second project created featuring A Sweet Christmas collection by Sharyn Sowell. I already shared with you fun idea of Christmas lanterns and fast and easy card. You can find them here. This time I created a layout and it’s a special one. Why? Because I wanted to show you, that Christmas dedicated products can be fun all year round. I love spreading my supplies and finding new ways I can use them. Versatility is something I really appreciate. I feel like I spend my money well, if I can use products in a various range of projects. That’s why…
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Video Friday | Blue and White Christmas with Olga
Good morning everyone. Do you love blue and white color combo, probably with the touch of silver or gold? Have some blue and white china? Then what about going all blue and white this Christmas? I have used three die sets from the latest collection by Sharyn Sowell called A Sweet Christmas to create a place card plus a matching favor bag (it is in fact a chocolate bar holder) to be placed on each plate. Mistletoe Gatefold die is meant to create see-through tabs on a card BUT it also makes lovely intricate placement cards. This strip at the bottom (see the picture below) is supposed to be adhered…
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A Sweet Christmas Inspiration | Love & Joy Card with Virginia
Hello friends! This is Virginia Lu. Thank you for joining me for my 2nd guest design project. You can find my 1st post here. The new “Sweet Christmas” Collection by Sharyn Sowell offers so many designs, from sweet and homey to elegant and detailed. Today’s card features this dainty and beautiful Mistletoe Gatefold Die set. Let’s get started! Instructions: The following are the step-by-step instructions and a few tips about this card “Love & Joy”. Create an interesting and colorful background: blend soft pink and yellow with any dye ink. Start from the folded area (top) to avoid smudges. Stamp a text background by using only part of the cling…