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Color Play, Color Inspiration and Color Combination Creator All in One!
Hi there crafty friends! I’m Rebecca and I LOVE color! Every color of the rainbow makes me so happy! Sometimes, though, I get a bit stuck in a rut when I am choosing color combinations for my cards. Enter the Spellbinders Color Deck! If you love color too, but struggle to come up with fun, fresh color combinations or would just like to find some color inspiration, you will love the Color Deck! The Color Deck comes in a handy and sturdy and (of course!) colorful box with a sliding drawer that opens with a ribbon pull tab. Once you pull out the drawer, you will see a stack of…
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From Inspiration to Creation with the DIY Color Deck by Jean Manis
Hello! Looking for a fresh approach to choosing colors for your crafts? Jean Manis here sharing three projects that showcase the DIY Color Deck from Spellbinders. Each of the 52 cards in the deck features an art piece alongside five blank spaces, inviting you to swatch custom color combinations. Draw inspiration from the overall style, mood, and/or the hues that resonate most with you. Let’s take a look! A PERCHED BIRD IN BOLD HUES For my first card, I used an image with a girl in a black top, surrounded by red and yellow floral elements. Drawing from this striking palette, I crafted a card featuring a bird perched on…
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Hoppy Spring Featuring Nichol Spohr’s – Spring Felt Stitch & Create with Amy Tsuruta
Hello! It’s Amy Tsuruta with two projects that use the sweet new Felt Stitch & Create Collection by Nichol Spohr. The newest collection includes two die sets that are perfect for plushies, home decor, cards and so much more! They are a wonderful addition to the Nichol Spohr collection. I decided to create a home decor project and a card. My first project features the Felt Carrot Companion as a home decor project. I used the following colors of felt: Holiday Collection – Rosy, Mossy, Coal; Warm Collection – Raspberry; Trend Collection – Clay; Neutral Collection – Aloe. I did all the stitching with three strands of coordinating DMC Floss. The carrot top cut in Mossy felt…
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A Trio of Birthdays
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog today sharing three cards using the Florals Through the Year Collection. This collection is designed to be used to create a DIY calendar but as you will see from my projects, you can use the floral plates on their own for cards (and anything else!) too! SNOWDROPS For my first card, I used the beautiful January Snowdrops. Since snowdrops are winter flowers, I wanted to give a slight winter feel to the card with a little snowfall! To make this card: Place January Snowdrop Press Plate onto the Chase of the BetterPress Letterpress System.…
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Colorful Tunnel Scapes Projects
Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I am thrilled to be able to share with you a few projects that I made using products from the new Tunnel Scapes Collection by Vicky Papaioannou. This collection is absolutely gorgeous and is perfect for all year round. My first project is a 3D shadow box card that features both the Underwater Tunnel Etched Dies and the Underwater Marine Life Etched Dies. All my images were die cut and the only stamping that I did was the sentiment on the top left corner of my box card. When folded, my card measures at 5 ¾” x 5 ½” and can fit…
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Creating Super Fun Layered Designs and Incorporating Sparkle Into Your Cards
Hello there crafters! Lisa Tilson is here with you today on the Spellbinders blog and as always, I am excited to be here! Today we are going to be taking a look at the super fun Tunnel Scapes Collection designed by Vicky Papaioannou. I have absolutely loved working with this fun, playful collection. I think the modern, quirky vibe of the three tunnel scape sets is so unique and the opportunities to play with color and design are endless. The collection consists of three sets of etched dies which allow you to create these flowing layered tunnels. You then have a plethora of different options to add to the tunnels,…
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Die Cutting Dioramas With Tunnel Scapes
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Tunnel Scapes collection. This is such a fun collection that focuses on creating scenes with dimension, kind of like mini dioramas but more on the 2D side, rather than the 3D side. These cards can get pretty dimensional if adding foam tape in between all the tunnel layers, but they would still look great without the foam tape, or with less layers if you didn’t want them to be so bulky. I used thin foam tape for mine so that I still got the dimension but with slightly less bulk. UNDERWATER TURTLE…
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Introducing the “Tunnel Scapes” Collection by Vicky Papaioannou
Hi, it’s Vicky here and I am so excited to introduce to you my new Spellbinders collection “Tunnel Scapes”. The collection includes 6 dies and a stamp set that can be combined or used separately. It was inspired by my love for dimension and layering. The basic idea is that you get 3 different ways to your tunnels! So tunnels that look like clouds, underwater or slices and then depending on the set you use you can decorate your tunnels in various ways. For a detailed introduction and inspiration, watch the full video below: Tunnel Clouds Die Set The Tunnel Clouds die set includes three cloud tunnel dies that can…
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Step Up Your Crafting With Embossing Folders
Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Sealed 3D Botanical collection. This beautiful collection features 3D cut & emboss folders, labels and tags dies, plus wax seal stamps. My projects today focus on embossing folder techniques. TECHNIQUE 1 – INK BLENDING For my first card, I wanted to show simple ink blending with embossing folders. This can be done before embossing or afterwards and they both give slightly different looks. For this card, I added the ink blending first. This meant that I could not take advantage of the cut & emboss feature of these folders, but it still…
