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  • Cardmaking,  Die Cutting,  Step by Step Tutorials

    Modern Realism Floral Trio

    March 4, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Through the Meadow collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. This beautiful collection features lots of flowers that would be found in a meadow, as well as beautiful coordinating sentiments. These flowers are meant to be created so that they look realistic, and I always enjoy shaping the petals to add that dimension to them. HAPPY BIRTHDAY My first card uses Lavender Mountain Daisy Etched Dies. In real life, I think these flowers are a little lighter in the shade, but I wanted them to pack a punch on my very clean and simple card,…

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    Dimensional Flowers with Clean and Simple Backgrounds

    September 23, 2024 / No Comments

    Winter’s Grace Garden Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. In addition to her usual dimensional flowers, there’s also a beautiful 3D embossing folder that’s worthy of its own card. To learn how to assemble these flowers, watch Susan’s videos on Spellbinders YouTube channel. The background embossed with the Norwegian Rosemaling 3D Embossing Folder was cut to 4 x 5 1/4” and adhered to a second panel cut from the largest Perfect Touch Rectangles and Tag Etched Dies. These flowers are the Cymbidium Orchid and Ladybugs Etched Dies cut from Susan’s Garden Specialty Cardstock and colored with alcohol markers. I added a sentiment from All Seasons Spring Press Plate and Die Set. This…

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    Paper Rose Studio Inspiration

    August 18, 2024 / No Comments

    Hi everyone! Stephanie Chestnut here, and I’m excited to share with you some gorgeous card designs using Paper Rose Studio’s Summer 2024 release. You can find all these amazing products at SpellbindersPaperArts.com Today, I’ll walk you through creating five stunning cards using various techniques, including my favorite freezer paper masking method. Let’s dive in! What inspired me to create these cards were the variety of Paper Rose Studio’s elements available in this release. When I saw the Mosaic Lotus Cutting Die for example, I immediately thought of shabby chic and stained glass designs. Paired with the incredible Inky Colour paper collection, which mimics alcohol ink backgrounds without the mess, I knew…

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    Celebrate Summer with Fabulous Florals

    July 10, 2024 / 2 Comments

    Hello there!  It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m delighted to be here to show you some ideas using the latest collection from Susan Tierney-Cockburn. This collection is called Nature’s Botanical Garden and it features five floral die sets, a beautiful 3D embossing folder, and a BetterPress Sentiment Set. I think the embossing folder may be my favorite embossing folder to date! All Susan’s collections are of course stunning and this one is no exception. Believe My first card is a shaker card. I love to make shakers and I thought that it would work well with the Nature’s Botanical Wreath 3D Embossing Folder. I…

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  • Floral Card Ideas With The Birds & Bees Garden Collection
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    October 24, 2023 / No Comments

    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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  • How To Dress Up Your Paper Flowers With Prills
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    How To Dress Up Your Paper Flowers With Prills

    August 5, 2023 / 2 Comments

    Add interest effects and accents to any paper crafting project, especially paper flowers with Prills from USArtQuest. We are welcoming a quest artist Rachel Alvarado as she shares her favorite ways to use prills. Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com, and I wanted to share a few ways that you can use Prills to dress up your paper flowers. Prills are super easy to use and add so much detail and realism to your projects!  They come in a variety of colors, giving you many options to choose from. Gerber Daisies My first project features some Gerber Daisies from the Gerber Daisy and Ladybugs Etched Dies designed by…

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    November 15, 2022
    June 2024 Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month Preview & Tutorials – Summertime Sentiments

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  • The Victorian Garden Collection With Brenda Noelke
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    The Victorian Garden Collection With Brenda Noelke

    March 23, 2023 / No Comments

    Hello, crafty friends! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m thrilled to be guest posting on the Spellbinders blog again today! I am sharing three cards using The Victorian Garden Collection designed by Susan Tierney-Cockburn! This collection consists of six die sets and one hot foil plate set!! I’ll be using four of the die sets on my three cards today! CAMELLIA A2 FRIENDSHIP CARD My first card features the beautiful Camellia Etched Dies with a bit of lavender from the Mason Jar and Lavender Etched Die Set! I started by die-cutting the layers for the camellia and leaves from the Camellia Die Set and the lavender from the…

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    March 26, 2021
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  • The Painter’s Garden Paper Flowers Inspiration
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    February 3, 2023 / 5 Comments

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    January 31, 2023 / 3 Comments

    Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m thrilled to be back on the blog today to share a couple of Spring paper flower card ideas using the new Painter’s Garden Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. The gorgeous floral designs in the collection reminiscent of the works of Impressionist painters inspired me to create three bright springtime cards for different occasions. Pansy Thank You Card I love the unique colorings of pansies and thought they would be a fun design to try it out first. Here I chose three different purple varieties of pansies to emulate for this pretty square thank you card. Die cut Susan’s Garden Specialty Cardstock using the…

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