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  • How To Make A Hello Friend Card With Ink Blending and Die Cutting, S1-184, S4-1431, S2-401, S4-1248, S5-562
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    Easy Hello Friend Card Tutorial with Layered Dies and Ink Blending

    April 11, 2026 / 1 Comment

    Hello crafters! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today to share a card featuring the Layered Hello Friend Etched Dies from the Essentially Yours Sentiments Collection. I am going to be taking you through making this card with a step-by-step photo tutorial. It’s a sweet and simple card to make – a little die cutting, some ink blending, and finally the assembly. Hello Friend For all of the die cutting, use the Platinum SIX Die Cutting Machine with the die cutting sandwich as follows (from bottom to top): Plate A – Platform Base Plate B – Platform Top Plate C – Cutting Plate Plate C – Cutting Plate The cardstock/die…

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  • Beginner Friendly Hot Foiling & Die-cutting Paul Antonio PAScribe Upright Italic Everyday Sentiments, BP-357, S3-562
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    Beginner Friendly Hot Foiling & Die-cutting Paul Antonio PAScribe Upright Italic Everyday Sentiments

    March 16, 2026 / No Comments

    Hi there. I’m Gaylynn Martling. I am delighted to share this photo tutorial as a guest designer here on the Spellbinders blog. This is a step-by-step process that is beginner-friendly. For today, I’ll step you through one card project from beginning to the end using both hot foiling and die-cuts.  Simple techniques and clean layouts are always appealing to me. The Paul Antonio PAScribe Upright Italic Everyday Sentiments Collection provides the most elegant and eye-catching sentiments for card making. In today’s example, I focus on the Happy Birthday press + foil plate. There are other wonderful sentiments in the collection for different occasions You will see process photos along with…

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    Pairing Cheerful Chirps and Poppy ColorWheel Cardstock

    June 11, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Joan Bardee here sharing some colorful cards using the Cheerful Chirps Collection. Cheerful Chirps is all about fun and quirky birds and sayings that lift the spirit. As soon as I saw those birds, I thought of using Poppy ColorWheel Cardstock. Poppy is one of my favorite colors. It’s a warm shade of red and evokes happy, perfect for cheerful birds, as well as love-themed and Christmas cards. I buy it and run out of it all the time! SENDING CHEERFUL CHIRPS Who can look at this parrot and not smile? Selected Cosmic Sky (darker bright blue), Poppy (red), and Carrot (orange) as the main color palette, with accents of…

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    PA Scribe by Paul Antonio Foiled Cards with Nichol Spohr for Spellbinders

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    GET YOUR SWEET SURPRISES READY FOR EASTER!

    April 14, 2025 / No Comments

    Hi Crafters! Celes Gonzalo, also known as GuiadeManualidades, is here to share new, lovely, and fun ideas for Easter. Spring is here, and I couldn’t love it more! Flowers, color, butterflies, and fresh air… Today I’m inviting you to create with the Spring Felt Stitch & Create collection by Nichol Spohr – but in a different way! We’re setting felt aside for a bit and bringing these beautiful designs to life with paper! Yes, paper! You’ll see how easy and stunning it turns out. Are you ready? Let’s get started! BUNNY MILK CARTON BOXES For this first idea, let’s create some milk carton boxes featuring the sweetest, cutest bunnies from…

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