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Hi everyone, it’s Nora from @nonniscards here. I’m excited to Guest Design in Spellbinders Blog today, sharing three fun tags showcasing the new Say Cheese Classic Mouse Christmas Collection! Large tags are a great option for traditional Christmas cards; not only can you decorate your gift with the beautiful, handmade tag you’ve made, but the recipient can even hang the tag on their Christmas tree,...

SPOILER ALERT: Welcome the 13 Days of Craftoween 2025 Advent Calendar — and we can’t wait to show you what’s inside! If you love spooky season as much as we do, you’re in for a real treat (no tricks here). Whether you’re into cute and quirky or dark and dramatic, the 13 Days of Craftoween is packed with creative potential. Each day unveils a new mini...

Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Sealed 3D Christmas Collection. This beautiful collection features two press plates, a box die, 3 wax seal stamps and lots of beautiful wax beads! I thought for my blog post today that I would focus on creating pretty packaging. I love gift-giving and making things look pretty,...

Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Lisa Horton Essential Holiday collection. This beautiful collection is like the name suggests, perfect for essentials! There are frames/layers, tags, backgrounds plus lots more! MERRY & BRIGHT For my first card, I wanted to show how you can utilise little die cuts on a card but for...

Hello! Jen Kotas here today with three tags featuring the Lisa Horton Essential Holiday Collection. What an amazing collection where you can create many different tags for all of your holiday gifts. My color palette was simple but I love gray, red and white together for holiday tags. While I had my BetterPress System out, I created backgrounds in several colors that I may want...

Hello everyone! It's Galina with you today. Gift-giving is a joyous act that brings smiles to both the giver and the recipient. But have you ever thought about turning the gift-wrapping process itself into a delightful experience? In this post, I'm excited to share some creative and enjoyable tips to add an extra layer of fun to the art of gift wrapping. Whether it's for...

Hello there, crafty friends! Marie here again from Marie Nicole Designs. I have a fun post to share today, featuring the papers and ribbons from Vivant and Pepin Press! I’ll be creating a few projects with these items and paring them with some glimmering and wax seals from Spellbinders. Let’s get started! FOILING ON RIBBON Did you know that you could foil on ribbon? Some...

Hello, fellow cardmakers! Bonnie here from Bonniecarollee Makes Cards.  If you haven’t started thinking about Spring, this post should get you in the mood! The theme for my projects is a Spring Birthday Celebration. The Victorian Collection is perfect for making a birthday or any occasion extra special! BIRTHDAY PRESENT TOPPER The largest die and the detail die from Nestabilities Essential Ovals was used to...

Hello! It’s Sheri here again from My Sheri Cards and I am sharing 3 different cards, a bookmark and a treat holder created using papers, die cuts and ephemera from the Cathe Holden Flea Market Finds Collection. Mixing patterned papers is a favorite of mine and these florals and vintage patterns are gorgeous. Card #1 For this card, I started by laying out some of...

Hello Spellbinders friends! It's Angela Tombari here and today I would love to show you what I created with the new release Christmas Flea Market Finds, made by Spellbinders in cooperation with Cathe Holden. Christmas Treat Bags Since it's a Christmas-themed collection, I thought its papers were perfect for making some treat bags. I used papers from both paper pads, Christmas Velvet, and Home For...

Hello everyone! Bonnie Crane here from Bonniecarollee Makes Cards and I am excited to be on Spellbinders’ Blog with a fabulous holiday project. Handmade Christmas gifts are the best! I have such an appreciation for the thought and love that goes into something made for me and I know my family and friends feel the same when I make a gift for them. Now add...

Hello, Spellbinders friends! Marie here again from Marie Nicole Designs. Please don’t judge me for sharing Christmas projects already, but the Glimmer Greetings collection from Spellbinders is all things Christmas! Besides, Christmas crafting is all year long- am I right? To begin creating my tags, I used some arch dies from Spellbinders to cut a few layers of red and white paper. When creating a...

Hello fellow crafters. It’s Jean sharing projects created with the Celebrate You Collection at Spellbinders. This versatile collection is chock-full of products – dies, stamps, glimmer plates, embossing folders – designed to make projects for a wide range of occasions including graduation, birthday, new baby, and get well. Let’s look at the cards and gift bags that I made for graduation and birthday celebrations. Graduation...

Hello! My name is Jen Kotas and I’m so happy to be on the Spellbinders blog today. I’ve created three projects using the new Susan’s Garden Favorites. What a wonderful new collection of flowers from Susan Tierney-Cockburn! I love the dimension of these flowers so I thought it would be fun to create a few projects that won’t get crushed like a card might. I...

Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog once again today to share some pretty foiled gift tags made by combining digital cutting files with some of the latest Christmas products from Spellbinders. One of the benefits of using electronic cutting machines in your papercrafting is the ability to cut custom names and phrases to truly personalize a...

Hello from Scotland, This is Bibi Cameron and today I’m sharing three easy ideas using some of the die sets and stamps from the new Susan’s Spring Flora Collection. These cards also feature an idea to create easy collapsible 3D frames. Spirea Bridal Wreath The idea to create 3D collapsible frames was born when I was looking for alternatives to add dimension to my projects...

Hi there, Bibi Cameron here and today I’m sharing three super easy projects using some of the new stamp sets from the new Watercolor Florals release. I hope you like them! Watercolor Florals Slimline Card This card measure 4”x 9” inches and it is easy and quick. I enjoyed using clear blocks to stamp the bold images from the Layered Wildflowers Stamp Set on smooth...

Hi from Scotland, this is Bibi Cameron and today I’m sharing 3 projects featuring the newly released Make a Scene Collection by Becca Feeken. This is a super versatile collection that will allow you to create 5 x 7 inches collapsible 3D cards, that fold flat for mailing. The collection includes: Card Base Die Set (Designed to create a 5”x7” inches theater card base). 6...

Hello crafty friends! Many crafters (just like you) have been doing their part to share extra love and kindness over the past few months. Sending happy mail and sharing handmade treats, no matter how simple or small, helps us feel connected to the people we care about and it brightens the recipient’s day to know they are thought of and loved. We’ve bundled together some...

The Wedding Season collection by Nichol Spohr is here! Wedding Season by Nichol Spohr reflects a clean and contemporary look to that all-important life event. Mix and match with the other sets in the collection to create a wonderful array of projects for the happy couple! SHOP COLLECTION Join designer Koren Wiskman as she shares 3 beautiful wedding cards created using this collection. Watch video...

Hello from Scotland! It is Bibi Cameron here and I’m happy to be able to share ideas and inspiration using some of the dies from the latest 3D Vignette Mini Album collection by Becca Feeken. I'm all about gold but I choose silver and holographic cardstock for the 3 main projects today. I thought this stunning neutral color will allow me to show you the...

Hey y’all! I’m Niki, the chicky behind Cardstoq Blog, and I’m SO happy to be guest designing here on the Spellbinders Blog. Today’s fun is all about the Holiday 2019 Collection by Paul Antonio, and I’ve put together a matching trio of projects to help get your creativity flowing for the upcoming holiday season. I like making matching sets like these because it helps me...

Hello, Fun friends! We're definitely ready for spring and bet you are, too. Lots of you are having cold and snowy winters and probably just want to see the flowers begin to poke their heads thru the soil. Or, maybe just the mercury on thermometer rising a little bit would be enough. Either way, we're ready too. Especially after our Easter Blessings Live Launch Party...

Hello, Fun Friends!  It's that time of year when lots of us are busy in our kitchens.  We're creating all kinds of yummy treats to give to our loved ones when they stop over or just as gifts to let them know we're thinking of them.  We wouldn't want to stop there!  Why let those treats look ordinary when your yummy morsels are anything BUT...