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Create a colorful floral card featuring the Must-Have Sentiments Press + Foil Plate + Die Set and Petal Fresh Etched Dies. Learn how to build layered flowers, press a coordinating sentiment, and arrange everything on a bold embossed background.

Create a colorful Christmas card while learning how to apply multiple ink colors to BetterPress registration plates. In this detailed tutorial, you’ll use the Festive Evergreens Registration Press + Foil Plate & Die Set to press a holiday doorway scene in three colors, combining the built-in registration system with a simple masking technique. The registration template positions the coordinating plates so each layer aligns with...

Create a beautiful shaped angel card using the Divine Arch Card Creator and Blessing Angels Etched Dies from Bibi's Little Blessings Collection. This step-by-step tutorial shows how to build a clean and simple layered design with vellum wings, soft pastel cardstock, and a dimensional arch card base.

Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial with you using the House-Mouse Sweet Twist Cling Rubber Stamp Set from the new Holiday Dreams collection. This adorable stamp set is perfect for Christmas and the holidays. I am colouring the image using Copic Markers, which are alcohol based, but any colouring medium will work here – pencils, paints, etc. If you are a...

Hello crafters! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today to share a card using the Whimsical Village Collection by Vicky Papaioannou. I am going to be doing a step-by-step photo tutorial showing you how to create this simple scene using the Whimsical Houses Etched Dies, the Village Companions Etched Dies and the Whimsical Wishes Clear Stamp Set. Also included in this collection is a super...

Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial using Good Fortune Horse. This set celebrates the 2026 Lunar New Year of the Horse. The stamp and die set includes dies to create a horse, plus four sentiment stamps. I created a card for Lunar New Year, but the horse could be used all year round for any occasion. DIE CUTTING THE HORSE Place...

Hello there, Michelle Short here, and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog sharing three cards using the Ski-son’s Greetings collection by Simon Hurley. This wonderful collection is perfect for Christmas and the holidays, but also all year round for those that like to ski and snowboard! I kept the cards simple, featuring lots of white space! DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW My...

Hello there, Michelle Short here, and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog today, sharing two cards using the Pear Blossom Press One Light- 2 Pack. These lights make adding fun light-up elements to your cards easy. No circuits involved! The first thing to know when using these lights is that you do need to do a little forward planning for your...

Hello there, Michelle Short here, and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Merry Mischief Collection. This is such a cute collection that is perfect for Christmas and the holidays! I thought the sets would work perfectly for some quick and easy cards with some simple backgrounds. MERRY CHRISTMAS My first card uses Cozy Waddles Clear Stamp & Die Set...

Welcome to day 11 of our 12 Days of Stitchmas 2025 Advent Calendar class! Join us and stitch your way through the season! We invited 12 guest artists to share inspiration with the 12 stitching surprises. Let’s welcome Michelle Short as she shares inspiration with the Day 11 surprise! Don’t miss the other video tutorials from our free Youtube Class: Day 1 with Kim Kesti; Day...

Hey Crafty Friends, it’s Amy Tsuruta, and I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog featuring the super festive Starry Holiday Collection by Dina Wakley. I’m smitten with Dina’s Spellbinders Collections, including her new BetterPress Inks, which are vibrant and versatile. I’ve designed three cards that feature each of Dina’s new sets. I love all things BetterPress, so this collection has me so inspired....

Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial using the Majestic Guitar Etched Dies from Bibi’s Musical Notes Collection. This set creates a 7-inch-tall guitar that fits perfectly on an A7 card base. There is also an add-on die set for side panels, so that you can create a 3D guitar too, but for today, I thought it would be fun to create...

Hello there, Michelle Short here, and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the new Candy Christmas Collection by Stamperia. This yummy collection is good enough to eat! I am featuring the gingerbread dies today – a train, plane and house. All with the same colour combination. I thought it would be fun to create them all using mini slimline-sized cards....

Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial using the Spooktacular Collection by Simon Hurley. I love the ghosts in the Boo Crew set! You can dress up the ghosts with hats, glasses, ties, etc.  - so cute! For today, I thought it would be fun to take the witch's hat from the Bewitched set to add on to my ghost! STEP 1...

Hello, crafty friends! I'm Heejung Hunsberger, and I'm thrilled to be back as a Guest Designer for Spellbinders, showcasing another exciting project from the Cuckoo Cottage Collection! In this tutorial, I'll guide you through creating a unique bridge card featuring a delightful cuckoo clock design using the Chiming Christmas Die and the Cuckoo Cottage Die. This interactive card not only stands upright beautifully for display...

Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial using the All About Christmas Collection by Lisa Horton. This wonderful collection features lots of basics, including shape dies and stencils, but what I fell in love with are the Little Birdies. They are so cute, and you can dress them up for winter, which is even cuter! This is what I have based my...

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...

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 to share a step-by-step tutorial using the City Holiday Collection by Yana Smakula. This is such a stunning collection! Today my focus is on the beautiful Christmas Cracker Etched Dies. I am not a huge fan of the traditional red, green, and gold colour combo for holiday cards. I’m not even a huge fan of gold to be honest with...

Hey Crafty Friends, it’s Amy Tsuruta, and I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog featuring the gorgeous Holiday Magic - Rub Ons.  This collection of images come in various sizes with plenty of sentiments to create many cards, tags, and gift giving papercrafting projects. Take a peek at how to create this sweet card with a simple tutorial, starting with a look at...

Hey Crafty Friends, it’s Amy Tsuruta, and I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog featuring the gorgeous Holiday Magic - Rub Ons.  This collection of images come in various sizes with plenty of sentiments to create many cards, tags, and gift giving papercrafting projects. Take a peek at how to create this sweet card with a simple tutorial, starting with a look at...

Hello there, friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m so excited to be here to share a step-by-step tutorial using a set from the new release from Simon Hurley called North Pole Friends. I think this might be my favourite release from Simon so far! I love Christmas crafting, and Simon has released four die sets in this collection...

Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial with you using The Clauses Etched Dies from the North Pole Friends Collection by Simon Hurley. This set is fantastic as you can mix and match the different elements to create both Mrs Claus and Santa Claus with different accessories. STEP 1 – DIE-CUTTING SANTA Die cut Santa, sack and holly, and berries from The...

Hi there, crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel, and I adore the new Country Christmas Collection designed by Annie Williams for Spellbinders. I am sharing a tutorial today on how to create a Christmas card with three different supplies from this collection. Starting with the Barn Star Wreath Etched Dies, die cut a full star with the outline die out of two colors of cardstock. I chose...

Hello there, Michelle Short here, and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog sharing three cards using the Wonderland collection. This fabulous collection is perfect for Christmas and the holidays, and includes snowmen, festive cars, cocoa cups, trees, and lots more! As you will see from my cards, I embraced the white space of the card bases to let the die cuts...

Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m so excited to be here to share three ways to use the lovely Wonderland Collection with you. This is a fabulous, fun and festive Christmas collection that includes three sets of etched dies, a stamp and die set, a BetterPress Registration Plate set, and three BetterPress plate,s including some sentiments....

Hi there crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel and today I am sharing a tutorial for creating a bright happy birthday card! You may be familiar with Simple Stories Say Cheese collections. Maybe you have even used one of their Say Cheese collections to scrapbook your favorite theme park. But the new Say Cheese Classic Mouse includes Spellbinders Dies as well as lots of Simple Stories papers and...

Hi there crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel and today I am sharing the simplest way to create a multicolor BetterPress card using the Spellbinders Flourishing Betterpress Plates with a Registration Template. If you’ve never used a Spellbinders Registration template, don’t worry! I’ll share all the steps you need to follow, but essentially, the Registration template is an acetate sheet marked with each of the plates from the...

Hi there, this is Annie Williams, and today I’m excited to take you step-by-step through creating this bright and colorful birthday card made with the new Copperplate Happy Everything Collection by Paul Antonio. With four gorgeous BetterPress sentiment sets to choose from, this collection makes easy work of creating elegant cards for a variety of occasions. Start by applying Matte Gold Hot Foil to white...

Hello Crafters! Nancy Leppek here from Scrapper at Heart.com. I am happy to be back as a guest on the Spellbinder’s Blog. Today, I am sharing three different cards using the recently released Paul Antonio Happy Everything Better Press Sentiments. This release has the most beautiful fonts, especially when they are foiled. For each one of my cards, I have incorporated the delicate Eyelet Scallop...

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...

Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m thrilled to be here to share three ways to use the super cute Cheerful Chirps Collection with you. This is a very sweet collection that includes three sets of bird dies, a 3D embossing folder, some pretty yellow sequins, and a clear sentiment set with punny greetings to suit many...

Hi there crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel and today I have a step-by-step tutorial for mixing and matching colors and patterns on cards using the Rosie’s Studio Hello It’s Me! collection. This pretty collection has a variety of available supplies that are great for cardmaking including a 6x6 patterned paper pad and an embellishment kit packed with everything from die cuts to chipboard stickers and more....

Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m excited to be here to show you how to create dimensional flowers. I am using one of the beautiful floral die sets from the Summer Solstice Garden Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. This collection features five sets of flower dies, a 3D embossing folder, and a sentiment press plate, which has...

Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Wildflowers collection by Lisa Horton. This wonderful collection features wildflowers, some fabulous background elements and fantastic sentiments. Everything works well together, but you can use elements separately too! BIRTHDAY WISHES My first card uses the Layered Gladiolus Etched Dies for my focal point, combined with one of...

Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m excited to be here to share three ways to use Lisa Horton’s new Wildflowers Collection with you. This is such a pretty collection that includes a couple of BetterPress Plates, a BetterPress Registration Press Plate Set, a couple of floral etched die sets and a set of nesting ovals which...