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Holy moly!  Look at all of that beautiful color and those gorgeous blooms.  Can you even stand how cheerful and wonderful they are?  I guess April showers really DO bring May (Bloom Box!) flowers.  Let's take a look at how a couple of these cards were created. This card is so much fun.  Don't you love the little game spinner in the center?  It's even...

Our May 2018 Small Die of the Month is here! This kit features 4 dies that are perfect for creating your on the edge sentiments and messages! Enjoy the step by step tutorial below as well as the video tutorial to get you started with this month’s kit! Make sure to show us what you create by tagging #SpellbindersClubKits on social media! This kit is...

Hello everyone, this is Gemma from mygirllollipop.com. I am thrilled to be guest designing on the Spellbinders blog this week. I'll be sharing projects highlighting the Perfect Match Collection by Debi Adams. My card today features the adorable Getting All Mushy stamp and die set. I was drawn to this set by one of the sentiments. My 3 year old niece is really sweet as...

Our May 2018 Card Kit of the Month is here! This kit, like any other of our Card Kits, gives you everything you need to create 10 unique cards and more. Enjoy the step by step tutorial below as well as the video tutorial to get you started with this month’s kit! Make sure to show us what you create by tagging #SpellbindersClubKits on social...

Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Welcome back to our Cardmaking Inspiration series! We hope you’ve been enjoying these mini posts sharing simple cardmaking ideas and step by step instructions on how to make them! Today we're sharing a dreamy Love You To The Moon & Back card created with the help of our Die D-Lite dies. Project created by in-house designer Yana Smakula Step By Step Instructions: We...

Hello crafters, I hope you are having a wonderful day! The card I am presenting today features a little still life in earthy tones. To create it I have used some dies from Wine Country collection designed by Stacey Caron. There is not much going on in this card in terms of colors. That is why I had to add a lot of dimension and...

Hello everyone! This is Erum Tasneem here and I am excited to be back at the Spellbinders blog. Today I have a messy watercolour card to share with you. My card features the gorgeous Blessings Vine Frame by Marisa Job. This is from Marisa’s Thoughtful Expressions Collection. I started by die cutting the frame on ivory cardstock. Next I used Gansai Tambi watercolours to add...

Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Welcome back to our Cardmaking Inspiration series! We hope you’ve been enjoying these mini posts sharing simple cardmaking ideas and step by step instructions on how to make them! Today we have a funny Supper Duper card created using our Die D-Lites dies! Project created by in-house designer Yana Smakula Step By Step Instructions: We have a full set of step by step...

Hello Friends, I’m so excited to share with you my new collection of cutting dies called “Blooming Garden” by Spellbinders. This collection consists of 10 new die sets for making gift boxes, baskets, also flowers, doilies and swirls for decorating and embellish your all occasion cards. My card here is featuring Top Floral Panel, Especially Made For You and Blooming Rose. Instructions: 1. To create...

Hello Spellbinders’ fans! To bring you even more inspiration and spark your creativity using products from our Small Die of the Month, Large Die of the Month and Card Kit of the Month for April 2018 we put together this post linking to inspirational projects by our guest designers! Be sure to visit their blogs to see/read more about the projects they’ve created! And let...

Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Welcome back to our Cardmaking Inspiration series! We hope you’ve been enjoying these mini posts sharing simple cardmaking ideas and step by step instructions on how to make them! Today we have a Clean & Simple Celebrate card created using dies from the Wine Country collection by Stacey Caron. Project created by contributing designer Elena Salo Step By Step Instructions: We have...

Hello Crafters! It's Kelly Latevola here and I'm so excited to be back on the Spellbinders blog. I have a super colorful and really fun background technique for you guys today. It's no secret I'm a big fan of Tammy Tutterow and this Party stamp and die set is no exception. I thought it would be festive to create a rainbow background to go with the...

How absolutely gorgeous are those double bows?  We think they are so stunning and guess what else?  They are SO easy to create.  Really! Wrap the ribbon around your fingers a couple of times and you have something beautiful for all of your projects.  Let us show you how! You can use all kinds of ribbon for this -- we're sharing with you three different...

Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Welcome back to our Cardmaking Inspiration series! We hope you’ve been enjoying these mini posts sharing simple cardmaking ideas and step by step instructions on how to make them! Today we have a Clean & Simple Thank You card created using dies from the Wine Country collection by Stacey Caron. Project created by Elena Salo Step By Step Instructions: We have a...

Hello and welcome! We are happy you are joining us for our April New Product Release Blog Hop! As always, we are thrilled to show you our new products, share inspiration and of course host a few fun giveaways! This month we are featuring the following collection: Little Loves by Sharyn Sowell, Blooming Garden by Marisa Job, Wine Country by Stacey Caron and Folk Art...

Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Welcome back to our Cardmaking Inspiration series! We hope you’ve been enjoying these mini posts sharing simple cardmaking ideas and step by step instructions on how to make them! Today we have a Clean & Simple Birthday card created using dies from the Wine Country collection by Stacey Caron. Project created by Elena Salo Step By Step Instructions: We have a full...

Melissa Phillips here with one more card using more lovely dies from the Blooming Garden Collection designed by Marisa Job.  They are breathtakingly beautiful and loaded with possibilities. The Swirl Lattice Panel die reminds me of a hidden gate leading to a secret garden and I was so inspired by it as I was creating. I die cut my Swirl Lattice Panel from gold glitter...

Hi again everyone! Melissa Phillips here with you today sharing a couple of cards created with the gorgeous Blooming Garden Collection designed by Marisa Job. I’ve used the beautiful Side Floral Panel die on both of my cards.  On this first card, I die cut it from yellow cardstock and then added color to the flowers and vines by sponging on ink. After adding color...

Hi dear readers! Elena Salo is here again and I’m sharing the third and final post featuring Blooming Garden collection by Marisa Job. And for today’s post I created two cards using this beautiful collection. Here I used several sets including Blooming Rose. This is my favorite set from this collection and I have lots of ideas for different types of flowers I can create...

Hello! Melissa Phillips here today with a sweet little package created with some beautiful Blooming Garden Collection dies designed by Marisa Job. Creating special gift packages has been one of my most favorite ways to use my paper-crafting products, so the darling  Heart Flower Box Dies were first on my list to use when preparing my blog projects for you. This gift box comes together...

Hello friends! Elena Salo is here again! Today is the second post where I show how you can use new collection of the dies from Marisa Job -  Blooming Garden. You can find my first inspirational project here. Very often Marisa creates a lot of useful dies such as boxes and baskets in her collections. This time she made adorable hexagon petal box. I just...

Hi dear Spellbinders’ fans! This is Elena Salo. I’m so happy that spring is finally here and we can enjoy the warmth of sun rays the smell of fresh spring flowers. But you can’t take pleasure in Spring fully without new collection “Blooming Garden” from Marisa Job. It’s extremely hard to describe the beauty of all dies in this collection. Every of them is so...

Hi, everyone! It's Emily Leiphart here and I'm thrilled to be guest designer on the Spellbinders blog to help showcase the new Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok. I love using dies in unique ways and I'm here to share some ideas for the Kurbits 2 die. These dies are so intricate, there's so much you can do with them, whether you use the entire die or just part of it. I...

Hi, everyone! It's Emily Leiphart here again with another guest designer post featuring the new Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok. Today, I used the Nordic Blooms and Nordic Floral dies to create an oval wreath. I used five of the six flowers from Nordic Blooms set to create the main elements of the wreath. I die cut two to three of each flower and arranged them on a mock layout. Then I used daubers...

Hello again! This is Keeway Tsao and I’m thrilled to be be here today for another guest post with Spellbinders featuring the Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok. It has been such a joy working with this collection. In my first post, I started with just a plain white die cut and focused on creating a complimentary blended background. In my second post, I was...

Hello again! Emily Midgett here from Sixth Street Sundries with my last guest post for this series introducing the Lene Lok Folk Art Collection (you can see my previous posts here and here). For this final post, I wanted to do something a bit simpler. I wanted to show you how beautiful these dies are just on their own, no additions, no fancy techniques. Let’s...

Hi, everyone! It's Emily Leiphart here  with a guest designer post featuring the new Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok. Today, I used the Rosemal Heart and Nordic Tree dies on two cards with a shared colour theme. These are two of the largest dies in the collection and you can see that they fill up an entire 5.5" x 5.5" or 4.25" x 5.5" (A2) card, which makes it easy...

Hi there! Emily Midgett from Sixth Street Sundries back again today with another guest post featuring the Lene Lok Folk Art Collection (for my first post, click here). Today, I’ve decided to showcase how perfectly these dies work for masculine or gender-neutral cards. Combining a simple stamping trick with some ink blending creates that perfectly simple, no frills card that’s great to give that guy...

Hi crafty friends! This is Keeway Tsao and I’m thrilled to be returning today for another guest post with Spellbinders featuring the Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok. Folk Art as I familiar with is usually packed with tons of color. For this card, I decided to google “folk art” to get inspired by folk art itself, and this time color my die cuts. Given...

Good morning! This is Emily Midgett here with you today from Sixth Street Sundries. I am so excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog helping to showcase new Lene Lok Folk Art Collection. Using unique dies as a focal point is one of my favorite card making techniques, and over the next few posts, I will have a few tips on how to...

The all-new April Large Die of the Month is here! This kit features 6 dies that are perfect for handmade cards and more! Enjoy the step by step tutorial below as well as the video tutorial to get you started with this month’s kit! Make sure to show us what you create by tagging #SpellbindersClubKits on social media! This kit is available April 1st, 2018,...

Hi crafty friends! This is Keeway Tsao and I’m thrilled to be here guest blogging on the Spellbinders blog. Today I’d like to share some handmade card inspiration featuring the gorgeous Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok. This entire collection is so beautiful and easily adds so much elegance to a card. The large designs make it the perfect die to create quick and easy...

Our April 2018 Small Die of the Month is here! This kit features 13 dies that are perfect for creating your own flowers! Enjoy the step by step tutorial below as well as the video tutorial to get you started with this month’s kit! Make sure to show us what you create by tagging #SpellbindersClubKits on social media! This kit is available April 1st, 2018,...

Our April 2018 Card Kit of the Month is here! This kit, like any other of our Card Kits, gives you everything you need to create 10 unique cards and more. Enjoy the step by step tutorial below as well as the video tutorial to get you started with this month’s kit! Make sure to show us what you create by tagging #SpellbindersClubKits on social...