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The Out and About Collection: A Beginner's Guide by Jean Manis

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The Out and About Collection: A Beginner's Guide by Jean Manis

Hello! Jean Manis here sharing three projects that showcase the delightful Out and About Collection. Designed to work with the compact, yet powerful, Spellbinders Scout machine, these dies offer endless creative possibilities. The Out and About Collection includes a variety of dies that can be mixed in fun ways. In this blog post, I share card designs that are perfect for beginners. Slimline Card Featuring...

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Double Up Your Focal Points

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Double Up Your Focal Points

Hi everyone. Alanna Moses from EmbellishCraftLove.com and I’m happy to be back on the Spellbinders blog. I have three super fun cards to share with you today using the new Simon Hurley stamp and die collection for January 2024. This collection has three large stamp sets and coordinating dies are available for them. You will see repetition in each of my cards using embossing folders,...

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One Collection Three Ways

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One Collection Three Ways

Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m so excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog again today! I’m sharing three cards featuring the From the Garden Collection designed by Wendy Vecchi!! There are stamps, dies, stencils and shaped dies in this amazing collection!! I LOVE it!! THANKS Layering stencils are all the rage right now and the Garden Party...

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Cardmaking Ideas with House Mouse Everyday Collection

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Cardmaking Ideas with House Mouse Everyday Collection

Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m so excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog today! I’m sharing three cards featuring the House-Mouse Everyday Collection!! I absolutely adore all the House Mouse Collections and couldn’t wait to get my hands on this new collection!! This set would be perfect to box up and give to someone as a gift,...

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Cool Fransformers Inspiration

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Cool Fransformers Inspiration

Hello crafty friends! This is Jennifer Rustioni from @armieritagli! Today I share with you three Christmas cards I created featuring the new super cute and fun Stampendous Cool Fransformers Stamps Collection! These critters are the cutest, aren’t they??   CHRISTMAS MAGIC The first card I realized is featuring the Stampendous Fransformers Snowy Friends Stamp Set. I stamped the snowman on a watercolor paper, using the...

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Simon’s Snow Globes Inspiration

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Simon’s Snow Globes Inspiration

Hello everyone! This is Jennifer Rustioni from @armieritagli! I’m so happy to be here again as a guest on the Spellbinders Blog! Today I share with you three Christmas cards I created featuring the new beautiful Simon’s Snow Globes Collection! This collection is truly amazing and perfect for creating a lot of Christmas cards! HOLLY JOLLY The first card I realized is featuring the super...

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Merry Mug & Circle Delights Holiday Cards & Ornaments with Rachel Alvarado

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Merry Mug & Circle Delights Holiday Cards & Ornaments with Rachel Alvarado

Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I have some fun holiday-themed cards and ornaments to share with you today featuring items from the adorable new Merry Mug & Circle Delights Collection designed by Nichol Spohr. Festive Ornaments and Gift Tags I absolutely love this entire collection! These cute little ornaments/tags don’t necessarily have to be used for holidays only, but rather can be...

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Merry Mug & Circle Delights Inspiration

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Merry Mug & Circle Delights Inspiration

Hello everyone! This is Jennifer Rustioni from @armieritagli! I’m so happy to be here today on the Spellbinders Blog! I want to share with you three Christmas cards I created featuring the new amazing Merry Mug & Circle Delights Collection! RUDOLPH The first card I realized is featuring the super fun Festive Ornaments and Santa’s Festive Circle Crew Etched Dies! I die-cut the circle base...

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Merry & Bright Collection – Card Inspiration

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Merry & Bright Collection – Card Inspiration

Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of cards made with the Merry & Bright Collection from Spellbinders. The bold designs and beautiful florals in this collection inspired me to create three simple and pretty cards perfect for sending a holiday hello. Oversized Double Bow Card I thought the giant bow from...

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Autumn Interactive Card Ideas

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Autumn Interactive Card Ideas

Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of interactive cards made with some of the latest autumn-themed collections from Spellbinders.  I love sending cards that incorporate some kind of surprise element for the recipient and I hope to inspire you to create your own shaker, scratch-off, and light-up cards too! Autumn Woods...

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Hurrah! Celebrate Game Day!

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Hurrah! Celebrate Game Day!

Hello, cardmakers and friends! Pam Sparks here from Expressions With Heart. I’m so excited to be sharing cards from the Game Day Die and Stamp collection by Justine Dvorak! Tim and I have a lot of grandsons and when I saw this collection I was thrilled! Everything you need to make Sports cards!  YAY! I have three A2 size cards to share and some cute...

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Stampendous Holiday Hugs with Rachel Alvarado

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Stampendous Holiday Hugs with Rachel Alvarado

Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I have a trio of cards to share with you today featuring some super cute products from the new Stampendous Holiday Hugs Collection. These die sets are super easy to assemble and can be set up in a variety of ways.  They also coordinate perfectly with the previously released Stampendous Hugs Accessories Etched Dies. Santa Claus Hugs...

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Nutcracker Sweet Collection With Brenda Noelke

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Nutcracker Sweet Collection With Brenda Noelke

Hello, crafty friends!! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m thrilled to be guest posting on the Spellbinders blog again today! I’m sharing three cards using the Nutcracker Ballet Bundle from the Nutcracker Sweet Collection! This collection includes some adorable nutcrackers and ballerinas, but I was drawn to the beautiful florals and folk-art ornaments, so that’s what I went with!! MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM OUR...

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Glimmer for the Holidays – Pine Sprays 4 Ways

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Glimmer for the Holidays – Pine Sprays 4 Ways

Hello crafty friends! It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I have a variety of hot-foiled projects to share with you today using the Pine Sprays Hot Foil Plate from the new Glimmer for the Holidays Collection. My goal today is to show you how easy it is to combine this gorgeous hot foil plate with other Christmas-themed sets that you may already own, as well as...

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Swirling Foliage Tree 3 Ways

Categories:Glimmer Hot Foil

Swirling Foliage Tree 3 Ways

Hello, dear friends! It's Leica, and today I want to share three fun ways to use the Swirling Foliage Tree from the Glimmer for the Holidays collection. This hot foil plate creates a beautiful swirling foliage design that's perfect for making stunning Christmas cards. Let's dive in! For my first card, I cut up strips of colorful cardstock and glued them onto white A2-sized paper....

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Ornate Snowflake Ideas with Bibi's Snowflakes

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Ornate Snowflake Ideas with Bibi's Snowflakes

Hello crafty friends!  It’s Rachel Alvarado from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I have a variety of projects to share with you today using products from the new and gorgeous Bibi’s Snowflakes Collection. I love how ornate and versatile this collection is! Not only are these sets perfect for the holidays, but you can use them all year round when using certain snowflake stems as floral pieces. Large and...

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The Envelope of Wonder Collection – Taming Overwhelm

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The Envelope of Wonder Collection – Taming Overwhelm

Hello! Jean Manis is here to talk about feeling overwhelmed when faced with an abundance of choices, specifically with crafting projects that involve a lot of die-cutting. The secret to working with die sets containing dozens of pieces without getting lost? Set limits to enhance your creativity. Let us delve into this topic as we explore three projects created with the Spellbinders Envelope of Wonder...

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Christmas Envelope of Wonder Card Tutorial

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Christmas Envelope of Wonder Card Tutorial

Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share how I created this fun Christmas envelope card using the new Envelope of Wonder Collection from Spellbinders.  I love the idea of stuffing a big envelope full of festive elements and thought it would be fun to add some details to the envelope itself as well. Start...

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Crafting With Doodlebug - Cardmaking Ideas You Need To Try

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Crafting With Doodlebug - Cardmaking Ideas You Need To Try

Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a bunch of cards made with some of the beautiful Doodlebug products available in the Spellbinders shop. I paired many of the brightly colored cards and envelopes, sweet patterned papers, and fun washi tapes and embellishments with some of my favorite Spellbinders dies to create cards for...

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Seasonal Card Ideas with Gnome Drive Collection

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Seasonal Card Ideas with Gnome Drive Collection

Hey there, crafty friends! It's Leica, and I'm super excited to share three adorable cards using products from the fantastic new Gnome Drive collection. Trust me, this collection is loads of fun! To create these cards, you'll need the main die set called Gnome Drive Holiday Etched Dies. It's a set of 13 thin metal cutting dies featuring everything you need, from the charming Gnome...

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Shaped Christmas Cards Made Easy!

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Shaped Christmas Cards Made Easy!

Hey there, crafty friends! It's Leica here, and today I want to share three unique Christmas card ideas with you. These cards are different from the usual rectangular shape. Spellbinders has a great variety of shape dies, and the largest die from any set works perfectly as a card panel. Plus, they fit nicely inside an A2-sized envelope! For all three cards, I used the...

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Stitched for Christmas Card Inspiration with Jung AhSang

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Stitched for Christmas Card Inspiration with Jung AhSang

Hello crafty friends! It’s Jung here, and I am back with another guest post on the Spellbinders blog. For my projects today, I’m working with the Stitched for Christmas collection. STITCHED POINSETTIA For my first card, I used the Stitched Poinsettia & Holly set, along with the Stitched Starry Argyle background die. I started by die-cutting all of the pieces in the Poinsettia & Holly...

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