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Our July 2026 Small Die of the Month preview & tutorials are here! This "Snow Much Fun" die set features 24 cutting dies. 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!

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July 2026 Small Die Of The Month – Video Tutorial

Watch the video tutorial using this month's kit below or on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/6WZ2TLsVUvM

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Here’s a closer look at the projects we created using our July 2026 Small Die Of The Month kit:

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July 2026 All Clubs Crate - Join & Save!

The All Clubs Crate is the ultimate Spellbinders club subscription, delivering every monthly club kit plus exclusive extras and premium member benefits. Formerly known as the Deluxe Caboodle (Want It All), the updated name reflects exactly what members receive - all clubs, all the inspiration, and more.

Starting January 2026, All Clubs Crate members receive: all monthly Spellbinders club products; a Crate-exclusive die or Press & Foil Plate; a coordinating paper pack (10 sheets, 8.5" x 11"); a monthly bonus item (essentials or exclusives).

Plus, enjoy expanded member perks: 15% everyday store discount; one free shipping coupon per month; early access to new releases; priority event registration; exclusive promotions

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Hello crafters! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today to share a card using the Timeless Textures Collection by Simon Hurley. I am going to be doing a step-by-step photo tutorial showing you how to create this arch-framed birthday card using the super pretty Flowing Florals 3D Embossing Folder along with the Flowing Florals Layered Stencils. Also included in this collection is another beautiful 3D Embossing Folder with layering stencils, which is called Hummingbird Garden. This set also comes with dies to cut the hummingbirds out. There is also a standalone 3D Embossing Folder called Rattan Cane.

So, let’s get started with my card for today.

Embossing The Cardstock

1. Start by taking an A2 panel of Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock (4.25” x 5.5”) and spritzing it on both sides with water.

TIP: Spritzing the cardstock before embossing helps to prevent the cardstock from cracking or tearing, and it loosens the fibres. This means that the cardstock will stretch into those deep intricate areas of the folder, resulting in a deep and even texture across the panel.

2. Place the panel inside the Flowing Florals 3D Embossing Folder.

3. Insert the embossing folder in between the Platinum SIX Die Cutting Machine Platform Base (A) and Adaptor Plate (D)
4. Run the sandwich through the die cutting machine.

Adding Colour to Your Embossed Panel

1. Make sure your embossed panel is dry and then place it onto a sticky mat and admire the beautiful texture!

TIP: This panel has a lot of texture, and although it is placed on a sticky mat, tape has also been used to secure it in place. The deep texture means that the panel doesn’t sit quite as flat on the mat as a plain panel of cardstock would.

2. Align Stencil 1 from Flowing Florals Layered Stencils over your embossed panel and use Best Ever Craft Tape to tape it securely at the sides.
3. Use small pieces of yellow tape to mask off the flowers that will be inked up with a different colour.
4. Using a Medium Blending Brush, apply Picked Raspberry Distress Ink through the stencil. Concentrate the colour at the base of the flower and fade it out towards the ends.
5. Slowly and carefully remove the yellow tape to prevent any tearing.

6. Next, place the pieces of yellow tape over the pink flowers.
7. Using a Medium Blending Brush, apply Wild Honey Distress Ink through the remaining flowers. Again, concentrate the colour at the bottom of the flowers and fade it out towards the ends.
8. Carefully remove the yellow tape.

9. Align Stencil 2 over the embossed panel.
10. Blend Twisted Citron Distress Ink through all the open areas.

11. Using a Mini Blending Brush, apply Mowed Lawn Distress Inks to the lower areas of the stems.

TIP: This doesn’t need to be 100% accurate. The point of adding an additional green onto the stems is just to give them some extra interest.

12. Align Stencil 3 over the embossed panel and secure it in place.
13. Blend Salvaged Patina Distress Ink through the open areas.

14. Align Stencil 4 over the embossed panel.
15. Blend Twisted Citron through the open areas.

16. Use a Mini Blending Brush to apply Mowed Lawn Distress Ink to the bottom areas of the leaves.

Creating the Frame

For all 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 will be inserted between the two cutting plates with the die sitting on top of the cardstock, cutting edge down.

1. Take the Essential Arches Etched Dies and remove the 4^th and 5^th largest arch dies.
2. Tape the 4^th largest arch die onto an A2 panel of Classic white ColorWheel Cardstock.
3. Tape it in place.

4. Die cut the panel using the sandwich above.

5. Place the die-cut arch panel onto another A2 panel of Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock.
6. Secure it in place at the top using Best Ever Craft Tape.

7. Using the largest arch panel as a guide, place the 5^th largest arch die onto the panel below and tape it in place.
8. Make sure that your die is equidistant the whole way round.
9. Run the two panels through the die cutting machine.

10. You will now have two perfectly aligned arch frames.

Creating the Sentiment

1. Take the Layered Happy Birthday Etched Dies and place the word die onto a piece of glitter cardstock from Gold Assortment Treasured Cardstock.
2. Place the shadow die onto some white cardstock. The shadow die will need to be die cut twice from white cardstock.
3. Run them through the die-cutting machine.

NOTE: The dies have been placed cutting side up to more easily show you which die is which. Before die cutting, flip them over so the cutting side sits on the cardstock and tape them in place.

4. Remove the negative pieces of the Happy Birthday Word Die using the Precision Tool from Handy Craft Tool Set. The “p”, “y” and the straight section of the “B” are not joined to the main die cut, so try not to lose them!

5. Add small dabs of Bearly Art Glue onto the back of the word die. Tap off any excess glue onto some scrap paper.

6. Place the word die onto one of the white shadow die cut pieces.

7. Adhere the “p” and “y” as well as the straight section of the “b” in place.

8. Add liquid glue onto the remaining white shadow die cut and adhere the other piece on top. This just gives the sentiment some extra stability.

Assembling the Card

1. Add glue onto the back of the embossed panel and adhere it onto an A2 top-folding Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock note card (11” x 4.25”, scored and folded at 5.5”).

2. Adhere the smaller arch frame directly onto the embossed panel using liquid glue.

3. Add foam tape onto the back of the larger arch frame panel.

4. Remove the backing from the foam tape and add liquid glue onto it. The application of the liquid glue will allow you a little bit of wiggle room for the next step.
5. Place this larger arched panel down over the smaller arched panel. You should now have both frames in place, and they will be perfectly aligned with each other.

6. Add some foam tape onto the back of your die-cut sentiment and place it towards the bottom of the embossed panel.

7. Add some Gold Mix Color Essentials Gems into the white areas of the embossed panel to finish the card.

I hope you find today’s tutorial useful. This panel creates such a pretty design and the texture from the 3D embossing is fabulous – not only visually but also when you run your fingers over it! Using a double arch frame adds a little extra interest into the mix and the gold glitter and gems give it some gorgeous sparkle. If you would like to see more of my cards, I would love to have you join me over on my blog, Instagram, Facebook or YouTube. In the meantime, thank you so much for joining me here on the Spellbinders blog today. I hope that you have a great day! [spellbinders-supplies]E3D-182,STN-134,S1-188,S5-526,SCS-129,SCSP-001,CS-8-148,T-024,T-042,T-043,T-098,PCGO2E,SCS-123,T-045,T-034,PE-104,altn-alt7621bn[/spellbinders-supplies]

Other Supplies

Picked Raspberry, Wild Honey, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Salvaged Patina Distress Inks, Thin Foam Tape, Nuvo Light Mist Spray Bottle

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Hello, everyone! I’m Jaycee, and I am thrilled to be sharing a project here on the Spellbinders blog today. You can usually find me over at my YouTube Channel, Instagram, and crafty blog, where I dive deep into the intersection of design principles and paper crafting.

For today’s project, I wanted to push the boundaries of the STC Primrose set. While die-cutting often leans toward the whimsical, I’ve always been captivated by the organic textures and subtle color shifts found in nature. I spent some time gathering botanical reference images of primroses, focusing specifically on how the light hits the 'stitched' ridges of the petals and how the centers transition from a bright chartreuse to a deep gold. My goal was to move beyond standard assembly and use these dies to create a card that feels like a hand-plucked specimen from a spring garden. Whether you are a fan of botanical realism or just looking to add a little extra 'life' to your die cuts, I hope this project inspires you to look at your stash through a more organic lens. Die cut the petal layers five times for ten individual pieces from white cardstock Die cut each leaf cluster three times for nine individual foliage elements from Peridot cardstock Die cut five of the Primrose centers from Beeswax cardstock Starting with the white petal elements, use alcohol-based markers to block in a dark green center. From that green anchor, transition the color outward into a bright yellow halo using a sharp, triangular shape. To truly mimic the natural waxy sheen and genetic markings of a real Primrose, apply striations of deep purple, primary red, and pink markers toward the outer edges.

• It is vital to leave a "hard edge" here rather than blending the colors into a smooth gradient. In nature, primrose petals often possess a satiny, almost reflective texture that creates high-contrast color breaks. By avoiding a soft blend, you simulate the way light hits these organic ridges, giving your paper flowers the illusion of living, breathing botanical specimens rather than flat die-cuts.

For the anther and filament layers die-cut from Beeswax cardstock, add a touch of green to the tips using a coordinating alcohol marker to ground the yellow paper.  Set these components aside to dry completely before texturizing. Use an array of green alcohol markers to add striations to the foliage layers die-cut from Peridot.  Similar to the petal layers, ensure that the colored leaf veins are mostly unblended to create the crumpled and shiny texture of Primrose leaves.  Set aside. With a needle-tipped tool (I am showing the discontinued Bloom Tool; however, the Tool ‘n One has the exact attachment), create vein details on all the petal layers.  The vein details are a “V” shape, stacked in a chevron formation to the center of the flower.  Use the Handy Foam Mat to help support the petals while giving the paper some texture.  Repeat the texture step for all ten die-cut and colored cardstock petal layers. Use Susan’s Garden Flower Mold Tray to help hold and support the primrose die-cut petals while gluing.  Use a ball-end tool (like the Altenew Petal Shaper Tool) to create an indentation on the center of the flower.  I used the ¼” cavity to support the paper while pressing to make the petals flat, but the center of the flower have a dimple in the center. After all the petal pairs are glued together, glue the flower anther and stamen layer to the center of the Primrose.  Let the glue fully dry before assembly. Emboss a 4 ¼” X 5 ½” Alabaster panel of cardstock using Ode to a Poet 3D Embossing Folder.  Give the cardstock a tea-aged appearance by using a blending tool and a light warm brown ink to catch the high edges of the embossed cardstock panel.  Also distress the edges of the embossed cardstock with the same ink. On another piece of Alabaster cardstock and the same brown ink from the previous step, letter press the Crafty Hugs Sentiments Press Plate & Die Set by Yana Smakula - Just a Note.  Use the coordinating offset die to cut the sentiment and a blank cardstock piece.  Glue and stack the two cardstock layers together for a sturdier sentiment banner. Apply a generous layer of dry adhesive to the back of the Ode to a Poet embossed panel and center it onto an A2 top-folding card base. To create a realistic focal point, begin by dry-fitting your largest primrose blooms in a triangular formation slightly off-center. Use high-density foam adhesive on the back of the primary flowers to lift them away from the textured background. Tuck the foliage and smaller buds underneath the edges of the main blooms, secured with liquid glue at the stems. This variation in height mimics the natural habit of a primrose plant, where leaves often cradle the blooms. Ensure some leaves overlap the embossed "frame" of the background to create a sense of depth and movement. Before foam mounting the Just a Note sentiment, add Pearl Gold splatter from Spellbinders + Yasutomo Water Color Mixing Set.  After the splatter dries, foam mount the sentiment using double layers to ensure the sentiment is at the very front of the botanical composition. After foam mounting the sentiment, glue the embossed panel and completed botanical arrangement to a side-folding 4 ¼” X 5 ½” note card base. Thank you so much for spending some time in the garden with me today! I hope these techniques for adding realistic texture and unblended color striations encourage you to look at your die sets as more than just shapes, but as the building blocks for true botanical art. There is something incredibly rewarding about slowing down to study a reference image and bringing that organic beauty to life with nothing but paper and ink. I would love to see how you interpret these blooms! If you recreate this project or use these texturizing tips, please tag Spellbinders and me on social media so we can admire your work. For more design-focused tutorials and paper crafting inspiration, feel free to visit me over at jgaultier.wordpress.com or follow my journey on Instagram at @jaycee.gaspar. Until next time, I hope you find a moment to create something beautiful! [spellbinders-supplies]S2-447,E3D-168,T-044,BP-298,T-038,WC-001,T-035,T-089,CS-8-141,CS-8-115,CS-8-118,BP-001[/spellbinders-supplies]

Other Supplies

Ink Blending Brush, Alcohol-Based Markers, Foam Tape, Medium Warm-Brown Stamping Ink, Liquid Glue

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