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Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Have you been busy die-cutting and making stunning projects? We hope you have! Today we’d like to share a beautiful layered Christmas card created using several  dies from from our latest collections. Project created by in-house designer Yana Smakula Step By Step Instructions: We have a full set of step by step instructions describing how to create this card. Create 5 ½ x...

Hello crafters. This is Elena sharing a trio of Simple Christmas Cards. December is officially here and we are busy with Christmas preparations, so making simple cards is an option to get several cards at once. For my cards I used Square Textured Card Blanks approx 5 ¼ x 5 ¼" size. This time I used Gilded Ornaments Dies from the Holiday 2017 collection. I didn’t cut the...

Are you ready for another quick make?  This month I've been showing you how to make die cut ornaments for gifts, for fun and as a part of a family activity.  I'm Becca Feeken with Amazing Paper Grace and I'm back with the third in a three part series on Diecut Ornament Making.  Today I'm going to show you a round, eight gored ornament using S6-129 Bella Rose Lattice...

Are you excited about our December Card Kit of the Month? We hope you are! And to help you jump start your creativity we have a guest designer Elena Salo sharing several projects made using our December kit. Don't miss our post introducing December kit. Hi everyone! My name is Elena Salo and I’m so happy to be here today. Let me introduce myself.  I’m 30+...

Our December 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 media!...

Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Have you been busy die-cutting and making stunning projects? We hope you have! We continue our Cardmaking Inspiration mini series and today we’d like to share a beautiful (and not hard to make!) friendship card created using dies from the Chantilly Paper Lace collection by Becca Feeken. Project created by in-house designer Yana Smakula Step By Step Instructions: We have a full set...

Well if you haven’t noticed, the holiday season is upon us and I thought it would be fun to do something a bit different for my Christmas home décor this year.  I’m Debi Adams and I love to decorate for any occasion and Christmas is no different but I only like breaking the “rules” when it comes to enhancing my home. Today for example, I...

Hello crafty friends! I had so much fun creating this card with Flower Lace Borders die set from my Timeless Heart Collection. I also used my Texture Flowers die set and Foamiran to make the flowers. I really enjoy making flowers with Foamiran, the flowers are really easy to shape and they look very natural and soft to the touch. Step by Step Instructions: 1. Create a...

Hello everyone. I am Elena Olinevich and I have a set of handmade cards to share with you. These are feminine and delicate – these are the things that I like to follow/incorporate when making cards like these. You may have noticed I like to make several cards at once. Well, first of all I like testing how the dies look on different papers, I mix...

Picture this, you want a Christmas tree with all red foil ornaments or you want a vintage shade you can't find.  What should you do?  You should make and embellish your own ornaments  to fit your special  theme by using your dies.  It's easy to do.  I'm Becca Feeken with Amazing Paper Grace and today I'm going to show you a sweet and simple die cut ornament  to make...

Hello everyone! This is Erum Tasneem and I am honoured to be guesting for one of my favorite companies. Today I have three cards to share with you using just Sunflower Cool Vibes Stamp set from the Cool Vibes Collection by Stephanie Low. I will be showing you three ways to use this stamp set. As you can see I kept the colours same on...

Hi everyone! I’m Debi Adams and today I am bringing you two new cards featuring stamps and dies from my latest collection, “Love, Set, Match”.  Both of these cards are from the set, “Wink Wink” and are intended to be quick and easy, as is the entire collection. As I often do, I wanted something clean and trendy and I believe this line is exactly...

Hello and welcome! We are happy you are joining us for our November 2017 Release Collections Blog Hop! We are excited to show you our new products, share inspiration and of course host a few fun giveaways! This month we are featuring: Chantilly Paper Lace by Becca Feeken, Four Seasons by Lene Lok, Cool Vibes by Stephanie Low and of course Love Set Match by Debi Adams. Take a few minutes...

Your stash of dies is one of the many reasons you need to create a die cut, one of a kind, holiday ornament that becomes a keepsake for years to come.  I'm Becca Feeken with Amazing Paper Grace and today I'm going to show you a die cut ornament lantern to make for your Christmas Tree.  It's simple to make but what's more, color coordinate it with your tree...

Hello, everyone! This is Yana Smakula and thank you for joining me! This blog post and video continues the monthly feature I’m hosting on Spellbinders blog and Youtube channel called “Shaped Cards with Spellbinders”. Once a month I am posting a card and and video tutorial featuring a shaped card base using Spellbinders dies! You can catch previous episodes from this series HERE. Step By Step...

Hello there! You all know Spellbinders for our dies, but we also have a big assortment of beautiful, unique stamps! This is Yana Smakula and today I have a Faux Watercolor Poinsettia Background video tutorial to share using our Poinsettia 3D Shading stamp. This really is a very easy card to make and the more you practice - the better your result will be. It might...

Hello Spellbinders’ fan! Have you been busy die-cutting and making stunning projects? We hope you have! Today we’d like to share a beautiful (and not hard to make!) Birthday card created using dies from the Chantilly Paper Lace collection by Becca Feeken. Project created by in-house designer Yana Smakula Step By Step Instructions: We have a full set of step by step instructions describing how to...

Hello everyone, this is Yana Smakula and thank you for joining me! Today I’d like to share a photo tutorial featuring one card design 2 ways. By changing up the papers and colors you can easily stretch a card design and get a completely different look. Here's a look at the green/copper card: And here's identical project done in pink/gold: This card was published in...

Hello there friends! I’m Debi Adams and I am so excited to introduce a small piece of my new stamp and die line called “Love, Set, Match”. Included in this latest collection is “The Breakfast Club”, a grouping of puny sentiments and dies intended to get the morning off to a good start. Before I showcase the two projects I created, I would love to...

Welcome back to my monthly DIY Party Series.  I'm Debi Adams and as I have mentioned so many times, I love decorating for a party.  It's not too early to start creating Thanksgiving cards or invites and making special preparations for the Thanksgiving table.  Today I have three projects for you to create.  I think all of them are fun, easy and inexpensive to make. Card...

Hello Spellbinders’ fan! Have you been busy die-cutting and making stunning projects? We hope you have! Today we’d like to share a beautiful 5x7" card created using dies from the Chantilly Paper Lace collection by Becca Feeken. Project created by in-house designer Yana Smakula Step By Step Instructions: We have a full set of step by step instructions describing how to create this card. Create 5...

Hello everyone. This is Yana Smakula and thank you for joining me! This blog post and video is a part of a monthly feature I’m hosting on Spellbinders blog and Youtube channel called “Layered Dimensional Die Cutting”. I hope you’ve enjoyed pervious episodes, in case you missed them you can find them here. What is “Layered Dimensional Die Cutting Series”? Once a month I’m sharing a...

Hello Spellbinders' fan! We hope you are having a wonderful week. Today we'd like to share a gorgeous layered card created using dies from the Chantilly Paper Lace collection by Becca Feeken. Project created by in-house designer Yana Smakula Step By Step Instructions: We have a full set of step by step instructions describing how to create this card. Create 5 x 6 ¼ ” card...

The all-new November Large Die of the Month is here! This kit features 4 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 November 1, 2017, make...

The Snowman Builder, November Small Die of the Month is here! This kit features 11 dies that are perfect for creating your own unique snowmen! 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 November...

Our November 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 media!...

Hello friends and welcome back for another episode from our Quick Technique series! Quick Technique is all about sharing simple projects using our products and showcasing fun and fresh techniques! We hope you’ll love this new installment on our blog and will give some (or possibly all?) of these techniques a try! Today we are sharing a Holiday card created using S4-774 Merry Christmas dies from...

Hello friends! Today we have additional inspiration to share with you using our October Large Die Of The Month Kit - Floral Lace Frame Die Set. This beautiful project was created by Melissa Phillips. Keep on reading to learn how Melissa created this stunning card. Melissa says: Hello! How was your weekend?  Hope it was all you needed it to be so you feel refreshed...

Hi everyone, Alli Roth here from Partyography! For today's blog post and video tutorial, I thought it's the purr-fect time to put these Kitty Cats Dies to good use! If you like to throw parties you're probably always in need of cute party favors and packaging so today I'm sharing how to make these kitten chow party favor bags. Whether your little ones are having...

Hello, this is Elena here today sharing a layout made using dies from Seth Apter. These dies are fantastic if you are looking for fun shapes to use for any male or boy projects. While working on the layouts for my youngest son I found that it’s quite easy to create with mixed media techniques. This time I combined Seth Apter’s dies and mixed media. I started...

Did you know that if you buy a die that fulfills one purpose, repurposing that die is a bonus? The good news is that you can keep the secret of what the die is originally for but use bits and pieces of luscious pattern for another home run.  I'm Becca Feeken with Amazing Paper Grace - a known die collector.  Today I'm sharing how easy it is to take...

Hello everybody, Elena Salo is here. Recently I had a chance to play with October 2017 Large Die Of The Month - a stunning Floral Lace Frame die set and wanted to create a card but couldn't decide, which exactly. Haven't seen this die set in our store before? Find introduction post & video tutorial here. Last weekend, my son and I watched the new "Beauty and the Beast"...

Hi gang. Seth Apter here with a new guest blog post. Like many of you, I have some favorite die sets that I find myself going back to and using over and over. My goal is always to make them look a bit different so that my projects don't all resemble each other. This creative challenge is one of my favorite parts of making art....

Hello friends! I’m Marisa Job and I am so happy to be here today to show you how to make this family layout. This layout was very simple to make using 3 die sets from my new Timeless Heart Collection. The frames were created with Friends and Family Frames die set, the flowers were created with Textured Flowers die set and for the leaves I...

Hello Spellbinders friends, it’s Elena here with you today. As a cardmaker, I usually like to create floral and delicate cards, it’s so easy to make them since there are many embellishments to choose from. However I always find it challenging to create masculine cards. So I keep on practicing making them.  I played with D-Lites Bottles Dies this time and made the cards I'm sharing today....