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Hello, crafty friends! It’s Marie here again from Marie Nicole Designs, and I have such a fun card to share today! The Christmas Cats collection has so many cute dies, a few 3D embossing folders, and some Better Press sentiments that perfectly finish of the feline theme. I mixed and matched a few things in today’s card, and I’ll be showing you a step-by-step on...

Hello fellow crafters! Deborah Hellman here to share with you some cards that I created using the new House-Mouse Designs Heart and Soul Collection. I love House-Mouse, and this new rubber stamp collection does not disappoint. They are sweet, beautifully drawn, and easy to color with all the purposeful detail. With Valentine's Day right around the corner, these stamp sets include some great sentiments that...

Hello Crafters! Nancy Leppek here from Scrapper at Heart.com. I am delighted to be back as a guest on the Spellbinder’s Blog. Today, I am sharing three different cards using the recently released Ski-Son’s Greetings Collection from Simon Hurley. Fun fact, I have never been on snow skis before, but that certainly didn’t stop me from having some fun with this collection. Let’s get to...

Hello, crafty friends! It’s Marie here again from Marie Nicole Designs, and I’m thrilled to share the Beautifully Imperfect Collection with you today. I used this collection and MOST of its goodies (there are SO MANY great items in this collection!) to create this group of cards. This collection contains 3D Embossing folders, patterned paper, Better Press plates, a stencil, dies, stamps, and ephemera. With...

Welcome to day 9 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 Suzanne Hue as she shares inspiration with the Day 9 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 fabulous Holiday DIY Color Deck Expansion Pack. If you love the original DIY Color Deck System, you're going to be smitten with the Holiday version. It contains 12 cards with holiday-inspired artwork, fun facts and information to help and spark your creativity. My first project features the...

Hi there, crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel. If you loved the Say Cheese Classic Pooh collection, you will be excited to hear that the new Say Cheese Classic Pooh Birthday collection is the perfect addition! If you haven’t yet seen the original Classic Pooh collection, this is the perfect time to check it out! The new Classic Pooh Birthday collection includes new characters (Rabbit and Owl)...

Hello, crafters! I'm thrilled to be a guest designer on the Spellbinders blog today, showcasing the Say Cheese Classic Pooh Birthday Collection. For these cards, I also incorporated Pooh and Piglet. If you'd like to get to know me better, visit my blog or follow me on Instagram. Additionally, I have a YouTube channel where I regularly post video tutorials. Winnie the Pooh and Presents...

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, crafters! I'm thrilled to be a guest designer on the Spellbinders blog today, showcasing the beautiful new Copperplate Happy Everything Collection, releasing this June! This collection is versatile, featuring elegant sentiments perfect for various occasions. The Copperplate Happy Everything Collection includes: Copperplate Happy Birthday Everything Plate & Die Set Copperplate Hope You're Feeling Better Copperplate Happy Anniversary Copperplate Heartfelt Sympathy If you'd like to...

Hello crafty friends! My name is Deborah Hellman, and I am thrilled to be a guest designer for Spellbinders this month. Today, I am sharing with you some colorful, Spring watercolor cards that I created using the newest House-Mouse Collection: Rare Bloom. I love House-Mouse and watercoloring, so for me it is a perfect pairing. Another option, these beautiful stamped images could easily be colored...

Hey Crafty Friends, it’s Amy Tsuruta, and I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog featuring the gorgeous Spring in Kyoto Collection by Alex Syberia Designs. I am so excited for this collection.  My favorite international vacation place is Japan. The food, the culture, and overall natural beauty is amazing. Spring in Japan is beautiful, especially if you can catch the cherry blossoms [sakura...

Hello Crafty Friends, it’s Amy Tsuruta and I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog featuring the amazing Take Note Collection. I wanted to incorporate a rainbow palette with my projects but also keep it to a handful of colors. For my first project, I designed a mini composition book. I combined the Memo Splatter BetterPress Plate along with the Reel Color Sentiment BetterPress...

Hello crafters! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you again on the Spellbinders blog. I’m thrilled to be here to share some ways to use Yana’s Daisies Collection with you. This is a lovely collection by Yana Smakula that includes a couple of press plates with coordinating stencils, a set of etched dies, a 3D embossing folder and a set of BetterPress sentiments. I often talk...

Hi Crafters! Celes Gonzalo, also known as GuiadeManualidades, is here to share new, lovely, and fun ideas for Easter. Spring is here, and I couldn’t love it more! Flowers, color, butterflies, and fresh air… Today I’m inviting you to create with the Spring Felt Stitch & Create collection by Nichol Spohr - but in a different way! We’re setting felt aside for a bit and...

Hello crafty friends! Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m excited to be here to share some ways to use the Gorgeous You Collection with you. This is a very pretty collection that includes four sets of dies, a 3D embossing folder and a press plate sentiment set and it is all about making yourself look and feel gorgeous! There is...

Hello! Jen Kotas is here today with three cards featuring the Through the Meadow Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. There are six die sets, a 3D embossing folder, and a sentiments press plate and die set. As always, these flowers are stunning! To learn how to assemble these flowers, you can find videos from Susan on the Spellbinders YouTube channel. Emboss a panel of teal cardstock...

Hello! Jen Kotas here today with three cards featuring the Justine’s Farm Collection by Justine Dvorak. This is a sweet collection of five press plate sets, four featuring adorable farm animals. One of the best things about BetterPress plates is that they can be used with the BetterPress System and the Glimmer Hot Foil System! When I’m already using either system, I like to make...

Hello crafters! I’m Flávia Cavaliéri and I am thrilled to be back on Spellbinders blog sharing some more fun paper crafting ideas. The Spellbinders Just Sayin Collection by Kelly Bangs is so fun and versatile that it inspired me to get creative and make all sorts of paper crafting, and today I will be sharing with you some of my creations. Scrapbooking Fun Memories  ...

Hello Crafty Friends, Heejung Hunsberger here! I'm thrilled to be returning as a guest designer for Spellbinders this month again! I’m excited to share three cards featuring the Say Cheese Classic Pooh Collection. Winnie the Pooh was one of my son's favorite characters during his baby years. This collection is perfect for scrapbooking, but I used it to make cards. I have so many adorable...

Hello! Jen Kotas here today with three cards featuring the Vivid Expressions Collection. There are four die sets, three BetterPress sets and a 3D Emboss and Cut Folder. Instead of ink blending on white cardstock, I started with Barely Peach Cardstock for card panels, die cutting and embossing, and Bisque BetterPress Card Panels for letterpress. Die cut border of Berry Fields Border Etched Dies from...

Hello Crafty Friends, Heejung Hunsberger here! I'm thrilled to be returning as a guest designer for Spellbinders this month again! If you'd like to get to know me better, visit my blog or follow me on Instagram. Additionally, I have a YouTube channel where I regularly post video tutorials. I created three Valentine’s cards featuring the Love on the Rocks collection, using black, pink, and...

Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog today sharing three cards using the Florals Through the Year Collection. This collection is designed to be used to create a DIY calendar but as you will see from my projects, you can use the floral plates on their own for cards (and anything else!) too! SNOWDROPS For my...

Hello crafty friends! Lisa Tilson is here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m so thrilled to be here to share some ways to use the Florals Through the Year Collection with you. This is a very pretty collection that includes 12 floral press plates, a 2025 DIY Calendar set of press plates, along with a die that you can use to create an...

Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog today sharing three cards using the Color Mix Celebrations Collection. This collection can be used in so many different ways! It can be combined with the Florals Through the Year Collection to add numbers to calendar pages or the numbers can be used to create personalized cards, like I...

Hello there Spellbinders friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m so excited to be here as a guest and I am sharing three shaker cards using the fabulous Shaker Domes. I love to make shakers, so these cards were really fun to create and the Shaker Domes make it very easy to make them. There are five different-shaped domes...

Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Amaryllis Christmas Collection by Yana Smakula. This beautiful collection features amaryllis, poinsettias and sentiments – all perfect for the holidays. CHRISTMAS CHEER For my first card, I wanted to use Yana’s Amaryllis Etched Dies. This set is great as you have the flower and stem as one...

Hi Spellbinders fans. Alanna Moses from EmbellishCraftLove.com and I am very excited to be guesting on the Spellbinders blog today. I have the honor of sharing the Winter’s Grace Garden collection from Susan Tierney-Cockburn and Spellbinders. Susan’s floral sets are always so beautiful. There are five die sets and one 3D embossing folder in this collection. They can be purchased separately or in a bundle...

Winter’s Grace Garden Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. In addition to her usual dimensional flowers, there’s also a beautiful 3D embossing folder that’s worthy of its own card. To learn how to assemble these flowers, watch Susan’s videos on Spellbinders YouTube channel. The background embossed with the Norwegian Rosemaling 3D Embossing Folder was cut to 4 x 5 1/4” and adhered to a second panel cut...

Hello! Jen Kotas here today sharing three cards featuring the new Happy Hour Collection. There are two glass styles and accessories for Halloween, Christmas or tropical drinks. It also includes rectangle dies with a lovely little detail at the edges. This collection is wonderfully versatile! When I receive sentiment plates, whether glimmer plates or press plates, I create all the sentiments in various colors of...

Hello! Jen Kotas is here today with three cards featuring the Happy Haunting Collection. I love making cute spooky cards and they don’t have to be just for Halloween. To create the dots with wax beads simply drop a small amount onto the silicone mat. It’s a great way to use up any extra melted wax on the spoon! Blend purple ink on a piece...

Hello there, Michelle Short here and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog today sharing three projects using Yana’s Poppies Collection. This beautiful collection features a poppy die, as well as a poppy background press plate (with or without a coordinating stencil). Poppies are generally red in color, maybe yellow or orange, but blue is quite rare. I did, however, base mine...

Hello there crafters! Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m excited to be here to show you some ideas using the Home For The Holidays Collection. For my three cards today, I thought it would be fun to use modern, contemporary colors for a super pretty Christmas vibe. I love traditional colors at Christmas, but it’s always good to shake it...

Hi everyone, Ilina Crouse here, and I am thrilled to be on the Spellbinders blog. My favorite season for crafting and cardmaking is Christmas and I am thrilled to be working with the Home for the Holidays collection in the middle of super-hot July. There are so many amazing products in the Home for the Holidays collection that I had such a hard time choosing....

Hello crafty friends! It is Laurie Willison here. Today I have a few quick and simple cards using the gorgeous, BetterPress Copperplate Holiday Sentiments. My favorite type of card showcases a good amount of white space. I love images we create with, become the star of the show, and pop right off of our cards. I am brand new to the BetterPress line and I...

This is a great collection of peacock-related patterns with BetterPress Plates, Die Sets, 3D Embossing Folders created by Dawn Bibby. I created many cards which I demonstrate in my YouTube channel, Angela Brennan Creations, but I showcase three cards below and explain how I create these three cards. For a Special Friend Ink blend card panel with Distress Ink Peacock Feathers and Salvaged Patina. Before...