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Hello, crafty friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you on the blog today to share a card using the Wrapped Up City Holiday Etched Dies from the Christmas City Holiday Collection designed by Yana Smakula. This is a beautiful set of dies that expand on the original City Holiday Etched Dies set. The dies create a gorgeous ribbon and bow that you can use to...

Create a charming holiday card featuring the Mug Friends Etched Dies from the Mugs and Kisses Collection. This step-by-step tutorial shows how to assemble an adorable penguin mug and marshmallow snowman, layer festive foliage, and finish with a cheerful Make It Merry sentiment for a fun handmade Christmas card.

Hello, cardmaking friends! It’s Mona Tóth here, and I’m so happy to be back on the Spellbinders blog. Today, I’m sharing a Christmas step-by-step card tutorial featuring the Polar Friends Stamp and Die Set by Simon Hurley. This card was inspired by the Christmas advertisements I remember seeing on television when I was a child in the 1990s. They often featured polar bears surrounded by...

Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, creating a striped holiday card featuring the beautiful new Upright Italic Joy to the World press & foil plate. I’m sharing my step-by-step process in easy to follow photos and instructions! To start, turn on your Glimmer Hot Foil System, then let it heat up. Once the green indicator light notifies you that the platform is...

Hello crafters! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today to share a card using the Upright Italic Holiday Sentiments Collection by Paul Antonio. I am going to be doing a step-by-step photo tutorial showing you how to create a Christmas card using the Upright Italic Merry Christmas Press + Foil Plate. Also included in this collection are three other sentiments - Happy Holidays Press +...

Hello crafters! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today to share a card using the newly released Yana’s Christmas Cats Collection from Yana Smakula. I am going to be doing a step-by-step photo tutorial showing you how to create a Christmas card featuring three of the sets from the collection. One of the cats is being exceptionally naughty by jumping onto the tree! The collection...

Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, creating a card featuring the hilarious new Christmas Cats collection by Yana Smakula. I’m not even a cat person, but I can’t get enough of this adorable collection! Today I’m sharing my step-by-step process in easy-to-follow photos and instructions. I hope you find them helpful! Die-cut the cats from the Christmas Cats die set in the...

Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial with you using the new Spectacular Santa Etched Dies. This wonderful die creates a large-sized Santa that can take centre stage on a card. I kept to a traditional colour palette today for Santa, adding in a little pink for the background, but you can definitely experiment with different colour combinations! DIE CUTTING SANTA PLEASE...

Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, creating a card featuring the adorable new Spectacular Deer die set. I’m sharing my step-by-step process in easy-to-follow photos and instructions! The Spectacular Christmas collection launches on July 10th 2026. Club Members enjoy early access now. Die-cut the deer body (from the Spectacular Bear die set) from Fawn & Alabaster cardstock. Die-cut the scarf layers from...

Hello, crafty friends. Allison Frazier here. I’m excited to be on the Spellbinders blog and YouTube channel today sharing two fun ways to use the Chompster die set from the Just Add Cake Birthday Cardmaking Kit. One card features only products from the kit, and the other features a few additional products from my Spellbinders stash. I know the kit is called “Just Add Cake,”...

Hello friends! Nichol Spohr is here  with a couple of birthday cards featuring the incredible Just Add Cake Box. If you’re like me, birthday cards are something that I always need a lot of and something I always like to have on hand! I love that with the Just Add Cake box you can mix and match to create incredible celebration cards whether you use...

Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial using Good Fortune Horse. This set celebrates the 2026 Lunar New Year of the Horse. The stamp and die set includes dies to create a horse, plus four sentiment stamps. I created a card for Lunar New Year, but the horse could be used all year round for any occasion. DIE CUTTING THE HORSE Place...

Hello, crafty friends! I’m Adrienne Boese, better known online as Alice Scraps Wonderland. Today I’m sharing 3 different card ideas using the Wonder of Oz collection by Graphic 45. Two of these ideas use the traditional ruby red of the poppies and green of the Emerald City, while the final card finds color inspiration from the Wicked movies, with pink and green as the key...

Hi friends! Emily Midgett from emilymidgett.com here with you today on the Spellbinders blog, and I am thrilled to be working with the fabulous new The Wonder of Oz Collection from Graphic 45! Watching Judy Garland sing her heart out as a child was one of the many musicals that piqued my musical interest as a young child, and so the Wizard of Oz has...

Hello crafty friends, Rachel Alvarado here, and I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders Blog sharing some festive cards using products from the new Happier Hour Collection. I absolutely love this collection because it covers a variety of occasions with a bunch of coordinating sentiments to choose from. ICE CREAM SHAKER CARD My first card features the adorable Fountain Wishes Etched Dies. My inspiration...

Hello there, Michelle Short here, and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog today, sharing two cards using the Pear Blossom Press One Light- 2 Pack. These lights make adding fun light-up elements to your cards easy. No circuits involved! The first thing to know when using these lights is that you do need to do a little forward planning for your...

Hello there, Michelle Short here, and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog using the Merry Mischief Collection. This is such a cute collection that is perfect for Christmas and the holidays! I thought the sets would work perfectly for some quick and easy cards with some simple backgrounds. MERRY CHRISTMAS My first card uses Cozy Waddles Clear Stamp & Die Set...

Welcome to day 11 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 Michelle Short as she shares inspiration with the Day 11 surprise! Don’t miss the other video tutorials from our free Youtube Class: Day 1 with Kim Kesti; Day...

Welcome to day 8 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 Lisa Tilson as she shares inspiration with the Day 8 surprise! Don’t miss the other video tutorials from our free Youtube Class: Day 1 with Kim Kesti; Day...

Welcome to day 4 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 Nichol Spohr as she shares inspiration with the Day 4 surprise! Don’t miss the other video tutorials from our free Youtube Class: Day 1 with Kim Kesti; Day...

Welcome to day 1 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 Kim Kesti as she shares inspiration with the Day 1 surprise! Hi Crafty Friends! Kim Kesti here to kick off the 12 Days of Stitchmas! I am...

Hello, crafting friends! Heejung Hunsberger here, thrilled to be back as a guest designer on the Spellbinders blog. The holidays may seem far off, but with the Merry Moments Limited Edition Holiday Card Making Kit and the Merry Moments Collection now released, it's the perfect time to start our festive creations! If you'd like to get to know me better, visit my blog or follow...

Hi there, crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel, and it’s TIME to share a fun new collection called Cuckoo Cottage. The Cuckoo Cottage Die Bundle includes the traditional Cuckoo Cottage Die, which creates a traditional cuckoo clock. The other die sets are Halloween Tick Tock, Harvest Time, and Chiming Christmas. These accessory sets take you through the rest of the year! First up is Halloween! You can...

Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. It’s always a treat to come on here and share some ideas with you. Today, I am using the All About Christmas Collection from Lisa Horton. This release is so fun and there is lot to love! You have some sweet birds, Christmas foliage, pretty stars, and lots of options to...

Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m thrilled to be here to share three ways to use the new release from Yana Smakula, which is called The City Holiday Collection. This collection is simply gorgeous! You have three die sets which create a beautiful city townhouse, some Christmas crackers, and a large “Joy” sentiment. There is a...

Welcome back to the Spellbinders blog. Joan Bardee here sharing 3 Christmas cards with products from Yana Smakula’s spectacular Yana City Holiday Collection. Each product in the collection is a keeper – from a detailed city house front to Christmas crackers, a bold (and so clever) joy die, and a gorgeous BetterPress Letterpress holiday registration plate set. And don’t forget the sentiments! This collection, while...

Hey Crafty Friends, it’s Amy Tsuruta, and I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog featuring the super fun Autumn Archives Collection by Kelly Bangs. My first project features 12x12 Paper, Die Cuts, and Chipboard Die Cut Stickers from the Collection. I love the fun colors in this collection. Autumn Archives 12x12" Printed Paper, Autumn Archives Cardstock Die Cuts, Autumn Archives Chipboard Die Cut...

Hi there, this is Annie Williams, and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of fun holiday cards made with the North Pole Friends Collection by Simon Hurley.  There are so many adorable character options in this collection to make cute projects all season long, and I chose a couple of my favorites to create three easy cards perfect...

Hi there, this is Annie Williams, and today I’m thrilled to create this elegant Christmas card step-by-step with you, made with the new Wonderland Collection from Spellbinders. With cute die sets, gorgeous sentiments, and versatile BetterPress plates, this collection is perfect for creating fun holiday cards or even a custom calendar.  Today, I chose to focus on the beautiful Three Magi Stamp & Die Set and...

Joan Bardee here sharing Christmas in July with the Country Christmas Collection by the talented Annie Williams. This collection will warm your heart. It includes a barn, country star, rocking chair, snowman, horse-drawn carriage, and other elements that capture the nostalgia of a simpler time. I chose a bit of an Americana color palette – red, white, blue (and a bit of green and black)...

Hello crafty friends! It’s Lisa Tilson here with you today on the Spellbinders blog. I’m so excited to be here to share three ways to use the lovely Wonderland Collection with you. This is a fabulous, fun and festive Christmas collection that includes three sets of etched dies, a stamp and die set, a BetterPress Registration Plate set, and three BetterPress plate,s including some sentiments....

Hello, crafty friends! Brenda Noelke here from My PaperCut Creations! I’m thrilled to be back on the Spellbinders blog sharing this step-by-step tutorial featuring the Merry Moments Collection today! The largest die in the A2 Matting Basics A Card Creator Die Set was cut from a panel of plaid patterned paper included in the Merry Moments Paper Pad using the Platinum SIX Machine with Universal...

Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a couple of fun holiday cards made with non-traditional color schemes using the new Holiday DIY Color Deck Expansion Pack.  Sometimes I get stuck in a rut with the handful of colors I use on my holiday cards and the latest Color Deck cards gave me some...

Hi there, this is Annie Williams, and today I’m thrilled to create this fun friendship card step-by-step with you made with the new Say Cheese Classic Mouse Collection from Spellbinders and Simple Stories.  With adorable die sets, sweet sentiments, and colorful papers and stickers, this collection is perfect for creating cute cards for a variety of occasions. Trim two pieces of patterned paper from the...

Hello there, Michelle Short here to share a step-by-step tutorial with you using the Steamboat Willie Duo Etched Dies from the Say Cheese Classic Mouse Collection. This set is fantastic as you can really mix and match the different elements – there are 3 different arms you can use, you can have the mice wear hats or not, there are also flowers that can be...

Joan Bardee here sharing some colorful cards using the Cheerful Chirps Collection. Cheerful Chirps is all about fun and quirky birds and sayings that lift the spirit. As soon as I saw those birds, I thought of using Poppy ColorWheel Cardstock. Poppy is one of my favorite colors. It’s a warm shade of red and evokes happy, perfect for cheerful birds, as well as love-themed...