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Hello crafty friends! Today I would like to show you how to make these cards created with Thinking of You Scalloped Rectangle die set from my Thoughtful Expressions Collection. I also used Textured Flowers die set to make my flowers. Instructions: Die cut 2 large decorative frames and one smaller frame with Thinking of You Scalloped Rectangle die set from pink or white metallic cardstock....

Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Welcome back to our Cardmaking Inspiration series! We hope you’ve been enjoying these mini posts sharing simple cardmaking ideas and step by step instructions on how to make them! Today we have a beautiful pink tree card created using dies from the Four Seasons collection by Lene Lok. Project created by Art Director Beth Reames Step By Step Instructions: We have a...

Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Welcome back to our Quick Technique blog 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 have a fun card to share featuring Four Seasons collection by Lene Lok....

Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Welcome back to our Cardmaking Inspiration series! We hope you’ve been enjoying these mini posts sharing simple cardmaking ideas and step by step instructions on how to make them! Today we're sharing a Valentine's Day card featuring our Love Letter dies. We used one of the hearts from this set to create a fun dimensional pattern for this card. Project created by...

Hi paper crafters, this is Olga Direktorenko and today I will be using Spellbinders dies to create something different from a card. The first time I saw the Baby Step Block Card die set it was not the building blocks that I thought of - it reminded me of a Japanese style chest of drawers and I got so excited to make my own one...

Hello Spellbinders' fans! To bring you even more inspiration and spark your creativity using products from our Small Die of the Month (sold out!), Large Die of the Month and Card Kit of the Month for January 2018 we put together this post linking to inspirational projects by our guest designers! Be sure to visit their blogs to see/read more about the projects they've created!...

Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Welcome back to our Cardmaking Inspiration series! We hope you’ve been enjoying these mini posts sharing simple cardmaking ideas and step by step instructions on how to make them! Today we have fun friendship cards to share using our Robots dies! They have separate heads, bodies as well as arms and legs to build any kind of robot you like! Project created...

Hello Spellbinders’ Fan! Welcome back to our Cardmaking Inspiration series! We hope you’ve been enjoying these mini posts sharing simple cardmaking ideas and step by step instructions on how to make them! We all need encouragement and creating an encouragement card for a friend is a good idea! Use our Tractors dies with an empowering sentiment for a fun and quick project. Project created by...

Hello dear readers, Elena Salo is here. I'm sure, all of you have already seen beautiful collection by Marisa Job for Spellbinders  - Thoughtful Expressions. I love every single die from this release and want to show you my first project with some of the dies. I really liked delicate lace frames and so I decorated boxes to share with you today. Here they are:...

Hi! Melissa Phillips here with you again today, sharing a couple of extra Chantilly Paper Lace cards! Catch my previous posts sharing inspiration with this collection here and here. With February and Valentine’s Day right around the corner, I wanted to create some handmade love notes using my Spellbinders supplies. I love red and pink together for this fun time of year and normally, when...

I always want to get the most out of my die templates, so I thought about taking a large rectangle card front and squaring it up to give it a different look.   I'm Becca Feeken with Amazing Paper Grace and my card today takes a simple rectangle die, cuts it up and reassembles it as a square card.  By doing that, I've kept my favorite parts of the die...

I always want to get the most out of my die templates, so I thought about taking a large rectangle card front and squaring it up to give it a different look.   I'm Becca Feeken with Amazing Paper Grace and my card today takes a simple rectangle die, cuts it up and reassembles it as a square card.  By doing that, I've kept my favorite parts of the die...

It's Kelly Latevola here and I'm so excited to be sharing a fun dimensional valentine with you today.  Valentine's have been on the forefront of my mind lately. Once I saw this set, with that font, I was sold! I started by laying down a super light blend of Salty Ocean Distress Oxide. I flicked on a bit of clean water and perfect pearls to add...

Valentine’s Day. Just those two words can play on your emotions or your pocketbook and, for some of us, both. Ha! Hi, I’m Debi Adams and I love Valentine’s Day! Though some insist the day is all tied to commercialism, I don’t see it that way at all. I look at it as an opportunity to shower people with kindness and love.  It  can be...

Hello! This is Melissa Phillips again, and today I’ve got more lovely Chantilly Paper Lace cards to share with you.  I don't know if you're like me, but I have always love Kraft cardstock. It’s a go-to, necessity, must-have item in my craft room.  For my cards today, I have combined my love of Kraft with beautiful Spellbinders dies. My first card uses the Breanna’s...

Hello and welcome! We are happy you are joining us for our January 2018 New Product Release 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: Thoughtful Expressions by Marisa Job and Die D-Lites. Take a few minutes to browse the new products we have in the store...

Hello dear friend! This is Elena Salo, thank you for joining me today. This is my last post with projects I made using dies from the Lavender and Poppies Collection.  I’d like to show you some fun technique with dies today. With this technique you can create your own patterned paper with die-cuts without any dimension.   Instructions: Die cut 20 flowers with small die...

Sometimes I like to mass produce cards for friends, but I never quite want to make them identical.  I'm Becca Feeken with Amazing Paper Grace  and I have an easy card to share with you today.  Take a stunning element and repeat it in a row three times and you'll get a harmonious design, furthermore the eye loves the balance of the three elements in a row.  The...

Hi everyone!  I’m Melissa Phillips and am so happy to be a guest blogger here on the Spellbinders blog.  Over the next few weeks, I will be sharing projects with you created using the gorgeous Chantilly Paper Lace collection dies.  They are all so beautiful and have quickly become my most favorite dies! My first card uses the Lunette Arched Borders, which are so versatile...

Hi everyone!  Since this is the beginning of a new year and we have some new viewers, I thought it would be nice to introduce myself again and welcome you here. So glad you decided to take a look.  My name is Debi Adams and I am in house designer with Spellbinders as well as a collection designer. I love arts and crafts and anything...

Hello dear Spellbinders' fans! This is Elena Salo and I'm so happy to share my projects with you again! Today I'd like to continue sharing projects I made using  dies from the Lavender and Poppies Collection. I used several sets to emboss the panel, which I used as the background for the first card. I die cut a square window in my panel and foam mounted it on the card base....

If you're like me, I'm finding myself thankful to be putting away the Christmas Paper while reaching for something that harkens spring.  I'm Becca Feeken with Amazing Paper Grace  and spring is on my mind.    Indeed, Spring Flowers, April Showers!  A touch of vintage paper, lace and flowers was enough to get me dreaming of flower gardens beginning to bloom. For my card today I started with...

Hello everyone. This is Nichol Spohr and thank you for joining me! One of my favorite techniques when creating cards made entirely of die cuts, is to embellish and add detail with pens, inks, paints, etc. to dress up images for maximum impact. I love mixing and matching multiple dies to create one-of-a-kind scenes for my cards. The Ella-fant Etched dies made an adorable up...

Hey there!  It's Laurie Willison here with a couple more projects using the Love Set Match Collection by Debi Adams.  I love her adorable little images and big unique sentiments.  For my first project, I used the set called Love Bunch. I created a simple card base by adding the sentiment along the bottom and then rounding each of the corners with my Corner Chomper. I die...

The all-new January 2018 Large Die of the Month is here! This kit features 13 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 January 1st, 2018,...

Our January 2018 Small Die of the Month is here! This kit features 6 dies that are perfect for creating Love & Valentine's Day card! 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 January 1st,...

Our January 2018 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...

Hello everyone! First of all I would like to wish you a Happy and a prosperous New 2018 Year. I hope it will be filled with amazing events . This is Elena on the blog and I am sure that you spend your Holidays with your family friends. It’s a good occasion to take the photos, that you can look through the next year. But the best...

The gift giving isn't over yet!!  With the glitz and glam of a New Years Eve celebration on the horizon, I want to show you New Year's gift embellishments fitting for the occasion.  Hi, I'm  Becca Feeken with Amazing Paper Grace  and today I want to show you how to make paper pom poms to adorn your New Year's Eve gifts. If you give a lot of gifts,...

Hello Friends! Today I would like to show you how to make these candy boxes with my new die set called Just For You Box from my Thoughtful Expressions Collection by Spellbinders. They are very easy to make, all the work is in the die. The die set has 7 pieces which give you several different options on how to decorate the boxes. They are...

Hello Spellbinders' Fan! Welcome back to our Cardmaking Inspiration series! We hope you've been enjoying these mini posts sharing simple cardmaking ideas and step by step instructions on how to make them! We know how hard it can be to create cards for guys so today we'd like to share a fun & simple masculine card idea using our brand-new Bolts & Nuts dies. Project...

At holiday time, let's be real; I always forget someone!!!  It's inevitable, but a fix is on the way! Hi, I'm I'm Becca Feeken with Amazing Paper Grace and as I march toward my final Christmas arrangements, I'm reaching for a familiar die to create Adorable Holiday Character Gift Bags to have at the door, at the ready, for the special people that somehow I missed in my...

At holiday time, let's be real; I always forget someone!!!  It's inevitable, but a fix is on the way! Hi, I'm I'm Becca Feeken with Amazing Paper Grace and as I march toward my final Christmas arrangements, I'm reaching for a familiar die to create Adorable Holiday Character Gift Bags to have at the door, at the ready, for the special people that somehow I missed in my...

Oh hello! So happy to have you join me here on the Spellbinders blog. I’m Debi Adams, an in-house designer and a creative. I love art, crafts and pretty much anything decorative. Today I am showcasing my latest “punny“ collection, “Love, Set, Match” but with a holiday twist. Obviously this set, “Cool Beans” is for all occasions, but I thought I could show you that...

Hello dear readers! This is Elena Salo from elenasalo.com and I’m so thrilled and honored to be a guest designer here again. I’m a big fan of flowers, almost all kinds of them. And, of course, it was a great pleasure for me to use dies from Lavender and Poppies Collection. I’ve got a lot of projects to show you today, I just couldn’t stop making...

Hello there! It's Laurie Willison here stopping in with a clean and simple card today. I have been playing with Debi Adams collection called Love Set Match. These stamps and dies are so much fun to use and make the most unique cards and gifts. I love the bold images and the big sentiments with all the different fonts. I am generally a clean and simple stamper so I...