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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...

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...

Hello everyone. It’s Elena’s turn to share a couple of new projects this Sunday. The last 2 months I have been so very busy with Christmas cardmaking projects, I felt I needed to switch to something non Christmas, just to take a break from Winter, so I decided to create something that I like most of all – Floral cards. It seems that I am waiting...

How many of you make one batch of Christmas cards and call it done - everyone gets the same card?  Hi, I'm Becca Feeken with Amazing Paper Grace and today I'll let you in on a little secret.  I normally make three cards to fit my giving, because one size does not fit all.  Today I'm sharing my easy to make card that I know I'll make if I've...

Hello everyone! This is Erum Tasneem. Last time I shared a few cards using the Sunflower Stamp & Die Set by Stephanie Low which you can find HERE. Today I have a card to share with you using Moon Flower Stamp & Die Set by Stephanie Low. I chose the individual floral stamps for my card. I heat embossed them in white on watercolour paper....

Hi everyone!  Laurie Schmidlin here and I am excited to be sharing my second guest post here on the Spellbinders blog, you can catch the first post here - I shared adorable gift boxes. For today's post I've created two cards with the Four Seasons Collection by Lene Lok. When I first saw the Spring Canopy and Elements die set I thought the flowers would look...

We are very excited to have guest designer Elena Salo on our blog today sharing an easy way to dress up gift boxes with the help of Spellbinders dies. Hi dear friends. Elena Salo is here and I'm so happy to be with you again and share more creative inspiration! You might remember my first post sharing inspiration with Spellbinders December Card Kit go the Month,...

Christmas Time is almost here and I am still busy with creating Christmas cards – my favorite season for cardmaking. It’ s Elena here today and I am back to share more ideas for your Christmas cards. I like using blue and white colors for my Winter/Christmas cards. When I was a child the New Year Preparations and Christmas Eve ( I am Orthodox and...

Ever since they were littles, my kids knew I was the mom that loved the special touches.  When they were doing their science projects I hauled out all the die cutting machines to make encourage them to crank through crisp, readable letters.  You would not be wrong if you imagined that my kid was the one who had decorative corners in each edge of their science...

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 Holiday Wreath  card created using dies from the Four Seasons collection designed by Lene Lok. Project created by in-house designer Yana Smakula Step By Step Instructions: We have a full set of step by step instructions describing how...

Hi everyone!  This is Laurie Schmidlin and I am honored to be guest blogging here on the Spellbinders blog!  Today I'm sharing a couple of Christmas boxes created with the new Four Seasons Collection by Lene Lok. The Four Seasons Box by Lene Lok is the perfect die to create quick and easy gifts or party favors! To create this box, I started by die...

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...