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Hi there and thanks for joining me today. It’s Anna here and I’m thrilled to be a guest designer here on the Spellbinders blog! I have many projects to share with you over the next few weeks highlighting the spectacular Handmade Collection by Stephanie Low. For today’s card I used the Sew stamp set and die set. All the images are so beautifully detailed and...

Hi everyone, this is Hussena from Quill and Punch Works, and I am super thrilled to be a Guest Blogger this month at the Spellbinders blog. I will be showcasing the new range of 3D Vignettes Die Collection by Amazing Paper Grace. I have two projects to share today. First up, I have a very intricate and detailed layered card, while the second project is a favor bag....

Melissa Phillips here with you again today using more gorgeous 3-D Vignettes Dies from Becca Feeken. I can't say enough about how much fun these intricate dies are to create with. I wanted to create a casual yet elegant card using the 3-D Vignette dies today, so I selected patterned paper that has the look of textured, blue, ticking fabric. I combined it with the...

Hello and welcome! We are happy you are joining us for our second February 2018 New Product Release Blog Hop (catch our first blog hop for February here)! We are excited to show you our new products, share inspiration and of course host a few fun giveaways! This month we are featuring: Handmade by Stephanie Low and Die D-Lites. Take a few minutes to browse the...

Hello friends, this is Yana Smakula, Spellbinders in-house creative designer. We continue to share inspiration using one of our newest collections -  Handmade by Stephanie Low. See Stephanie's post introducing her collection here as well as inspiration posts here and here. Like I mentioned in my previous post, I love to use my stamps to create the look of patterned paper. Yes, these days you can...

Hello everyone. This is Nichol Spohr and I’m thrilled to be guest designing for Spellbinders this month. Interactive cards are one of my favorite things. And pop up cards? They take the cake! The pop up cards I’ve mailed to friends and family are always a huge hit. Today I’m going to share how I created this prehistoric pop up scene with the new Die...

Hello there! This is Yana Smakula, an in-house creative designer for Spellbinders! I feel like it's been a long time since I last shared my projects or posted a blog post here! So let's fix that! I have many projects to share created using  the most beautiful Handmade collection by Stephanie Low. You might have already seen one of the cards shared here and also...

Hello! Melissa Phillips here with you today and I have the pleasure of sharing a project using some of the beautiful Elegant 3D Vignettes Dies from Becca Feeken.  These dies are truly breathtaking! I created a card using the Ornamental Arch die set.  These dies are so versatile, allowing you to take your card from simple and basic, to very detailed and layered. Layers are...

Hi! Mayline here with you again and I am excited to be sharing my second guest post here on the Spellbinders blog. Catch my first post here. For today’s post I’ve created clean and simple style card with the  Flower Garden collection by Sharyn Sowell. To start off I created a background using a blending technique with light blue color ink on 4 1/4" x...

Hello Spellbinders’ fans! Have you seen our newest Handmade collection by Stephanie Low? We are excited to share several cards made using these beautiful stamps and dies with you. First up is the Stitched with Love card created using Sew stamp & die set. This is actually one of the cards we had the pleasure of teaching during a "Cardmaking with Spellbinders" class at the...

It's Kelly Latevola here and I'm back with a fun floral arrangement that uses a ton of products from Stephanie Low's Cool Vibes Designer Series. I love so many of the elements in this series it was hard to choose which to use! I started by stamping out all my images in Copic safe ink then I dove right into the coloring. I went with...

Hi friends! I'm designer Debi Adams and I just had to show you a few projects from my past collection, "Love, Set, Match" by Spellbinders.  This all-occasion line was created to put a smile on your face and bring some happiness to the recipient. I loved putting punny sentiments into each stamp and die set so that the collection is complete in itself.  Here are...

As the seasons change, those pesky colds and cough are easy to catch. Send a friend extra love and care with a personalized get well care package. Join us for this fun tutorial with Brittany Young, Certified Celebrator, as she creates a DIY care package featuring FSJ stamps and dies. This gift begins with a glass apothecary jar, or any type of glass container large...

Hello and welcome! We are happy you are joining us for our February 2018 New Product Release Blog Hop (we will be hosting one more blog hop next week showing you more new collections and products)! We are excited to show you our new products, share inspiration and of course host a few fun giveaways! This month we are featuring: Elegant 3D Vignettes by Becca...

Hello crafty friends! Yoonsun is here. Thank you so much for joining me! Today I will be sharing with you my colorful (and cheerful) watercolor card with some Joanne Fink Bible Journaling collection products. I started by stamping the sentiment from the Take Delight stamp set on the center of the watercolor paper panel using gray pigment ink. I randomly stamped flowers, butterflies, birds, treble...

Hello, and thank you for joining me. My name is Debby Hughes, and you can find me blogging at Lime Doodle Design. I have been paper crafting for a while now, since 2006. Spellbinders dies were some of the first I bought, and so I'm delighted to be sharing this video tutorial with you today. My project concentrates on creating a classic wreath with lots...

Hello crafty friends! I’m Yoonsun Hur and am so happy to be a guest designer here on the Spellbinders blog. In February, I will be sharing greeting cards with you using so beautiful Bible Journaling collection by Joanne Fink. It is so inspiring! For my card today, I’m featuring the Inspiring Others Stamp Set along with other Spellbinders dies. Instructions: Die-cut Geo Flower die from...

Hello everyone. This is Nichol Spohr and I’m thrilled to be guest designing for Spellbinders! Today I’m sharing how to die cut multiples of an image to create a larger overall element for your design with the new Party Food Dies! I started my card by stamping a plaid “tablecloth” background for my pizza using Fired Brick and Black Soot Distress Oxide Inks with the...

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 card suitable for a gamer created with the help of our Die-Lite dies. Project created by in-house designer Yana Smakula Step By Step Instructions: We have a full set of...

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 masculine Robot card created with a touch of humor using our Die D-Lite dies. Project created by in-house designer Yana Smakula Step By Step Instructions: We have a full set of...

There are a couple of card styles I default to when I need to make something quick - I begin with gold layering.    I'm Becca Feeken with Amazing Paper Grace and today my card is both simple and elegant with two layered gold elements  on a decorative background.  It's easy to put together and I'll take you through the quick steps. Cream and gold are my signature colors...

The all-new February 2018 Large Die of the Month is here! This kit features 17 dies that are perfect for pop up Birthday  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 February...

Hello everyone. This is Nichol Spohr and thank you for joining me! Today I’m sharing how to layer stencils to create a seasonal background scene for a die cut image. I’m layering inking and stenciling with embossing paste and stencils and finishing it all with an interactive shaker element! Creating a scene card is one of my very favorite styles of card to create. The...

Our February 2018 Small Die of the Month is here! This kit features 4 dies that are perfect for all sorts of fun borders! 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 February 1st,...

Our February 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, dear friends! Elena Salo is here. Thank you so much for joining me! Today is the second post where I show how you can use new collection of the dies from Marisa Job -  Thoughtful Expressions. You can find my first project using this collection here. And I made little boxes again! It’s super easy with the new die from the collection – Just...

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...