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Hi crafty friends! This is Keeway Tsao and I’m thrilled to be returning today for another guest post with Spellbinders featuring the Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok. Folk Art as I familiar with is usually packed with tons of color. For this card, I decided to google “folk art” to get inspired by folk art itself, and this time color my die cuts. Given...

Good morning! This is Emily Midgett here with you today from Sixth Street Sundries. I am so excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog helping to showcase new Lene Lok Folk Art Collection. Using unique dies as a focal point is one of my favorite card making techniques, and over the next few posts, I will have a few tips on how to...

The all-new April Large Die of the Month is here! This kit features 6 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 April 1st, 2018,...

Hi crafty friends! This is Keeway Tsao and I’m thrilled to be here guest blogging on the Spellbinders blog. Today I’d like to share some handmade card inspiration featuring the gorgeous Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok. This entire collection is so beautiful and easily adds so much elegance to a card. The large designs make it the perfect die to create quick and easy...

Our April 2018 Small Die of the Month is here! This kit features 13 dies that are perfect for creating your own flowers! 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 April 1st, 2018,...

Our April 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! This is Kay Miller and I am happy to be back again sharing some fun projects I created with the new Good Vibes Only Collection by Stephanie Low. I have two more cards to share with you today showing some fun ways to use bright colored card stock for that extra pop! You can catch cards I shared earlier using this collection here...

Hi, crafty friends! This is Rubeena from A Rare Ruby, and I’m so excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders Blog today. This post is part of a series featuring the Good Vibes Only Collection by Stephanie Low! You can find my firs​t two posts here and here. ​ For my first card, I used Rosy Summer Flowers Dies. I die-cut the both dies from...

Hello everyone! This is Kay Miller and I am excited to be back again sharing some more fun projects I created with the new Good Vibes Only Collection by Stephanie Low. You can catch my first post here. Distress inks are a good way to color up your die cuts if you don’t have a large selection of card stock. I have a couple of...

Hi, crafty friends! This is Rubeena from A Rare Ruby, and I’m so excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders Blog today. This post is part of a series featuring the Good Vibes Only Collection by Stephanie Low! You can find my first post here. I have a simple card to share with you today using only a sentiment die. I wanted to be able to...

Hello everyone! This is Kay Miller and I am excited to be guesting with Spellbinders this month and sharing some fun projects I created with the new Good Vibes Only Collection by Stephanie Low. I love creating cards with dies only. There are many fun ways to use them and I have a couple of cards to share with you today showing how you can...

Hi, crafty friends! This is Rubeena from A Rare Ruby, and I’m so excited to be a guest on the Spellbinders Blog today. This post is part of a series featuring the Good Vibes Only Collection by Stephanie Low! I have two cards to share with you that will focus on the Crystal Peaks dies. To begin, I die-cut the large crystal die and the...

Hello Spellbinders’ fans! To bring you even more inspiration and spark your creativity using products from our Small Die of the Month, Large Die of the Month and Card Kit of the Month for March 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! And let...

Hello everybody! This is Elena Salo, I’m back and want to share with you another project where I used dies from the new collection On The Wings Of Love. I played with Borders set of dies and created some intricate and funny backgrounds for the cards. First, I made A2 top folding card base and covered the front panel with double sided adhesive. Then I...

Hello Everyone, this is Joni Andaya from Papell With Love and thank you again for joining me on my 3rd post highlighting the products from On the Wings of Love Collection by Joanne Fink. For this post I used one of the border dies to create a background for the card. To begin I first die-cut white cardstock with Hearts and Butterflies Borders die. Then,...

Hi, it's Olga, today I am super excited to share 2 cards that I have created using Swirl Frame die from the latest On the Wings of Love collection by Joanne Fink. This die is perfect for creating framed cards and it can be both landscape or portrait oriented: The first card I've made is portrait oriented. I created a shaped frame card base first...

Hello crafty friends! First, I’d like to thank you for joining me today. It’s Elena from elenasalo.com. This is my second post with projects I made using dies from the On the Wings of Love Collection, catch my first post here. For today’s cards I’ve chosen a die from Love Dream Create set. It reminds me of fairytale cityscape where elves and fairies live. And...

Hello Everyone, this is Joni Andaya from Papell With Love and thank you for joining me on my 2nd post highlighting the products from On the Wings of Love Collection by Joanne Fink. See my first post here. For this post I created a card fitted for the upcoming Mother’s Day event. To begin I first die-cut the pale pink cardstock with Swirl Heart die...

Hello dear readers! Elena Salo is here again! I’ve got a chance to play with a new collection of the dies, which was created by Joanne Fink. It is On the Wings of Love.  It contains a lot of frequently used sentiments like “Thanks”, “Love “, “Create” and many others which, I think, can add beauty to every card. I also liked the gorgeous alphabet....

Hello everyone, this is Joni Andaya from Papell With Love and thank you for joining me today. This post is highlighting products from On the Wings of Love Collection by Joanne Fink, which I did a Thank you card mixing different colored cardstock and using Copic Marker as my color medium. To begin, I first cut my yellow card panel. Then, die-cut the frame from...

Hi there, it's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts here with you today and I am back at Spellbinders blog with my last post as a guest designer for this week. As already said in my previous posts (catch them here and here), I used dies from a brand new Classics March release for all of the cards I shared with you here. I decided to make...

Hello, there! It’s Marge here with you today again. Have you enjoyed my previous posts for Spellbinders New Classics March Collection? As the third theme for this week, I'm going to share how to use die cut layering to create dimensions on your card. Here are the examples that I made geometric blossoms using various nested circle-shaped dies. By doing this, you can also build...

Hello Crafters! It's Kelly Latevola here and I'm excited to bring you something a little different today. As a colorist I frequently hear my subscribers say that they have a hard time knowing where exactly to add shading to their images. Did you know Spellbinders has these stamps that come with the shading already added? They have a whole line of 3D Shading Stamps. I...

Hi there, it's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts here with you today and I am back at Spellbinders blog as a guest designer for this week. As I've already mentioned in the first project I shared this week, I am using dies from a brand new Classics March release on all of the cards I share with you here. When I saw the Fancy Edged Circles...

Hello and welcome! We are happy you are joining us for our March New Product Release Blog Hop! As always, we are thrilled to show you our new products, share inspiration and of course host a few fun giveaways! This month we are featuring the following collection: Classics by Spellbinders, On The Wings of Love by Joanne Fink, Good Vibes Only by Stephanie Low &...

Hello, there! It’s Marge here again with gorgeous New Classics March Collection. Today I’m going to share how to make patterned backgrounds using dry embossing technique. Since all the dies in Classics March Collection are nested dies, with different patterns on frames one by one in a set, they are just perfect for making interesting patterns all together. So here are my cards for today....

Hi there, It's Kaja from Kajcyika crafts here with you today and I am super honored to be guest designing for Spellbinders this week. For my cards, I will be using dies from a brand new Classics March release. Take a look at my first project: I started by ink blending the whole panel of my watercolor paper. I decided to use Distress oxides since they...

Hello, everyone ! This is Marge and I’m so honored to be invited as a guest designer for Spellbinders Classics March Collection this week. Introducing myself a little, I’m a passionate card maker, and I’m currently participating in the design team for Pretty Pink Posh. As you all have seen, the Spellbinders Classics March Collection is full of basic frame dies with various striped, dotted...

Hello!  Melissa Phillips here and I’m so happy to join you again using more of the beautiful 3D Vignettes Dies from Becca Feeken. I had a lot of fun creating this birthday card using these fabulous, layered dies. Birthday cards are among my most favorite cards to create, and I just knew the tiny balloons in the Layered Happy Birthday Etched 3D Vignettes Dies would...

Hi there crafty friends, Zsoka with you today with my third and last blog post using products from the Sharyn Sowell Flower Garden collection. If you missed my previous posts, you can find them here and here. I've really enjoyed working with these lovely products! I just love flowers above anything and because I only have a son, I can't go all girly on my scrapbook...

Hello Spellbinders fans!  This is Laurie Schmidlin back with my second guest post for this month.  You can see my first Die D-Lites post here.  One of the die sets that immediately caught my eye is the Sketched Blooms die set.  I love these flowers, and as it is still snowing where I live they definitely add some sunshine inside my studio! I started by...

Hello! This is Heather Hoffman again - and I'm thrilled to be guest designing several times this month to share cards using the brand new  Sew Sweet Collection from Tammy Tutterow! This is my third and final post here on the Spellbinder Blog this month - you can check out my last two posts HERE and HERE. Today I have a pair of colorful and...

Hello there, Zsoka back with you today, sharing my second of three blog posts showcasing cards I've created with various die sets from the Sharyn Sowell Flower Garden collection! If you've missed my first post, you can find it here. I love all colors. If you follow me on Instagram you know that I don't like white space. Well that's not entirely true, I actually love white on...

Hello Spellbinders fans!  This is Laurie Schmidlin back with my second guest post for this month.  You can see my first Die D-Lites post here. One of the die sets that immediately caught my eye is the Hip Llama set.  Llamas are definitely trending right now and I couldn't wait to create using this fun die set! I started by sponging the background to create...

Hello! My name is Heather Hoffman - and I'm thrilled to be guest designing several times this month to share cards using the brand new Sew Sweet Collection from Tammy Tutterow! This is my second post here on the Spellbinder Blog - you can check out my last post HERE. Today I went very much with the the feel of this collection - very handmade and vintage crafty...

Hi there crafty friends, Zsoka Marko here with you today, sharing my first of three blog posts showcasing cards I've created with various die sets from the Sharyn Sowell Flower Garden collection! You most probably don't know me, so here's a bit of information in a nutshell. I'm Hungarian but have been living in Germany for 13 years with my Dutch boyfriend and our 9-year-old son....