4 – Spellbinders

Easy Dimensional Paper Flowers: Spellbinders Serenity Garden Tutorial

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Hello, crafty cardmaking friends! Paper flowers that look like you spent hours on them, but secretly took you 10 minutes? Yes, please. oday, we are crafting a dimensional floral greeting card that will definitely impress your friends. Dust off your stylus tool. We are putting it to work with the Spellbinders STC Serenity Garden Collection. … Continue reading Easy Dimensional Paper Flowers: Spellbinders Serenity Garden Tutorial

Cardmaking In 5 Easy Steps – Simon Hurley Timeless Textures

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Cardmaking in 5 Easy Steps - Cards & Coffee Time - July 07, 2026 Hello Crafty Cardmaking Friends! I have a simple five-step project that pairs those favorite and loved items sitting in your stash with some shiny new treasures. For this project, we are playing with a few pieces from the Spellbinders Timeless Textures … Continue reading Cardmaking In 5 Easy Steps – Simon Hurley Timeless Textures

Sparklers, Stems, and Red, White, & Bloom: A 5-Step Patriotic Card Recipe

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Hello friends! Let’s be honest: usually, I am right here giving you a full, step-by-step tutorial on how to glue your fingers together. Today, we are skipping the heavy instructions. Instead, I just want to show off a little patriotic experiment that actually turned out looking like a million bucks. Bonus: Since we are skipping … Continue reading Sparklers, Stems, and Red, White, & Bloom: A 5-Step Patriotic Card Recipe

Spellbinders Birthday Hop: Transforming the Party Time Dragon Die

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Hello, wonderful paper crafting friends! Welcome to my blog!. We are gathering to celebrate a pretty major milestone: Spellbinders is turning 23! That is practically a century in crafting years, right? To celebrate this very happy birthday, I am sharing a tutorial featuring a special little guest. Spellbinders has a FREE gift-with-purchase die set right … Continue reading Spellbinders Birthday Hop: Transforming the Party Time Dragon Die

Cardmaking 101 – Creating an Elegant, Gold-Splattered Dressform Card

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Hello, cardmaking friends! Some craft projects look like they took hours, but actually come together quite easily. This dressmaker card is one of those projects. It features a lot of detail, but the process is straightforward. Today we are creating a soft feminine, vintage-style card with no greeting. The design uses soft pinks, sunny yellows, … Continue reading Cardmaking 101 – Creating an Elegant, Gold-Splattered Dressform Card

How to Turn a Simple Card Window Into a Triple Pane Masterpiece – Cascading Coneflowers

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Cardmaking in 5 Easy Steps - June 20, 2026 - Cards & Coffee Time Hi there! Today we are tackling cardmaking with a strict 5-step formula, mostly to keep me from getting distracted by shiny sequins halfway through. Our star guests for this project are all of the items in the Simon Hurley Cascading Coneflowers … Continue reading How to Turn a Simple Card Window Into a Triple Pane Masterpiece – Cascading Coneflowers

Two Cheerful Cards Featuring Spellbinders Whimsical Village

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Hello Everyone! Happy Friday to you! Sending some "Whimsical" smiles! Today we are playing with the Spellbinders Whimsical Village collection by Vicky Papaioannou, and the results are wonderfully cheerful. For the first project, I paired the Whimsical Blooms dies with the Whimsical Skies 3D Embossing Folder. I arranged three bright, summer-colored flowers right on top … Continue reading Two Cheerful Cards Featuring Spellbinders Whimsical Village

Game On, Dad – Spellbinders Checkmate Collection

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Hello, lovely cardmakers! Cardmaking for guys is notoriously tricky. If you see one more card with a generic fishing rod or a tie, you might lose your mind...not really I love those too. That is why the new Checkmate collection from Spellbinders is a total lifesaver. It lets you skip the clichés and build something … Continue reading Game On, Dad – Spellbinders Checkmate Collection

Cardmaking with Yana’s Everyday City Holiday Collection from Spellbinders

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Hello friends! There is something truly lovely about the architecture of a building. Structures tell stories, and today we are bringing that feeling to paper. We are making a fancy gate fold card with a special twist: a continuous belly band. Unlike normal bands, this one slips on and off without breaking up the visual … Continue reading Cardmaking with Yana’s Everyday City Holiday Collection from Spellbinders