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A handmade greeting card designed to look like a pink quilted purse with a teal blue background. The purse features a black strap with gold hardware and a cute panda bear charm hanging from a small gold chain. A gold and black sentiment reads “Charmed to Know You.” The card is surrounded by a fountain pen and greenery for styling. The bottom corner includes the text “Project by Sandi MacIver | Spellbinders Paper Arts.”
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Charmed to Know You | Spellbinders November Clubs

First up is “Charmed to Know You”, featuring the Spellbinders November Large Die of the Month.  This set creates the cutest purse design, and the real fun comes in decorating it with all the little extras – charms, chains, locks, filigree details, and more.  There are tons of mix-and-match pieces, so you can truly customize your design and give it personality.

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November 19, 2025 5 Comments
A handmade pink card created with the Spellbinders November Clubs featuring a luxe chain-style background embossed with the Luxe Lattice Embossing Folder. The focal point is a gold arched frame with a marbled coral wax seal stamped with a gold champagne glass design from the Cin Cin Wax Seal of the Month. Below the wax seal is a black and gold sentiment from the BetterPress Club “Paws in the City” set that reads: “Life’s more fun with a little flair.” The card is displayed flat lay style with wax beads, a wax seal tool, and greenery styled around it.
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Pretty In Pink – Spellbinders November Clubs with Wax Seals, Glimmer and Texture

If you’re ready for a dose of pink, texture, sparkle, and just a little flair – you’re in the right place!  Today I’m sharing two playful and elegant card projects created with the Spellbinders November Clubs, and this month’s kits are full of charm, shine and whimsy.  From the beautifully embossed backgrounds using the Luxe Lattice Embossing Folder of the Month, to the gold-foiled details from the Glimmer Club, every piece adds a touch of luxury.

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November 18, 2025 5 Comments
Handmade fall-themed thank you card created with the Spellbinders September 3D Embossing Folder and Large Die of the Month kits. The background is embossed with a woven plaid texture in kraft cardstock, layered on black cardstock. Three colorful die-cut leaves in orange, green, and yellow are arranged at the center. A black sentiment strip with gold embossing reads “THIS IS ME THANKING YOU.” The card is displayed on a wood slice with coordinating orange and green envelopes, surrounded by fall foliage and acorns.
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Spellbinders Final September Club Cards

Hi cardmaking friends, and welcome back!  Today I’m excited to share my Spellbinders Final September Club Cards.  I created three different designs, combining several of the monthly club kits. 

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September 17, 2025 4 Comments
handmade Halloween card created with the Spellbinders Spooktacular release by Simon Hurley. The card features a black die-cut cat with large green eyes wearing a pink witch hat, layered over a teal BetterPress Spiderweb background. Pink and orange die0cut pumpkin treat baskets add a festive finishing touch.
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Spellbinders Boo Crew Halloween Cards

Hi cardmaking friends – welcome back!  Today I’m playing with Simon Hurley’s new Spooktacular release and sharing two Spellbinders Boo Crew Halloween cards. 

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August 28, 2025 7 Comments
Handmade underwater-themed greeting cards created with the Spellbinders August Club Kits. Designs feature colorful die-cut fish, coral, and seaweed with embossed ocean backgrounds. Sentiments include ‘Make a Splash, It’s Your Day,’ ‘Drift and Dream,’ and ‘It’s OK to Float Awhile.’ The cards showcase vibrant aquatic scenes with layered die cuts, bubbles, and textured details
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Spellbinders August Clubs RoundUp

Today I’m sharing a Spellbinders August Clubs Roundup, featuring my final three cards of the month: the Stencil Club, the BetterPress Club, and the Stitched Club.

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August 18, 2025 7 Comments
Handmade winter-themed card created using Spellbinders July Club dies, featuring layered die-cut elements including red mittens holding a hot chocolate mug with a snowflake design, textured turquoise sweater, and a sentiment reading "stay warm & sip happily" on a black background with bold white snowflake patterns.
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Spellbinders More July Club Cards

Today I’m excited to share more Spellbinders July Club Cards with you. I’ve been having a blast combining elements from the BetterPress and Glimmer Clubs—yes, I foiled them both!

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July 18, 2025 3 Comments
Handmade thank you card using the Spellbinders Beyond the Door die set from the La Dolce Vita release. The design features an arched aqua door opening to a scenic ocean view with clouds, stone steps, and detailed die-cut elements including vibrant pink flowers, lush cascading vines, and blue flower pots. A "Thank You" sentiment adds a personal touch, perfect for card makers who love dimensional die-cutting and scene building.
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Spellbinders Beyond the Door

I’m excited to share a new project featuring the Spellbinders Beyond the Door die set from the La Dolce Vita release. This stunning die set is packed with thoughtful details—everything from a tiny cloud die for the window scene, to floral elements for the potted plants, and beautifully cascading foliage that layers seamlessly

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June 21, 2025 4 Comments
A hand-made card with a die-cut seagull dressed as a ship captain, standing on a stitched helm with a Glimmer foiled net background
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My Final Two Spellbinders Club Cards

Today, I’m sharing my Final Two Spellbinders Club Cards. These fun designs combine the Stitched Die, Glimmer, BetterPress, and Clear Stamp & Die of the Month — and of course, I couldn’t resist using those adorable die-cut seagulls one more time!

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June 12, 2025 4 Comments
hand made birthday card with a rainbow of splatter and a script overlay in black with large die cut sentiment in black and white
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BetterPress Grunge Card

I still had a couple of items from the Lisa Horton Wildflowers release to work with, so I decided to combine them to create a Tim Holtz-inspired Grunge Card.

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May 27, 2025 10 Comments
Purple hand-made card with an oval cut in the center with three bachelor's buttons flowers on the left side with sentiments at the bottom center
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Spellbinders Layered Wildflowers

Lisa Horton designed this release from Spellbinders, and I love the details she has placed into the die-cuts to add such great depth and detail without additional work.  They are truly amazing

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May 22, 2025 5 Comments
hand-made card with pink die-cut gladiolus on an oval cut panel with a script text background and a postage stamp edge in black and white
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Layered Gladiolus Postage Card

Good morning, card-making friends.  I’m playing with a new release from Spellbinders, designed by Lisa Horton, called Wildflowers, and I have created a Layered Gladiolus Postage Card to share with you today. 

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May 13, 2025 7 Comments
hand made japanese Kokeshi doll card colored in blues and pinks with an embossed background
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Spring in Kyoto

Today, I have a new release from Spellbinders to share with you.  Alex Syberia of Alex Syberia Designs designed Spring in Kyoto.  This beautiful look at Spring in Kyoto includes a creative selection of products, including a 3/D Floral Fans embossing Folder. 

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May 10, 2025 6 Comments
hand made teal card with a rainbow of die cut crayons across it
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Crayon Teacher Cards

Hey, card-making friends. Today, I have 3 cards to share with you all with a Crayon Teacher Cards theme. I’m working again with Spellbinders Monthly Club kits, and I had a blast combining them to create today’s card shares.

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May 8, 2025 4 Comments
handmade cards with a yellow and pink backgrounds with white gerber daisies with pink highlights and green leaves
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New Spellbinders – Yana’s Daisies

Check out the New Spellbinders – Yana’s Daisies.  Yes, the talented Yana has another new collection out consisting of Press Plates, coordinating stencils, and dies.

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April 10, 2025 9 Comments
image of my top nine cards from Instagram.
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Top 9 Cards from 2024

Visit the blog post for details on my Top 9 Cards for 2024 with links to the individual posts for card instructions and supply lists

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January 2, 2025 4 Comments
Spellbinders Hooray It's Your birthday
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Spellbinders Hooray! It’s Your Birthday

Well today we are playing with frogs and slots.  Bet you never thought you’d hear that from me, haha.  Spellbinders Hooray! It’s Your Birthday is the name of this months Large Die of the Month Club Kit and that’s where the adorable convertible driving froggy is from. 

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November 13, 2024 7 Comments
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3 Quick and Easy Christmas Cards

Today, I have 3 Quick and Easy Christmas Cards to share with you. I’m finishing my Spellbinders Club Kits for the Month and creating backgrounds with the Stencil Club and BetterPress Club, so I made these cards quick, easy, and mass-produced. We all need those when the holiday crunch is upon us, right? I’m just curious:  How many Christmas Cards do you mail out each year?

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October 26, 2024 7 Comments
Foiling with BetterPress Plates Intro
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Foiling with BetterPress Plates

Welcome back to my card making blog. Today, I’m sharing 4 cards I created with Foiling With BetterPress Plates. Yana has a new release over at Spellbinders; as usual, it’s lovely. I used Yana’s Festive Poinsettias and Home for Christmas Sentiments for today’s cards. The release also has Yana’s Amaryllis Etched Dies and Amaryllis Garden 3D embossing Folder, which are used in an upcoming post.

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October 15, 2024 12 Comments
Spellbinders Autumn Cards Intro
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Spellbinders Autumn Cards

visit today’s blog post for detailed instructions on how to create the Spellbinders Autumn Cards using the September club of the month kits

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September 19, 2024 12 Comments
hand made card with a white die cut martini glass on a pink and gold embossed background with a lime wedge and curl and a flamingo stir stick
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Spellbinders Happy Hour Martini Cards

Today I have some fun Spellbinders Happy Hour Martini Cards to share with you.  This new release is full of cocktail fun from a cocktail glass BetterPress background plate, 2 different shapes of glasses, three different themes of decorative dies, a beautiful set of decorative rectangles dies and an amazing set of sentiments that all foil/BetterPress and cut out at once.

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August 25, 2024 7 Comments
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