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A collection of colorful handmade 3D felt Easter eggs decorated with layered felt flowers and leaves, displayed on clear risers alongside a whimsical felt gnome, set against a bright turquoise background with green foliage.
Handmade Easter Fergus the Gnome felt decor featuring a teal cone hat and matching coat decorated with beaded felt eggs and colorful felt flowers, a white beard, and pink accents, styled on a wooden slice with greenery against a turquoise background
Square handmade spring card featuring a white bunny with oversized round glasses that read “Happy Spring,” layered die-cut flowers between the ears, and a pink scarf. The bunny is set against a turquoise embossed background, with coral and green cardstock mats peeking out underneath.
Handmade Easter card featuring a white die-cut bunny from the Simon Hurley Bunny Buddies Die Set by Spellbinders, standing beside colorful flowers on a green grass border. The background is softly ink blended in teal and aqua tones, framed with a white mat, and finished with a pink embossed “Happy Easter” sentiment banner. Decorative spring greenery and pastel speckled eggs surround the card in the styled photo.
One-layer handmade thank-you card featuring colorful stamped wildflowers from the My Monthly Hero Wildflower Stamp and Cut set. Pink, coral, and yellow flowers with black centers rise from simple green stems on a white background, accented with a bright pink ribbon bow across the lower third and a stamped “Thanks a Bunch” sentiment.
Handmade spring card featuring a white bunny standing in green grass and looking up at pink flowers inside a gold-trimmed arched window. Two pastel Easter eggs sit at the bunny’s feet. The scene is layered over a pink stenciled background with teal and lime cardstock mats, photographed on a white surface with alcohol markers and greenery accents.
Handmade Easter card featuring layered die-cut spring flowers and a white bunny in a grassy garden scene. The card has a soft aqua sky background, bright coral and white flowers with green foliage, and a “Happy Easter” sentiment stamped along the bottom, created using the My Monthly Hero February 2026 kit.
Handmade winter birthday card featuring an easy diorama design with a smiling snowman wearing a teal scarf and hat, standing inside a layered arched window. The scene includes snowy pine trees, falling snow accents, and a pink-to-teal blended sky, set on a teal card base with scattered white splatter and a small “Happy Birthday” sentiment.
Handmade Galentine’s card featuring a heart wreath embossing folder background colored with Distress Oxide ink sprays and heat embossed in gold. The pastel purple, pink, and blue panel is layered on a lavender card base and finished with a gold-foiled “Galentine” sentiment and small gold embellishments, styled with flowers and greenery.
Handmade birthday card featuring a cute Birthday Bear die-cut from Spellbinders, with outstretched arms and a pink party hat. The bear is layered in black and white with a smiling face and tiny pink details, holding a teal gift wrapped with a gold bow. The background includes a teal embossed panel framed with a black scalloped border and white dots, layered over pink and green cardstock. A pink banner at the bottom reads “Happy Birthday.”
Under-the-sea themed MemoryDex card created with AALL & Create stamps and dies, featuring a whimsical red-haired mermaid with teal scales seesawing above a row of small fish. The mixed-media background is ink-blended in aqua and turquoise tones with splatters, sea plants, coral, and shells, accented with sequins and a “Sea Life” label.
Handmade 5-inch square Valentine card featuring die-cut chocolate-covered strawberries arranged in a circle around the sentiment “You’re the berry best.” The strawberries are layered in red, brown, and green cardstock on a white panel with red and green mat layers, set against a red background.
Handmade Valentine card featuring three cute blue peacocks holding hearts and love notes, colored with Copic markers and arranged on stitched purple heart inlays over a teal stitched background, with small purple hearts scattered throughout.
Handmade winter card featuring a bundled snowman die cut wearing a teal hat and scarf on a pink, purple, and teal ink-blended background. The card includes a layered “Warm Thoughts” sentiment at the top, a small “thanks for being you” label, and glitzy falling snow accents scattered across the background.
Handmade pink card featuring a soft blush ink-blended background embossed with the Spellbinders January 2026 Embossing Club “Cloud Nine” folder, layered die-cut flowers from the Small Die of the Month, and a black heat-embossed “Have a Nice Day” sentiment from the Clear Stamp and Die of the Month, finished with black gems.
Handmade Galentine’s Day card featuring a Copic-colored Simon Says Stamp Loving You Bouquet with purple roses and teal leaves on a watercolor background created with Distress Oxide sprays. A gold-embossed heart made of words is stamped behind the bouquet, the sentiment is layered with vellum and finished with a gold foil “Galentine”.
A bright, mixed-media AALL & Create MemoryDex card for Theme #1 Photography, featuring a whimsical fairy character holding a camera in front of a large rainbow-colored camera with a smiling sun lens, layered flowers, grass, paint splatter details, and a “click” label on a teal background.
andmade Valentine’s card featuring two classic cartoon mice die-cut from black, white, and teal cardstock, facing each other and forming a heart with their hands over a large teal heart. The male mouse holds a pink rose while the female mouse wears a pink skirt and bow. Above them is a die-cut sentiment reading “You Are My Happily Ever After.” The card is styled on a turquoise background with greenery and heart-shaped chocolates, created with the Spellbinders Steamboat Willie Duo and Classic Mouse Love Etched Dies.
A handmade winter birthday card with a teal, blue, and green watercolor-style background created using Lindy’s Magical Powders and the Simon Says Stamp Wonderland Snowflakes embossing folder. White snowflake designs are embossed across the panel, and a layered “Happy Birthday” sentiment in white cardstock and vellum sits in the center, giving the card a soft, snowy, elegant look.
Die-cut handmade card featuring a colorful hummingbird hovering beside a pink flower over white daisies and layered green grass, framed with a postage-style border on a teal background with a simple “hello” sentiment at the bottom.
Handmade Valentine shaker card with a white embossed heart background, a lavender and aqua layered heart frame, and a cute blue peacock holding a purple heart in the center. Pink heart sequins fill the shaker, and the sentiment reads, “Proud as a peacock to be your Valentine.”
Decorated MemoryDex card holder box created with AALL & Create products for the MemoryDex Card Challenge. The box is covered in bright mixed-media collage papers with words like “Sunshine” and “Love,” and features whimsical die-cut images including a colorful girl with a flower crown, a small white dog, a sun and cloud, and a pink “Kiss” label. The box is photographed against a teal background with the sandimaciver.com watermark at the bottom.
A handmade fan-shaped card created with the Spellbinders Small Die of the Month “Sunny Stems” set. The card features five arched black panels outlined in pink, each decorated with layered die-cut flowers in pink with bright green stems and leaves. A curved center panel includes a white heat-embossed sentiment that reads “hope this card brightens your day.” The card is photographed upright with greenery in the foreground.
Handmade greeting card created with the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Postage Frame Die Set. A die-cut dachshund mail carrier runs across a white postage-edge panel with a teal border, carrying letters in a teal mailbag. A small pink tulip postage stamp embellishment sits in the top right corner with the sentiment “Special Delivery” stamped beside it.
Handmade greeting card created with the Postage Box Die Set from the NEW Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Subscription program. A teal die-cut mailbox with a scalloped postage-stamp style frame is filled with colorful flowers in pink, yellow, and coral, with a tiny white envelope on top and a small bird perched on the flowers. More florals and greenery decorate the mailbox and a bundle of rolled newspapers below, all set against a teal background with coordinating metal dies arranged around the card.
Handmade winter birthday card with two cute die-cut birds wearing teal hats perched on green branches over a light aqua embossed snowflake background, framed with a teal arched card base. A small black and white “Happy Birthday” sentiment sits below the birds, with glittery snowflakes and gems scattered around.
Colorful Memory Dex die card featuring AALL & Create products, with a whimsical Christmas scene on a teal and green background. The card includes a hand-colored Miss Merry character in a red dress and striped tights, pink houses along the top edge, green trees, small birds, holly leaves, snowflakes, and white paint splatter. The words “sweet season” are centered on the card, and the project is photographed among evergreen branches and bright holiday ornaments.
Three handmade die-cut snowman holiday gift tags in pastel blue, purple, and teal, featuring layered snowmen, snowflake accents, twine ties, and one shaker tag, styled on greenery with white snowflake decorations.
Handmade Christmas card featuring bright green embossed holly leaves with raised texture and stenciled details, accented with dimensional pink berries on a white background. Black sentiment strips read “Sending Cheer,” with paint splatter details and a festive pink backdrop.
Handmade card featuring two adorable panda bear slippers nestled together on a blush pink background embossed with the Sweet Stems Embossing Folder from the Spellbinders December Club kits. Die-cut flowers and leaves decorate the card, with a coordinating sleep mask above the slippers and a black-and-white sentiment that reads “Let’s do nothing together.” Card created using the Spellbinders Deluxe Caboodle Bonus Gift of the Month.
Handmade stitched felt Christmas ornaments created with new Simon Says Stamp dies, including a snowman with scarf, a teal and white bird, a black-and-white penguin with green scarf, a teal mitten with snowflake, and a holly berry sprig. Ornaments displayed against snowy bottle-brush trees and greenery.
Handmade Good Fortune Horse card with an ink-blended background in pink, orange, and purple distress oxide inks, embossed with the Distress Mix 3D embossing folder and highlighted with gold and white paint. The horse is die-cut from carrot-orange cardstock with gold mirror mane, tail, and saddle. Card displayed on a pink surface with coordinating dies and a black fountain pen beside it.
Handmade felt gnome standing on greenery with a pinecone staff, teal coat, and stitched leaf embellishments; Woodlands Fergus project created using Spellbinders dies.
Handmade Valentine’s card featuring two red stitched coffee mugs with pink heart centers created using the Spellbinders Stitched Die of the Month “A Perfect Blend.” The mugs meet in the middle with white steam forming a heart above them. The sentiment “love you” is die-cut in red with a pink banner reading “Let’s Chat Soon.” The aqua card front is embossed with the Unlock My Heart 3D Embossing Folder and layered on red and aqua cardstock, surrounded by greenery and white berry accents.
Resting Dove Die-Cut Christmas Card Intro
Handmade Christmas card featuring a bold “MERRY” cover die cut from white cardstock and backed with vertical strips of lime green and teal. A cute stamped snowman wearing a green-and-teal hat and scarf is sledding across the bottom right corner. Card is displayed upright on a white snowflake stand with evergreen décor and a blue ornament in the background.
Handmade landscape stair-step Christmas card featuring a die-cut Santa mug and three layered Christmas trees. The card is created using Spellbinders Cocoa Wonderland dies and sits on a red card base with a snowflake-patterned aqua background created with the Snowflake Shimmer BetterPress Plate. Santa has a white layered beard, pink cheeks, and a red handle with Christmas Decor popping out. A “Merry Christmas” sentiment is displayed on the front step along with a small die-cut bow and gift. The coordinating card in the background also features Christmas trees and the same snowflake aqua background.
A handmade holiday card featuring layered dimensional snowflake rosettes created with the Tim Holtz Snowflake Rosette and Vault Rosettes dies for Simon Says Stamp DieCember. The main card displays a large kraft and white die-cut rosette topped with a bold black 3D star and accented with die-cut evergreen branches. Surrounding the card are two additional coordinating rosettes—one plaid and one white—each finished with matching black stars. The scene is styled on a dark background with fresh greenery and rustic brown jingle bells for a festive winter look.
A handmade landscape stair step card featuring winter snowmen created with the Simon Says Stamp Wrapped in Scarves stamp and die set. The background panel shows a snowy forest scene with white die-cut trees against a black sky with white paint splatter resembling snowfall. The front step of the card has a black and kraft striped panel, a large white die-cut snowflake, and a sentiment that reads “Snowman Kisses and Warm Winter Wishes.” One snowman is wrapped in a scarf and sledding, while another stands on the front step holding colorful holiday lights with a small red bird perched on its hat.
Handmade die-cut Christmas card with a white arched window, green wreath, and garland with gold bows against a brick embossed background, created using Simon Says Stamp dies
Handmade Christmas card featuring a die-cut Santa mug with a white beard, pink cheeks, and a red cup handle. The mug is filled with die-cut Christmas trees, a gift, and a star. The sentiment "Merry Christmas" appears in red at the bottom. The background is aqua cardstock with white glimmer-foiled snowflakes and stitched arch detailing, mounted on a red card base. Card is styled with festive greenery and berries in the background.
Handmade winter card featuring an illustrated snowman from the Simon Says Stamp Cozy in the Cold stamp and die set. The snowman sits on a snowbank holding a lantern and looking up at a dark night sky, isplattered with white paint to resemble falling snow. A kraft die-cut snowflake embellishes the top left corner, and the sentiment “Peace on Earth” is stamped below the scene. The card is framed with black and kraft striped paper and styled with greenery and rustic jingle bells for the photo.
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.”
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.
Handmade Christmas card featuring the Simon Says Stamp Joy Cover Die in layered teal ombré cardstock, accented with delicate white Harmony Snowflakes and clear gems. A Copic-colored snowman from the Cozy in the Cold stamp set stands at the bottom right holding a holly sprig with a red bird. Card displayed upright on white wooden snowflake risers with winter greenery and a blue ornament in the background.
Handmade card featuring a die-cut chihuahua sitting inside a teal quilted Chanel-style purse with gold accents. The dog is wearing a pink sweater, and the background is a deep coral panel embossed with the Spellbinders Petite Tuft 3D Embossing Folder. The sentiment in gold reads “Fur Real, You’re My Fave.” Card designed by Sandi MacIver using Spellbinders November Club Kits.
A handmade card featuring a bold poppy field design. The card showcases bright red stenciled poppy flowers with fresh green leaves, stamped in black for crisp outlines. The artwork is framed with a black cardstock border and mounted on a white card base. The card is displayed on a dark stone background with sprigs of green foliage and small white berries surrounding it.
Handmade Christmas card featuring a bold poinsettia design die-cut in bright pink and aqua cardstock. The background is stamped with a light gray text print and topped with Distress Grit Paste and chunky glitter for a snowy mixed-media texture. Aqua enamel dots are added as accents, and the card is layered onto a white and teal cardstock frame for a modern holiday look.
Handmade Christmas card featuring rows of pastel pink Cotton Candy die-cut Christmas trees arranged on a striped background of Peridot, Audrey Blue, Doll Pink, and Cotton Candy cardstock. Each tree is topped with a small aqua gem, and the gold-foiled sentiment “Very Very Merry” is stamped across the center. The card is styled with greenery and white berry accents on a white embossed background and aqua backdrop.
Handmade “Let’s Do Brunch” card created with the Spellbinders Small Die of the Month for November featuring a cute bacon and egg duo holding hands on a turquoise dinner plate. The card includes cheerful yellow flowers and green leaves die-cut with the Citrus Spritz Die Set, arranged around the plate. The background showcases a teal-and-white gingham pattern, ink blended with washi tape masking for the stripes. The design is bright, playful, and perfect for brunch-themed or friendship cards.
Handmade unicorn slipper card created with the Spellbinders Cozy Toes Friends Die Set and embossed using the Petite Bows 3D Embossing Folder. The card features colorful rainbow pajama pants tucked into whimsical unicorn slippers layered over an aqua embossed background with a playful sentiment strip that reads “I’d leave the house for you.” Designed by Sandi MacIver for Spellbinders Paper Arts.
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