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hand made card with a notepad trim top, and stitched lines and margins with a die cut open mailbox with envelopes cascading out and a little worm on the grass
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More Spellbinders April Club Cards

Today, I have More Spellbinders April Club Cards to share with you, including the Stencil of the Month, Glimmer of the month, Stitched Die of the Month, and the Clear Stamp and Die of the Month. 

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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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blue card with a white embossed overlay with gold thread wrapped around it three times embellished with a blue rectangle wax seal
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Spellbinders Emboss Card with Wax Seal

I have another clean and simple card to share with you today, the Spellbinders Emboss Card with Wax Seal.  As I said yesterday, the 3D Embossing Folder Club for April is spectacular, so I decided to make an entire card front with it.

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handmade Easter card with Stamped Carrots and flowers all over.
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Simon Says Stamp Carrot Easter Card

I’m using the same stamp set as last time, the Ear-Resistibly Cute stamp and die set from Simon, but this time, I used two of the little stamps and stamped some wallpaper.

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hand made die cut card with a vintage teal blue mailbox with gold trim, a pink and white envelope in the slot and decorated with pink and yellow roses
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Spellbinders April Club Kick Off

Today, I’m sharing Spellbinders April Club Kick Off, and I’m starting with my four favorite kits for this month.  The Large Die of the Month, the BetterPress of the Month, the 3D Embossing Folder of the month and the Embossing Club.

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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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turquoise and white arched shaped card with a cascade of pink flowers and green leaves down the left side and the number 15 in gold in the center with congrats across the center
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Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms Celebration Card

The Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms is my favorite floral die set from Spellbinders. The set of 21 thin metal dies creates a fabulous spray of big and bold blooms! Use some or all of them; they go well with any project that calls for a wonderful floral motif.  Watch today’s card-making video to learn how to make this uniquely shaped Spellbinders Be Bold Celebration Card.

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Ho Ho Ho Die-Cut Rudolph Card Video

The cuteness level on this card is over-the-top, with the three little reindeer creating the “O” for the Ho Ho Ho…watch today’s videos for detailed instructions to create this card.

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His and Hers Birthday CaKe Cards
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His and Hers Birthday Cake Cards

For today’s card-making post, I thought I would create his and hers Birthday Cake Cards from the same products. I’m working with more of the Spellbinders November Club Kits, this time the Party Time Cake Die Set that you get as a bonus this month with your Deluxe Caboodle membership. It’s adorable, and so much fun and these cards are both quick and easy to create.

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Easy Santa Shaker Card

This is the Simon Hurley Sketched Santa Stamp and Die set that came out in July, with it’s adorable Santa Images, lots of parcels and bobbles to help decorate your cards, and a great selection of sentiments too.  I love it when everything you need is in one stamp set, don’t you?

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Botanical Wreath Blackout Technique
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NEW Card Making Video – Botanical Wreath Blackout Technique

Today I have Botanical Wreath Blackout Technique to share with you.  The Nature’s Botanical Release from Spellbinders and Susan Tierney-Cockburn is beautiful, and I chose the Botanical Wreath and Nature’s Botanical Garden BetterPress Sentiments to create with today.  This is a super fast and easy inking technique and you are going to LOVE the results.

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hand made friendship card with blue and green flowers with purple leaves on a white embossed background
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Purple and Blue Grateful For You Card

Today, we have Purple and Blue Grateful For You Card using new products from Alex Syberia Designs.  This is the same stamp and die set as the last card, done with completely different colors and layered over an embossed background using a NEW Tiny Autumn Leaves Hot Foil Plate.

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Stitched Christmas Tree Card
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Stitched Christmas Tree Card

Hey card-making friends, welcome back. Yesterday, I decided it was time to dig out the Stitched Die Set of the Month from Spellbinders. This is

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Heartfelt Snowflakes and Distress Oxide Sprays
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Heartfelt Snowflakes and Distress Oxide Sprays

Today I’m sharing Heartfelt Snowflakes and Distress Oxide Sprays.  When combined, make FABULOUS Christmas cards, and it’s SO EASY.  It’s a emboss resist technique:  Just white heat emboss the snowflakes all over a watercolor paper card front.  Then Spritz the heck out of it with Distress Oxide Sprays and then Distress Spritz to add a beautiful glimmer to the finish.

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Village Snowman Die Cut Christmas cards intro
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Village Snowman Die Cut Christmas Cards

I have a couple of fun and easy Village Snowman Die Cut Cards to share with you.  This adorable Village Snowman die is part of the new Simon Says Stamp Sweet Wishes Release going live at midnight tonight.  He’s a mighty 2 inches tall,  and super fun to die cut.  I’m sharing two different ways to create with him below.

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Spellbinders Cozy Toes Slippers Card
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Spellbinders Cozy Toes Slippers Card

Today, I’m sharing the Spellbinders Cozy Toes Slippers Card.  This is created with the New October Large Die of the Month Club Kit from Spellbinders.  As today is the 6th, the clubs are open for purchase, and you don’t want to miss this month; they are fabulous!  I started with the Cozy Toes Slippers Dies because it reminded me of my own Christmas as a kid; my mom used to buy us funny slippers.  It was so much fun to see what we got each year, although some of them were kind of hard to walk in, haha

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Mint Green Halloween Card Intro
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Mint Green Halloween Card

The spooky season is almost upon us, so today’s project is a Mint Green Halloween card.  I’m using the Simon Says Stamp Halloween Friends stamp set for today’s card and a few other goodies.  It’s so much fun making greeting cards for this season, as you can be as silly or scary as you like.  I have so many Halloween card ideas that it’s tough to find a place to start, LOL, but today, I decided on Mint Green as my base color to challenge myself to create a cute Halloween card without a lot of black cardstock.

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Paper Rose Wedding Blooms Die Cut Card

Today I have a Paper Rose Wedding Blooms Die Cut Card to share.  Spellbinders are now carrying the lovely line of Paper Rose from Australia.  They have an amazing pattern paper selection and really lovely dies to compliment them

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Arching Leaf Christmas Cards

My Arching Leaf Christmas Cards are created with the Big Holiday Words and Dies set released this month, and that beautiful foliage spray is Arching Leaf Border Dies from last month’s release. 

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