Spellbinders

Joyfold Letter Press Thank You Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #338 whose parameters were include a joyfold card project, Dusty Hues colors, an element that starts with “K” and torn paper as random. I used Spellbinders BetterPress Letterpress System to print press plates from Pinkfresh Studio and Spellbinders to make this thank you card.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase: I used a purchased A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) cardbase and envelope along with a 4.25×5.5 panel folded in half and trimmed to fit the letterpressed sentiment panel. See video above for assembly. The decorative panels on the main card base were made with Pinkfresh Studio Press Plate Stippled Plaid. The torn paper strip was an embossed paper scrap glued to the side decorative panel.

Sentiments: The front sentiment “You are so Kind” is printed using Spellbinders BetterPress Press Plate Every Occasion – Floral K and Sentiment. Inside the joyfold is “Thank you” from Spellbinders BetterPress Press Plate Sealed Cord & Faux Seal Sentiments.  The borders on the front and inside are made using Pinkfresh Studio Decorative Frames press plate & dies.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope. With “thank You” printed on the back flap. Sentiment is from Spellbinders BetterPress Press Plate Sealed Cord & Faux Seal Sentiments. (See video above for BetterPress alignment of press plate and envelope.)

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Materials Used:

Dies

Press Plates/Foil Plates

Papers

  • White Cardstock
  • Spellbinders – 80lb Cotton Card Panels – Cream
  • Spellbinders Merry Moments Holiday Kit – A7 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • Nuvo – Highly Pigmented Watercolour Pencils – Evening Primrose, Pastel Peach & Willow Creek
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Spellbinders – BetterPress Ink – French Blue, Pistache, Rose, Thunder & Wild Berry

Adhesives

Tools

  • Microfiber Cloth
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors

Miscellaneous

  • Craftstash – Gold Half Gems
  • Ranger -Archival Ink Cleaner

Autumn Thinking of You Card

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I needed an Autumn themed Thinking of You card and looked through my stash to find Spellbinders Pumpkin Patch 3D embossing folder and Studio Light’s Everlasting Autumn Scarecrow stamp set. This is the 5×7-inch card I made with these items.

Cardbase: (I used a purchased side-fold A7 cardbase and matching envelope.) Using Spellbinders Pumpkin Patch 3D embossing folder, mist the orange cardstock before running the folder and cardstock through a die cutting machine. Trim down embossed panel to 6.75x 4.625-inches. Adhere to front of card base with double-sided tape. Color sunflowers with yellow marker and flower centers and pumpkin stems with black.

Card Front: The Studio Light’s Everlasting Autumn Scarecrow images were stamped onto a piece of white cardstock, colored with alcohol markers, fussy cut and adhered to the front panel with 1mm thick foam tape.

Sentiment: The front sentiment “The colors of Autumn make my heart smile” comes from the Studio Light’s Everlasting Autumn Scarecrow stamp set, stamped on white cardstock and fussy cut. It was popped-up on the card front with 1mm tick foam tape.The inside of the card is blank.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope stamped with the scarecrow image on the back.

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Materials Used:

Stamps

  • Studio Light – Clear Stamps – Everlasting Autumn Collection – Scarecrow

Embossing Folder

  • Spellbinders – 3D Embossing Folder of The Month – Pumpkin Patch– 3EOM-SEP24

Papers

  • My Colors – 12×12 Textured Metallic Cardstock – Carrot Stick
  • White Cardstock
  • Spellbinders Merry Moments Holiday Kit – A7 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • OLO Markers – Marigold & Viridian
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Stampin’ Blends – Markers – Dark Daffodil Delight, Light & Dark Copper Clay, Light Wild Wheat

Adhesives

Tools

Winter Embossed Notecard

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #337 whose parameters were include an A2 or ISO A6 project, pool party colors, cold or chilly as element and check(s) as random. I used The Greetery’s Shortbread Shapes: Snowflake embossing folder and Checks Out stencil to make this card.

Watch the video below to learn how I made this card.

Cardbase: I used a purchased 4.25×5.5-inch cardbase and matching envelope.

Front: A 5.5×8.5-inch panel of 80lb white cardstock was stenciled using the smaller of the two stencils in The Greetery’s Checks Out stencil set with a blue marker and shimmer brush marker. I spritzed the back of the panel with water before placing it into The Greetery’s Shortbread Shapes: Snowflake embossing folder. I ran the embossing folder through my die cutting machine to emboss the panel. Once the panel had dried and stiffened some, I trimmed the panel to the edges of the stenciled border (4×5.25-inches). Using 1mm thick foam tape, I adhered the panel to the card base. Then I decorated with a glitter gloss brush marker, sequins and two pieces of ribbon.

Sentiments: “Winter Blessings” is one of 16 sentiment banners in Spellbinders Mistletoe Greetings press plate & die set.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inch) size envelope with “Sending Warm Winter Wishes” from PoppyStamps Peaceful Christmas Greetings stamped in gray ink on the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Embossing Folder

Press Plates & Dies

Stamps

  • PoppyStamps – Clear Stamps – Peaceful Christmas Greetings

Stencil

Papers

  • The Paper Studio – 8.5×11 80lb Cardstock – White
  • Spellbinders Merry Moments Holiday Kit – A2 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye Ink – Gray Flannel
  • OLO Marker – Sky
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Scrapbook.com – Shimmer Glitter Brush Marker – Frosty Blue

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Blue Satin Ribbon – 1/4-inch wide
  • Gold Edged Organza Ribbon – 1/2-inch wide
  • Buttons Galore and More – 28 Lilac Lane Premium Sequins – Snowflakes

Broccoli Tree ATC Christmas Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #334 whose parameters were include an ATC (Artist Trading Card) in project, produce aisle colors, tree(s) element and three circles as random. I used Karen Burniston’s Mealtime Elements die set and Spellbinders’ 3D embossing folder Rosette Burst and stamp set from their Merry Moments Holiday Kit to make this side-fold A2 card.

Watch the video below to learn how I made this card.

Cardbase: I used an A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) cardbase and envelope from the Spellbinders Merry Moments Holiday Kit.The front uses a metallic .25-inch wide washi tape from my stash. Watch the video above to learn how I placed it and the hand-drawn trim.

Card Back

ATC: I first embossed a panel of white cardstock that I’d spritzed with water using mister spray bottle. After embossing the panel with the Spellbinders’ 3D embossing folder Rosette Burst, I trimmed it down to 2.5×3.5-inches. Watch the video above to see how I created the broccoli fir tree using eleven broccoli die cuts from Karen Burniston’s Mealtime Elements.

Sentiments: “Happy Holidays” inside the card was made using a clear ink and a red heat embossing powder with the stamp set set from Spellbinders’ Merry Moments Holiday Kit.

Envelope: I used an A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) envelope and the stamp set from the Spellbinders’ Merry Moments Holiday Kit to create the decorated back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Embossing Folders

  • Spellbinders – 3D Embossing Folder of the Month – Rosette Burst – 3EOM-NOV24

Stamps

  • Spellbinders – Clear Stamp – Merry Moments Holiday Kit.

Papers

  • Green Packaging
  • White Cardstock
  • Spellbinders – A2 Textured Cardbase & Envelope – Merry Moments Holiday Kit.

Ink & Embossing Powder

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye Ink – Rose Bud
  • Nuvo – Embossing Powder – Crimson Gloss
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • VersaMark – Watermark Stamp Pad

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

Dress Form, Flip-Fold Birthday Card

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This card was made using Frank Garcia’s Buttons & Keepsakes Collection card class kit by Spellbinders.

I used one piece of the 6×6 Prima double-sided patterned cardstock cut down to 4.25×5.5-inches and folded in half. Using the fold line as my guide, I centered the dress form die over the fold and did a partial die-cut with edge of my top cutting plate at the fold-line and the plate over the right side of the plate. I repeated the process with the dress die. (You may want to practice this two step die-cutting with scrap cardstock until you feel comfortable doing it with your patterned paper.)

Watch the video below to learn how to do do the partial die-cutting.

Below are the steps for the partial die-cutting.

Here are photos of both finished cards using the Couture Dressform dies and the Heirloom Words Press + Foil Plate & Die Set with Polished Brass Glimmer foil.

The violet card uses Paper Rose – Purple Haze double sided 6×6-inch paper collection and is edged and splattered with Spellbinders’ Gold Rush Splatter Effects

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A Tiny Birthday Card with a Big Inside!

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #329 whose parameters were: a book binding card, roadside market colors, plant (s) element and grid as random. I used Spellbinders and My Favorite Things dies to make this 4×4.25-inch card that opens up to 12×12-inches..

Watch the video below to learn how I made this card.

Cardbase: Score at 4-inches and at 4.25-inches an 8.5×4-inch teal rectangle of cardstock into a 4×4.25-inch book binding cardbase with a .25-inch “binding” on the left side of the card. Watch the video above for details.

Inside Grid: Using a thin paper that is 12×12-inches, fold in half and burnish fold with a bone folder. Repeat folding in half and burnishing until the paper has been folded down to a 3×3-inch square. Open up the paper and mark an x on the back side of the second square from bottom left corner. This will be the square that will be adhered to the cardbase. Watch the video above for details.

Planters: Using the Potted Pets die set from My Favorite Things, cut and assemble the bunny planter and the cat planter using the foliage and tiny flowers in the set so that the planters will fit onto the 3-inch square grid.

Sentiments: Using the Spellbinders How Does your Garden Grow Alphabet die set, cut “Happy Birthday” from eggplant cardstock and adhere onto the grid as shown in the video above. The from yellow banner foiled sentiment of “Hello There” was one I found in my stash from an early Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Club of the Month set.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) envelope with leftover floral decorations on the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • My Favorite Things – Die-Namics – Potted Pets – MFT-2516
  • Spellbinders – Large Die of The Month July 2020 – How Does Your Garden Grow Alphabet – DOML-JUL20

Glimmer Plates

  • Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil Plates of the Month – February 2019

Papers

  • We R Memory Keepers – 12×12 Single-Sided Glassine Paper – Oh Goodie!
  • Black, Green, Orange, Purple, Red, Teal, White and Yellow Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • OLO Marker – Cotton Candy
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Bone Folder
  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Riley and Company – Pick & Poke Tool
  • Ruler
  • Scoring Board
  • Scrapbook.com – Magic Mat
  • Scissors
  • Scrapbook.com – Mint Tape
  • Stamping Blocks as paper weights
  • Tweezers

Miscellaneous

  • Multi-Colored Bakers Twine

Jungle Waterfall Easel Birthday Card

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #323 whose parameters were: A7 card, pretty colors, photo booth element and geometric shapes for random. I used Spellbinders Weekender 2026 dies and stamps for an A7 easel (5×7-inch) card with a photo strip bookmark with photos of how to open and display the card.

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.

Cardbase: I cut three rectangles to make the cardbase: Dark Blue – 5×7-inches, Light Blue – 4.25×5.5-inches and 4×6-inches. Score and fold the 4×6 rectangle at .5-inches and 3-inches as shown in the video above.

Waterfall: Using the Rainforest Falls die set and instruction PDF, cut two sets of all the rock pieces using four to five shades of gray cardstock. Make a total of three of each of the two smallest rocks. (I used gray markers to get my extra shades of gray to make the rocks look different from each other.) Make two sets of the water splashes and pooling water using several shades of blue cardstock. Make one of the waterfall. (I added more contrast to my water features with a blue marker. I also brushed on Nuvo Glitter Gloss shimmer over all the water and areas on the rocks that might be splashed.)

Sky: Using the cloud edging dies in the Rainforest Falls die set, tape together the two dies to make a continuous cut on 5×1.5-inch strips of red, orange and yellow cardstock. Cut one semi-circle from the brightest yellow. Assemble card as shown in the video above. (I inked the top edge of my 4.25×5.5-inch rectangle panel to have a purplish hue to peak though behind the clouds.)

Decorations: Decorate the rocks with vines, foliage and flowers cut from the Jungle Blooms and Tiki Toucan die sets.I cut one of each foliage and vine dies in each set – once from light green and once from dark green. (I cut four each of the pink flowers with their yellow centers from the Jungle Blooms set.) In addition, I used Memory Box’s Tiny Frogs and Tonic Studio’s Tropical Rain Forest Silhouette‘s tiny butterfly die as embellishments. (There are three tiny frogs on the card and four tiny butterflies. Can you find them all?) Cut one brown branch from the Tiki Toucan die set to go across the stream.

Sentiments: The stamped sentiments come from the Go Wild stamp & die set and were stamped in a teal blue ink.

Photo Strip Bookmark: Once the card was finished I photographed it in the closed and open positions with a side view to demonstrate the easel. Next, I printed the photos as 1-inch wide and generated the title “How to open card for display.” Using Karen Burniston’s Movie Night Charms, I cut from black shimmer cardstock, the filmstrip. Next, I trimmed the photos and title to fit the film strip and glued them into the frames. I backed the entire strip with thin white computer paper. (For more Card Recipient eXperience slips (CRX) check out these posts on my blog.)

Envelope: The card fits into an A7 (5×7-inch) envelope with the sentiment from the Go Wild stamp set that says “Life’s a jungle.”

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Spellbinders – Clear Stamps & Cutting Dies – Go Wild – STP-272, S4-1526

Papers

  • Fun Stampers Journey – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Tin Pail
  • Seguras – 5.5×4.25 105lb Cardstock – Anthracite
  • Spellbinders – 8.5×11 Color Essentials Cardstock – Graphite, Lunar Gray, Raindrop
  • Spellbinders – 8.5×11 Colorwheel Cardstock – Saffron, Tuscan, Malibu, Windy, Cascade, Celestial, Pomegranate, Dahlia, Carrot, Truffle, Anchor
  • A7 (5×7-inch) Envelope – Cream

Ink

  • Catherine Pooler – Premium Dye Ink – All That Jazz
  • OLO Markers – B2.2 Sky, BG2.5 Viridian, NG3 Neutral Gray 3, NG5 Neutral Gray 5
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink – Victorian Velvet
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer – Glitter Gloss

Hello, I’m Thinking Of You

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #319 whose parameters were: 4 Bar (3 5/8×4 7/8-inch) card, wedding colors, sweet(s) element and a touch of gray random. I used a Spellbinder’s 3D embossing folder and stamp sets by Karen Burniston and Scrapbook.com.

Cardbase: I took a 7×5-inch rectangle of lightweight cardstock and scored and folded in half to form a side-fold 3.5×5-inch card.

HELLO: The front panel of the card was embossed with the Spellbinder’s Beveled Hello A2 Cardfront 3D embossing folder. (I spritzed the lightweight white cardstock with water before I ran it through in the embossing folder.) NNext I trimmed it down to fit the cardbase and added a touch of gray by using a glitter gloss marker on the bottom bevel sides of the letters. Tiny polymer clay peppermint and swirled sweets were glued on for accents.

Sentiments: The inside sentiment and hearts come from Scrapbook.com’s A Little Reminder stamp set and were stamped in pink and gray inks.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25×5.5-inches) envelope with “Life is Sweet” stamped on the back flap in pink. Stamp is from Karen Burniston’s Sweet Treats set.

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Materials Used:

Embossing Folders

  • Spellbinders – 3D Embossing Folder – Beveled Hello A2 Cardfront

Stamps

Papers

  • White 65lb Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Gray Flannel & Rose Bud
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

Miscellaneous

Three Fruity Cards

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Having received the Spellbinders’ All-Clubs Crate for April 2026, I decided to play with the Fresh Packed Clear Stamp + Die of the Month, the Market Berries Stencil of the Month and Seed Co. Border Press + Foil of the Month sets.

Market Tote: This is an A2 (4.24×5.5-inch) card with a yellow gingham paper mat. The die-cut brown bag is one of the dies in the Fresh Packed stamp & die set. The lemons, tomato, berries and flowers were stamped first using Chiffon, Grass Skirt, Mandarin Spice, Rockin’ Red, Samba inks. The tiny black seeds and texture were added with an ultra fine tipped pen. Next the bag was glued in place and then the sentiments which came from the same set and die-cut. The flowers were fussy cut out and popped-up with foam dots.

Stamped Lemons and Strawberries: This is an A2 (4.24×5.5-inch) card with a green pattern paper mat. The lemon and strawberries stamps from the Fresh Packed set were used with Chiffon, Grass Skirt and Samba inks. tiny black seeds and texture were added with an ultra fine tipped pen. The sentiment from the same stamp set is stamped in green, die-cut three times and glued together to add dimension.

Stenciled Berry Plants:  This is an A6 (4.75×6.25-inches) card which uses Market Berries Stencil of the Month with the ink colors of Gray Flannel, Grass Skirt, Samba & Sea Glass and Tuxedo Black. Yellow Pops of Color form the flower centers and an accent of yellow satin ribbon was added before the stenciled panel was glued on the cardbase. Sentiment is from the Seed Co. Border press plates on a bisque colored heavy weight cotton cardstock.

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Materials Used:

Stencils

  • Spellbinders – 4.75×6-inch Plastic Stencils – Market Berries

Stamps & Press Plates

  • Spellbinders – Clear Stamps & Metal Dies – Fresh Packed
  • Spellbinders – Press Plates – Seed Co. Border

Papers

  • Scrapbook.com – 6×8-inch -100lb Cardstock – Rainbow
  • Spellbinders – 5.50×4.25-inch A2 Panels – Cotton 118lb. – Bisque
  • White Cardstock
  • A6 (4.75×6.25-inches) Cardbase – Ivory

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye Ink – Gray Flannel & Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Catherine Pooler- Mini Ink Pads – Chiffon, Grass Skirt, Mandarin Spice, Rockin’ Red, Samba & Sea Glass

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Gel Plate
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

  • 1/8-inch wide Satin Ribbon – Yellow
  • Scrapbook.com – Pops of Color – Gloss – Sunshine