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Using Press Plates & Patterned Paper

Today I'm playing with a couple of new press plates sets from The Mirrored Arch Collection in Spellbinders latest release. Furthermore, we're going to use patterned paper from the new Paper Rose Collection with them. Mirrored Arch Collection My projects feature the Mirrored Arch Blooms and Mother's Day & Father's Day Sentiments press plates. Let's take a look at them for a minute. Mirrored Arch Blooms is a press plate that covers an A2 card panel with beautiful flowers. However, it leaves the center uncovered for the sentiment that's included or you can use dies and other sentiments from the...

How To Make a Card For A 4 Year Old!

Need a cute card for a 4 year old? Look no further, here's a great idea for one. And, we give you step-by-step instructions on how to make it. These children's birthday stamps are so cute! I just had to have all of them. This is a quick card to put together. To begin with, you just blend the background in an Ombre' effect with light, medium, and dark orchid inks from Gina K Designs. And then, you stamp the image onto a piece of blending cardstock. You can quickly color the image this way using alcohol markers. I like...

Have You Seen Simon Hurley's Spring Sampler?

I'm using 3 items from Simon Hurley's Spring Sampler today: Spring Magnolias, Spring Bunnies Press Plates, and, Woven 3D Embossing Folder. Simon's images always have a lot of detail. I especially love how the Spring Bunnies kind of look like what we might have seen them in a Victorian Easter card. That is the inspiration for my first card. I use affiliate links. If you purchase after clicking on one of them I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting my Blog! Spring Sampler Collection: Spring Bunnies Card To make the card,...

Introducing Every Occasion Floral BetterPress!

Every Occasion Floral Alphabet BetterPress plates are the perfect product to make gorgeous cards & stationery for any occasion. Learn more. Are you ready for this? I am so excited to introduce the new Every Occasion Floral Alphabet Collection from Spellbinders! What is super cool is that you can use the letter on its own. But you can also use it with the sentiment that comes with it or the ampersand. You can buy the whole alphabet bundled at a discounted price, or just one at a time. For example, I am featuring three of the letters in my projects...

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