Stacey Caron

Hi everyone, it’s Stacey!  I want to thank you for your kind congratulations on the Inc 500 List.  My husband Jeff and I have worked hard since 2003 to bring you the most innovative die cutting and embossing products.  We started with just a few shapes that are now Shapeabilities®, nested Geometric shape dies which are now known as Nestabilities®, and a new idea for a consumer die cut machine, which is now the Wizard™ and evolved into the Grand Calibur™.

Along the way we have been blessed by talented Product Designers, Design Teams, and Employees who have poured their hearts and souls into Spellbinders™ along with us. But in the end, we wouldn’t be here without our faithful foundation of distributors, retailers, consumers all over the world, and the online communities that have supported us since we debuted at CHA in Dallas over seven years ago! 

We promise to continue to bring you the most creative, innovative and exciting products you’ve ever seen!  Just wait until 2011! 

I want to give you a few updates on current events:

CHA Releases (S4 sized) are in stores now!  Be sure to ask for the shapes you love, they’re selling out almost as fast as we can make them!  Our Seasonal Collections will only be manufactured until their respective holiday, so be sure to get your Halloween dies before they’re gone!  The Grand Calibur and Grand Nestabilities are scheduled to ship at the beginning of October, and the Presto Punch™ is waiting for UL approval.  We’ll keep you updated on those schedules.

Our second International Guest Blogger Contest is a hit!  We love seeing creations from artists all over the world.  Do you live outside the US?  Have you entered yet?  The deadline to enter is September 3, and you don’t have to make a new project, you can enter with something you’ve previously created.

Do you know our videos are on the website?  Click here to learn something new!

Congratulations again to all the lucky winners from our BIG EVENT Blog Frenzy.  Our Grand Prize Winner, Amy, has been creating up a storm!  And be sure to see what Yvonne, our first International Guest Blogger, has been making with her prizes!

Do you know we have a Facebook Page, and we’re also on Twitter!  Beth said she’s got an extra CHA t-shirt and pink bag when we get to 4000 “likes” on Facebook. 

Scrapbooking and Beyond Magazine’s Fall issue has a fabulous 3 page feature on Spellbinders!  Be sure to pick it up where you buy your magazines! 

We are thrilled and honored to welcome the talented Nina Brackett as a Spellbinders product designer. Nina is a designer for Gina K Designs, and we are excited to have her with us.

And last, but certainly not least, I am delighted to be working with our Preferred Stamp Companies!  They have been selected to manufacture stamps to coordinate with Spellbinders die templates! Gina K Designs has stamps to match Tags and many of our Labels!  Heartfelt Creations stamps coordinate with Flowers and a variety of Shapeabilities. JustRite Stampers fit many of our Nestabilities! StampingScrapping’s stamps work with Labels and much more. WaltzingMouse has lovely stamps to match many die templates, and Flourishes coordinate with Labels. Donna Salazar stamps line up with Labels and Nestabilities. These companies have product ready for you now, please check out their amazing images!  Layers of Color stamps are in production.

Whew, that’s quite a summary!  I am so happy to deliver all this wonderful news. 

Sincerely,

Stacey Caron

President of Spellbinders Paper Arts
Co-Creator of The Wizard, Grand Calibur, Presto Punch and Spellbinders Die Templates

Spellbinders, Grand Calibur, Wizard are trademarks of Spellbinders Paper Arts, LLC.
Nestabilities and Shapeabilities are registered trademarks of Spellbinders Paper Arts, LLC.

Spellbinders Listed as One of America’s Fastest Growing Companies

Peoria, AZ – August 31, 2010 — Spellbinders™ Paper Arts, LLC, an award-winning inventor, manufacturer and marketer of cutting edge tools for crafters, announced today it has been named to the Inc. 500, a list of the fastest growing private companies in America. With an extraordinary three-year growth rate of 673%, Spellbinders Paper Arts is ranked 446 on this year’s list, No. 5 in the Phoenix Metro area and No. 25 in the Consumer Products & Services category. With over 27 million businesses registered in the United States, the Inc. 500 list represents the top-tier businesses in America today.

“Fast growth at any time is a big achievement; fast growth during the past few years is just short of miraculous,” said Inc. editor Jane Berentson. “The Inc. 500 consists of these just-short-of miraculous companies, the ones that through ingenuity and ambition have increased revenue, hired employees, and grown fast in difficult economic times.”

Each year, Inc. magazine ranks U.S.-based, privately held companies according to percentage growth. The fastest-growing list is an exclusive ranking of entrepreneurs nationwide – a group Inc. magazine refers to as the most important segment of the U.S. economy. “It is an honor to be included in this year’s Inc. 500 list and recognized for our entrepreneurial achievements,” said Stacey Caron, Spellbinders’ President. “Our focus has always been on manufacturing innovative, quality products for crafters. This confirmation of our success is the ultimate recognition of our efforts to grow a business that is both rewarding and fulfilling.”

Spellbinders embraces Web 2.0 marketing methods. They have assembled a team of the best designers in the industry to share their expertise online through a variety of web communities.

Stacey Caron, President of Spellbinders Paper Arts

About Spellbinders Paper Arts

Spellbinders entered the craft and hobby market in 2003 with the introduction of the Wizard® Universal Craft Tool and a unique, patented collection of dies unlike any introduced before - or since. Always on the cutting edge in introducing innovative tools to the market, the Grand Calibur™ and Presto Punch™ are the company’s latest offerings for crafters. Spellbinders product lines include more than 250 patented and patent-pending products, allowing crafters, hobbyists, artists and teachers to create one-of-a-kind, beautiful paper art projects. Visit http://www.spellbinderspaperarts.com/ or e-mail info@spellbinders.us for more information.

Copyright 2010 Spellbinders Paper Arts LLC. All rights reserved. Spellbinders and the Spellbinders logo are trademarks of Spellbinders Paper Arts LLC. Spellbinders product specifications are subject to change without notice. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies.

I love creating on canvas!  I have quite a stash of shapes and sizes and pulled this one out while I was working on the Spooky Silhouettes.  Note to husband: No retail store was visited in the creation of this project.  I shopped my stash! But I will have to replace those supplies, honey, just sayin’.

I wanted this canvas project to stay simple, so instead of collecting a variety of patterned papers, I chose just one and colored each element with Copic markers. 

I primed the 5 x 7″ canvas with white acrylic paint.  While it was drying I cut/embossed the Fence and Tombstones from S4-279 Graveyard Scene and Shapes, and two of the small Bats from S4-277 Nested Bats.  The moon is from S4-116 Standard Circles SM #3 (#1 is the smallest). 

The paper I used is Donna Salazar’s The Crafty Chronicle, its like a newspaper but it’s for crafty projects.  I selected a few sizes of text and images for my die cuts. I cut them all at the same time in the Grand Calibur™, that’s a great time saver.  I adhered the paper pieces to Adhesive Sheets before die cutting.

Once dry, I airbrushed the the canvas, using an envelope from my recycling bin as a mask, so I could separate the green grass from the blue-violet sky. 

I airbrushed layers of C3,C5 and C7 Copic markers over the canvas to make it more eerie.

I also airbrushed the same colors onto the die cuts, using the dies as stencils. (Disregard the slanted cut, I often change my mind mid project!)

I cut/embossed chipboard to layer with the Tombstones, to give them dimension.  One Tombstone is backed with 3D Foam Squares to lift it off the canvas. I used the 100 Black Copic marker to edge all the die cuts, including the chipboard.  Black ribbon was wrapped around the outside edge.

I peeled off the Adhesive Sheet’s backing and adhered the die cuts to the canvas, with the tree wrapped over the side on the ribbon.  I put the diagonally cut piece in place, you can’t even tell!

I used these supplies: Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur; S4-279 Graveyard Scene and Shapes; S4-277 Nested Bats; S4-116 Standard Circles SM; Donna Salazar, The Crafty Chronicle paper; Copic, ABS, Sketch Markers 100, Y02, Y04, Y08, BV00, BV02, BV04, BV08, C1, C3, C5, C7, G85; Creative Impressions, Black Ribbon; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L, Adhesive Sheets, Craft & Photo Tape, 3D Foam Squares; 5×7″ Artist Canvas

Check out these other Graveyard Scenes:

Did you see Holly’s canvas from a few weeks ago?  We used similar techniques!

Latisha Yoast baked some Halloween treats and garnished them with Tombstones. 

I hope there’s some left for the party!  Thanks Latisha!

I’m off to a crafty retreat, I hope you you’re getting crafty today too!

Beth

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Hello! It’s been awhile since I last shared a project with you all.

Many thanks to the wonderful folks here at Spellbinders™ for the good wishes and support they have given me. I had been away for a few weeks to take care of my ailing father and to support my mother. To express my gratitude, I have created a “Thank You” card just for the occasion.

Upon my return, I was given a challenge of using a Halloween die template in a non-Halloween theme. Who doesn’t like a challenge?! Act quickly on this die template set and others in the Seasonal Collection. They are only available until their respective holidays, and will be allowed to sell out. Get yours now!

Using the S4-280 Halloween Fence Scene and Shapes Fence, I cut/embossed with white cardstock twice; once for the entire fence and again, to use some of its posts. I cut the cats and ravens off with scissors and took the extra posts to fill in those spots.

I cut/embossed S4-249 Big Scalloped Circle LG #1 (the smallest size) and the Grand Nestabilities® LF-124 Grand Scalloped Circles #4. Chalked the edges with ink to highlight the embossed scallops on both.

After I stamped an image onto cardstock, place S4-291 Labels Fifteen #6 over the stamped image for a precise cut - don’t forget to secure the die template and paper with repositionable tape.

Cut Sandwich with The Wizard™ (from bottom UP):
White Master Mat
Magnetic Spacer Plate
S4-291 Labels Fifteen #6 die template (cut ridges UP)
Cardstock with image taped facing down
White Master Mat

Emboss Sandwich with The Wizard (from bottom UP):
White Master Mat
S4-291 Labels Fifteen #6 die template (cut ridges UP & cardstock inside)
Tan Embossing Pad
White Master Mat

To create a shaped card, I used this method. My shaped card is a little bigger because I used LF-124 Grand Scalloped Circles #4 in The Grand Calibur™! Love how big the card is (6 1/8“ in diameter) – more real estate for embellishments!

I layered buttons to create flowers and embellished its center with flower-shaped rhinestones. Cardstock were hand cut and edged with ink to create the stems. I adhered all the die cuts and embellishments on the card front as shown.

Now you have a wonderful summer card! Hmm…did I meet the challenge?

Supplies: Spellbinders S4-280 Halloween Fence Scene and Shapes Fence, S4-249 Big Scalloped Circles LG #1, S4-291 Labels Fifteen #6 and LF-124 Grand Scalloped Circles #4; WorldWin Papers Treasures White, Colormates Honey and Colormates Citron; Cosmo Cricket Material Girl Collection; Clearsnap Queue Inks; Gina K Designs Lovely Labels 2 Stamps By Nina Bracket; Hero Arts “Thank You” Stamp; Fancy Pants My Family Collection Buttons; Creative Impressions Bits of Bling Flowers and Ribbon; Beaon Adhesives Zip Dry; and SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L 12×12 Adhesive Sheets and EZ Squares.

Calling all International Friends of Spellbinders!

If you are not aware of it already, we are having an International Guest Blogger Contest. For more details, please click HERE. Anyone who lives outside the United States and who loves our products can give it a try!

Thanks for stopping by!
MargieH

Spellbinders, Grand Calibur, and Wizard are trademarks of Spellbinders Paper Arts, llc.
Nestabilities is a registered trademark of Spellbinders Paper Arts, llc.

I’m jumping off of Holly’s layout with the silhouette idea.  I wanted to make Halloween wall art, or something I could set up on a shelf, and use the die templates in S4-282 Witches Brew, they have very recognizable shapes.

Remembering that I had some 3×3″ canvas shapes in my stash, I quickly got to work.  I primed them with white acrylic paint and allowed them to dry. 

I wanted texture and shimmer on this project, here’s a fun way to achieve both.  Trim an Adhesive Sheet and white tissue paper to about the size needed for die templates I’m using. 

Crumple the tissue paper, you want it very wrinkly! Peel off the yellow backing from the Adhesive Sheet to expose the adhesive and press the tissue paper into it, allowing wrinkles to show.

The shimmery part comes from Glimmer Mist.  If you’re like me, you have a few bottles of it.  To test the colors I might use, I sprayed them on a sheet of paper.

I selected Graphite for the canvas and Black Magic for the tissue paper.  Spray a little bit on each canvas and smoosh, blot and otherwise make sure the top is covered.  Spray the tissue paper with several layers Glimmer Mist. Allow them to dry, it doesn’t take very long.

Once dry, peel off the back side of the Adhesive Sheet and adhere the tissue paper to black cardstock. Cut/emboss using 3 shapes from the S4-282 Witches Brew set.  I wanted a little more contrast so I stenciled through the die templates with Colorbox Black pigment ink using a foam applicator.  I also inked the edges and sides of the canvas.

I cut/embossed Fancy Pants’ Trick or Treat Collection, Enchanted patterned paper with the Decorative Elements Nestabilities™ S4-293 Lacey Circles and S4-295 Lacey Squares. Using the Grand Calibur™, I was able to cut all the dies at once, including the S4-116 Standard Circles SM and S4-128 Classic Squares SM.  I only have one set of circles, so I had do another pass with the second set.  The paper reminded me of wallpaper I’ve seen in haunted houses at amusement parks.  I stenciled black ink throught the die templates, then sanded the decorative edges and center. 

I stacked and layered the spooky shapes and Nestabilities and attached them to a canvas.  Black ribbon was adhered around the edge of each block.

These are the supplies I used: Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur; S4-293 Lacey Circles #3; S4-295 Lacey Squares #3; S4-116 Standard Circles SM #6; S4-128 Classic Squares SM #6; S4-282 Witches Brew; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L, Adhesive Sheets, Craft & Photo Tape; Tattered Angels, Graphite and Black Magic Glimmer Mist; Clearsnap, Colorbox Black Pigment Ink and Applicator; Fancy Pants Designs, Trick or Treat Collection, Enchanted; Worldwin, Treasures Black Cardstock; Black Ribbon; Tissue Paper; Canvas Blocks

Kazan Clark’s Halloween Banner is another fun way to decorate your home for Halloween! Notice the Witches Brew die cuts being used as silhouettes!

And now a few announcements:

Spellbinders is searching for an International Guest Blogger!  If you live outside the US and would love to have your creations featured on our blog, please see all the details in this post.

Shipping News!!  We are so excited to be shipping die templates! Get them at your favorite Spellbinders retailer, remember the seasonal dies will be manufactured through the respective holidays and allowed to sell out.  Once they’re gone, they’re gone.  Be sure to get them while you can!  The Grand Calibur and Grand Nestabilities are on schedule to ship at the end of September!

Its the first day of school, you can find me doing my happy dance!!

Beth

Spellbinders, Grand Calibur are trademarks of Spellbinders Paper Arts, llc.
Nestabilities is a registered trademark of Spellbinders Paper Arts, llc.

Cathy’s Jack O’ Lantern pins still continue to inspire me.  I loved them, and decided to build on that using the Jack O’ Lantern die cut as a silhouette and incorporating other silhouettes as well. 

The elegant damask patterned paper really lends itself well to the flowing tutu’s in the Halloween costumes.  I couldn’t resist using it.

Cut/emboss S4-281 Jack O’ Lanterns, S4-282 Witches Brew, S4-277 Nested Bats out of black cardstock.  Cut/emboss S7-018 Big Scalloped Border Grand out of patterned paper.  Use Bat, Witches Brew and Cat die template as a stencil and color in with clear pen.

Other supplies include:  My Mind’s Eye patterned paper; black and craft colored cardstock by WorldWin; Clear Copic AtYou Spica pen; Cork paper by Creative Impressions; black ribbon; black ink; shipping tags; and sticker letters.

Print photographs onto craft cardstock.  I sized mine to approximately 2.5 x 3.5″ and trimmed to fit a standard shipping tag.  Adhere to tags.  Replace one shipping tag string with black ribbon.

Adhere black cardstock, and cork paper to damask patterned paper as shown above.  Decide where you want to place the largest photograph.

Use the S7-018 Big Scalloped Border Grand die template as a stencil and color in the die cut with a black pen.  Distress edges of Big Scalloped die cut by scraping scissors on the edges of the die cut.  Apply black ink to the edges of the die cut.  Thread black ribbon through each section of the die cut as shown above.

Ahere large Bat die cut, vintage photo tags and scallop die cut to layout as shown.  Adhere Cat, Jack O’ Lantern and Witches Brew to vintage photo tags.

I added a distressed edge mat around my larger photograph.  I used letter stickers for the title, and adhered a small Bat die cut near the right hand side of the title.  I also wrote my daughter’s names on each tag and the year on the edge of the Scallop die cut.

Thanks for stopping by the Spellbinders™ blog today!

Holly

Here are some more spooky projects to feast your eyes on:

Deborah Young created this spooky caldron -

AJ Otto created this fun card -

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Nestabilities is a registered trademark of Spellbinders Paper Arts, llc.

We are excited to announce the second edition of

Spellbinders™ International Guest Blogger Contest!

Spellbinders is looking for one fabulous International Guest Blogger to appear on the Spellbinders Paper Arts Blog during the month of October, 2010! This contest is for Spellbinders Paper Arts enthusiasts currently living outside of the United States. We will select one International Guest Blogger to create four projects with instructions, for publication on the Spellbinders Paper Arts Blog.

The International Guest Blogger Contest Winner will select $100 in Spellbinders Die Templates to use in the four blog posts. These die templates will be chosen from in-stock inventory, excluding punch templates.  A link to the Contest Winner’s blog will be posted on the Spellbinders Blog for one year. The Winner will receive a personalized Spellbinders Badge to post on his/her Blog. Following completion of the four posts, the International Guest Blogger will receive an additional $100 in Spellbinders Paper Arts product.  Spellbinders will pay all shipping charges for the prizes.

Spellbinders International Guest Blogger Contest Winner will complete four paper craft projects (scrapbook layouts, cards, or altered art) using current Spellbinders Die Templates, with instructions and step shots. Winner must post a partial image of each project with a link to the Spellbinders Blog on publication days. Dates of publication to be determined.

To enter the Spellbinders International Guest Blogger Contest, submit the following to BlogContest@spellbinders.us:

• ◊ One Contest Entry Project image .jpg (no larger than 10×10” at 72dpi)
• ◊ Spellbinders International Blog Contest Entry Form (below)

The Contest Entry Project must include Spellbinders product. The entrant must have his/her own personal blog that he/she maintains and keeps current. The Contest Entry must be in English, if chosen as Winner, blog posts must be in English. Spellbinders reserves the right to edit blog posts. Spellbinders reserves the right to edit images for posting on the Spellbinders Blog. Additional specifications will be sent to the Contest Winner.

Please send questions to ContestQuestions@Spellbinders.us.

Entrants currently living in the United States, as well as employees and the immediate family members of Spellbinders Paper Arts are ineligible for entry. Anyone currently designing for a competitor of Spellbinders Paper Arts is ineligible.  Previous winners are ineligible.

Spellbinders will select one International Guest Blogger Contest Winner.

Contest is open to submissions from August 19, until 11:59 MST, September 3, 2010. The Winner will be announced on September 9, 2010, and completed blog posts with images are due by October 8, 2010.

The entry form is below, or click here to download it Spellbinders International Guest Blogger Entry Form.

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It’s hard to believe it’s back to school time already!  Beth created an adorable Back to School layout and JustRite Stampers is having a back to school challenge this week sponsored by Spellbinders™.  So, I thought I’d create a Teacher Monogram Gift. 

This is something my little girls and I make every year.  Their elementary school teachers love them.  They are super quick and so much fun to make!

I have created so many of these that I just freehand the monogram letter.  But, you could print out the monogram to the desired size.  You can even print the letter directly onto your patterned paper, and use it as a template. 

Supplies include:  S5-025 Labels Seventeen,  S4-296 Nested Hearts, I2-1015 Flower Silhouette Impressabilities™; Tattered Angels Regal Classic Accents stamp; 3D Foam Squares by SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L; Coredinations cardstock, crayons, industrial strength liquid glue.

Cut S5-025 Labels Seventeen #6 (#1 being the smallest) out of purple cardstock.  This cardstock has a lighter colored core to it.  Place the die cut, still in the die template, on top of the I2-1015 Flower Silhouette Impressabilities™ and emboss by feeding through the Grand Calibur.

Sand the embossed areas of the die cut.  The details really pop when the lighter colored core of the cardstock starts to show through.

Cut crayons to desired length using strong kitchen scissors.  Arrange them by altering the cut end and the pointed end for visual interest.  Adhere with industrial strength liquid adhesive, and allow to dry thoroughly.

 Trim a piece of white cardstock to fit your frame.  Mine is 5×7″.  Stamp the corners of the cardstock with a swirl stamp using black ink.  Adhere the purple die cut and crayon mongram to the white cardstock.

Take the glass out of your frame.  Insert your monogram artwork into the frame, then put frame easel back together. 

Cut/emboss S4-296 Nested Hearts out of cardstock, sand and handwrite teachers name with black pen.  Adhere Nested Heart die cut with 3D Foam Squares to the edge of the frame.

Here are some fabulous scrapbook layouts for back to school:

Latisha Yoast created this clean and classic layout:

Kimberly Crawford created this fun layout:

Thanks for stopping by the Spellbinders blog today!

Holly

Spellbinders, Presto Punch, and Grand Calibur are trademarks of Spellbinders Paper Arts, llc.

Nestabilities is a registered trademark of Spellbinders Paper Arts, llc.

My boys aren’t so keen on going back to school, but hey, Momma needs some peace and quiet!  It’s been a long summer and they’ve had their fun. I’ve had some fun with this layout, it came together easily with Spellbinders™ die cuts.

I stared out with Cosmo Cricket’s The Boyfriend Collection, its one of my favorites for masculine themed projects (including the Crafting Kit, Ready-Set-Chip, Mini Deck and Ribbon)!

I also used Clearnap, Colorbox Chestnut Roan Fluid Chalk Ink; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L, My Stik, 3D Foam Squares and Adhesive Sheets; JustRite Stampers, Times New Roman 50pt Font and Calendar Set; Copic, Sepia Multiliner 0.3, and The Robin’s Nest, Jean cardstock.

I love the new Grand Calibur™ and Grand Nestabilities™!  These are the die templates I used:

LF-161 Grand Labels One #6 (with #1 being the smallest), LF-114 Grand Circles #5 & 7; LF-126 Grand Squares #6; S4-161 Labels One #1, 3, 4, 5 & 6.  See how I die cut the different papers:

I sanded the embossed edges, inked all the pieces with Chestnut Roan ink, assembled the layout and added the finishing touches.  I stamped JustRite Stampers “August” onto the smallest Labels One die cut, and I spelled out “when’s lunch” with the Times New Roman 50 pt Font, it fit perfectly on the Ready-Set-Chip thought bubble.

For “First Day of SCHOOL” I used the PT-F01 Plain Jane Capital and PT-F-02 Plain Jane Lower Case punch template fonts, in my Presto Punch™.  I can’t wait to show you more!

Speaking of JustRite Stampers, their Friday Challenge this week is Back to School, and their prize is sponsored by us-Spellbinders!  Participate and you could have a chance to win some die templates!  All the details are here on the JustRite Stampers Blog.

Here are some more school themed projects:

Gina Hanson’s kids are ready for school (and she used the same Cosmo Cricket set!):

AJ Otto created this frame for her first day pictures (and more Cosmo Cricket!):

Grab your lunch and don’t let the door hit you on the backpack on the way out!  And have a good day at school!

Happy Saturday!
Beth

Spellbinders, Presto Punch, and Grand Calibur are trademarks of Spellbinders Paper Arts, llc.

Nestabilities is a registered trademark of Spellbinders Paper Arts, llc.

I thought the way Beth used the Witches Shoes from S4-282 Witches Brew on her card was so fun!  I decided to make a card using some of the new Halloween Seasonal die templates, along with some die templates you might not think to use for Halloween.

Supplies include:  S4-277 Nested Bats,  S4-282 Witches Brew, S4-213 Fleur De Lis Borderabilities® Petite, S4-290 Labels Fourteen; Worldwin cardstock in black; Copic AtYou Spica pen in blue, Sketch Marker 100 Black; KaiserCraft patterned paper; Alphabet Stickers by Fancy Pants Designs; 3D Foam Squares by SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L; Tear Drops by The Robin’s Nest; Labels 2 - Nina Bracket stamps by Gina K Designs; black ink, liquid adhesive.

Spellbinders™ Seasonal Collections will be manufactured through the holiday, and then allowed to sell out.  Get them while you can!

Create the base of the card by trimming the black floral patterned paper to approximately 5 ½” x 12″.  Trim the cream patterned paper to approximately 5 ¼” x 11 ¾”.  Ink the edges of cream patterned paper, then adhere to theblack floral paper, and fold in half to create the card.  Trim the striped patterned paper to 5 ¼” x 3″, ink edges and adhere to the middle of the card.

I love this alphabet sticker set, but needed the letters to be black, so I colored them in with my black marker.

Apply the ink to the stamp, and using a clear stamp base, stamp the image on cream patterned paper, as shown above.  This Gina K Designs stamp set is a partner of Spellbinders.  They create stamps to perfectly match Spellbinders die templates!

Align S4-290 Labels Fourteen #4 (#1 being the smallest) with the stamped image, then cut/emboss.  Color in a small amount with a blue pen as shown.  Adhere the letter stickers to create the word “Boo”.

Cut/emboss the other die templates shown above out of black cardstock.  The Cat and Bat die cuts appear more like spooky silhouettes on the card.

Layer and adhere Label die cuts as shown.  Adhere blue ribbon and border die cut along bottom third of card.  Use black foam squares to give dimension to the Cat die cut and Bat die cuts.  Use liquid adhesive to adhere silver tear drops.

Thanks for stopping by the Spellbinders Blog today!

Holly

Here’s a few more spooky cards for you:

Mona Pendleton designed this card:

Ashley Cannon Newell created this card:

Spellbinders, Grand Calibur, and Wizard are trademarks of Spellbinders Paper Arts, llc.
Nestabilities is a registered trademark of Spellbinders Paper Arts, llc.