Hey there, friends! It's Marie here again from
Marie Nicole Designs. I have a few cards to share with you featuring the Spectacular Collection from Spellbinder. This collection is so cute! There are several characters available for you to piece together, accessorize, and add to cards, tags, or gifts with a fun Christmas theme.
I’m going to feature the
Spectacular Bear for the first card, but I want to give you a few background ideas for some of the Bear’s friends, as well. Let’s get started!
CUT AND ASSEMBLE CHARACTER PIECES
Cut all the pieces for the
Bear character. The pieces are laid out in this photo next to the items they create. The
bear has its head, and then its body and belly piece.
The body and belly will also be used for the other characters in this collection!
Then, there are accessories. There is a scarf, hat, glasses, and cupcake/fruit cake you can choose to use.
CUT OUT YOUR BACKGROUND PANEL
Using the
Playful Stitched Panels dies, cut out a white background to add the bear to.
COLOR THE BACKGROUND
Using a trio of greens, ink blend an ombre background. I used Pine Needles on the bottom, then blended with Cracked Pistachio, and finally blended with Twisted Citron.
ASSEMBLE YOUR CARD
Using some foam adhesive, add the white front panel to your background.
Then, using some MORE foam adhesive, add your bear to the front panel.
Use one of the many fun sentiments from the
Spectacular Holiday Sentiments set, give the bear a holiday cake to hold, and you have finished the card!
BONUS CARDS
This set was just too fun, so I created two more cards to share. First,
the penguin.
The pieces for the
penguin include her head and accessories. You will need the bear in order to add the bottom body portion if you want.
I made a colorful background for the penguin by taping off and ink blending some slanted stripes on a panel I again cut out using the
Playful Stitched Panels Edges dies. Such great layering dies!
POLKA DOTS
One last easy background idea for you! I used some ink blending tools to smoosh polka dots onto my background. The colors I used here are Cracked Pistachio and Saltwater Taffy.
Then, I added the
Deer to this card. The
Deer is so cute! Again, the deer set includes the head and accessories, and if you want the bottom body portion, that is included in the
Bear set.
These festive critters are so much fun to assemble onto cards! I love that all the sets work together and you can mix and match the accessories. Also, the sentiment set has sentiments that work with all the critters.
Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, Marie Nicole
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Ink blending tools, Distress ink oxides, cardstock, foam adhesive, liquid adhesive, black ink, stamping platform, christmas confetti,
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First, we are going to make the card blank using 
We are going to die-cut all the pieces to make the 
Adhere the body and the scarf die cuts together; adhere the cheeks and nose to the Penguin face. Glue the Penguin’s head to the body and then add the white piece. This will give you a perfectly aligned face.
Next, we are going to add the glasses and Earmuffs. I used 1mm foam pads to adhere the earmuffs to the Penguin. Assemble the cupcake die cuts and use another 1mm foam pad to adhere to the penguin's body, tucking the cake under one arm
Cut a piece of 
Adhere the embossing panel to your card blank with either foam tape or glue. Line up the white stamped panel to the bottom edge of your card blank
Place foam tape on the back of the Penguin and line it up with the bottom edge of your card blank.
I hope you enjoyed my first blog post and love the Spectacular Christmas release as much as I do. I share lots of inspiration and tutorials on my 
Die-cut the deer body (from the 
Die-cut the deer head & antlers from 
Stamp the sentiment from 
Die-cut the sentiment with the coordinating die set.
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