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Spellbinders | January 2026 Crate Bonus

Hello! One of the special perks of purchasing all of the Spellbinders kit clubs is receiving the Crate bonus item, and this month’s offering is an especially good one. The bonus die set includes a beautifully designed frame with coordinating florals that comes together quickly and effortlessly. It creates a finished, polished look while leaving plenty of room for creativity in the center. For this card, I added the hummingbirds from the Large Die of the Month, which fit perfectly inside the frame. This is the kind of die set you’ll reach for again and again.

- With the Crate bonus item, cut the frame pieces. Dry-emboss the center piece with the Cloud Nine folder. Assemble and add to an A2-size card base.
- Use the Large Die set to cut the hummingbirds and center flower. Assemble and add to the card center.
- Press the Always and Forever sentiment, cut with the banner coordinating die, and add to the card with foam squares.

Spellbinders | Hummingbirds Birthday Card

Hello! Birthdays are one of those card-sending occasions that never go out of style, and that’s part of what makes them so satisfying to create. For this card, I used the Spellbinders January Large Die of the Month, Hummingbirds Delight, and leaned fully into color, which is a welcome change this time of year. The die set includes a beautiful frame, which makes it easy to anchor the design and add a sentiment along the bottom.

While I chose a birthday greeting here, this design easily adapts to many occasions including thank you or thinking of you, by swapping out the sentiment.

- Create an A2-size card base from Blue Spruce cardstock.
- Using the Large Die set frame die, cut the frame, leaves, flowers, and hummingbirds from a variety of cardstock colors. Assemble as necessary.
- Add the floral piece to the backside of the frame.
- Dry-emboss Seaside cardstock with the Cloud Nine folder and secure to the bottom portion of the frame. Place the assembly on to the card base. You need the top to be open to tuck the elements under the frame.
- Add the elements to the top and sides of the frame. Secure frame to the dry-embossed background.
- Press the You are Everything sentiment and add to the frame.
- Add hummingbirds with foam squares.

Here for the Presents with Hero Arts

Hello! I’m sharing a Christmas card created with the Best Gift Ever Collection from Hero Arts. The design pairs the Gift Boxes die set, a cover plate that cuts an array of six presents, with the Here for the Presents Letterpress plates.

To create my design, I cut the Gift Boxes from white cardstock (for the frame) and again from coordinating Christmas-themed patterned papers and solid cardstock.

I used Library Green ink on the Letterpress sentiment plate. The sentiment set includes coordinating dies.

On three of the packages, I added gold twine bows.

While perfect for Christmas, the Gift Boxes set can easily be used for birthdays or any celebration.

Spellbinders | Santa Mug

Nothing says Christmas quite like Santa himself, and this handmade card brings him to life in the most festive way—a Santa-shaped mug created with the Cocoa Greetings die set (Spellbinders July 2025 Die of the Month kit). A Christmas-themed patterned paper background and a seasonal sentiment complete the design.

- Cut patterned paper with the Bow & Bell Scallop Frame set and add scalloped mat to an A2-size card base.
- Cut Santa with dies in the Cocoa Greetings set. Assemble.
- Press sentiment and cut with coordinating die.
- Add Santa and sentiment to prepared card base with foam.

You can see other cards created with the Cocoa Greetings die set HERE and HERE.

Spellbinders | A Ghostly Twist

Hello! Sometimes the best card ideas come from looking at supplies in a new way. I thought it would be fun to pair supplies from Spellbinders, a ghost with a house die set originally designed for Christmas. I’m sure I’m not the first to turn this townhome into a haunted house, but it was such a delight to see how easily it shifted seasons. A BetterPress sentiment finished the scene.

You can see the Christmas card created with the City Holiday set HERE and the card with the Boo Crew set HERE.

- Cover a 5″ x 7″ card base with patterned paper. (I used a piece from the Simple Stories Spooky Things pad.)
- Cut the City Holiday building and cat from a variety of cardstock colors and assemble.
- Cut the ghost from a variety of cardstock colors and assemble.
- Press the sentiment in black on white cardstock and cut with the coordinating die set.
- Add assembled house, ghost, and sentiment to the prepared card base.