Spellbinders Handle with Care Tutorial

Hello Blog Friends - I am sharing a Spellbinders Tutorial and am on a scrapbooking run.  I love how the Spellbinders Dies work with any art form - as you can see in this tutorial...they make scrapbooking so easy and add extra points of interest.  I am creating a Baby Album of my grandson, so you can expect to see more layouts from time to time.

Spellbinders Products:

• S4-371 Les Papillions 
• S4-488 Labels Forty-Six
• S4-494 Labels Forty-Six Decorative Elements
• SCD-027 Story of Us
• SCD-028 About Us
• GC-200 Grand Calibur Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Cross Promotional Partners:

• Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko: Memento Ink in Teal Zeal; Sponge Daubers
• Want2Scrap©: Swirls Finesse - White Pearls - Self Adhesive
•  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L:  E-Z Adhesive Runner; 3D Foam; Crafty Foam Tape

Other: 2 6x4 photos; Sanding Block; Stickles; Buttons; Lace flowers; Butterfly Stencil; White Pen; Patterned paper 12x12; scraps of patterned paper

1. Cut both photos using Labels Forty-Six #6 (#1 being the smallest)
2. Cut/emboss two Labels Forty-Six Decorative Elements using #2 #3 Dies (#1 being the smallest)
3. Put decorative insert aside and adhere the patterned frame over the photos using liquid glue.
4. Adhere sentiment sticker using 3D Foam Squares
5. Adhere the photos to the patterned paper using Crafty Foam Tape

6. Cut/emboss two Labels Forty-Six #2 (#1 being the smallest) in patterned paper
7. Cut/emboss two (2) Les Papillions Butterflies - both the base and coordinating butterfly using cream cardstock
8. Adhere the filigree layer to the base butterfly using liquid glue
9. Sponge using Teal Zeal and a Sponge Dauber - lightly add Stickles
10 Adhere silver rhinestone to the body of the butterfly
11 Attach the layered butterfly to the Labels Forty-Six #2 using liquid glue
12 Attach 'random' left over strips of white embossed card to the top right and bottom left corner
13 Adhere the Labels Forty Six #2 and butterfly to the centre of each - on an angle
14 Attach Swirls Finesse - White Pearls as shown in the main photo

14. Cut/emboss the sentiment from the Story of Us and About Us using aqua cardstock
15. Adhere the sentiment to the layout as per the main photo
16 Attach lace flowers using liquid glue, followed by a small button in the centre of each

17 Adhere 3 buttons to the top left corner and bottom right corner using liquid glue
18 Stencil butterflies randomly onto layout using Teal Zeal and a Sponge Dauber
19 Using White Gel pen add spots to butterflies

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{{{Hugs}}} and happy crafting!!