How to easily turn a flower into a peacock with Spellbinders

Today I am sharing two cards that demonstrate how differently you can use dies. For this project, the Spellbinders Small Die of the Month for January 2026 takes center stage. Although I don’t currently subscribe to any of the clubs, I found this die for sale in a buy and sell group on Facebook. The original intention of this die really appealed to me, but I also had some alternative ideas, one of which I am sharing here today.

For my first card, I used the packaging sample as my inspiration for two reasons. First, I needed to figure out the workings of the die and second, I had invested in the full set of Spellbinders cardstock when they had their paper sale last year and I had yet to use any of it. This gave me a great opportunity to test the cardstock and figure out the colors. I chose to make a shaped card and used various colors of Spellbinders cardstock. I am very impressed with the weight, the smoothness of it and the ease with which it die cut. At no time did I feel the need to double up my cardstock like I often did with my box store brand.

The fan shape that this die creates immediately made me think of a peacock tail. After digging through my stash, the Spellbinders Folk Song bird stood out as the perfect choice for the peacock body. I cut the body from blue glitter cardstock and backed it with regular blue cardstock to fill the die-cut shapes. For the “eyes”, I used the Spellbinders Color Block Mini Drops, cutting them from white cardstock. I colored the layers with my Copic markers. To finish the card, I added a sentiment from the Spellbinders Woodland Tales die set. I also arranged blue glitter cardstock stars around the peacock to complete this 5 x 7 card. Unfortunately, these latter die sets have been retired.

Thank you for visiting with me today. I plan to return with more ideas using this die set. Till next time.

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Project Specific Supplies
Small Die of the Month
Coloring Mediums
Copic Markers
Adhesives
Bearly Art Glue	Scrappy Tape 1/8
Papers
Coming Soon
Basic Tools & Supplies
Platinum 6	Universal Plates	HBS Reverse Tweezers
Tool ‘n One	Scoreboard

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