Spellbinders December Clubs

 Hello!  I'm popping in on this very snowy afternoon to share the cards I have made with this month's Spellbinders clubs.    This month's clubs are all about love.  I know, I know... we haven't even had Christmas yet, but Valentine's day will be here before we know it.   My cards aren't done in traditional valentine colors though.  Take a look.

This first card features the December Glimmer club called Floral Framed Glimmering Heart.  The large floral heart and sentiment were foiled using blush foil on Glacier cardstock.  I love the look.   The floral heart panel was die cut down to fit my card front and adhered.  I then die cut the sentiments with the included banner die and popped them up in the center of the heart.   There are also die included that die cut flowers and leaves.  I die cut a flower and leaves from the Glacier cardstock then adhered them below the sentiments.  A little blue gem was added to the flower for a finishing touch.  I'm going to post this one to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes.

The second card also uses the December Glimmer club and the embossing folder club called Heart Blooms.  Isn't it pretty?!  I die cut the panel of Glacier cardstock and then embossed it with the folder.  I flipped the panel over because I wanted to use the debossed side.  Another look I really love!   The Glimmer club includes the solid heart and scalloped heart.   I foiled each one separately and then die cut them.  The scalloped heart had the center die cut out so I could place the solid foiled heart in the center.  I die cut additional hearts to layer in the center to give the foiled heart more dimension.  The sentiment is another die from the Glimmer club.  I really like how it embosses the sentiment into the center of the banner.  I adhered the hearts and then popped up the banner in the center. 

This card is a little departure from the other two cards in that I used a completely different color scheme.  This card will be posted to Color Throwdown as I used those colors for my card.   The December stamp and die club is called My Forever Person and features two heart images as well as images that spell out the word love.  I used the large floral heart image for this card.  I stamped it with VersaMark watermark ink and then embossed it in silver.  I did simple Copic coloring for the image and then die cut it with the matching heart shaped die.  The sentiment was stamped in VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink and die cut with a sentiment strip.  That was popped up in the center of the heart.  I die cut white cardstock and then embossed it with the embossing folder.  This time I used the embossed side.  

All three cards are very clean and simple, but I hope you like them.  Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Spellbinders November Clubs

 Hello!  Can you believe it is already November?  I can't, lol!  Where has the year gone?!  Anyway, today is the first day of November and that means that all the new Spellbinders clubs are available in the web store.  I have three cards to share today featuring the embossing folder, Glimmer and clear stamp and die clubs.  (An affiliate linked list of supplies is at the end of this post.  Using my links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.)   Let's take a look at what I made with this month's clubs.

The first card features the stamp and die club called Diamond & Arch Motif, as well as the embossing folder club called Fan Motif.  I die cut Spellbinders Glacier cardstock with a rectangle die and embossed it with the club folder.  I decided to keep things simple by just embossing the largest floral image from the stamp set, as well as the sentiment with gold embossing powder.  After die cutting I popped both up on the card front with foam tape.  

This card features the Glimmer Club called Glimmer Edge Stylized Floral.  The club kit comes with Aura foil.   The Aura foil looks so pretty foiled on the aqua cardstock.   The new Glimmer foil plate allows you to foil all the images as well as the sentiment in one pass.   I decided to go with a monochromatic look and so I made a card base and panel from the same cardstock I used to foil the images.   After adhering all the pieces, I popped up the sentiment.  Going to add this card to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes. 

My final card uses the embossing folder called Fan Motif.   I die cut white cardstock with a rectangle die and then embossed it with the embossing folder.   I also used the Glimmer club.  This time I foiled the images using the new white opaque foil on pink cardstock.  It is so pretty!   The sentiment is from the stamp and die cut club that I heat embossed in white on the pink cardstock.   The small rectangle was die cut from vellum.  I adhered the flower, leaves and sentiment to the vellum and then placed foam adhesive behind the images so they are hidden.  The panel was then adhered to a pink cardstock base. 

Affiliated linked supplies:

Glimmer Hot Foil System

Platinum 6 

Aura Foil

White Opaque Foil

November Glimmer Club

November Stamp and Die Club

November Embossing Folder Club

Essential Rectangle dies

Glacier Cardstock

Bearly Art Glue

Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L thin foam squares

VersaMark watermark ink

Gold embossing powder

Wagner Heat Tool

Spellbinders Quick Trimmer

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

halloween cards

 Hello!  I'm popping in with two Halloween cards that I made.  I ended up with two cards because as I started making one card, I didn't like how it was turning out so some of the items I created for that card were transformed into another card.  Other items that were going to also be on the original idea ended up on the second card!  The end results.  I had a great time and I think I'm getting a bit of my mojo back.   Here is the first card.

The gnome and the pumpkins were originally going to be part of the original idea I had for a card.  After I colored the images with Copic markers and then die cut them I tried to make them work with some Halloween patterned paper that I wanted to use.   I ultimately realized that my gnome and pumpkins were too whimsical for the patterned paper, so I had to rethink things.   I decided to go with the sketch from Sunday Stamps and use some patterned paper from P13's The Four Seasons:  Autumn 6x6 pad.    The banner was die cut from the patterned paper and then I layered that on my kraft base panel.   The sentiment from a very old Reverse Confetti Halloween stamp set was stamped in VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne.   I then layered on my gnome and all the pumpkins.  I finished off by adding the strip of embossed green cardstock and the purple/white bakers' twine.    The card isn't too spooky, so I think I will be sending it to my great nephew and great niece. 

Let's have a look at the second card.  It has a spookier vibe!

As I struggled to make things work with my initial idea and I determined that the gnome and pumpkins weren't the answer I die cut the pumpkins you see on the card from some leftover panels that I had watercolored for a project I made a few months ago.  I thought they might work with the idea I had, but nope!  So that first idea was finally put to rest and I moved on.   I remembered I had all these fun Spellbinders dies that create a front door for different seasons.   The Halloween dies would be perfect with the pumpkins and so my card was born.  I used very old Halloween patterned paper for the background, the door and the stoop.  The stoop was backed with some of that watercolored paper I mentioned to make the sentiment really stand out.  I even used that paper to for the small window next to the door and for the windows in the door.  I like how it turned out.   I adhered everything and thought I was done until I spied the purple 31 that I had die cut for the gnome card.  I tried to make the numbers work on that card but decided the card didn't need that additional.   However, when I added them to the door panels on the second card, I knew they had found their home!  Even though there isn't anything else purple on the card I think the addition of the numbers works.   I think this card will be heading to my great niece who lives in California. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day.

Spellbinders October Clubs

 Happy October everyone!   Hard to believe it is October because here in Western Washington it feels more like summer!    And with it being the 1st of October that means all the new Spellbinders clubs are in the Spellbinders store.   Even though fall is in full swing the Spellbinders October clubs are all about Christmas and everything is just gorgeous!  (An affiliate linked list of products will be at the end of this post.  Using my links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.  I truly appreciate it!)   Let's take a look at my cards.

First up is a card I made using the October Glimmer club called Poinsettia Spray and the October embossing folder called Scattered Christmas.   For this card I went with traditional Chrsitmas colors of red, green and gold.   I decided to just simply foil the image using Matte Gold foil on Spellbinders Pomegranate cardstock and then die cut it with the matching die.  The sentiment is part of the kit and was also foiled in Matte Gold on Pomegranate.  I die cut dark green cardstock with the largest die from the Fluted Rectangles die collection, placed it in the Scattered Christmas embossing folder and ran it through my Platinum 6.  The panel was adhered to a card base and then I added the image and the sentiment.  I'm going to add this one to the Simon Says Stamp World Cardmaking day gallery. 

This next card is very simple, too.  I stamped the small poinsettia image and a flower cluster (twice) from the Wonderful Christmas stamp and die set with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink and colored with Copics and then die cut them with the matching dies.  I arranged the cluster and adhered it the dark blue cardstock panel.  The sentiment from the stamp set was heat embossing using platinum embossing powder.   The panel was then added to a dark blue cardstock base.  I love the non-traditional color scheme of this card.   I'm going to add this one to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes. 

My final card also has a non-traditional color scheme.  I wanted to go with a soft look for the large cluster from the stamp and die set.  I colored the poinsettia with light pink Copics and then added in some yellow.  The berries were colored in light red Copics, the pod/flowers in light yellow Copics and the greenery in light green Copics.  I trimmed down Pink Sand cardstock and embossed it with the Scattered Christmas embossing folder.  I decided to use the debossed side of the panel instead of the embossed side.  The panel was adhered to a cardstock base and then I layered a rectangle die cut from Dahlia cardstock using the Fluted Rectangle die set.  Before adhering the floral clusters to my card base I stamped the sentiment in black.   I  applied some distress collage medium to the clusters and then added Rock Candy glitter.  The pieces are so sparkly in person.  Once they were dry I added them to the card front.  

Affiliate linked supply list:

Spellbinders Platinum 6
Glimmer hot foil system
October Stamp and Die club
October Glimmer club
October Embossing folder club
Matte Gold foil
Dahlia cardstock
Pomegranate cardstock
Pink Sand cardstock
Fluted Rectangle dies
Essential Rectangle dies
Rock Candy Glitter
Distress collage medium
VersaMark watermark ink
VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink

Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder
Wagner heat tool
Bearly Art glue
Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L thin foam squares
Spellbinder Quick Trimmer

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Spellbinder Release - Part 1

 Hello!  Hope your September is going well.  It has finally cooled down a bit here in my corner of the Pacific Northwest and I am thankful for that.  I'm even hoping for a little bit of rain, but that isn't in the forecast.   As my blog post title indicates I'm sharing some projects created with products from the September Spellbinders release.   These cards were made with products from a new Spellbinders designer, Zsoka Marko.  Zsoka is a whiz with Spellbinders dies and creates the most amazing projects with them.  So I was surprise excited to see that she had a line coming out with Spellbinders.  The collection is called Winter Tales and you can find the complete collection here.  (A list of affiliate linked products will be at the end of this blog post.  Using my links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.)

I used the beautiful Nordic Ornaments for the first card.  The set comes with two different dies, as well as lots of little dies to add fun details.  I used the larger ornament die for my card.   The color palette is from Color Throwdown.   After cutting all the pieces from the various colors of cardstock I put my ornament together.  I finished off the flowers with come Nuvo drops in Morning Dew.  The sentiment is from a previously release Spellbinders stamp set.  The sentiment was stamped in watermark ink and heat embossed with cream embossing powder.   The background was embossed with a new embossing folder called Holly Flourish from a collection by Becca Feeken.  You will be seeing more of this gem of an embossing folder!  I adhered the ornament and sentiment to the background.  Attached that to a kraft cardstock basee and then finished the card with the baker's twine bow.

For my second card I went for a more fall themed design.  This card was created with the Enchanted Garden die set.  This set is packed full of sweet flower images that you can layer to your hearts content, along with several different stems and leafy branches.  All the cardstock I used is from Spellbinders and will be listed below.  I die cut all the pieces from each color and then layered them.  The sentiment is from the Spellbinders September clear stamp and die club.  That was stamped on Alabaster cardstock in VersaFine CLAIR Acorn ink and then the flowers adhered as you see.  

Affiliate linked supply list:

Winter Tales Collection

Nordic Ornaments dies

Enchanted Garden dies

Holly Flourish embossing folder

September Stamp and Die club

Alabaster cardstock

Rainforest cardstock

Persimmon cardstock

Terra Cotta cardstock

Saffron cardstock

Cream embossing powder

Wagner Heat Tool

Spellbinders Platinum 6

Morning Dew Nuvo drops

Bearly Art Glue

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L thin foam squares

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day.

Spellbinders August Release... Part 2

 Hello!  I hope everyone had a great week.  I'm back to share more cards made with products from Spellbinders' August release.    (Affiliate linked products are listed at the end of this post.  Using my links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.)   All three cards are Christmas/holiday cards.  Lets take a look:

For this card and my second card I used the new Dazzling Diamond hot foil plate.  I foiled the image using red foil and then die cut it with a rectangle die.  The little Christmas wreaths were cut using a die from the new Gnome Tree die set from dark green cardstock and then I added red sequins.  The sentiment is from the new Christmas Memories Enclosed stamp set.  I stamped the sentiment in dark green ink and then die cut it with a label die.   I covered the front of my card base with a dark green patterned paper and then added my panel.   Will add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of Christmas. 

For this card I used dark green cardstock and matte gold foil.  I just love the matte gold foil on the dark green cardstock.  I used some die cuts from the Santa Lane Floral die cuts pack and another sentiment from Christmas Memories Enclosed.  I finished off this card with a little red twine bow. 

My final card uses the full Gnome Tree die along with the new Argyle Socks embossing folder.  Both are from the new Gnome for Christmas collection.  I used some pastel patterned paper from LaLaLand Crafts to die cut the hats, shoes. mittens and cloths of the gnomes.  The beards were cut from white cardstock and the noses from a pale peach cardstock.   I did die cut the entire piece from thin scrap cardstock that I applied washi tape to the back to keep all the pieces together and then layered all of the top pieces on top.   I will tell you that my first attempt at creating a gnome tree was a huge fail.   I learned from that fail and a video that I watched in order to achieve a better result the second time.  After I had all the pieces in place I die cut the solid tree die that comes in the set from white cardstock and added my gnome tree.  The tree was added to Glacier cardstock that I die cut with a rectangle die and embossed with the Argyle Socks embossing folder.  I finished off the card with the star at the top and the little garlands.  I added silver fashion pearls to the star and garlands.  The sentiment is from Christmas Memories Enclosed and was embossed in silver.   

Affiliate linked list of supplies:

Spellbinders Platinum 6

Spellbinders Glimmer hot foil system

Dazzling Diamond Glimmer plate

Gnome Tree dies

Christmas Sentiments Enclosed stamps

Argyle Socks embossing folder

Santa Lane Floral die cuts

Essential Rectangle

Glacier Cardstock

Red foil

Matte Gold foil

Silver Fashion Pearls

Silver embossing powder

VersaMark Watermark ink

VersaFine Clair green ink

Wagner Heat Tool

Bearly Art Glue

Scrapbook Adhesive By 3L thin foam square

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Spellbinders August Club Release

 Happy August everyone!  Can't believe it is already August.  Where did July go?   It is the first of August and that means that all the new Spellbinders clubs have been revealed.  This month is another good one!  As is always the case I have several cards to share.  You can see all the clubs here.   Joining is easy and a really good value.  Please check it out.  (A list of affiliate linked supplies is at the bottom of this post.  Using my links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.)

This card features the Glimmer kit called Illustrated Floral and Solid and as you can see the floral element is beautiful!  You also get a roll of matte gold foil.  I had never used the matte gold foil before so was eager to try it out.  I absolutely love it!  I also used the July embossing folder called Intertwined Lattice.  I just love this new embossing folder!   After foiling the floral image I colored it very simply with Copic markers and die cut it with the matching die. I embossed Spellbinders Raindrop cardstock with the July embossing folder after die cutting the panel with an Essentials Rectangle die.  I adhered the panel to a cardstock base and then popped up floral image, as well as the foiled sentiment.  I finished off the card gold fashion embellishments.  Going to add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.

This card features the July stamp and die club called Perfect Floral Bloom.   This set is full of so many pretty floral images and there are dies to match all the florals and leaf stems. The stamp set also includes several sentimets.  For my card I used a sentiment that was foiled when I was creating the first card.    And again, I used the July embossing folder.  This time I flipped the embossed panel over and used the debossed side.  I created the little envelope using a die from a Spellbinders card kit from last year and Simple Stories Vintage Indigo Garden patterned papers. I kept the envelope neutral so that the bright flowers would shine. I then filled my little envelope with all the different blooms and leaves from the stamp set.  I also used the sentiment because I thought it was very appropriate with my little envelope.  I finished off the card with tiny crystal gems from the Spellbinders crystal mix essential gems.

My final card is a bit of a bonus card.  As indicated by the name of the Glimmer kit there is a solid plate that comes in the kit.  I used it to do the reverse foiling for the sentiment.  I used my square solid plate to reverse foil the large floral image.  I then die cut them with the matching die.  I had the dark green cardstock on my desk from another project so I embossed it with the folder.  I thought it looked nice with the solid matte gold foiling.  I decided to keep things simple and not add any additional embellishments to the card. 

Affiliate linked list of supplies:

Spellbinders Platinum 6

Spellbinders Glimmer hot foil system

July Embossing folder club

July Stamp and die club

July Glimmer club

Essentials Rectangles

Matte Gold Foil

Bearly Art Glue

Pinkfresh Studio Heartbeat ink cubes

Pinkfresh Studio Starry Night ink cubes

Pinkfresh Studio Garden Stroll ink cubes

Crystal Mix Gems

Fashion Gold embellishments

Spellbinder Raindrop Cardstock

Don't forget to check out the clubs right here.  Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Spellbinders July Release

 Hello!  The brand new Spellbinders release is available and it is filled to the brim with all kinds of wonderful Christmas themed products, as well as new cardstock colors, pop up glitter foam colors and much, much more.  You can see the entire release here.  I have two cards to share today.  (A list of affiliate linked supplies is at the end of this post.  Using my links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.)   Here are my cards:

My first card uses the new Winter Welcome Sled die set.  This die set is so much fun!  Along with the sled there are dies to create a pair of ice skates, as well as the dies I used to create my poinsettia and pine branches.  I used silver glitter cardstock for the base of the sled and then die cut rest of the sled from white cardstock.  After putting the sled together I created the poinsettia and pine branch cluster that I adhered to the sled.  I added the sled to a light gray cardstock panel that I embossed with a Spellbinders embossing folder called Forevergreen.  That folder was released last year.  The sentiment is from the Mini Christmas Sentiments Glimmer set and was foiled in black.  That set was also released last year.  I finished off the card with tiny crystals on the sled and a few more scattered around the sled.  I'm going to add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of make your own background. 

This next card used the new Balsam & Berries stamp set, as well as the Mix & Match Holiday Greetings die set.  I heat embossed the large frame image from the set on Rainforest cardstock using red embossing powder and then die cut it with a rectangle die.  The sentiment was die cut multiple times from the red cardstock, stacked and then adhered to the card.   I'm a little "up in the air" about this card.  I like red and bright green together, but I think I have a little too much of it, lol.  Let me know what you think.

Affiliate linked supply list:

Spellbinder Platinum 6

Spellbinders Glimmer hot foil system

Black foil

Balsam & Berries stamp set

Mix & Match Holiday Greetings

Winter Welcome Sled

Forevergreen embossing folder

Mini Christmas Sentiments hot foil plates

Silver Fox cardstock

Rainforest cardstock

Essentials Rectangle dies

Wagner heat tool

VeraMark watermark ink 

Bearly Art Glue

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Spellbinders July Club Kits

 Hello everyone!  Can you believe it is already July?   Here in the northwest we don't often have really good summer weather until the middle of July, but this year has been really bad.   There were several days in June when I actually thought it was more like October!  Given our unseasonable weather it has been hard for me to remember that it is summer and that July is here!  Since it is the beginning of July that means all the new Spellbinders clubs have been released.   You can find all the information about the clubs and how to join right here.   Due to the fact that I accepted a crafty opportunity at the last minute (you will see those project in just a few days!) I was scrambling a bit to get my cards done with the July club products.   And I will say that as I made all these cards it was a case if anything can go wrong, it will go wrong!  (Affiliate linked products listed at the bottom of this post.  Using my links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.)   Anywhoo... here are my cards:

First up is my card featuring the July stamp and die club called Have a Chill Summer.  How cute are those popsicles?!   I used the colors from Color Throwdown and the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches for my very simple design.  I also used the July embossing folder called Geometric Stripes on the card.  The inks are from Pinkfresh Studio and after I stamped and die cut the popsicles I applied some watermark ink to the tops and a bit down one side, then added rainbow sparkle embossing powder and heat set.  The popsicle sticks are a two part stamp, but I only used the second part that adds the detail.  I stamped that on kraft cardstock with brown ink.  I die cut those and then adhered them to my popsicles.  I layered on the white embossed strip, the popsicles and that fun sentiment.   Clean and simple!

This next card features the July Glimmer club called Add a Stripe of Color.  Along with the foil plate there is a die that cuts out stripes.  I tried to incorporate the die into my card, but it wasn't working.  The foil you get this month is rose gold, but since my card is going to the new Color Hues challenge (thanks to the team for the runner up honor!) I used red and blue.  I even got the twist in there of stars and stripes!  Since it is hard to tell in this photo that I did in fact use red and blue foil I have a second one below that shows the true color of the foil.  The sentiment is from an older Glimmer club and the tage I used is from the Assorted Tags die set that was released a few months ago.  The stars were die cut from a strip of red foil that I had left over from a failed attempt at foiling the stripes in red. 

This final card showcases the embossing folder.  It ended up being red and blue, too, but I'm not going to add it to the Color Hues gallery.  I had a piece of red dotted paper on my desk and I thought it would be fun to emboss it and I do like how it turned out.  I added it to a card base and then stamped the sentiment from Just Wanted to Say (released in June) and the happy birthday from a stamp and die club from earlier in the year in blue because I still had the blue ink out.   I think I will add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes. 

Affiliate Linked Supply List:

Spellbinders Platinum 6

Spellbinder Glimmer hot foil system

Blue foil

Red foil

Spellbinders Glimmer club

Spellbinders Embossing Folder club

Spellbinders Stamp and Die club

Spellbinders Assorted Tags die set

Spellbinders Just Wanted to Say stamp set

Spellbinders Quick Trimmer

Bearly Art Glue

Pinkfresh Studio Lavendar ink

Pinkfresh Studio Seaside

VersaMark Watermark ink

Wagner Heat Tool

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Spellbinders June Clubs

 Hello everyone!  It is June 1st and that means there are new Spellbinders club kits available in the Spellbinders shop!  I have four projects to share today.  First up are two cards that I created with the Glimmer club kit. 

The June Glimmer kit is called Paisley Glimmer and includes a plate that allows you to foil two rows of paisley shapes.  There are also dies that can be used to cut out the shapes.  I used the one that cuts out the full shape.  I had a bunch of scraps of white cardstock so I used those to foil the plate with rainbow foil from the kit.  It took a while to foil everything and then die cut all the shapes, but I think it was worth it.  There are three sentiments and I foiled all of them, as well, with the rainbow foil.  I popped up all the shapes on a panel of white cardstock and then added the sentiment.  I finished by adding Nuvo drops in Morning Dew to center of the shapes with the flowers.  (Affiliate linked list of supplies available at the end of this post.  Using my links allows to me earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.)

This second card is a bonus card as I had some of the paisley shapes left over and didn't want them to go to waste.  I used the June embossing folder to emboss the small white panel.   I adhered the panel to a card base and then arranged the shapes, as well as the sentiment.  

The third card uses the stamp and die club kit called Paisley Bouquet.  There are several paisley images, as well as medallion images that have matching dies and two sentiments with matching dies.   I stamped all the images and sentiments on Spellbinders Cosmic Sky with watermark ink and then heat embossed everything with gold embossing powder.  After die cutting all the pieces I decided to layer up the medallions to create a layered one.  I foiled the paisley strip from the Glimmer kit in gold on Spellbinder Alabaster cardstock and then die cut it with a rectangle die.  I layered up all the images on a panel of white cardstock and then finished with drops of gold glitter to the top flower.

My final card showcases the beauty of the June embossing folder called Botanical Diamond.  I die cut Cosmic Sky cardstock with an essentials rectangle die and then centered the panel in the embossing folder.  After embossing the panel I added it to a white cardstock base and finished it off with one of the sentiments from the stamp and die kit and some gold fashion pearls. 

Affiliate linked supplies:

Platinum 6

Glimmer Hot Foil System

June Glimmer club kit - Paisley Glimmer

June Stamp and die club kit - Paisley Bouquet 

June Embossing Folder club kit - Botanical Diamond 

Cosmic Sky cardstock

Alabaster cardstock

Rainbow foil

Gold foil

Essentials Rectangle dies

WOW gold embossing powder

VersaMark watermark ink

Gold Fashion pearls

Scrapbook Adhesive thin 3D foam squares

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

more stitching fun...

 Hello!  I'm back with two more projects that I made using the new Spellbinders alpha stitching dies.  One project also features another new product from the May release.  I had a lot of fun making both projects.  An affiliate linked supply list is provided at the end of this post.  Using my affiliate links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.  Here is my first project:

If you saw my previous card using the stitched alpha dies you will notice a theme.  Sometimes I like to do that with projects that I create with a suite of Spellbinders products.  When I have to make a lot projects it helps to streamline things.  So with the stitched alpha dies I decided to go that route.  As you can see I stitched the letters for hello in pink and yellow.  I stitched the flowers using a darker shade of pink and yellow.  For more interest I embossed the white cardstock panel after I die cut it with a slimline rectangle die.  The folder I used was the one that was offered in February embossing folder club and is currently not available.   The sentiment was foiled using gold foil, die cut and then adhered it to the card front after I added all the leaves and flowers.  

This project actually started as a card, but then as I completed the other two cards I kept thinking about how fun it would be to turn the card into a decor project.  I had two Tim Holtz Ideaology mini frames and knew they would be perfect for my idea.  I painted the frame and the sides of the backing piece with white paint.  Once they were dry I rubbed on some Fossilized Amber distress crayon in two of the corners for a little more interest.  I picked the floral paper from the P13 Four Seasons Summer pad and trimmed it down to fit inside the frame.  I adhered that with distress collage medium and let it dry.  The sentiments are from the Stitched Alphabet Glimmer Descriptors hot foil plates were foiled with gold foil and then die cut.  I popped up everything with foam squares or strips.   There were a few little gaps so I die cut some small flowers and leaves to fill in those spaces.  I finished off the flowers with drops of Nuvo glitter drops in yellow.  I will be adding this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything but a card. 

Affiliate link list of supplies:

Platinum 6

Glimmer

B Stitched Alpha die

E Stitch Alpha die

H Stitched Alpha die

L Stitched Alpha die

O Stitched Alpha die

Stitched Flower dies

Gold Foil

Bearly Art Glue

Petite Floral Potpourri dies

Blossoming Slimline dies

Embossing Folder Club

Pink Sand Cardstock

Ideaology Mini Frames

P13 The Four Seasons Summer 6x6 paper pad

Distress Collage Medium Matte

DMC Floss

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Spellbinder May Release!

 Hello everyone!  I'm popping in with a clean and simple card that I created using new products from the Spellbinders May release.  It is another wonderful release with a little something for everyone.  If you like to stitch and love the Spellbinders stitching dies, then you definitely need to check out the release because Spellbinders now has alpha stitching dies!  A list of affiliate linked supplies will be at the end of this post.  Using my links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.   Here is today's card:

You can purchase the full alphabet or each letter separately.  Each letter is a set of two dies.  The stitchable die and a shadow layer.  That way you can use the stitching die by itself or with the shadow layer like I did.  I used light blue DMC floss for the stitching on the letters.  I pulled out the Stitched Flower die set and stitched the small flower from the set using a dark blue DMC floss.  The shadows were die cut from Spellbinders Raindrop cardstock.   I used thin foam squares to pop up the letters on the shadows and then adhered the letters to my panel that I had die cut with a rectangle die and then embossed with the embossing folder from the February embossing folder club. Unfortunately it appears that embossing folder is not available.  I finished off the card by adding the stitched flower, the leaves and a sentiment that I had foiled in gold with my Glimmer.   I also added small crystal gems to the center of the flower and the dot on the "i".  I will be adding this to the current Seize the Birthday challenge as I have stitching on my card. 

Affiliate linked supplies used:

Platinum 6

Glimmer

Stitched Alpha H die

Stitched Alpha I die

Stitched Flower die set

Gold Foil

Everyday Sentiments

Raindrop cardstock

Bearly Art Glue

Embossing Folder Club

Crystal Mix gems

Essential Rectangle dies

Artful Tulip die set

Scrapbook Adhesive thin foam squares

Thanks for stopping by today.  I will be back soon with a couple more projects I have made using these fun new stitching dies!

Spellbinders May Club Kits

 Happy May Day everyone!  Since it is the first day of May that means that all the May Spellbinders club kits have been revealed.   The kits this month are fun and several of them share the theme of stitching.  At the end of my blog post I have a supply list with affiliate links.  Using my links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support!  Now let's take a look at what I created. 

This first card was created with the May Glimmer kit called Stitched Glimmer Butterfly.  The foil included with this month's kit is gold.  I was so excited when I first pulled out the plates and dies for this kit.  Then, and I'm being very honest here, I got a little concerned.  I struggled to figure out how the some of the Glimmer plates worked with the butterflies in the kit.  After a couple of days of thinking about it off and on I figured out something that worked for me.  It was a little time consuming, but the end result turned out pretty nice.  There are plates that allow you to hot foil stitching lines on the butterfly.  For me to make it work I had to first die cut the butterfly, tape the plates in their correct places, slide in the foil and then placed it on my Glimmer.   It was a bit "touch and go", but as you can see it worked!  Hot foiling the sentiment was much easier, lol!  I used gold foil for the sentiment and the butterfly.  There are also dies that allow you to create stitching holes in the butterfly.  I plan to make something using those dies in the near future.  To finish the card, I die cut some butterfly pattern paper with the oval stitching die from the February 2022 small die kit.  I adhered that to patterned paper from the same pad as the butterfly paper and then added it to a card base made from Spellbinders Alabaster cardstock.   For a little sparkle I die cut the body and antenna from gold glitter cardstock.  I will add this card to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes. 

This card was created using items from the stamp and die kit called Stitched Color Wheel.  I stamped the thread bobbins on white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored each bobbin simply with Copic markers.  I then die cut them with the matching die.  I love how the die cuts out a little slot like you find on embroidery floss bobbins!   I used the octagon shaped die from the kit to cut light gray cardstock that I had embossed with the embossing folder kit.  I die cut two additional octagons and adhered them to the embossed one.  This was popped up on a white die cut panel.  I stamped the sentiment on one of the bobbins and then adhered them to the octagon.  The panel was then adhered to a light gray cardstock base.  Very simple, but cute.  At the suggestion of my bloggy friend, Linda, who is on the Die Cut Diva's design team I'm going to add this card to their challenge of anything goes.  Thanks for letting me know, Linda!

And my final card features the embossing folder called Faux Stitch.  I embossed my favorite light blue cardstock,  Spellbinders Glacier, after I had die cut it with a rectangle die.  The sentiment is from Spellbinders and was something that I got for free from Scrapbook.com.  I die cut it from Spellbinders Raindrop cardstock and then two more times from a scrap of Glacier cardstock.  I adhered them together and placed them on the embossed panel.  I die cut two flowers using the Delicious Decorations from the Pie Perfection die set from Raindrop and the leaves from a light green.  I adhered those to the card front and then added drops of Nuvo glitter drops in Silver Moondust to the centers of the flowers and to the centers of the starbursts (I guess that is what you could call them).

Supplies with affiliate links:

Platinum 6

Glimmer Hot Foil System

Gold Foil

Bearly Arts Glue

Essentials Rectangle Dies

February 2022 Small Die Kit

May 2022 Stamp and Die Kit

May 2022 Embossing Folder Kit

May 2022 Glimmer Hot Foil Kit

Delicious Decorations die set

Glacier Cardstock

Raindrop Cardstock

Alabaster Cardstock

Silver Fox Cardstock

Quick Trimmer 

Nuvo Glitter Drops Silver Moondust

You can see all the kits right here along with the options for joining.  Thanks for stopping by and have all lovely day!

a happy rainbow...

 Hello!  Hope everyone is having a great week.  My younger son is on spring break this week so we have been trying to get out and about.  In between those little trips I have managed to create a card.  This one is for... yep... Color Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketches!   Take a look:

I really love the Rainbow of Happiness bundle from Stampin Up!  It is just so fun.  I have been wanting to make another card with it and the above-mentioned challenges were the perfect vehicle.   I found sequins in the CTD colors for my shaker rainbow.  Since there are only three colors in the CTD combo and there are four arches in the rainbow I added in some iridescent sequins in the fourth arch.   After cutting out my rainbow from white cardstock I decided to add some interest by embossing it with the April Spellbinder embossing folder.   I love the fun sunray effect it gives the panel.   I trimmed down an acetate piece and adhered it behind the openings.  Then I added strips of foam adhesive.  I carefully filled each section of the rainbow with the sequins.  Not gonna lie... this took along time!  Because I knew it wouldn't be easy to adhere the shaker element to the card base I opted to add some patterned paper to the back.   I used patterned paper from Stampin Up! that coordinates with the Rainbow of Happiness bundle and I used that.  I finished off the card with some twine tied around the top of my shaker element and the sentiment from the set stamped in black ink and die cut with a banner die. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

because you're worth it...

Hello!  I back with another card using new products from the March Spellbinders releases.  Today's card is super simple.  I used the current Color Hues combo of yellow and pale teal, as well as the layout from Freshly Made Sketches.  (Affiliate links used where possible.  Using my links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for using my links.  I used my Platinum 6 for all die cutting and embossing and my Glimmer for the hot foiling.)

All of the products used today are from the new Celebrate You collection from Spellbinders.  Specifically, I used the new Splatter embossing folder, the Assorted Tags die set and a sentiment from the Celebrate You Glimmer Sentiments hot foil plates.   I die cut the light teal cardstock with a Spellbinders Essentials rectangle die and then embossed it with the Splatter embossing folder.  I was going to use the entire piece, but my first idea wasn't doing it for me so I decided to trim the piece down and adhere it directly to my white cardstock card base.   In the Assorted Tags die set is a thin die that you can use to create a piece of twine to thread the tags on.  I die cut two and adhered them to the light teal strip for a little bit of added interest.  My bloggy friend, Linda, had created several different cards using both the embossed and debossed sides of cardstock.  I thought it would be fun to deboss two of the tags I die cut from yellow cardstock and then foil the sentiment on the third tag.  I adhered the tags as shown and then added a little twine bow to the tag with the sentiment.  Like I said... super simple!

I hope you will check out the new Spellbinders release.  Thanks for stopping by and having a lovely day!

Spellbinders February Club Kits

 Hello!  I'm popping in to share cards I have made with the February Spellbinders club kits.  You can find out all about the club kits right here.    My cards this month all share a similar look because I decided to use some patterned paper from P13 for all the cards.  First up is my card using the embossing folder kit. (Affiliate links used where possible.  Using my links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.)  Spellbinders has several different offers going on and an opportunity to win a limited edition aqua Platinum 6 die cutter.  Make sure to scroll down to the bottom for all the details.

The name of this month's embossing folder is Sketch Floral and as you can see it has a really lovely floral design.  When I started making my card I had tried a technique Jennifer McGuire shared where you ink up the embossing folder with a brayer.  I don't know if it was the ink I used or what, but the technique didn't work that well for me.   So I moved on to another technique she shared where you ink up the embossed cardstock directly using the brayer.  I flipped the embossed piece over to the flat side and inked up the panel.  I then trimmed it down to fit my card front.  I used some P13 The Four Seasons Summer patterned paper to hot foil the sentiment from the February Glimmer kit with my Glimmer using bright pink foil.  The P13 patterned paper is very heavy weight and smooth perfect for getting a good result when foiling.  I then wrapped the strip around my embossed panel and secured it in the back.  I adhered my panel to a white cardstock base.  Since I still had part of the embossed panel left I trimmed out one of the flowers, adhered it with foam tape and then added some Spellbinders Crystal Mix gems in white to the center of the flower. 

For this card I focused on the Glimmer kit of the month called Anytime Glimmer Sentiments.  Some of the sentiments are in the pretty script font that you see on my card and they are meant to be at an angle.  As you can see I was able to place this particular sentiment in a straight line fashion (hope that makes sense!).  I also used bright pink foil to foil the sentiment.  I trimmed down a piece of the patterned paper with an Essentials rectangle and then added the two thin strips of bright pink paper.  The panel was then adhered to my card front.  I foiled sentiment on another piece of the P13 patterned paper with my Glimmer, die cut it with a smaller Essentials rectangle and adhered it to my card front.  I finished the card off with a little flower and two leafy stems from the February stamp and die kit.  The Crystal Mix gems were also added to the small flower. 

The final card is a mini slimline.  I used up scraps that I had from making the two other cards to make this one using the February stamp/die club kit.   I stamped the cute typewriter from the stamp set on bright green patterned paper using a bright green ink.  I then die cut it using my Platinum 6.  The sentiment was stamped on a scrap of the patterned paper that didn't have a pattern on it with the same bright green ink and then die cut with another die from the kit.  When you die cut the typewriter it cuts a slit which allows you to slip the small rectangle through and secure in the back.   I also stamped a little heart from the stamp set on bright pink patterned paper with a dark pink ink three times and die cut them.  The little flowers were created using another scrap of the patterned paper with no pattern on it.  I used the same bright green and dark pink inks.  I adhered my patterned papers to my mini slimline card base and then popped up the typewriter and the little hearts.   The flowers were then tucked in behind the typewriter.  I finished by adding Glossy Accents to the hearts and typewriter keyes.  I think this fits the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge so I will be posting it there. 

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Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!