Spellbinders Embossing Folder Club!

 Hello and happy 2022!  With a new year comes a brand new club kit from Spellbinders and I think you are going to love it!  As my blog title indicates it is an embossing folder and these new embossing folders are extra special.  They are 5.5 x 8.5 inches!  That means you can use them to create embossed backgrounds for A2 cards, 5x7 cards, slimline cards and mini slimline cards!  Talk about versatile.  The price point is great too... $9.00 and that includes shipping.  You can join the embossing folder club here.  (Compensated 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!)

The folder is called Spreading Love and it creates this cute heart rainbow background.  As you can see this card is very simple as I really wanted the embossed background to be the star.  I grabbed a piece of Silver Fox cardstock cut to A2 size, put it in the embossing folder and ran it through my Platinum 6 using the recommended embossing sandwich.  I was just doing a test run, but I loved how the piece turned out so I made it into a card.  I trimmed the piece down and then added the little red/white heart (from the Primrose Heart Facade die set) and a sentiment from the January Glimmer kit that was foiled with Aura foil using my Glimmer.  I adhered the embossed piece to a white cardstock base then added the little heart and sentiment.  I was ready to call it good, but decided to add the little red twine bow.  I think the card is one that you could give to anyone on Valentine's day!

You can also get the embossing folder as part of the Value Club.  This is by far the best value as you get all the clubs for the price of $100!   Subscribing to the Spellbinders clubs is easy and is open from the 1st of the month until the 24th of each month.

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

a couple more cards...

 Hello!  Popping in with a couple of cards today.  I got my Spellbinders Glimmer club kit for October the other day and I could not wait to fire up my Glimmer machine and create a card!  I hadn't used my September Glimmer club kit yet so I combine the two along with the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. 

I also did some embossing with this card.  I normally leave my background panel plain, but I decided to pull out the Spellbinders Falling Leaves embossing folder to jazz up my background.  I foiled all the images twice using Polished Brass foil, die cut with the matching dies and colored with Copic markers.  I should have colored everything before I did the diecutting, but it turned out in the end.  The sentiment and banner are from the September Glimmer club kit and I used kraft cardstock for the foiling.  I like how it turned out.  I assembled the banner and then adhered everything to the embossed panel.  I finished with tons of sparkly red gems from the Spellbinder Color Mix Red essentials gem pack.  

The second card is for Color Throwdown.  During Simon Says Stamp's Stamptember celebration I was able to pick up the SSS/Concord & 9th collaborative stamp and die set called Double the Thanks.  I really liked the uniqueness of the stamp set.  I stamped the two part thank you in dark brown and kraft, die cut it and adhered it to a white cardstock base.  I then tried to find an ink that I might have that was more on the green side of turquoise to stamp the sentiment and the leaves, but couldn't quite come up with one.  Oh well... that happens sometimes, right?  I added those to my card and it was done.

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

sparkle and shine...

 Hello!  I'm popping in today with two cards that I created using products from Spellbinder's September release.  Both these cards feature lots of sparkle and shine!   The shine was created using new Glimmer hot foil plates and the sparkle was provided by lots and lots of Red Mix Color Essentials gems from Spellbinders.  Lets get to the cards! (Compensated 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!)

This card was created with the new Holiday Florals Background Glimmer hot foil plates and Polished Brass foil.   This set includes a large hot foil plate that will cover the majority of your card front as well as three hot foil sentiment plates.  I didn't use any of the sentiments for my card.  Instead I used a sentiment from the Essential Christmas Greetings Glimmer hot foil plates.  I wanted a traditional looking Christmas card so I went with hunter green and dark red cardstocks.  After foiling the background with my Glimmer on the hunter green cardstock I trimmed the panel down with the largest Essentials Rectangle die.   I adhered the panel to a dark red card base.  I then glimmered the sentiment from the Essentials Christmas Greetings on hunter green cardstock and die cut it with the circle die from the Jingle Word Frame die set.  That circle was then matted with dark red cardstock die cut from an old Spellbinders scalloped circle die.  I layered the two and popped up the sentiment in the center of my panel.  I then finished the card by adding lots and lots of the Red Mix Color Essentials gems.  The sparkle and shine is so pretty in real life!

This card doesn't have as much sparkle and shine, but it is still there, lol!   I used the pretty Forevergreen embossing folder for my background.  Again I used a hunter green, dark red color and Polished Brass scheme for the card, but I added pops of white.  I die cut hunter green cardstock with an Essential Rectangle die and then embossed the panel with the Forevergreen embossing folder.  The sentiment from Essential Christmas Greetings was Glimmered on dark red cardstock and die cut with the smallest Essentials Rectangle die.  I adhered the embossed panel to a white cardstock base and then popped up the sentiment panel.   To tie everything together I die cut the flowers from the Christmas Blooms die set in white and gold metallic cardstock, layered them up and adhered to the sentiment panel.  The flowers were finished with Red Mix Color Essentials gems. 

I hope you enjoyed my projects today.  Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Becca Feeken for Spellbinders Holiday Medley Collection

 Popping in today to share two cards that I made with products from the amazing Becca Feeken for Spellbinders!  The products are part of her Holiday Medley collection.  As with all of Becca's products this collection is absolutely GORGEOUS!  (Affiliate links in this blog post.  Using my links earns me a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.)

This first card was created with the Jingle Word Frame etched die set and the beautiful Pinstripe Bracket Card Builder Glimmer hot foil plates and die set.   I decided to go with an unconventional color scheme for both cards and used the beautiful Purple Mist  and Lilac Blossom cardstocks for both cards.  The Pinstripe Bracket Card Builder set contains two Glimmer plates that can be used separately, but I taped them together to create the foiled background you see on the card.   I used silver foil for the foiling with my Glimmer.  Once the foiling was done I die cut the panel down with the largest Essentials Rectangle die.   With the foiling done I got to work on the center piece of the card that was created with the Jingle Word Frame die set.    This die set comes with the scalloped circle die, a circle die to cut out a sold piece, an insert for the circle die that cut a beautiful filigree looking circle and the Jingle all the way sentiment die.  I didn't use the filigree inset this time around.  I die cut the large scalloped circle from the Lilac Blossom cardstock, the solid circle from white and the sentiment from the Purple Mist.  I cut the sentiment from the Lilac Blossom then stacked the sentiments with the top slightly offset so you can see the dark purple peeking out.  Everything was layered and adhered to the card front.   The card was a little plain so I die cut the flowers using the Christmas Blooms die set using the two cardstock.  I layered up the flowers and then arranged them on the card front.  I finished off the flowers with silver fashion pearls.

This card was created with the Mosaic Bracket Card Builder etched dies from the Holiday Medley collection.  This set of dies works seamlessly with the Pinstripe Bracket Card Builder Glimmer foil plate and die set.  I die cut the Mosaic Bracket Card Builder from white and Lilac Blossom cardstock and adhered them together slightly offsetting the purple behind the white.  I adhered this piece to the front of a white cardstock base.  I then foiled the bracket part of the Pinstripe Bracket Card Builder in silver foil on Lilac Blossom cardstock.    I then die cut this piece with the bracket die from the Mosaic Bracket Card Builder.  This set also comes with the word dies Happy Holidays as well as the shadow layer die.  Since I was foiling I decided to use the word dies to foil Happy Holidays in silver and then die cut the foiling with the shadow dies.  I love how it looks in person.  Below is close up of the foiled sentiment. 

I adhered the top bracket layer to the card front with foam tape and then popped up the sentiment with additional foam tape.  I finished silver fashion pearls. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Happy Harvest

 Hello everyone!  I'm popping in today to share a few cards that I created with more new products from Spellbinders!  Today I will be sharing two cards that I created with a die set from the new Happy Harvest collection by Nichol Spohr for Spellbinders.  This collection of dies is so cute!  I created both my cards with the Welcome Fall etched die set from the collection. (Compensated 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!)

I had a couple of ideas in mind as to what I wanted to make, but I thought I would see what Nichol did with the dies.    I watched a replay of a Youtube live that she did where she created a card using her new dies.  In the video she talked about how the branch from the Welcome Fall set could be used to create a wreath.   I was like "duh"!  Of course it would make a great wreath!  I did some simple watercolor washes on watercolor paper using my Jane Davenport watercolors.  Once they were dry die cut a ton of leaves and then added some detail in with Polychromos pencils.  I die cut the branch from kraft and dark brown cardstock and then started layering them on a circle frame that I created using to different sizes of circle dies.   I then layered up the leaves and finished with the bow I created from this lovely yellow twine I have.  I die cut the kraft panel with the largest Essential Rectangle die.  I have really old Spellbinders elongated rectangle dies so I pulled them out and found one that fit on my panel.  I die cut the red polka dot paper with that.   The sentiment is one I foiled awhile ago using the Mini Christmas Sentiments Glimmer plates.  I die cut it and adhered it to the card front.  The layout for my card is from Freshly Made Sketches so I will be posting it there.   Freshly Made Sketches is celebrating 10 years of challenges!   That is absolutely amazing!  Congratulations to the FMS team for 10 years of super fun sketches!

The second card was just an idea that came to me after I had completed the first card.  I had created watercolor washes for the pumpkin and apple dies that are in the Welcome Fall set.  I die cut the three pumpkins and five apples.   There is a separate die that cuts the pumpkin and apple stems.  I assembled my pumpkins and apples and added some detailing with Polychromos pencils.  I die cut the bushel basket (how cute is that bushel basket?!) from kraft and dark brown cardstock and assembled it.  The sign was also die cut from kraft and assembled.     The third card that I will be sharing was created using a new embossing folder from Spellbinders called Falling Leaves.  I created multiple panels using the embossing folder as I was thinking about ideas.  One panel was made using Spellbinders Barely Peach cardstock.  I decided to die cut that with a Spellbinders circle die (no longer available) and adhered that to a plain panel of Barely Peach cardstock.  I then created my little fall scene on the circle.  The sentiment is from a Spellbinders small die kit that was released last year (the kit is still currently available).  I die cut it three times, adhered them and added it to the sign.  Will be posting this card to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge. 

This card was created with products from the new Fall Traditions collection at Spellbinders.  For this card I used the Falling Leaves embossing folder and the Autumn Leaves etched die set.   This is a pretty simple card.  I embossed the kraft cardstock with the Falling Leaves embossing folder and adhered it to a card base.  I used my Jane Davenport watercolors to do a simple wash of various fall colors on watercolor paper and then die cut the leaves when it was dry.  I adhered the cluster of leaves and then added some splatters of paint.  The sentiment is from a Spellbinders small die kit from last year (the kit is still currently available).  It was die cut several times, stacked and adhered to the card front.  I finished with three gems from a previous Spellbinders card kit.   

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Spellbinders August New Release!

 Hello everyone!  I hope you have been having a great week!  Spellbinders has just released new products (click here to see all the products in the August release) and I will be sharing projects I created with some of those new products for the next several weeks.  I'm kicking things off with a card I created using products from Susan's Holiday Floral Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn.  I don't know if you have seen Susan's dies, but you can create the most amazing flowers with these dies.  I have to admit that I'm a little intimidated by her floral dies so I created my project with her Woodland Wreath and Feather Friends and Winterberry and Mistletoe etched dies.   (Compensated affiliate links used through out this post where possible.  By using my links I earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for supporting me!)

I started by creating my wreath from dark brown cardstock.  I die cut the wreath twice so I could layer them together.  I then die cut the winterberry leaves, the berry stems and my little bird from white Copic friendly cardstock.   I live in the Pacific Northwest and we don't have cardinals, but we do have Stellar's Jays and so I decided to color my little bird to look like a Stellar's Jay with different shades of blue and blue gray Copic markers.  I used a little touch of black Nuvo crystal drops for his eye.  I then got to work coloring my winterberry leaves.  I did look up what they look like and tried to pick green Copics that approximated the color of the leaves.  I watched Susan's video showing how to shape the leaves and then used the tools I had available to me to shape them once they were colored.  The berry stems were colored with brown Copics and the I used Nuvo crystal drops in Red Berry to create my little berries.  Once the berries were dry I assembled my wreath.  The background paper and the dark green cardstock are from the All Aboard Christmas card kit.  The kit is jam packed with all kinds of products to help you create Christmas cards, tags and other projects.  I will be sharing some projects from the kit in the next few days.   I made a large square card from the dark green cardstock (5.5 x 5.5 inches) and then trimmed the background paper to fit the card front.  I then adhered my wreath and layered on my winterberry stems and berries.  I then finished with my Stellar's Jay and the sentiment (foiled with a sentiment from the Mini Christmas Sentiments glimmer plate and dies set and gold foil).  

I'm going to add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge to put a sentiment on your card.  I hope you will come back to see the other projects I have created.  Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Final Cards for Spellbinders July Christmas Release!

 Hello!  I'm back with the final three cards I made using products from the Spellbinders July release.   This time I'm sharing two cards from the new Slimline collection and one card from the fun Be Merry collection.  (Affiliate links used in the body of this post where possible.  By using my links I can earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.)

This card was made with stamps from the Home for Christmas stamp set from the Be Merry collection.  I used a tool I have to make a wreath using one of the small images from the set.  Once I was finished stamping my wreath  I die cut it with an old Spellbinders circle die, a mat from a dark red cardstock and then the scalloped circle (also an old Spellbinders die) from dark green cardstock.   Some I used red Pico embellisher from Imagine Crafts for the berries.  I die cut more dark red cardstock with the largest Essentials rectangle and then embossed the sentiment from the set in gold.    

This card was made with the Circle Kaleidoscope Slimline etched dies from the Slimline collection.  This set contains three dies to create the circle kaleidoscopes, a die to cut a panel, as well as an insert.  I die cut the white piece using the insert and the main panel.  I then die cut the main panel from silver metallic cardstock and adhered the white piece on top.  I then die cut the kaleidoscopes from Teal Topaz, Lagoon and Blue Spruce cardstocks.  All three are from Spellbinders.  I adhered all the pieces together and adhered them to the main panel.  I then die cut the little ornament toppers that come in the set from silver cardstock and adhered them.  I finished off my ornaments with little bows.  The sentiment is from the Mini Christmas Sentiments Glimmer set and was foiled in silver.    Going to add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes.

My final card was created using the Kaleidoscope Argyle etched dies from the Slimline collection.  To create a slimline card you die cut the piece you see on my card front twice.  Obviously I only die cut it once and used that for an A2 sized card.  That piece was die cut from a pale teal glitter cardstock and adhered to a white rectangle die cut with the Essentials rectangle dies.  I created the diamond shape kaleidoscope pieces from white, Waterfall and Teal Topaz cardstock.  I cut one of the diamonds in half and adhered them as you see.  I finished off the card by adding the little red glitter dots (there is a die for that in the set) and the foiled sentiment.   

I hope you have enjoyed seeing all my Christmas cards.  I will be back later this month with more projects using new Spellbinders products that will be available on August 20th so stay tuned!  Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Spellbinders Open House Collection

 Hello!  I'm back with several more Christmas cards that I made with products from the new Spellbinders release.  These cards are from the Open House collection.  

For this card I used the Open House Door Base etched die set and sentiments from the Mini Christmas Sentiment Strips Glimmer hot foil and die set.   The main panel was die cut with the largest Essentials rectangle die and then I did some scoring of the panel to create the look of siding.  Honestly, it is really hard to see the scoring in the photo. :(  The door was die cut from dark blue cardstock and the windows, door handle, mail slot and lintel from Glacier cardstock.  I also used the flower and foliage dies from the set to create my door swag and the little swags on the windows.  Some light yellow cardstock was die cut with the solid window dies and adhered them behind the window frames.  I then adhered all the pieces to the front of my card and finished with the sentiments that I foiled in silver.   Really like how this card turned out!  Going to add it to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes. 

This second card was created with the Open House Topiary etched die set and a sentiment from the Mini Christmas Sentiment Strips hot foil plates and dies that was foiled with red foil.  I used two Essentials rectangles dies to die cut some older Christmas patterned paper.   I die cut all the pieces for the topiary from various cardstocks and glitter cardstock and then adhered all the pieces together.   I adhered my finished topiary to the striped patterned paper rectangle along with the sentiment.   The polka dot paper was adhered to a kraft cardstock base and then I popped up the smaller panel.  I think it is nice to see how you can use dies that are designed to work with other dies in a separate way and still create a wonderful design. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

More Spellbinders July Release!

 Hello!  I'm back with more projects to share using products from the Spellbinders July release!  This release is super awesome, but I can tell you that are even more fabulous products releasing in August!  By the time September rolls around I may have all the Christmas cards I need for the year!   Today I'm sharing cards that I made using products from the Tis the Season collection.  You have already seen one of those products and that is the Mini Christmas Sentiments Glimmer plate set.  If you have a Glimmer system this set is a must have for creating Christmas cards! (Compensated affiliate links used through out this blog post.  When you use my links I earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support!)

This was the first card I made and it uses the new String of Lights Glimmer plate.  I hotfoiled the plate twice on white cardstock using Citrine foil and then I die cut it down with a Spellbinders Essentials rectangle die.  The sentiments were foiled in red and then die cut with a sentiment strip die.  I used the Christmas Blooms die set and die cut the little poinsettias from red cardstock and the leaves and flowers centers from a bright green.  I layered up the flowers and leaves and adhered them to the panel along with the sentiment strips.   I love the clean, modern look that this card has. 

I was having so much fun with the String of Lights plate that I had to make another card with it.  This time I foiled the panel with Aura foil and then die cut it with an Essentials rectangle.  I die cut the pinecones and foliage from the Christmas Blooms die set from white cardstock and rose gold metallic cardstock.  The sentiment was also foiled in Aura.  I layered on all the foliage and then adhered the sentiment strip.   Not your traditional Christmas colors, but I love how this one turned out!

This card came about as I was laying out many of the Mini Christmas sentiments in order to foil them at the same time.  I foiled the sentiments in Aura, gold, black, silver, red and green foils.  Now I have lots of sentiments to use on other cards!  These sentiments were all foiled using Aura although now that I think about it I should have used the Skybright foil as that would have looked amazing with the Glacier cardstock that I used.  I was going to try to foil all the sentiments on a panel and die cut it, but I'm just not that skilled with my foiling so I foiled the sentiments on white cardstock, die cut them and adhered them to a panel of Glacier cardstock.  I then made the poinsettias from the Glacier cardstock, adhered them and added a little light blue gem (from the July Spellbinders card kit) to the center of the flowers. I really like how all the cards turned out, but I think this one is my favorite!

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Spellbinders Christmas Release!

 Hello there!  I hope you have had a great week!  Spellbinders has just released some FABULOUS new Christmas products and over the next few weeks I will be sharing projects made with many of those new products.  You can find the July Christmas release right here.    I also want to let you know Spellbinders also has a lot of previously released Christmas products on sale through July 25th.  Just click on the link in my side bar to go to that sale.  (Compensated affiliate links used within the body of this blog post.  Using my links earns me a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support!)

First up are cards that I made using products from the Trim the Tree collection.  This card was created using the O'Christmas Tree etched die set.  The set consists of six dies.  There is a die that cuts a solid tree and one that cuts the over lay or can create an impression on the solid tree.  I used it to die cut an overlay for my card.  There is a die to cut the star for the top of the tree, as well dies to cut little stars and balls for the tree.  I love aqua combined with red so I had to create a card using that combo.  I die cut the solid tree from red glitter cardstock and the overlay from aqua.  I adhered it to a panel of white cardstock die cut with an Essentials rectangle die.  I die cut the star for the top of the tree, as well as the small stars from the red glitter cardstock and adhered them to the card as you see.  The sentiment is from another new product from this release called the Mini Christmas Sentiments Strips for the Glimmer hot for system.  These sentiment plates and dies are from the Tis' the Season collection and you will be seeing the sentiments from this set alot!   The sentiment was hot foiled with red foil and then adhered to the tree.  To finish I added the panel to an aqua cardstock base. 

For the second card I used the Glimmer plate that is part of the Trim the Tree collection.  This the Shining Christmas Tree Glimmer hot foil plate set and it was designed to work perfectly with the O'Christmas Tree die set.  I foiled the tree using gold foil on dark green cardstock and then die cut it using the tree die from O'Christmas Tree.  The star was foiled in gold, as well and then die cut with the star die from O'Christmas Tree.  I the cut polka dot paper from a older pad of Christmas papers, adhered a strip of red glitter paper to the strip and then adhered that to my card front.  The wishing you a sentiment is actually part of a larger sentiment from the Mini Christmas Sentiment Strips hot foiling set and was hot foiled in gold on dark green cardstock.  I die cut the sentiment down using a small banner die from another Spellbinders set and adhered it to my card base.  I adhered the tree and finished it off with the little ornaments die cut from red glitter cardstock.  I'm going to add this card to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of out with the old in with the new.  The hot foil plates are the new and the patterned paper and glitter cardstock are the old.

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Spellbinders July Clubs Blog Hop!

 Hello friends!  Today is an exciting day as I'm participating in a blog hop for Spellbinders showcasing the July club kits!  If you don't know about the club kits just click here and you can find out about all the club kits that Spellbinders offers and how to join up!   I have created two projects with the July card kit.  It is an absolutely gorgeous kit!   You should have arrived here from Joy Baldwin's blog.  If you didn't you should head to the Spellbinders blog for a complete list of all the stops on the hop.   

To celebrate the hop Spellbinders is giving away 3 $50 gift certificates!  Winners will be drawn from comments left on the Spellbinders blog and will be announced on the blog hop post on Tuesday, July 20th.   I will let you know that gift certificates cannot be used when purchasing a Spellbinders club subscription.   Winners are responsible for all shipping charges and taxes. 

I had previously made a card using products from the July kit and the large happy birthday sentiment that I glimmered using the June Glimmer kit.  I had glimmered the sentiment twice and used the second one for this card.  I paired it up with these two beautiful floral die cuts and dragonfly die cuts from the kit, as well as the Hemstitch slimline dies from the Amazing Paper Grace collection.  I just love how this card turned out!

My second card uses patterned paper, cardstock, a die cut, sentiment strip, layered butterfly, the stamp set and a die that matches the stamp I used from the kit.  I stamped the flower on lavender cardstock from the kit with watermark ink and heat embossed it in gold.  I then die cut it with the matching die.  I used some dies from the Beautiful Sentiment Vignette dies (Heartfelt Thanks) Amazing Paper Grace collection called  for the oval elements, as well as the Spellbinders Essentials rectangle die for the background.   I simply layered all of the elements.  I don't often use purple when I make cards, but I really love how both of these cards turned out.  

You next stop on the hop is Henrietta van Mierlo!  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Spellbinder/Jane Davenport Blog Hop

 Hello everyone!  Today I am participating in a blog hop sharing products designed by Jane Davenport for Spellbinders.  You should have arrived here from Jessica Vasher's blog.  If you did not start at the beginning of the hop on the Spellbinders blog you can click here.   Spellbinders will be giving away 3 $50 gift certificates.   Commenting is open until Sunday, July 4th at 11:59 and the winners will be picked from the comments left on the Spellbinders blog.   The three winners will be announced on the blog hop post on Wednesday, July 7th. (Compensated affiliate links used where possible.  Using these links earns me a small commission at no cost to you.  Your support is appreciated!)

I created two cards for the hop using stamp sets designed by Jane Davenport as well as her Magic Wand ArtEssentials color pencils and Watercolor Set Neutrals ArtEssentials.    

First up is a card I made with using the Magic Wand color pencils.  I stamped the image from the Jane Davenport Beautiful Dreamer stamp set on Stonehenge white 100% cotton paper with VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink.  I did have to do some masking as the tutu is a separate image.  I stamped that first, masked it and then stamped the dancer.   I'm not an authority on color pencils by any means, but oh my goodness I really enjoyed coloring with the Jane Davenport color pencils!  After I was done coloring her I stamped the sentiment with VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne and then added the little crown in Delicata Golden Glitz.  I die cut the image with the largest rectangle die from the Spellbinders Essential rectangles die set and adhered the panel to an off white cardstock base.  I added a few little gold sequins for some sparkle.

For the second card I used the watercolor set.  The colors are so vibrant and pretty and I really enjoyed painting with them.  I think at some point I will be picking up the Brights set.   Anyway I stamped the image from Walk with Courage on Fabriano Artistico white watercolor paper with VersaFine CLAIR Nocturne ink and then I foiled the circle down on side using my Glimmer hot foil system and the plate that was part of the May Spellbinders Glimmer kit (this kit is not available at this time).   The sentiments are also from the same Glimmer kit and were foiled in black.  You can't tell in the photo, but the circles were Glimmered in pewter foil.  I then watercolored the image.  I kept things very simple, but did do some shading on her face and arm. When everything was dry I die cut the image with the middle sized rectangle from the Essentials set and popped it up on a light gray cardstock base.  I die cut the sentiments (with a die from the same Glimmer kit) and adhered them to the card front.  I finished with some matte silver sequins.

You next stop on the hop is Heather Hoffman.  Thank you for stopping by, I hope you are enjoying this blog hop and have a lovely day!

a little birdie... more spellbinders sweet cardlets 2

 Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a great week.  As is typical in the Northwest our lovely sunny days have turned to cloudy and gray... just in time for the weekend!  I'm popping back in with another card that I made using a product from the Spellbinders/Amazing Paper Grace Sweet Cardlets 2 collection.  This product is called A Little Birdie Glimmer Hot Foil Plate and Die set.   I absolutely love this Glimmer plate collection!  The there is a beautiful wreath in the set and I used the flowers from that to create the little bits flowing out from sentiment strip.  I used the colors from Color Throwdown for my palette so I will be posting the card there.   The layout is based on the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches although I didn't make it curved.   Didn't have a die I could use to do that and wasn't going to try to free-hand cut it, lol!  Anywhoo... I foiled the bird on Spellbinders Glacier cardstock with Skybright foil, a pretty light blue foil, using my Glimmer Hot Foil System and then die cut the bird with the matching die.  I used Copic markers in B000 and B0000 to add some light blue to the bird's wing, tail and belly.  I foiled the sentiment in black foil on a light green cardstock and die cut it with a Spellbinders sentiment strip die.   The wreath was also foiled in Skybright on Glacier cardstock and then I trimmed out the flowers.    Spellbinders Waterfall and white cardstock was die cut using the Essentials Rectangle dies.   I then further trimmed down the white cardstock panel with the Essentials Rectangle die by sliding it over on one long side and running it through my die cutting machine.  I adhered the Waterfall panel flush to my cardbase and popped up the white one.  Then the struggle began, lol!  I don't know how long I spent trying to arrange the little floral branches I trimmed out from the wreath, but it was along time!  Finally I reached a good arrangement by trimming each branch down further, if that makes sense.  I adhered everything as you see.  I plan to finish the interior of the card and will add that to this post when I do.

A few little pale green sequins were added to bring in more of the light green and then I did add some Nuvo Crystal Drops in Morning Dew to the center of the three flowers.   Don't forget that Spellbinders is currently offering 40% off select dies.  Just click on this link or the link in my side bar to check out what is on sale!  Going to add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge since there is some die cutting on it. 

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