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!

Spellbinders September Release - Part 3

 Hello!  I popping back in with two cards that I made using another new product from the Spellbinders September release.  This cute set of dies is called Special Delivery Pet and is part of the Holiday Cheer Enclosed collection.   I just love the cute little cat and dog!  (Affiliate linked list of supplies are 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.)

As you can see the cards are exactly the same except one has the little puppy on it and the other has the little kitty.  The plaid background paper is from the Simply Stories Simple Vintage Rustic Christmas 6x8 pad.   This cards will be going to my mom so she can give them to her great-grandchildren (she has four so I have two more to make!) so I made them mini slimline so she can slip a check inside easily.  I used green pop up glitter foam to die cut the oval scallop and the inner oval from red.  The puppy and kitty were die cut from white and light gray cardstock and then just alternated the pieces.  Each one was adhered to the oval.  The die that cuts the body is designed to fit perfectly into the bottom of the inner oval.  Love that little detail.  I added the little santa hat to the puppy and antlers to the kitty.  I die cut the banner from more green glitter foam and then the sentiment from red.  I finished off each card by adding the Merry Christmas sentiment that I foiled in red.  I have a solid foil plate so after I initally foiled the sentiments I used the remaining negative foil to create the sentiments that I used.  I like how they pop on the plaid background.   I'm going to add these cards to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes.

Here are photos of each card by itself.   First the kitty.

And the puppy.

Affiliate linked list of supplies:

Platinum 6

Glimmer hot foil system

Red Foil

Special Delivery Pet

Holiday Cheer Enclosed collection

Merry Glimmer sentiments set

White Hammermill cardstock

Peacock Feathers glitter foam pack

Bearly Art Glue

Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L thin foam squares

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Spellbinders September Release - Part 2

Hello!  It has been awhile, I think, since I last posted.  But here I am with two more cards I made using new products from the Spellbinders September release.  These cards were created using new products from Becca Feeken's collection called Christmas Flourish.  You can find the entire collection here.   First up is a card I made using the new Merry Flourish die set.  (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.)

This card uses the Merry Flourish die set from the Christmas Flourish collection along with a foiled panel that I made using the Plaid Tidings Glimmer hot foil plate from a previous release.   The large flourish die has inserts that allow you to cut out the word merry as well as a piece to provide an additional opening.  I used both those dies to cut the top flourish from gold metallic cardstock.  I removed those inserts to die cut dark green cardstock to layer behind the gold flourish.    I also die cut the word Christmas from the gold and dark green cardstocks.  I then adhered each die cut together slightly offsetting so you can just see a peek of the green on the word and parts of the flourish.  This was then adhered to the foiled cardstock panel.  The die set also includes dies to cut two types of ornaments.   Each ornament has three different inserts, as well.  I used one insert to die cut each ornament from red cardstock that was back with gold.  I finished off the card by adding the ornaments topped with a little red twine bow. 

My second card uses the Sugarplum Tweets die set from the collection along with the Holly Flourish embossing folder.   As I was playing around with the dies and figuring out how the birds went together I decided to go with a red and white color scheme.    I'm going to be honest and tell you that I struggled with creating this card.  I'm still not really satisfied with how it turned out.   I started by embossing the white cardstock with the Holly Flourish embossing folder.  Then I die cut the sentiments from the set from white cardstock and then backed with red.  The same was done with the bodies of the birds and then I just alternated how I would use the red and white cardstock on the birds.  I think the thing that I don't like about the card is my decision to add the little red holly leaves on the background.  But it is what it is.  Let me know what you think.  

Affiliate linked list of products used:

Platinum 6

Glimmer hot foil system

Gold Matte foil

Sugarplum Tweet die set

Merry Flourish die set

Holly Flourish embossing folder

Plaid Tidings Glimmer foil plate

Mirror Gold cardstock

Bearly Art Glue

Scrapbook by 3L thin foam squares

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Spellbinders July Release Part 3

 Hello everyone!  I have more Spellbinders July release products to share!  Today is all about sparkle and shine!  Did you know that you can foil on glitter cardstock?  I didn't until I watched a reel on Instagram by the super creative JJ Bolton where she shared that you can foil on glitter cardstock.  As a rule I generally don't watch reels because I find them irritating (apparently Kim Kardashian doesn't like them either, lol!).  But occasionally one will catch my eye and JJ's did.  I had some silver glitter cardstock that is very smooth, I gave it a try and it worked!   (A list of affiliate linked products 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.)  Take a look at what I made.

This card uses the new Blooming Ornament Glimmer plate along with the new Merry Glimmer.  Sentiments plates.  Obviously I figured you can't have too much glitter or too much foiling, lol!  I used the pretty Forevergreen embossing folder, again, for the background.  I thought it would look nice to have the ornament appear to be hanging from a pine branch.   The foiling wasn't perfect on the ornament, but I have stopped looking for perfection!  Adding this to the 

When I did all the foiling on the first card I decided to foil some additional sentiments using black foil.  I love the look of the black foil against the silver glitter.  The sentiments set the theme for my card of black, white and silver.  At the time I did all the foiling I was also foiling different colors of cardstock with the Plaid Tidings Glimmer plate.  This panel was created with black cardstock and Prism foil.  It is very pretty in real life.  I found a panel of white cardstock that I had embossed with embossing folder called Faux Stitch from the May embossing folder club.  Unfortunately, this embossing folder is not available any more.  I thought it looked like snowflakes.  I cut the panel with an oval from the Fluted Ovals die set.  I die cut down the black and silver panel with a die from the Fluted Rectangles die set and adhered it to a white cardstock base.  The oval was layered on top of the foiled panel.  I then used the poinsettia and holly leaf dies from the Winter Welcome Sled die set and cut the pieces from black and white glitter cardstock.  I created the clusters at the top and bottom and then added the foiled sentiments.   Too much glitter and foil?  I don't think so, lol!

Affiliated linked supply list:

Spellbinders Platinum 6

Spellbinders Glimmer hot foil system

Black foil

Red foil

Green foil

Silver glitter cardstock

Blooming Ornament Glimmer plates

Merry Sentiments Glimmer plates

Plaid Tidings Glimmer plates

Fluted Oval dies

Fluted Rectangle dies

Winter Welcome Sled

Forevergreen embossing folder

Bearly Art Glue

Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L foam squares

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Spellbinders July Release Part 2

 Hello!  I'm back with two more cards I created with new products from the Spellbinders July release.  It is definitely Christmas in July right now!   Today's cards feature products from the Christmas Stitchmas collection.  My first card features the new Stitched Petal Diamond die and the colors from Color Throwdown.  (An affiliate linked list of 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.)

I am not going to lie, but this card front took a long time to stitch.  I could have made things easier if I had stitched in all one color, but I wanted to used the Color Throwdown palette because I love yellow, aqua and green with kraft.   So decided that the large flowers would feature some petals in yellow and some in aqua.  Once I finally got the stitching done it was easy to put the card together.  And as you may have noticed, this isn't a Christmas card.  I guess I could have gone Christmas with the colors, but decided to go with a friendship card.  I used sentiments from the Just Wanted to Say stamp set released last month and stamped then in VersaFine CLAIR green ink.  I finished off the card with tiny green gems.

This next card is definitely Christmas!  It features the new Stitched Joy die set and a new Glimmer plate called Plaid Tidings.  You will be seeing more of that Glimmer plate in a few days.   Before I started making card I cross-stitched.   Cross-stitching is kind of what got me into card making as I started cross-stitching Christmas cards for family and close friends.  I stopped cross-stitching when I started having problems with my right shoulder.  Recently I decided to give cross-stitching a try again and I have been spending more time doing that then card making!  Because I used to stitch I have alot of floss.  I found a bag of coordinating floss that I was going to used to make something with and decided to use those colors for the main stitched piece on the card.  The Plaid Tidings was foiled in red a on dark green cardstock.  I die cut the piece to be stitched from kraft and then got to work.  To tie in the dark green a bit more I die cut the letters from the same dark green cardstock as the foiled piece.  I thankful that the lighting was right so you can actually tell that it is red foiling.   The are extra little dies in the Stitched Joy die set so I die cut three of them to create my little stitched cluster on the 'o'.  I finished this card with red and gold Spellbinders gems.

Affiliated linked supply list:

Spellbinder Platinum

Spellbinders Glimmer

Plaid Tidings Glimmer plate

Stitched Joy dies

Stitched Petal Diamond dies

Just Wanted to Say stamp set

Bearly Arts Glue

Spellbinders Essentials Red Gems

Spellbinders Essentials Crystal Mix Gems

Red Foil

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L thin foam squares

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful 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!

Spellbinders May Club Kits Blog Hop

 Hello everyone!  I hope your day is going well.  Today I'm hopping along with tons of talented crafters sharing projects created with the May Spellbinders club kits.  You should have gotten here from Hussena Calcuttawala's blog.  If you started here head over to the Spellbinders blog to see the full list of hoppers.  And since this is a blog hop there are prizes!  Leave a comment on the Spellbinders blog and you will have the opportunity to win one of three $25 gift certificates!  Affiliate linked supply list can be found below.  Using my links allows me to earn a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.  Now onto my card!

For my card today I used the embossing folder club kit and the Glimmer club kit.  The Glimmer club kit is so very versatile this month.  You can create a hot foil butterfly or you can create a butterfly with stitching.  I went with stitching this time and then hot foiled a sentiment from the kit.  I kept things monochromatic by using cardstock and embroidery floss in the same teal color family.  The foil I used is also teal.  I finished off the card with gems from the Essentials Crystal Mix gem pack.  

You can see all the Spellbinders clubs here.  It is easy to join and you get perks like 10% off your purchases at Spellbinders while you are a club member!  

Your next stop on the hop is Birgit Norton.

Affiliate linked supply list:

Spellbinders Embossing Folder kit

Spellbinders Glimmer kit

Platinum 6 

Glimmer Hot Foil Machine

Waterfall Cardstock

Lagoon Cardstock

Essentials Rectangle dies

Bearly Art Glue

Essentials Crystal Mix gems

Teal Foil

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!