big spellbinders fun!

 Hey friends!  Did you see... Spellbinders has a new release available in the store (click here) and there are some super fun new dies that pack a BIG punch!  Today I'm sharing two cards that I made using two of these new dies: Be Bold Color Block Christmas and Be Bold Color Block Love.  First up is the Be Bold Color Block Christmas card.

These new dies are so cool and fun to work with.  As I was thinking about what I would make to share the new colors from Color Throwdown came out and so I decided to create a card using these non-traditional colors.   After die cutting the word from each color I used the largest slimline die from the Hemstitch Slimline die set to cut Silver Fox cardstock for the back drop for the large word.    To create some dimension (which I think you can see) I decided to stack all the lavendar letters 3 high, the pink 2 high and then leave the aqua at just one.   Doing the letters this way did create a tiny problem when it came to adding the merry, but it got it worked out!  I used Purple Mist and Pink Sand cardstocks for two of the letters.   The merry was die cut from plain white cardstock and white glitter cardstock, adhered them together and added to the front of my card.  To finish things off I die cut the flowers from the three cardstock colors using the small poinsettia die from the Christmas Blooms die set.  I adhered the flowers and then added white crystal gems from the Crystal Mix Color Essentials gems. 

For my second card I used the Be Bold Color Block Love.  This die covers the entire front of a card and I could have used it that way, but I decided to go outside my comfort zone and I created a 5x7 card!  I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and the colors from Color Hues for the card.  I have not played along with Color Hues in way too long!  I need to admit that I poached the red/kraft polka dot idea from the amazing Lisa at My Paper Tales and her gorgeous card.  My is very, very simple.  I wanted to let the die shine!  I die cut all the letters from the red/kraft polka dot paper and then twice more from additional coordinating paper and stacked them.  I used the die from the Circle Stitch Background die set to cut the panel from off white cardstock and then layered on the letters.  I used a coordinating paper that is the reverse of the paper used to cut the letters for the strip behind the panel and adhered that to my 5x7 cardstock base.  I then added the main panel with foam strips.  To finish the card I die cut the small word you from kraft paper multiple times, adhered them and then added them to the center of the O.  Like I said very, very simple!

I will be back with one more card to share with a product from the new release so stay tuned!  Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!