crafty sales...

 Hey friends!  Just popping in to let you know about a couple of crafty sales going on right now.  (Affiliate links used in this post.  Should you use my affiliate link to make a purchase I will earn a small commission at no cost to you.)

Simon Says Stamp is offering 15% off sitewide with the code CRFT898 through May 31, 2021 at 11:59 EST.  Just click on the link here.

Spellbinders always has awesome sales and right now they have up to 50% off Jane Davenport products.  Just click on the banner below to check out what is currently on sale.

              

Thanks for stopping by and thank you if you decide to use my affiliate links to shop these sales!

happy wednesday...

 Hello and happy Wednesday everyone!  Hope all is well in your part of the world!  Got a post up on the AJVD blog today and here is a little peek of my card:

I hope you will check out the AJVD blog to see the full card.  Thanks for stopping by 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. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!  (Affiliate links used in the body of my blog post where possible.)

Spellbinders Sweet Cardlets 2 Release

 Hello everyone!  I'm popping in with a card I made using a product from the Spellbinders/Amazing Paper Grace Sweet Cardlets 2 release.   The product I am using today are the new Hemstitch Slimline etched dies.   I combined the Hemstitch slimline dies with floral dies that were part of the April Spellbinders card kit.  I also used some of the new Spellbinders essential cardstock for my card.  (Affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.)

I die cut Teal Topaz essential cardstock  with the largest die from the Hemstitch die set, long with the insert that creates the hemstitch detailing on your die cut.  I die cut Waterfall cardstock with the smallest die and its corresponding insert from the Hemstitch die set and then added the sentiment from the Essential Glimmer Sentiments set using my Glimmer hot foil system and teal foil.  White cardstock was die cut with the middle sized die from the Hemstitch set and as you can see I opted to not use the corresponding insert.  I layered the largest die on a white cardstock card base using foam tape.  I then added the white die cut with adhesive and the sentiment panel with foam tape.  I then die cut all the flowers using the dies from the April kit from the same cardstocks I used for the panels.  I adhered the flowers to the card front and then finished off things with light blue sequins.   I'm going to add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge to use dies and/or punches.  

Before I go I wanted to let you know that Spellbinders is currently offering 40% off select dies.  Just click on the banner below or the link in my sidebar to be taken to the sale page. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

wednesday with ajvd...

 Hello and happy Wednesday everyone!  I'm popping in to let you know that I'm up on the AJVD blog and here is a little peek of my card:

I hope you will head over to the AJVD blog to check out my card.  Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

Spellbinders May 2021 Club Blog Hop!

 Hello everyone!  Today I am participating a blog hop showcasing that May 2021 club kits from Spellbinders!  You should have arrived here from Jean Manis' blog.   If you didn't get here from Jean's blog you can head to the Spellbinders blog to see the full list of participant or check out the link list at the end of my blog post.

Since this is a blog hop there are prizes to be won!  There will be three winners of a $50 Spellbinders gift certificate chosen from all the comments left on the Spellbinders blog.  Commenting closes on May 23rd at 11:59 MST and the winners will be announced on the blog hop post on Tuesday, May 25th.  Please not the gift certificates cannot be used to purchase club subscriptions and the winner is responsible for all applicable sales tax and shipping charges.   

Now for my project!

My card features the sweet Clear Stamp of the Month, along with a beautiful Spellbinders stamp set called Beauty in Bloom.  I stamped images from Beauty in Bloom on watercolor cardstock with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink and then watercolored them very simply.  The panel was then die cut with a Spellbinders Essentials Rectangle die.   I die cut off white cardstock with the largest Essentials Rectangle die, placed it in my stamping tool so I could line up the sweet floral border images from the Clear Stamp of the Month.  I stamped the borders on two sides, flipped the panel and then stamped the other two sides.  I colored the borders with the same watercolors I used for the larger flowers.  The panel was adhered to a card base I made using Spellbinders Silver Fox cardstock.  I popped up the second panel in the center of the first.   The sentiment was stamped on the same cardstock used for the bottom panel and die cut with a classic Spellbinders nestabilities square die.  I popped that up as well and then added the light pink sequins to finish things off.   Your next stop on the hop is the super talented Norine Borys!

Here is the complete list of blog hop participants:

Spellbinders Blog
Becca Feeken
Tina Smith
Desiree Kuemmerle
Sandi MacIver
Bibi Cameron
Annie Williams
Becky Roberts
Yasmin Diaz
Jennifer Snyder
Marie Heiderscheit
Jill Hilliard
Ilina Crouse
Dilay Nacar
Jean Manis
Rosemary Dennis (you are here)
Norine Borys
Betty Wright
Jenny Colacicco
Emily Leiphart
Natasha Vacca
Vera Yates
Amanda Stevens
Kathy Clement

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the hop and have a lovely day!