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Spellbinders Autumn Health & Happiness

Hello Crafty Friends and welcome back! Have you checked out the Spellbinders September releases? So many awesome things to feast your eyes upon! Today’s project is featuring the new Autumn Rain BetterPress Plate and coordinating stencil, in some warm fall colors. So, let’s get into it!

NOTE: all supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

I began this project by inking up the Autumn Rain plate with Seafoam ink and then using the stencil to add color to the leaves and umbrellas using Sunbeam, Citrine, Melon and Cantaloupe ink. Once the ink blending was complete, I trimmed the panel using Fluted Classic Rectangles. I should mention that the color added to the handles of the umbrellas was leftover ink on a grey blending brush.

The sentiment is from the Making Me Smile Sentiments set and that was gold foiled onto black cardstock. It was trimmed out several times and adhered together for a stacked look. I adhered the sentiment to the panel using foam strips, and the panel was then adhered to the card base. To finish up, I added some gold pearls for some bling and added some shimmer to the rain using a Wink of Stella brush.

That doe sit for this one! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Don’t forget to check out all of the Spellbinders September releases! Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you have a fabulous day!

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Spellbinders Black Alder Christmas

Hello Friends and thanks so much for stopping by! I’m back today with a project featuring the new Black Alder dies from the Spellbinders Winter’s Grace Garden Collection. This is a die set from Susan Tierney-Cockburn and it’s absolutely beautiful! She has a wonderful video over on the Spellbinders product page, so definitely check that out! Let’s go ahead and go through the details for my card!

NOTE: all supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

I began my card by doing all of my die cutting using green and red cardstock. Once that was done, I did some ink blending on the leaves using SSS Pawsitively Saturated Ink in Kale, and used Copic Marker E79 to color the stems. The Black Alder leaves are shiny, so I used some Nuvo Crystal Drops and painted the leaves to give them a shiny effect.

If you know me, you know that I love using jewels as berries, and that’s exactly what I did here! Yay for red jewels! In Susan’s video, she uses small foam balls that she colored, but I didn’t have any of those, so I used what was on hand! My background was created using the Argyle Plaid 3D Embossing Folder with a bit of gold splatter for added interest.

I adhered the panel to a card base and began adhering my leaves using liquid glue. I then adhered the berries in place and went to work on the sentiment, which is from the Mistletoe Greetings BetterPress set. I gold foiled the sentiment and trimmed it out using the included die, and I went ahead and also cut a gold banner and glued those together.

My sentiment was adhered to the panel with foam strips for some added dimension. I’m pretty pleased with how this card turned out! I love the glossy leaves, which is something that you don’t see too often.

That does it for this post! I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope it inspires you to get crafty in your space! Head on over to Spellbinders to check out all of the new September releases, you won’t be disappointed! Thanks again for joining me, and have a fabulous day!

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Spellbinders Argyle Paperwhites

Hello Crafty Friends and welcome back! The Spellbinders September releases are live, and I’m back today with a project featuring the new Paperwhites Glass Vase and Dies from Susan Tierney-Cockburn’s Winter’s Grace Garden Collection. Let’s go ahead and jump into the details!

NOTE: all supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

This was my first time working with Susan’s flowers, and I just have to say, they are absolutely wonderful to work with! I love that she provides a video on the product page and offers guidance on how to shape, color and assemble the elements. This set does include a vase and a bulb, but I opted to use only the flower dies for my card today. I die cut eight flowers from Neenah 110lb cardstock and used the Sizzix Shaping Kit to soften and curl the petals. For the stamen, I used Copic Marker Y38 to color those a golden yellow before assembling.

I assembled all of my flowers and began working on the rest of the card. I used the Argyle Plaid 3D Embossing Folder for the background, and I used Sealed Blooming Stems for the leaves, which were cut from Sage cardstock. The sentiment is from the You Are Everything Sentiments BetterPress set, and that was gold foiled.

The background panel was adhered to the card base, and I began securing the leaves with liquid glue, while adhering the flowers with a foam square. The sentiment was adhered with foam strips, not that this card needed any more dimension! To finish up, I added some clear drops for a little bit of shine.

Like I said earlier, this is the first time that I’ve used Susan’s flowers, and I’m blown away by the dimension! This is definitely a hand deliver type of card!

That does it for this project. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Head on over to the Spellbinders site to check out all of the new items in the September release. Lots of fun things! Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Spellbinders Rainy Birthday Wishes

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back to my blog! I appreciate you joining me for today’s project featuring the new Spellbinders Autumn Rain BetterPress Plate. How fun is this plate?!?!? I mean for real! Let’s not waste any time and get into the details!

NOTE: all supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

For this project, I wanted a dreary grey background with brighter umbrellas, so I inked the Autumn Rain plate with VersaFine Clair Morning Mist ink. If you’re looking for a great grey ink, then you should definitely check this one out! I did ink the plate a couple times and run it through the machine for better coverage.

Once the background was complete, I used the Autumn Rain stencils to add color to the leaves and umbrellas. The ink that i used was SSS Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Bubblegum, Carnation, Sweets, Celery and Melon. I also used a Zig Wink of Stella pen to add a touch of shimmer to the raindrops, although it’s hard to see that in the pictures.

The panel was then trimmed down using the Nested Postage Labels & Tag set and then adhered to the card base. I gold foiled the sentiment, which is from the You Are Everything Sentiments BetterPress Plate set, onto black cardstock and trimmed it with the coordinating die. I did cut it three times for a stacked look and adhered the sentiment to the panel using foam strips to finish up.

That does it for this project! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! Head on over to the Spellbinders website to check out all of the new September releases. There’s so much awesome stuff in this release! Thanks again for joining me, and have a wonderful day!

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Spellbinders Withered Viburnum

Hello Friends, and welcome back! I’m back today with a card featuring the new Withered Viburnum from the Winter’s Grace Garden collection from Spellbinders. This is such a beautiful set from Susan Tierney-Cockburn, and I just loved adding sparklies for the berries! Let’s go ahead and go through the details.

NOTE: all supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

I began this project by cutting the leaves from Fern cardstock, and cutting the berry portion from Indigo cardstock. I did end up cutting the leaves several times for a fuller spray. Once the cutting was complete, I did some ink blending on the leaves using SSS Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Cabernet and Kale.

Like I said earlier, I added jewels to the berry portions and then went to work on the rest of the card. The background was created using the Leafy 3D Embossing Folder and I lightly ink blended some Sprout ink on that before splattering it with some gold acrylic ink.

The sentiment, which is from the Making Me Smile Sentiments set, was gold foiled onto black cardstock and die cut several times using the included die. I adhered the background panel to the card base and then began the layout.

The leaves were adhered first and the berry clusters were adhered next, tucking those in as needed. To finish up, the sentiment was adhered with foam strips for dimension.

That does it for this one! I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope it inspires you to get crafty in your space! Don’t forget to head over to the Spellbinders website to catch all of the September releases! Thanks again for stopping by, and have a wonderful day!

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Spellbinders Picture Perfect Sunflowers Large Die of the Month

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back! Thanks so much for stopping by! The September Large Die of the Month from Spellbinders is titled Picture Perfect Autumn, and for today’s project, I only used the sunflowers from the set. You can check out my last post to see the scene that I created with more elements from this set.

If you are not familiar with the Spellbinders Clubs, here’s a little bit about how it works ..

  • On the 6th of the month, Non-Club members can join the club and get this month’s Club product(s) at the reduced Club Member price with free shipping.
  • On the 27th of the month, registration for this month’s club products closes.
  • On the 10th of the next month, Club products become available to everyone without requiring a Club membership; however, they are available at regular price and there is no free shipping. If a product is sold out, it will be re-ordered.

NOTE: all supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

Even though I’m only featuring the sunflower today, I think it’s great to look at sets and think of different ways that you can use them. To begin these cards, I die cut the sunflowers from yellow cardstock and cut the centers from a dune colored cardstock.

When I was done cutting, I did some ink blending on the pieces using SSS Pawsitively Saturated Ink in Citrine, Clay and Woodsy. Those pieces were then adhered together using liquid glue. For the leaves on these cards, I opted to use the Sealed Leaf Sprigs and cut a bunch of those from two colors of green cardstock.

My background was created using the Leafy 3D Embossing Folder, along with some splatter and those were adhered to the card bases before assembly. The sentiments that I used were already made, because I like having a stash of sentiments on hand to choose from. These were created from the You are Everything Sentiments BetterPress Plate and the Faith Glimmer Sentiments, along with gold and matte gold foil. When trying to link the faith sentiments, I was unable to find those, so I think those must have been discontinued, unfortunately. Whenever I create sentiments, I do cut them three times and stack them for more sturdiness.

To assemble the card, I arranged and glued the leaves in place, adhered the flowers using foam tape, and glued the sentiments atop the leaf stems.

That does it for this set of cards! I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope it inspires you to look at your die sets a little bit differently! Don’t forget to head over to the Spellbinders website to check out all of the Clubs that they have to offer! They really are a great value! Thanks again for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Spellbinders Picture Perfect Pumpkin Patch Large Die of the Month

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back! It’s the 6th of the month and that means the new Spellbinders Clubs are released to NON Club Members! The Clubs are a super, great value, and I hope my card today inspires you to check them out, if you’re not already a club member.

Here’s a little bit about how the Clubs work ..

  • On the 6th of the month, Non-Club members can join the club and get this month’s Club product(s) at the reduced Club Member price with free shipping.
  • On the 27th of the month, registration for this month’s club products closes.
  • On the 10th of the next month,  Club products become available to everyone without requiring a Club membership; however, they are available at regular price and there is no free shipping. If a product is sold out, it will be re-ordered.

NOTE: all supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

For this month’s Large Die of the Month Club, which is titled Picture Perfect Autumn, I created a fun pumpkin patch scene. So, let’s run through the details for this one! I knew going in to this project, that I wanted a rolling hills type of scene with some sunflowers and a pumpkin patch, so I started the die cutting process. I used blue, brown, green, kraft, orange, yellow and white cardstock colors for all of the die cutting of the various pieces for the scene.

Once all of the cutting was done, I did some ink blending on the pieces using SSS Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Honey, Clay, Pearfection, Field, Morning and Mocha. I then assembled the flowers and the pumpkins using liquid glue. For the assembly of the card, I worked my way from the top to the bottom of the card, securing pieces with glue and tucking items between the layers as necessary. The sentiment was added to the top of the card with foam strips for a little bit of dimension.

That does it for this project! Are you a die cutting fan or not? I’d love to know in the comments! Personally, I absolutely love die cutting! Whoever came up with the idea of die cutting is the cat’s meow in my opinion. Thanks so much for stopping by, and don’t forget to check out all of the Clubs over on the Spellbinders website. I hope you have an awesome day!

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Spellbinders Lush Birthday

Hello! Hello! Thanks so much for joining me for today’s project featuring the new Lush Leaves 3D Embossing Folder from Spellbinders. For my first go with this folder, I had to pair it with the traditional green just to get a feel for it. Let’s run through the deets for this one!

NOTE: all supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

I began this project by using the Lush Leaves folder to emboss a panel of Neenah 110lb cardstock. I then did some ink blending using SSS Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Aspen, Sage and Pine on the de-bossed side of the panel. Once satisfied with the ink blending, I used the Encore Gold ink pad to rub over the raised portions. I thought the green and gold were a nice pair!

For the sentiment, I used the Spellbinders You Are Everything Sentiments set and gold foiled that onto black cardstock. I used the included die to trim it out, along with two additional cuts for that stacked sentiment that I love.

I felt the card was going to need some additional elements, so I used the Spellbinders Sealed Squiggles set and cut a few of those from gold cardstock. The embossed panel was adhered to a black panel for contrast, while the squiggles were adhered with liquid glue, and the sentiment was adhered with foam strips for added dimension.

That finishes up this project! A super simple project, but I really like the green and gold together. Head on over to the Spellbinder’s website to check out all of the new things for August, as there’s tons of fun stuff! Thanks again for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Spellbinders Happy Little Moments

Hello Crafters, and welcome back! Thanks for stopping by! Today’s project is featuring the new Spellbinders All Season Spring BetterPress plate. This is a cute little set that features several sentiments suited for spring time cards. And the best thing, it’s a single plate and die set that creates multiple sentiments at once! Such a game changer for me! Let’s run through the details for this one, shall we?

NOTE: all supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

To be honest, I’ve been struggling with different color combinations lately. I find a combo that I like, and it’s hard for me to break away from that one. So, I pulled a few cards from the Color Cubes and settled on this combo which features aqua colors with sage green colors, and it’s beautiful. I began my project by gold foiling the Spellbinders Cosmos Backdrop BetterPress plate and using the coordinating stencil to add the color.

The inks that I used were PinkFresh Studio Eucalyptus, Paradise, Atlantis and Sweet Mustard. Once the ink blending was complete, I used the Spellbinders Nested Postage Labels & Tag set to trim it down. While I was foiling the panel, I went ahead and gold foiled the Spellbinders All Season Spring BetterPress plate as well, and trimmed that out using the included die. I did cut it several times for a stacked sentiment.

I felt that the panel needed some additional elements, so I used the Spellbinders Delicate Butterflies and cut three of those from gold cardstock. The butterflies were adhered with liquid glue, while the sentiment was adhered using foam strips for added dimension.

That does it for this one! I hope you enjoyed this project! Don’t forget to stop by the Spellbinders website to check out all of the fun things for August! Thanks again for joining me, and I hope you have an awesome day!

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Spellbinders Best Friends

Hello Crafty Friends! I’m so glad that you stopped by! The Spellbinders August releases are live, and I’m back today with a card featuring the new All Seasons Spring BetterPress Press Plate. Let’s not waste time and go through the details!

NOTE: all supplies are linked to multiple sources in the thumbnails at the end of this blog post.

I look for any reason to create with Spellbinders flower sets, so having a new sentiment set was all I needed to pull them out. The Spellbinders All Season Spring set is great because it’s a single plate and a single die, so you’re able to create multiple sentiments in one pass! I love this so much, because it allows you to add so many sentiments to you stash for those times when you don’t have much time to create.

I began this card by pulling an inspiration card from the Color Cubes and die cutting a bunch of flowers and leaves from aqua, various shades of blue, yellow and black cardstock using several sets from Spellbinders. I’ll link to those sets below for your reference. Once those were cut, I did some ink blending on the flowers using SSS Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Seafoam, Morning and Dusk, before adhering the pieces together using liquid glue.

For my background panel, I used the Spellbinders Fluted Classic Rectangles and splattered that with black acrylic ink. While that was drying, I prepared my sentiment by using BetterPress Black Ink onto Grey BetterPress Paper. I did cut the sentiment several times for a stacked sentiment for added dimension.

I began adhering the leaves to my panel using glue, along with the lower level flowers. Once I reached the main flowers, those were adhered with foam strips, as well as the sentiment. To finish up, I did add some clear drops for a little shine.

That does it for this one! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! I really can’t get enough of creating beautiful flowers! Thanks again for stopping by, and don’t forget to head over to the Spellbinders site to check out all of the new August releases! Have yourself a wonderful day!

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