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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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Spellbinders All Seasons Floral

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back! The Spellbinders August release is live, and there’s some awesome stuff to peruse! Today’s card is featuring the new All Seasons Spring BetterPress Plate, and if you know me, you know that I’m going to pair it with florals! So, let’s run through the details.

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

When I was thinking about this card, I wanted to do a monochromatic color scheme, so I went with black, white and grey. I love the look of white flowers with grey shading, so that’s what I set out to do! I used the Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms set and cut a bunch of the flowers from Neenah 110lb cardstock, and I cut the centers and foliage from black cardstock.

I used SSS Pawsitively Saturated Ink in Earl to do the ink blending on the flowers, and when that was complete, I assembled the flowers using liquid glue. I created the background panel by using gravel cardstock and the Spellbinders Argyle Plaid 3D Embossing Folder, and splattered that with some black acrylic ink.

While the panel was drying, I inked up the All Seasons Spring Press Plate using the BetterPress Black ink onto a panel of Pebble BetterPress Cardstock. That was then cut using the included die. I did cut it a second time from Neenah 110 and adhered those pieces together for a stacked sentiment. This particular sentiment is a very long sentiment, and I didn’t like the way it looked on this particular card, so I ended up cutting it into two pieces so that it would fit better.

My embossed panel was then adhered to a black panel for contrast, and I began gluing in the bottom layers first, which included the smaller flowers and the foliage. I adhered the top flowers with foam strips, as well as the sentiment. I had a few leaves left over, so I secured those in place where needed. To finish up, I added a few clear drops.

That does it for this project! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! I really love this color combo from time to time, as a change from the pastel flowers. Don’t forget to head over to the Spellbinders website to check out all of the fun, new August products! Thanks again for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Simon Says Stamp You Are Amazing

Hello Friends, and welcome back! Thanks so much for stopping by to check out today’s project! This project is featuring the new You die and You stamp set from Simon’s latest release, Cheering for You. Let’s go ahead and roll through the details!

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

I really like creating backgrounds with single dies, and Simon’s new You die was perfect for this technique! I began this project by die cutting the new SSS You a bunch of times from Neenah 110lb cardstock. I also die cut the SSS Divine Peony and did some ink blending on that using SSS Pawsitively Saturated Ink in Morning and Galaxy.

Once the ink blending was complete, I assembled the florals using liquid glue, and then decided that I wanted the leaves to be black, so I went back and cut those. To begin assembly, I cut a panel of Neenah 110lb cardstock using the PFS Diagonal Stitched Rectangles and splattered it using black acrylic ink. When that was dry, I began adhering the You die cut to cover the panel and trimming off the excess.

I adhered the leaves in place and then adhered the larger flower using SSS 3D Foam Strips for added dimension. The card was missing something, so I cut the You from black cardstock and adhered that using foam strips, and that brought things together, in my opinion. I then used the new SSS You Stamp set and stamped the sub-sentiment using VersaFine Onyx Black ink, heat set that using Ranger Clear Embossing Powder and adhered it with the same foam strips.

Once everything was complete, I adhered the panel to a black panel for contrast using SSS Dot Tape Runner, and then everything was adhered to the card base to finish up.

That does it for this card! I love creating my own backgrounds using die cuts, and I love creating beautiful flowers, so this card was right up my alley! I hope you enjoyed it! Thanks again for stopping by, and don’t forget to check out the entire Cheering for You release over on Simon’s website! Have yourself a wonderful day!

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Simon Says Stamp Hello Leaf Border

Hello and welcome back to my blog! I’m so glad that you stopped by to check out today’s project featuring the new Arching Leaf Border from Simon’s latest release, Cheering For You. I’ve been stuck on color combinations lately, so I took inspiration for this project from the Color Cubes. So, let’s get into 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 die cutting the Leaf Border from Neenah 110lb cardstock, die cutting the SSS Beautiful Buttercup from two shades of purple cardstock and die cutting the extra leaves from the border set from a peacock type color. I pulled some inks that I thought matched my inspiration, which you can see slightly in the photos. The inks that I used were PFS Tidal Pond, Opulence and Lush Forest. The border was ink blended with the Tidal Pond and a little bit of the Lush Forest, while the flowers were ink blended using the Opulence.

Once the ink blending was complete, I assembled the flowers using liquid glue and decided on a background. I ended up choosing a dark green panel and splattered it quite liberally with gold acrylic ink. When that was dry, I glued the border in place and then adhered the flowers using foam strips. The darker leaves were tucked in where needed and secured with glue.

Now that I had the card layout, I needed to find a sentiment that would fit! I landed on the SSS Hello Dies and cut that once from gold cardstock and twice from black cardstock and adhered all of those together for that stacked look. I went ahead and glued that atop the panel before adding some PFS Gold Metallic Pearls to bring everything together.

That does it for this project! I hope you enjoyed it! This is a weird color combo, but I quite like how this one came out! According to the Color Cube inspiration, my green layer actually should have been a dark teal color, but I didn’t notice that until it was too late. Oh well, what’s the saying, there are no mistakes in art. I’m just going to go with that! Thank for joining me today, and I hope you have an awesome day!

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Simon Says Stamp Birthday Blooms

Hello Friends and thanks for joining me! I’m back today with a project featuring the new Fresh Blooms Embossing Folder from Simon’s latest release, Cheering For You, along with the new You die cut. Let’s jump right into 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 ink blending a panel of Neenah 110lb cardstock using SSS Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Bubblegum, Sunbeam, Seafoam and Lilac. Once the ink blending was complete, I put the panel in the folder and ran it through the machine.

For the sentiment, I used the new SSS You die cut and cut that once from black glossy cardstock and twice from regular black cardstock and adhered all the layers together using liquid glue. I stamped the happy birthday portion, which is from the new SSS You stamp set, onto a scrap of black cardstock using VersaMark Ink and heat set that using SSS Detail White Embossing Powder. The You portion was glued to the panel, while the birthday portion was adhered with SSS 3D Foam Strips.

The panel was then adhered to a black splattered card base with foam tape, for added dimension, to finish up.

That does it for this one! I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you found some inspiration from today’s post! Don’t forget to head over to Simon’s website to check out the entire Cheering For You release. Thanks again for joining me, and have yourself a wonderful day!

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Spellbinders Merry Everything

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back! I’m glad that you stopped by to check out today’s project featuring the new Spellbinders Night & Day Pines Press Plates, along with the Mistletoe Greetings Press Plates. Let’s not waste time and get into the details!

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

I’ve used the Night & Day Pines Press Plates on a previous project, but I used the “day” plate, and today’s project features the “night” plate. I began this project by inking up the plate with BetterPress Black ink and running it through the machine. I did this a couple of times to make sure that I was getting good coverage. Once that was done, I did some ink blending on the panel using SSS Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Artichoke and Latte.

I trimmed the panel down using the Spellbinders Nested Postage Labels & Tag set and then went on to foil the sentiment. This is a great holiday sentiment set, because it foils multiple sentiments at once. It foils multiples and cuts multiples at once, which is such a time saver! I wanted some gold leaves so I used the Spellbinders Poinsettia Bloom to achieve this. I thought the berries looked nice as well, and decided to use those too. I did go back and cut the berries from red cardstock and adhered those atop the gold berries.

The leaves and berries were glued in place, and I adhered the white sentiment banner atop a gold banner using SSS 3D Foam Strips, and then glued that in place. Everything was the adhered to the card base to finish up.

That does it for this project! I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope it inspires you to get crafty in your space. Don’t forget to head on over to Spellbinders to check out all of the new release items and clubs for July! Thanks again for stopping by, and I hope you have an awesome day!

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Simon Says Stamp Birthday Sunflower Pattern

Hello Friends, and welcome back! I’m back today with a project featuring the new Sunflower Pattern Stencil from Simon’s latest release, Cheering for You. Let’s go ahead and run 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 taping the Sunflower Pattern Stencil to a panel of Neenah 110lb cardstock and doing some ink blending using SSS Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Lemonade, Honey, Clay and Latte. Once the ink blending was complete, I trimmed the panel down using the PFS Diagonal Stitched Rectangles, and splattered it using gold acrylic ink.

The centers of my flowers weren’t showing up as well as I would have liked, so I just went over those dots with a Sharpie. I used the SSS Big Old Birthday Stamp set for the sentiment and stamped that onto black cardstock using VersaMark Ink and heat set it using SSS Detail White Embossing Powder. I then used the coordinating die to trim that out, along with two extra cuts to adhere all of those together.

The sentiment was adhered to the panel using SSS 3D Foam Strips and the panel was then adhered to a black panel for contrast before being adhered to the card base to finish up.

Another super simple card for today, but I like how this one turned out! I have to tell myself sometimes that not every card needs to be some elaborate creation that takes all day! Thanks again for joining me today, and don’t forget to check out the entire Cheering For You release over on Simon’s website. Have a wonderful day!

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Simon Says Stamp Faithful Florals

Hello Crafty Friends, and welcome back to my blog! Simon’s latest release, Cheering for You, is live, and I’m back today with a project featuring their new Acetate Card Base. This was my first time using an acetate card base, and I’ve got to say, I am in love! Let’s go ahead and run through the details!

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

I began this card by working on the florals using SSS Dreamy Daisy Layers, Etched Magnolia Blossom, Charming Daisy and the Etched Berry Branch. All of these were cut from colored cardstock and ink blended using SSS Pawsitively Saturated Inks in Bubblegum, Carnation, Seafoam, Ocean and Pearfection. Once the ink blending was complete, I assembled the flower pieces using liquid glue.

For the white base, I used the Memory Box Circle Basics set and cut two circles from Neenah 110lb cardstock. I splattered one with gold ink and adhered the flowers to it, beginning with the leaves and then adding the flowers on top. I used SSS Surf Pawsitively Dazzling Gems to add to the “berry” portion of the leaves.

The sentiment is from the SSS Just Breathe set and I stamped that onto black cardstock using VersaMark Ink, and heat set it using SSS Detail White Embossing Powder. That was trimmed out using the coordinating die, along with two additional cuts for a stacked sentiment.

The sentiment was glued in place and the circle panel was adhered to the acetate using Scor-Tape. The second circle was adhered inside the card behind the front circle. This was done to ensure that you wouldn’t be able to see the adhesives.

That does it for this project! Have you tried using an acetate card base? If not, I encourage you to give it a try! I think it’s a fun, unique look, and definitely something that I’ll try again. Thanks again for stopping by! Don’t forget to check out the entire Cheering for You release over on Simon’s website! Have a wonderful day!

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