give thanks this season...

 Hello!  Fall is on the way and I can wait for pumpkin season!  Well... if I'm honest it is pumpkin season all year round for me.  I love pumpkins!  With that in mind I have created a little pumpkin mixed media piece using a new die set from Becca Feeken's Seasonal Label Motif's collection at Spellbinders.   Today's project uses the Fall Labels Motif die set. (A list of affiliate linked supplies is at the end of this blog 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:

Did I go a little overboard with this project?  Maybe, but I love how it turned out!  I'm sorry that I don't have lots of photos sharing how I created the everything, but I'm still figuring out this whole mixed media thing and so don't really think to stop and take photos.  I started by adding distress oxide inks in lots of fall colors like Rusty Hinge, Fossilized Amber, Mustard Seed, Crackling Campfire, Carved Pumpkin and Rustic Wilderness to pieces of watercolor paper.  I applied the colors to my Waffle Flower media mat, added water and then smooshed the paper into the colors.  I dried the paper between each smooshing to get a variation in the colors.  Once I had each piece to my liking (I did one in oranges, yellows and the third one in greens, reds, oranges and yellows.) I let them dry fully.  I then die cut out all the little pumpkins, stems, leaves, etc.  

The ornamental piece was die cut from several layers of cardstock finishing with a silver metallic cardstock using two of the dies from the Fall Labels Motif set to create the look I was going for.  I tried to tarnish up the silver to give it a more muted look.  I used Vintage Photo distress ink som and som Gilded Foundry wax.  With all my pieces cut I added some Vintage Photo to the leaves, stems, pumpkins and wheat before applying glue and adding Rock Candy Glitter.  

I used two Ideaology vignette boxes to place my little autumn scene on.  The larger box was covered with distress collage medium and then I applied some fall patterned paper (from Echo Park) to the front, sides and top.  The smaller box was painted with brown, red and orange acrylic paint wiping off some of the paint as I went.  I also applied the same paints to the larger box after I added Ranger crackle texture paste.  Once that was all dry I adhered the boxes together using hot glue and got to work creating my little scene.   While I do love how things turned out I think I would have arranged the leaves a little differently.  I finished with the sentiment that I had hot foiled last year.  I distressed it with Vintage Photo ink and then glued it to the front.  

Affiliate linked supply list:

Spellbinders Platinum 6

Spellbinder Glimmer hot foil system

Fall Labels Motif die set

Seasonal Labels Motif collection

Ideaology Vignette boxes

Distress Collage Medium

Bearly Arts Glue

Wagner heat tool

Vintage Photo distress ink

Rock Candy Distress Glitter

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happy anniversary...

 Hello!  I popping in with another card made with new product from the April Spellbinders release.  This time I'm using a new die set from Becca Feeken called Layered Daisies etched dies from the Layered Fleurs Bouquet Slimlines collection.  I used the color palette from Sunday Stamps and the sketch from the Paper Players for my card so I will be posting it there.  Compensated affiliate links will be 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 using my links.  Here is my card:

I have been going to the same person to have my hair cut and colored for 22 years and at the beginning of June she and her husband will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.  I will be giving Dee Dee this card.  I hope she likes it!  I die cut the flowers from white cardstock and then applied distress inks in Spun Sugar, Squeezed Lemonade and Shabby Shutters to the flowers and leaves with small blending brushes.   Once I had them all layered up I had to determined the lay out per the Paper Players sketch.  After I figured that out I die cut some white cardstock with a Fluted Classic rectangle die.  I blended on some Shaded Lilac and then added my flowers and leaves.  The sentiment is from a Glimmer sentiment set called Sentiments for Everyday set, was foiled using black foil and then die cut with the matching die.  I added the sentiment and then added the panel to a cardstock base.  I'm also going to add this to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of anything goes. 

Supplies used with affiliate links:

Glimmer Hot Foil System

Platinum 6 die cutting machine

Black foil

Fluted Classic Rectangle dies

Layered Daisies etched dies

Sentiments for Everyday

Bearly Art Glue

Shaded Lilac distress oxide ink

Shabby Shutters distress oxide ink

Squeezed Lemonade distress oxide ink

Spun Sugar distress oxide ink

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Becca Feeken Sweet Serenade Release

 Hello!  Hope you are having a good week.  It is very wet and soggy here in my corner of the Pacific Northwest.   I'm popping in with a card that I made using a newly released die set from Becca Feeken and Spellbinders called Sweet Sayings Notecard Sentiments.  These dies are part of her Sweet Serenade Notecards collection.   I used the colors from Sunday Stamps and the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches for my card.

I stamped the sunflower image from the Spellbinders Hello Sunflower stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored with Copic markers.  After I finished coloring the image I die cut it using the scalloped circle die from the Jingle Word Frame die set.   I found patterned paper in this gradient green and die cut it, as well as the light gray cardstock with dies from the Essentials Rectangle die set.  I die cut the Hello from the Sweet Sayings Notecard Sentiments from heavy weight vellum three times and adhered them together.  I cut a strip of the same heavy weight vellum to use for the strip element in the sketch.  I then layered up all the elements according to the sketch.    A simple, uncomplicated card. 

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Becca Feeken for Spellbinders Holiday Medley Collection

 Popping in today to share two cards that I made with products from the amazing Becca Feeken for Spellbinders!  The products are part of her Holiday Medley collection.  As with all of Becca's products this collection is absolutely GORGEOUS!  (Affiliate links in this blog post.  Using my links earns me a small commission at no cost to you.  Thank you for your support.)

This first card was created with the Jingle Word Frame etched die set and the beautiful Pinstripe Bracket Card Builder Glimmer hot foil plates and die set.   I decided to go with an unconventional color scheme for both cards and used the beautiful Purple Mist  and Lilac Blossom cardstocks for both cards.  The Pinstripe Bracket Card Builder set contains two Glimmer plates that can be used separately, but I taped them together to create the foiled background you see on the card.   I used silver foil for the foiling with my Glimmer.  Once the foiling was done I die cut the panel down with the largest Essentials Rectangle die.   With the foiling done I got to work on the center piece of the card that was created with the Jingle Word Frame die set.    This die set comes with the scalloped circle die, a circle die to cut out a sold piece, an insert for the circle die that cut a beautiful filigree looking circle and the Jingle all the way sentiment die.  I didn't use the filigree inset this time around.  I die cut the large scalloped circle from the Lilac Blossom cardstock, the solid circle from white and the sentiment from the Purple Mist.  I cut the sentiment from the Lilac Blossom then stacked the sentiments with the top slightly offset so you can see the dark purple peeking out.  Everything was layered and adhered to the card front.   The card was a little plain so I die cut the flowers using the Christmas Blooms die set using the two cardstock.  I layered up the flowers and then arranged them on the card front.  I finished off the flowers with silver fashion pearls.

This card was created with the Mosaic Bracket Card Builder etched dies from the Holiday Medley collection.  This set of dies works seamlessly with the Pinstripe Bracket Card Builder Glimmer foil plate and die set.  I die cut the Mosaic Bracket Card Builder from white and Lilac Blossom cardstock and adhered them together slightly offsetting the purple behind the white.  I adhered this piece to the front of a white cardstock base.  I then foiled the bracket part of the Pinstripe Bracket Card Builder in silver foil on Lilac Blossom cardstock.    I then die cut this piece with the bracket die from the Mosaic Bracket Card Builder.  This set also comes with the word dies Happy Holidays as well as the shadow layer die.  Since I was foiling I decided to use the word dies to foil Happy Holidays in silver and then die cut the foiling with the shadow dies.  I love how it looks in person.  Below is close up of the foiled sentiment. 

I adhered the top bracket layer to the card front with foam tape and then popped up the sentiment with additional foam tape.  I finished silver fashion pearls. 

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beautiful sentiments vignettes collection

 Hello everyone!  I'm popping in to share a couple of cards that I made using products from Becca Feeken's latest release at Spellbinders.  This collection is called the Beautiful Sentiment Vignettes and includes one stamp set and seven different dies.  I'm sharing cards that I made with the Heartfelt Thanks Vignette die set and the Petite Floral Potpourri die set.  You can find the new collection here .   (Affiliate links used in this post.   By using my affiliate links I earn a small commission.  There is no cost to you.  I appreciate your support.)

As is always the case with products from Becca Feeken they are super elegant, but I wanted to  show that you can create card with a little more of a casual feel using these elegant dies.  To do that I used some patterned paper and two ephemera pieces from the Spellbinders June card kit.   I also used a bright pink for the large background oval.   I will be honest I was a little scared as I put the card together... especially using that large striped patterned paper, but I absolutely love how this card turned out!  I just think it is so fun and summery!

I have been making a lot of clean and simple cards lately and so I went in that direction with this card using the Petite Floral Potpourri die set.  Obviously this set was designed to work with all of the dies in the Beautiful Sentiment Vignettes collection, but again I wanted to show you a way to use the dies differently.  The is a leafy stem in the set and I die cut that many, many times from Spellbinders Waterfall and Teal Topaz cardstocks and then created a wreath.  I used to circle dies nested together to die cut a frame for the stems and then layered them on.  I die cut the little flowers from a pink and a pinky-red cardstock.  Most were layered, but a few were not.  I then layered those on my wreath.  I finished with a little bow tied from some light teal/white bakers twine and some Nuvo Crystal Drops in Morning Dew on the wreath.  The sentiment is from the Spellbinders May stamp of the month and was stamped in VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink.  I die cut the panel with a Spellbinders Essential rectangle die, adhered the wreath and then placed it on a card base made from Spellbinders Silver Fox cardstock.  

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Spellbinders/Becca Feeken Flourished Fretwork dies

Hello!  I hope you have had a good week and got the opportunity to be creative!  In between trying to do school with my 13 year old and all the other things I have to do around the house I am still managing to get my creative time in... YAY!  Today I have the pleasure of sharing with you a couple of cards that I made using newly released dies from Becca Feeken for Spellbinders.   Spellbinders was kind enough to send me two different sets.  First up is a card that I made with the Sentimental Finery etched dies.  There are four dies in the set, but for my card today I only used two.  If you have never seen Becca's dies before you should really check them out... they are amazing!  Full of detail and so easy to work with.  I die cut the large rectangle die from Memory Box glitter cardstock in a pale blue.  I then used the die that is like an elongated octagon to die cut white cardstock.  I adhered the glitter die cut to a white cardstock base using foam tape and then the white octagon to the center using glue.  I layered up lots of die cut ephemera pieces from the Feeling Hoppy March card kit in the center of the octagon.  (You can buy the ephemera pack separate from the card kit which is what I did.)  So quick and easy!  I'm going to post this card to the current Card Concept challenge.  This one fits the bill a little more than other card I posted a few days ago.  The category would most likely be clean and layered.

The second card uses the Fluted Tracery etched dies and this time I did something a little different.  I used the main die to create my card base!  The largest die in the set is slightly larger than an A2 sized card base so in order to create the card you will need to make a card base a bit larger than 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.  I made my base 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 from light aqua cardstock and that was the perfect fit as you have to hang part of the die over the fold so that you don't cut out two individual pieces, but a card base.  Hope that makes sense!  I then die cut that same die from white cardstock, but this time I included the insert piece that created the beautiful decorative border and leaves the solid center.  I adhered this to my card base.  There is a smaller die that cuts a beautiful emerald shape piece that is full of intricate cut work.  I die cut that from glitter cardstock and adhered it to the center of my card.  I finished out the card with a butterfly from the ephemera pack I mentioned above along with a sentiment that I foiled using my Glimmer Hot foil system and gold foil.  That sentiment was die cut with a banner die and adhered along with the butterfly.  I have included two photos so that you can see how the card stands.

These dies are just so gorgeous and I am so thankful to Spellbinders for having the opportunity to work with them.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!  I have used compensated affiliate links for some of the products used in my blog post.   If you decide to purchase through my links please know that I appreciate it!