Lemon Lime Martinis

Is that even a thing?  'Lemontini' sounds like a legitimate drink name... so we'll go with that.  This is the lemon/lime version of the last card I posted, I've done the same layout in slightly different colours, and created a beachside backdrop for my glass to sit on.

This time I've used Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide inks for my drink colours, and on my die cuts.  The glass is cut from Majestic Gold Pearlescent Cardstock from Tonic studios, for some subtle glimmer.

Once again, I've used the Cheers Betterpress Sentiments and Olive Martinis dies from Spellbinders, the Dried Citrus die from The Greetery, and the flowers and foliage are the Fall Vault Wreath dies from Sizzix & Tim Holtz.

Loving these!

Tropical Martini

Very excited to be posting these today!  The Olive Martini die set from Spellbinders debuted last fall, and even though I loved it, it wasn't until I saw the holiday cards everyone was making, that I knew I wanted to have it.  The Papercrafter's Workshop was amazing to special order it in for me, and I just got my hands on it a couple of days ago.  My daughter is currently on a tropical vacation, which inspired me to make something fun.

I did some Distress Oxide ink blending on the drink, and a few of the bits and pieces using Wild Honey, Worn Lipstick and Picked Raspberry, with some Mowed Lawn on a bit of the foliage.  I die cut a ton of pieces from the Fall Wreath Vault die set from Tim Holtz/Sizzix, and several of the Dried Citrus dies from The Greetery.

I used some metallic gold cardstock to cut out the glass, and used the Starshine Background plate die on my background for some subtle texture.  Then it was assembly time!

The sentiment is from the Cheers Sentiments - a Betterpress plate set from Spellbinders.  Stay tuned for some Espresso Martini cards coming soon...

Hello!

This was the first Betterpress plate that I bought and pressed... and I love it!  

I pulled out some Distress Oxide inks and did a little rainbow ink blending, using Kitsch Flamingo, Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn and Mermaid Lagoon and ran it through my Betterpress, then matted it on blue cardstock.  My white base is a coverplate die from Pinkfresh Studio.

I used Spellbinders' Floral Spray die set to cut out a bunch of flowers & foliage in matching shades, and added it to the bottom of my card.  Happy to have two of these in my stash!

Gathering Stitches

I received the Gathering Stitches dies from Spellbinders as a Christmas gift, and decided to make a card (one).  Well, since the rainbow cuts out all the pieces in one colour at once... I ended up with a ton of rainbow pieces, so had to keep going - and ended up with five cards.

The best part, was after choosing and die cutting all of my pieces in this pastel colourway, I looked in my stash to find papers that matched - and immediately found Farmhouse by October Afternoon.  Even though the colours worked, I realized that there were several stitching themed papers in the pack, which made them even more perfect.

Once I saw these button themed papers, I knew I'd be adding buttons to my cards, which I haven't done in forever!  And of course, I have quite a stash of buttons.  I added some dark yellow thread to each of the buttons, to make them look as though they were sewn down to the cards.

I haven't added any sentiments to my cards, I'm going to wait and see how I want to use them, and I'm also waiting on the Needlework Tools die set, which I may add to my cards as well - but I didn't want to wait to post them.  Stay tuned!

Rose Tapestry

Here are two more cards using the Rose Tapestry stencils from The Greetery, along with their Embroidered Blooms dies.  One card has the Starshine Background die from Spellbinders applied to it, as it gives the look of embroidery cloth.  

I used the Gathering Stitches die from Spellbinders to create the embroidery hoop, and then created my floral groupings from all the die cuts.

At this point the sentiments are not adhered, just placed on for photos... and I probably won't use the 'I'm So Sorry' sentiment, as this is too cheery of a card for a sympathy card.  The sentiments that I've used, are Everyday Sentiments for Betterpress, from Spellbinders.

The gold pearls are by Pinkfresh Studio.

Stitching themed cards

I created six stenciled panels last fall, using the Rose Tapestry stencil set from The Greetery - this is just one colourway, the rest will come later! Everything Betsy does is just perfection, and these stencils were great to work with.

I recently got the Gathered Stitches die set from Spellbinders as a gift, and wanted to give it a try with my stenciled panels.  I got the Starshine Background coverplate die, thinking it would make a great addition to my stitching themed products, and used it on the stenciled panels as it looks like embroidery cloth.  I did the same with a piece of kraft cardstock.

I cut out the circle centers of the embroidery hoop in each of the papers and switched them up.  Then I reached for my  dies from The Greetery, and cut out multiple pieces in coordinating cardstock.  I assembled my cards, added some Betterpress greetings and a few gold pearls from Pinkfresh Studio.

Looking forward to doing all kinds of stitching themed cards!

Gifts Christmas Card Shaker

This was my second card using the November Betterpress Society plates from Spellbinders, 'Gifts'.  They work for birthdays or Christmas, so I pressed them using Festive Berries and Lucky Clover Distress Oxide Inks on regular cardstock - and made it into a shaker card.

I used Concord & 9th cardstock and some ancient CTMH patterned paper from my stash.  The Spellbinders Essential Arches dies were used to cut the shaker, and the Holiday Blooms die cuts were added as a little embellishment.  I had a package of shaker bits from Sizzix that I used as my filler, along with some tiny glass beads.  The Foilable Sentiment is from Pink & Main.

Before running my plates through my die cut machine, I flicked water onto the inked up plates, as I wanted to see what the effect would be like with the Betterpress - and was not disappointed!  It created a kind of bokeh effect.

You can get a subscription to the Betterpress Society through the Papercrafter's Workshop.

Uninked Betterpress card

I have really been loving how Betterpress cards look when they are uninked - just with an impression.  This is my third card using the Spellbinders October Betterpress Society set, Cozy Fireplace.  Instead of using the entire 4pc set of plates, I have only used the larger tree, pressing it onto a Porcelain Cotton Card panel.

I wanted to keep this as an all-white card (almost!), so I also pressed a sentiment from the August BP Society set, Winter Sprigs Tree, as the ones included with Cozy Fireplace all talk about hearth/warmth etc - and they didn't really work with just the tree.  I matted the panel with some brushed gold cardstock from the Spellbinders Treasured Gold Cardstock pack, and cut a tiny star from it as well, to crown the tree.  I adhered everything with 3D foam adhesive to my card base, that I ran through my die cut machine with an Altenew piercing plate.  

I'm really happy with the simply design, but the card was so hard to photograph!  I discovered that a lower light photo on an angle worked best.  You can get a subscription to the Betterpress Society through the Papercrafter's Workshop.

Cozy Fireplace

The October Betterpress Society plates from Spellbinders are called Cozy Fireplace - a set of registration plates (meaning multiple colours/pieces) for the holidays.  This is the first of several projects that I've made with the set:

I wanted a retro vibe for my card, so chose some muted Distress Oxide inks, which have a muted cast to start with: Vintage Photo/Ground Espresso/Bundled Sage/Rustic Wilderness/Speckled Egg.  The trees were done with an ombre effect.

I love the idea of mixing die cuts with Betterpress images, so pulled several Spellbinders sets from my stash, and decorated the mantle.  I matted my scene with the same pink cardstock as my poinsettia, and added a gold star to the small tree.

You can get a subscription to the Betterpress Society through the Papercrafter's Workshop.

Poinsettia Spray

I'm wanting to revisit some of the stamp and die sets that I've acquired this year, and this Poinsettia Spray die set from Spellbinders is one of them.  I've tried it with an arch and a rectangle, but never an oval, and this is the most traditional colour combo that I've done.

I wanted a warmer card, so added the soft yellow to the mix, and LOVE the kraft base.

The sentiment is the Christmas Sentiments Foilables from Pink & Main.

All supplies are available at The Papercrafter's Workshop.

Holiday Blooms

 I wanted to revisit my Holiday Blooms die set from Spellbinders - I have bags of precut bits, ready to go, so I decided to do a bright version today.

I started with my Nested Postage Labels & Tag dies - also Spellbinders, masked it off and did some ink blending with Broken China Distress Oxide ink.  Then I began building my spray.

I wanted something small and sparkly for the sentiment, so I used these new-to-me Foilables from Pink & Main.  I haven't used my Minc machine in a long while, but these were so quick and easy to do... so I foiled one panel in gold, and cut apart the one sentiment (I'm set for a long time now!)

You can get the Foilables and Spellbinders products from The Papercrafter's Workshop.

Christmas Sprigs

I have two more cards that I made to show off wax seals, using a bunch of different Spellbinders products.  The two die sets are Sealed Botanical Sprigs and Sealed Christmas Sprigs

I die cut all kinds of pieces from the die sets in holiday colours, and then arranged them into bouquets to show off my wax seals.  Several of the pieces were cut from the Spellbinders Gold Treasured cardstock, which is a lovely brushed gold.

I had to improvise with my wax seals, as I don't own any Christmas ones!  This leaf from Made of Honour worked well in a dark red wax with a gold paint accent.

I used some patterned papers from my stash, and added accents of brushed gold, and used decorative background dies.

I struggled a bit to figure out how to add a sentiment (without would've worked!), but since I wasn't adding twine or thread to the bundle, I just added a little stamped banner.

For this seal, I just used a blank stamp, then glued on a gold snowflake diecut.  You can get all your Spellbinders/wax seal needs from The Papercrafter's Workshop!