Spellbinders: September Stamp and Die of the Month

 Hi there! I have a fun card to share with you today using the brand new September Stamp of The Month and September Large Die of the Month from Spellbinders! These two complement each other so nicely and give you so many options for fun birthday cards!

Isn't that such a fun and creative idea! I love the sentiments on each of the cake layers! So fun! So for the background, I used Bristol Board cardstock and I blended Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon and Mustard Seed distress inks and then speckled with water. 

I used various colors of different cardstocks to cut out all of the fun pieces and pieced them together. I added the fruit and accents to the cake with foam tape. The cute confetti you see on the outside of the cake and the "on the special day" part of the sentiment were all stamped with the September SOTM which coordinates with the September Large Die of The Month. 

If you are new to the Spellbinders Monthly clubs you can check out all of the details at Spellbinders Clubs.

All of the products I've used on my card today are linked below in the supply section using affiliate links, which means I make a tiny bit of commission at no extra cost to you! I appreciate you clicking on my links so much! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Kay :)

Spellbinders and Fun Stamper's Journey

Hi there! I am thrilled to be joining Spellbinders and Fun Stamper's Journey, two amazing companies that are merging together! You'll be able to buy products from both companies in one place!

If you are not familiar with Fun Stamper's Journey, here are a few fun facts!

1) FSJ stamps are made in the USA of deeply etched red rubber for a perfect impression every time.

2) Our thin metal dies are made of steel to give you clean cuts time and time again, without warping or dulling. And, they’re coated in FSJ green so they're easy to find!

3) We offer over 50 exclusive colors – matching cardstock, ink, ribbon and accessories makes creating easy!

4) Over 50% of our stamps have coordinating dies – no more fussy cutting!

I have a card to share with you today created with some beautiful products from both companies!

For my card today, I used from Fun Stamper's Journey the  Thankful Friends Stamp set and Thankful Friends Die set, the Branch & Cone Die set, and the 2017 October kit of the Month from Spellbinders. I created the background by blending some blue dye ink onto my white card base. I blended some green ink onto white card stock and cut the pine out of that. I added the pine to my card with liquid adhesive.

I stamped the fox, scarf, and sentiment from the Thankful Friends Set with my MISTI, then cut them out with the coordinating dies. I cut the white leafy swirl piece out of white card stock using a die from the 2017 October kit of the Month, and added that and my other elements to the card with foam tape.

All of the products I have used are listed and linked below, or you can find all of these and more great products HERE!

Spellbinders Blog Hop: Featuring Folk Art by Lene Lok

Hello friends! I'm excited to be joining Spellbinders today to showcase some of their new fabulous die designs! If you are following the hop you should have arrived here from the fabulous Debby Hughes!

 The cards I have made here were created with the new Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok.

My first card uses the Floral Mandala Die. I cut this out of Bristol Board card stock, then used Distress inks and a make up wedge to add the colors. I then spritzed it with water and added some splatters of the same colors.  I cut another one out of plain white card stock and layered them together before adhering to my card base, to create some dimension. 

I stamped the sentiments from Altenew on black card stock with Versa Mark ink, and heat embossed them with white embossing powder. I then adhered them on top of the Floral Mandala with foam tape.

For my second card, I used the Nordic Blooms Dies. I blended Distress inks onto some Bristol Board card stock in different colors, spritzed with water and sprinkled with some of the same diluted inks. I let this dry good, then cut the flowers and leaves out.  For the background I blended green Distress ink along the bottom for the grass and some blue along the top for the sky. 

I adhered the flowers to my card with foam tape. The sentiment is from My Favorite Things and was heat embossed with white embossing powder and adhered with foam tape. 

You can find the whole Folk Art Collection by Lene Lok HERE!

Giveaways
To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to a lucky winner. Please leave a comment on Spellbinders blog by Sunday, April 22nd 11:59 pm EDT for a chance to win. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post on Spellbinders blog the following day. Winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes.

Your next stop on the hop is Julia Altermann! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Below is the complete hop order! Enjoy! :)

Spellbinders

Debby Hughes

 Kay Miller <---- You are here :)

 Julia Altermann

 Laurie Willison

 Miriam Prantner

 Emily Midgett 

Yana Smakula

 Nichol Spohr

 Sharyn Sowell

 Melissa Phillips 

Susie Lessard 

Virginia Lu

 Nina-Marie Trapani

 May Sukyong Park

 Rubeena Ianigro

Zsoka Marko

 Helen Salo 

Sandra Nagel

 Janette Kausen

 Kittie Caracciolo

 Olga Direktorenko 

Svitlana Shayevich 

Mayline Jung 

Spellbinders: Good Vibes Only Collection Part 3

Hello everyone! I am happy to be back again sharing some fun projects I created with the new Good Vibes Only Collection by Stephanie Low. I have two more cards to share with you today showing some fun ways to use bright colored card stock for that extra pop!

I started with for different colors of card stock; pink, magenta, yellow and orange. I pieced those together and then cut it out at 4 1/4 x 5 1/2, a standard A2 size card. I used the outline die from the Good Vibes Only die set to cut the frame out of this piece. I then cut the words out of black card stock and adhered those to a top folded white A2 card base. I cut the centers of some of the letters out of colored card stock as well and adhered those into the spaces.

I then adhered the pieced card stock frame piece over the lettering with foam tape. I used the Leaves So Very Gorgeous die set to cut out the green leaves. I used the Petal’d Poetry die set to cut out some flowers from the same colors of card stock. I adhered the flowers with foam tape and then tucked the green leaves in with a bit of liquid adhesive.

After I was finished, I added a few drops of white gloss Crystal Nuvo Drops.

Spellbinders Supplies:

S4-918 Good Vibes Only

S5-353 Leaves So Very Gorgeous

S2-294 Petal’d Poetry

Other Supplies:

Card stock by Papertrey Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Hibiscus Burst, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, True Black

White Gloss Nuvo Drops

My second card was very easy to put together because I just used the left over pieces from my first card. I used the striped piece that I cut out of the frame part and then cut the black words out and adhered them to that with liquid adhesive. I added foam tape to the back and adhered this to a top folded A2 white card base.

I cut some more greenery out with the Leaves So Very Gorgeous die set and tucked them around underneath the edge of the sentiment. I then added some pink dots with Carnation Pink Crystal Nuvo Drops.

Spellbinders Supplies:

S4-918 Good Vibes Only

S5-353 Leaves So Very Gorgeous

Other Supplies:

Card stock by Papertrey Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Hibiscus Burst, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, True Black

Carnation Pink  Nuvo Drops

Thank you so much for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you in some fun ways you can use your Spellbinders dies!

Kay 

Spellbinders: Good Vibes Only Collection Take Two

Hello everyone!  I am excited to be back again sharing some more fun projects I created with the new Good Vibes Only Collection by Stephanie Low. Distress inks are a good way to color up your die cuts if you don’t have a large selection of card stock. I have a couple of cards to share with you today showing how you can do that.

For my first card, I used the beautiful Wandering Butterflies dies. I cut the background pieces out of Bristol Board card stock. You can use plain card stock as well, I just like the Bristol Board because the inks blend a little smoother on it. I used some orange and yellow on the top one, pinks and purples on the middle one, and purple and aqua on the bottom one. I sprinkled these with water, blotted them and then let them dry.

After they were good and dry, I cut out the top part to the die, punched out all of the pieces and adhered this over the ink blended ones. For the background of my card, I blended some blue distress ink and sprinkled with water. When this was dry, I adhered the three butterflies with foam tape.

I then stamped the sentiment in black ink, and added some Crystal Clear Nuvo Drops.

Spellbinders Products:

S3-237  Wandering Butterflies

Other Supplies:

Bristol Board Card stock, Distress Inks, Nuvo Crystal Clear Drops, Sentiment from My Favorite Things

For my second card, I used the exact same technique as above, but used the Petal’d Poetry Dies. I blended Distress inks onto the flowers and used green for the leaves.

I also created the background with Distress ink and sprinkled water drops.

I stamped the sentiment in back ink, and again added some  Nuvo Crystal Clear Drops

Spellbinders Products:

S2-294 Petal’d Poetry

Other Supplies:

Bristol Board Card stock, Distress Inks, Nuvo Crystal Clear Drops, Sentiment from My Favorite Things

I hope you have enjoyed my cards today! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Kay :)

Spellbinders: Good Vibes Collection

Hello everyone!  I am excited to be guesting with Spellbinders this month and sharing some fun projects I created with the new Good Vibes Only Collection by Stephanie Low. I love creating cards with dies only. There are many fun ways to use them and I have a couple of cards to share with you today showing how you can create some really eye catching dimension. 

For my first card, I used the Petal’d Poetry die set. These dies come with an additional die that cuts out a larger outline. I used the outline die to cut out an opening in the gray card stock and set that aside. I used a darker shade of gray card stock for the card base, then cut  the main flower die out of white card stock, punched all the pieces out, and glued the outline down to the card base. I then colored all of the flower pieces with Copic markers and glued them back into the white outline. 

After I had all of my pieces glued back in, I added foam tape to the light gray outer piece of card stock that I had cut the window out of, and layered that over the die cut floral image. I then stamped the sentiment underneath.

Spellbinders Supplies:

S2-294 Petal’d Poetry

Other Supplies:

Cardstock Stone Gray and Cement Gray by My Favorite Things. Happy Birthday sentiment by Papertrey Ink.

For my second card, I used the exact same technique as the first one, by creating a window with the outline die and adhering it over the top of the color floral die.

For this card, the die was a little more intricate, so I cut out two of the floral dies, left the pieces inside one of the die cut and colored them. I adhered this to my darker gray card base, then punched the pieces out of the second white die cut and adhered this over the top of the colored one. This was very helpful in that I did not have to add all of those tiny pieces back in by hand.

After I was done, I adhered the top light gray window panel over the card with foam tape, and stamped the sentiment.

Spellbinders Supplies:

S4-873 Rosy Summer Flowers

Other Supplies:

Stone Gray and Cement Gray card stock from My Favorite Things, Sentiment from WPlus9

Thank you so much for joining me today! I hope I have inspired you in some fun ways you can use your Spellbinders dies!

Kay 

Spellbinders: March Small Die of the Month

Hi there!

I am excited to share a card with you today that I created with the Spellbinders March Small Die of the Month! This kit features 8 dies that are perfect for creating your own labels and frames!

I used them all on my card today to create a fun whimsical look!

Each of the frames has two dies to it, one larger than the other. You can die cut  them together to cut out a frame or die cut each one and layer them on top of each other as I have done here with my card.

I cut the different dies out of colorful card stock and layered them onto my card base with foam tape. The flowers are from the January Kit of the Month. I cut them out, added them with foam tape and added a clear rainstone in the center. 

One thing I love to do, which I thought these dies would be perfect for, is to have lots of sentiments stamped out and cut out, so I can just reach for one to add to my finished card. I plan on using these to do that! I just have to match up some sentiments that will fit on each one! So many fun ways you could use these little frames!

I hope you have enjoyed my card today! Supplies are listed and linked below!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Kay :)

Spellbinders Shapeabilities Lavender Trike Etched Dies

Hi there!
I have a card to share with you today using the beautiful  Lavender Trike Etched Dies from Spellbinders.

For my card here, I first blended some Distress Ink onto a piece of Bristol Board then glued a strip of green striped patterned paper along the bottom. I then cut the die out of the same Bristol Board and colored it with Distress Inks using small sponges. I speckled it with water and more of the same colors of ink.

I glued the trike down to my card base with spray adhesive and stamped the sentiment which is from WPlus9.

All of the supplies I used are listed and linked below!

Thanks so much for stopping  by!

Kay :)

Spellbinders: Floral Lace Frame Die Set

Hi friends!
I have a card to share with you today using the Floral Lace Frame Die Set from Spellbinders! There are some really pretty dies included in this kit. One I especially love is the large square decorative frame. 

I normally do A2 size cards, but because I wanted to use this whole frame on my card I chose to do a square 6 x 6 card. I have an envelope punch board, so making and envelope to fit it, is not a problem. For the background, I blended Distress inks and splattered with plain water and then some watered down ink. I layered this onto a 6 x 6 card base and then adhered the frame down.

The other dies in the kit cut out these beautiful floral leafy swirls. I cut them out of Bristol board card stock and then just used my Distress inks and foam make- up sponges to color the different parts of them. I also sprinkled them with water and some of the watered down ink.  The sentiment I used is from the Valentines Wishes stamp set from WPlus9. I stamped it on white card stock and added it behind the floral frame. 

I took one of the floral swirls and glued it flat to the card, then added the sentiment and floral frame over that with foam tape. 

You can find the Floral Lace Frame Die Set HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Kay :)