Month: December 2024

Monster Love: Easy Valentine’s Day Card

Hello! Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to get creative, and what’s more charming than a playful monster spreading love? This card, made with the Spellbinders December 2024 Large Die Kit Club Monster Love Pop set, combines an adorable die-cut monster, a heart accent, and the simple sentiment “Be Mine.” With a patterned paper background and a die-cut frame to spotlight the monster, this card is as easy to make as it is delightful to give.

Spellbinders December 2024 Large Die Kit Club Monster Love Pop

Monster Love: Easy Valentine's Day Card

    • Create a patterned paper frame (Love Notes) with a die in the Underwater Tunnel set. Add to an A2-size card base with foam adhesive.
    • Cut the monster, heart, and sentiment with dies in the Monster Love Pop set from a variety of cardstock colors. Also cut glitter foam with the heart and monster body. Assemble. The glitter foam provides dimension.
    • Add heart, monster, and sentiment to center of card.

Monster Love: Easy Valentine's Day Card

With its whimsical design, easy assembly, and the use of patterned paper to add visual interest, this card is perfect for crafting a heartfelt Valentine with minimal effort!


Elegant Christmas Card with Bells

Hello! This elegant Christmas card features die-cut bells framed by a label die, creating a festive focal point. Embellished with holly sprigs and tied with a gold ribbon, the card is finished with a timeless seasonal greeting.

Elegant Christmas Card with Bells

    • Stamp Snowflake Pattern with Memento Toffee Crunch ink on kraft cardstock for a tone-on-tone effect. Trim to A2-size and add to a card base.
    • Heat-emboss the sentiment (SU Tidings & Trimmings) in gold on a red cardstock panel. I have had this stamp set for many years and never used it.
    • Cut a frame with the largest die in the Classy Frames set from soft-white cardstock. Trim the sentiment panel to fit within the frame and glue the frame to the sentiment panel. Add assembly to the card front.
    • Cut gold cardstock with the Christmassy set to create two bells. Add Potting Soil ink to the bells to create depth. Archival ink is permanent. I tried used Distress Ink (non-permanent) and it did not stay on the gold cardstock.
    • Cut greenery with dies in the Christmassy set and assemble.
    • I tied the bells together with ribbon (Crinkle Ribbon by Tim Holtz Idea-ology), which I dyed with Tarnished Brass Distress Spray. It appears that this ribbon is no longer made. I have used the ribbon several times in the past.

Elegant Christmas Card with Bells

This card combines both new and older products, showing how timeless designs can work together.