Jean Manis - Right as Rain

Spellbinders Cut and Emboss Folders Blog Hop

Hello crafty friends! I am delighted to be participating in a blog hop celebrating the recently released Cut & Emboss Folders from Spellbinders. You should have reached my blog from the Spellbinders blog.

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to a lucky blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, April 14th 11:59 pm EDT. Winners will be announced in our blog hop post the following Monday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties, and taxes.

Let’s take a look at what I created with two of the folders in the collection.

My first project features the Floral Splash folder. To create the background, I began by applying Distress Oxide inks to white cardstock. I worked from the center of the panel outwards.

I trimmed the panel to 5″ x 7″ and then cut and embossed it with the Floral Splash folder.

I brushed dark red ink across the embossed front to accentuate the pattern, and I glued cardstock,which I had colored with yellow ink, behind the panel for the floral centers.

I added a sentiment strip on which I arranged flowers and foliage cut with the Daisy 2 dies from inked cardstock .

My second card features the Reflections folder.

The A2-sized card front panel was cut and embossed from white cardstock. I wanted to highlight the strong relief achieved with the folder, as well as show the beauty of a simple white background.

I stamped a sentiment in the center of the panel and added flowers and foliage cut with dies in the Daisy and Daisy 2 die sets. Just as with the first card, I adhered cardstock, colored with ink, behind the panel for the floral centers.

Thanks for dropping by! Head next to the blog of Laurie Willison.
I’ve included the full list of blog hop participants below:

Spellbinders
Jean Manis
Laurie Willison
Tina Smith
Bibi Cameron
Inge Groot
Desiree Kuemmerle

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Oh My! – Spellbinders D-Lites Bear and Lion

Hello! Today, I am sharing two cards created with recently released Spellbinders D-Lites die sets. My cards feature the Bear and Lion. These are just two of several new die sets at Spellbinders.

For both, I die-cut the animals and assembled them according to the downloadable instructions on their product descriptions. I also dry-embossed backgrounds for both cards using the Beach Towel embossing folder.

I added a heart balloon to the bear card, which I cut with dies included in the First Crush set (January 2019 Small Die of the Month now available to purchase separately).

I used an oval die to cut a background for the lion. For the sentiment piece, I stamped the sentiment on cardstock, cut the stamped piece with an oval die, and then used a circle die to cut it again.

I’m delighted you visited!

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Only A Shower – CAS Die-cut Encouragement Card

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS encouragement card combining die-cuts and a Distress Oxide ink background. Appropriately, it began to rain just as I finished this card!

I created the background with Distress Oxide Pumice Stone and Tumbled Glass inks. I added a little Broken China at the top of the blue and a little Hickory Smoke at the bottom of the gray. I cut the panel with a square die.
With a now-retired Memory Box Umbrella die (one of the very first dies I ever purchased), I cut the umbrellas from cardstock colored with Hickory Smoke (umbrella shafts), Peacock Feathers and Squeezed Lemonade (umbrella canopies), and Black Soot (handles and end). I pieced the umbrellas together by performing some fussy cutting (the die is one-piece).
I cut the Happy Clouds from white cardstock and backed them with cardstock colored with Black Soot.
I applied Moonstone Glimmer paste through the MFT Raindrops stencil (retired) in select places. The SSS Raindrops stencil has similarly-sized raindrops.
I heat-embossed the You Got This sentiment on black cardstock and cut it with one of the Lawn Fawn banner dies.
I dry-embossed the card base with the Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder from Stampin Up’ (retired).

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Pom Pom Bunnies – CAS Easter Card

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CASE of an Easter card I saw in the store. I used the Oh Bunny die to cut the bunnies and added a sentiment from the matching stamp set. I went for bolder colors than the retail card, which featured more pastel colors.

I glued the pom poms on to the bunnies and then added the bunnies to the stamped card base with dot adhesive.

This card combines one of my favorite design elements – color – with one of my favorite design principles – repetition.

Cardstock colors (starting in the upper left): Bazzill Gumball, SU Tempting Turquoise, SU Cucumber Crush, Bazzill Juicy Pear, SU Daffodil Delight, Bazzill Circus Peanuts, SU Watermelon Wonder, SU Poppy Parade, SU Melon Mambo, and Bazzill Gummy Bear

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Spellbinders April Small Die Club Membership – Layered Colorful Blooms

Hello! Today, I am sharing two projects created with this month’s Small Die of the Month die set featuring Layered Blooms ($12.50 with US shipping included in the cost!). There are many options with these dies. I stayed true to my CAS style while creating my blooms (with just two or three layers) but there are enough dies to create blooms with many more layers.

To begin, I colored white cardstock with a variety of Distress Oxide inks and then cut pieces from that cardstock. I particularly liked the combination of Festive Berries, Worn Lipstick, Squeezed Lemonade, and Mowed Grass (for the leaves). I like the variation that this method offers.

I assembled the pieces with liquid adhesive.

I applied a light layer of Tumbled Glass ink on to white cardstock on which I stamped the sentiments in black ink.

For both cards, I arranged my floral clusters around the sentiment. I used the Press ‘N’ Seal method to lift the clusters off the sentiment panel. I added adhesive to the backs of the pieces and placed the clusters back on to the sentiment panel.

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