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Art Studio Botanicals – February 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

Hello and Happy February! Today, I am sharing two friendship cards created with the February Small Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders – “Art Studio Botanicals.” The set includes seven dies with which you can create fun abstract art – three circle shapes feature botanical images, three circle shapes feature geometrical images, and a circle die (to cut the outline on the images and to cut a solid circle).

My first card features the assembled circles placed around a “hello” sentiment on an A2-sized card.

I cut the botanical images from Whip Cream cardstock. I cut the geometrical pieces from green, blue, and teal cardstock. I cut the bottom circles from black. I assembled the circle stacks and added them to the card front. I added enamel dots to help fill the “white space.”

My second card is sized 6 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ and features the assembled circles in a row.

I cut the botanical images from Whip Cream cardstock. I cut the geometrical pieces from teal, blue, and red cardstock. I cut the bottom circles from black. I assembled the circle stacks and added them to a yellow cardstock rectangle. I heat-embossed the sentiment on to dark grey cardstock.

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Penny Black – Watercolored Floral Card

Hello! Today I am sharing a watercolored thank you card featuring Penny Black supplies.

I stamped the #40-682 Harmony image on to Canson Montval watercolor paper with Versafine ink and colored the image with Zig markers and Gansai Tambi watercolors.
Once dry, I stamped the panel with a sentiment from the #30-574 Special Sentiments set and trimmed it.
I added the image to a white linen-finish card base.

Supplies: Penny Black Harmony and Special Sentiments stamp sets; Montval watercolor paper

Avery Elle Viking

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS masculine thank you card created with the Avery Elle Viking stamp set. This is another card created with the goals of using seldom- or never-used products and practicing my coloring skills.

I stamped the viking image and colored him with Copic markers and colored pencils. The image includes a sentiment in the beard, which I covered when I stamped the image.
I used the coordinating die to cut out the viking.
I heat-embossed an Avery Elle thank you sentiment (sent in one of my Avery Elle orders) on woodgrain patterned paper.
I added the Viking to the woodgrain paper with foam adhesive and added the assembly to a gingham-checked patterned paper base.

Supplies: Avery Elle Viking and coordinating die set, X-Press It paper (for Copics)

Paper Smooches Chilly Chum

Hello! Recently, I’ve been practicing my coloring and using never-used and/or under-used products. I’ve owned the Chilly Chums set from Paper Smooches for many years and have never used it! I created a card with the cute fox image in the set.

I Copic-colored the fox and shaded it with colored pencils.
I created the card background by cutting a hill out of vellum, placing the hill on to the white cardstock and brushing Tumbled Glass ink as the sky.
I heat-embossed the Winter Sampler sentiment in red to match the card base.
I added snowflakes to the scene and popped the fox on to the card with foam adhesive.

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Penny Black Birdhouse Valentine

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS Valentine card created with Penny Black supplies, both old and new.

I die-cut the #51-503 Rustic Birdhouse die and assembled it. I really like the woodgrain that the die creates.
I die-cut the birds using the #51-094 Tweets and #51-050 Tweet Things sets. I backed the birds with cardstock from behind.
I applied Distress Ink to the background and stamped the #30-667 Love Language sentiment in the corner.
I added the birdhouse to the base and added the birds with foam adhesive.

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