CAS - Right as Rain

Rubbernecker School Spirit Gnomes

Hello! Can you believe it is almost time for fall football? I created a card featuring the Rubbernecker Gnome Couple headed to a football game at the University of Colorado (my alma mater). CU’s colors are gold and black; the mascot is a buffalo.

I die-cut the Gnome Couple from colored cardstock and assembled the pieces.
I die-cut the Rectangle Stitch frame from Brushed Gold cardstock.
I die-cut the Pine Tree Forest from Noble Fir cardstock.
I trimmed the Pine Tree Forest before attaching it to a panel of Sea Glass cardstock.
I attached the frame to the front of the panel.
I die-cut and attached the custom sentiment to the sky.
I added the gnomes to the scene with foam adhesive and added the assembly to a white card base.

I have previously featured the Gnome Couple here and here. I used the Pine Tree Forest here.

Introducing Spellbinders Trim the Tree Collection

Hello! I am delighted to be a guest on the Spellbinders blog featuring two cards created with the recently-released Trim the Tree Collection, which includes dies, glimmer plates, and a stencil that work together or separately. I created the cards with a three-step approach: create the background, create the focal point(s), and embellish. Head to the post for all of the details!

Penny Black Ship in a Bottle

Ahoy! Today I am sharing a CAS, masculine, nautical-themed card created with the stamp set 30-842 Set Sail from Penny Black. I have always been fascinated with concept of a ship in a bottle (although I have never been inclined to make one!). Anyone else feel as if summer is winding down? I am in the process of making Halloween cards, Christmas cards, as well as summer-themed cards. (A crazy time of year!)

This card has two layers (in addition to the card base) – the ship in the bottle and the sentiment panel. (I could have taken another step in masking to achieve a one-layer image.)

To create the ship in the bottle, I stamped the boat, stamped the bottle around the boat, and stamped the boat and top part of the bottle on masking paper, which I fussy-cut.
I masked the boat image and top of the bottle (cork and seal) before applying inks to the bottle to create a sky and ocean.
I colored the boat, as well as the seal and cork on the bottle, and then fussy-cut the bottle.
For the sentiment panel, I stamped the sentiment and applied inks to create a horizon line for the bottle. I stamped the bottle on to the panel so that the string around the top and the detail of the bottle (on the left-hand side) would be included.
I adhered the bottle to the panel and the assembly to the card base.

Spellbinders August 2021 Large Die Kit Club

Hello crafty friends! I’m delighted to share a slimline friendship card created with the Spellbinders August 2021 Large Die of the Month “Hex Kaleidoscope Slimline.” Find out more about this set here.

I combined the Large Die of the Month set with this month’s Clear Stamp of the Month Club “Hex Tile Stamps.” To celebrate a new month, I chose a color palette of yellow and shades of orange.

I created a card base from Onyx cardstock.
I cut a frame from Snowdrift cardstock using the two large dies in the set. I used one of the kaleidoscope hex shapes to cut out the center hex (to frame the sentiment).
I heat-embossed the Clear Stamp of the Month Club sentiment in white on to dark orange cardstock and trimmed the piece to fit behind the center open hex.
I backed the open frame with dark orange cardstock. I used the detail frame to cut yellow cardstock and inlaid those tiles into the frame.
To create the kaleidoscopes, I die-cut the top from Snowdrift cardstock, the next layer from light orange cardstock, and the bottom layer from the same dark orange cardstock. I fussy-cut hex shapes from Onyx cardstock and glued the kaleidoscopes.
Once the frame was added to a mat and the card base, I embellished with small blooms cut with a die in the Special Delivery set.

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Spellbinders – Christmas Collection – Be Merry

Hello! Today, I am sharing an A2-sized Christmas card showcasing products from the just-released Be Merry Collection at Spellbinders.

I stenciled white paste through the Layered Christmas Tree stencil on to an A2-sized panel of red, velvet-textured cardstock.
I glimmer-foiled the Gifts of Christmas sentiment in gold on to navy cardstock.
After masking the sentiment, I stenciled white paste through the Layered Christmas Tree stencil. Once dry, I cut the sentiment with a 3 inch circle die.
I die-cut the snowy hills from glitter cardstock with the dies in the Color Block Scenic Scape set and cut them with the 3 inch circle die. I adhered the snow banks to the navy circle.
I die-cut the Chill Bear from Snowdrift cardstock and gold foil.
I die-cut the ornament top from gold foil with a die in the Circle Kaleidoscope Slimline die set. The ornament string was cut with a die in a previously-released Spellbinders Christmas die set.
I added the ornament and bear to the red background.

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