CAS - Right as Rain

Penny Black Friendship

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS, friendship-themed card showcasing two new products from the Penny Black Daydream release, along with some Penny Black favorites.

I stamped the 30-799 Friendship Sentiments sentiment on soft-blue cardstock.
I cut the 51-639 Fern Border from cardstock.
I cut the 51-636 Dainty Dashes Stackers panel from white cardstock, and by cutting the center with a rectangular die, I created a frame.
I glued a portion of the 51-639 Fern Border to the bottom of the frame.
I added the frame to the sentiment panel.
I adhered the panel to a dry-embossed, soft yellow cardstock background.
I added butterflies cut with a die in 51-132 Flights of Fancy from coral cardstock for embellishment.

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Spellbinders Glimmer Essentials Collection

Hello! I was recently a guest post author on the Spellbinders blog showcasing CAS cards created with the Glimmer Essentials Collection. The products in the collection work with the Essentials Collection of dies in the same shapes: circle, squares, rectangles, and ovals.

I hope you’ll head over to the post to read about the collection, see the cards I created, and leave a comment!

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My Happy Place

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS card featuring the Cottage Cutz Potting Shed die set with a retired MFT stamp set (“Beach Bunnies”) sentiment, which I masked (the sentiment says “You Are My Happy Place”).

I die-cut the pieces for the shed, watering can, and flower pot and assembled them with glue. The die is one piece, which you run through multiple times cutting different colored cardstock. I tried a number of different shed siding/roof/door color combinations. I saw a garden shed online with a teal door (gray siding), but when I tried teal cardstock, it just didn’t look the same. I really like all of the details that the set provides.

I stamped the sentiment and added a horizon by brushing Distress Ink for the sky and the grass.

We recently had snow in the PNW. It’s melted now and there are daffodils popping up!

Penny Black Daisy Hello

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS, spring-themed card showcasing two die sets from the Penny Black Daydream release.

I die-cut the back panel with the 51-637 Bunch of Daisies die.
I backed the piece with white cardstock and inlaid the daisy stems and centers (having used the same die to cut those pieces).
I cut the sentiment with the 51-638 Thanks & Hello set.
I glued the letters to a white, textured cardstock band, using the negative for placement.
I cut a frame from pink, textured cardstock, adhered the sentiment band to the back of the frame, and adhered the assembly to the daisy panel.

Spellbinders February 2021 Clubs Blog Hop

Hello! I am delighted to be participating in a blog hop sharing projects created with the Spellbinders February 2021 Club Subscriptions. You should have reached me from the blog of Kathy Clement. (The entire list of participants is included at the end of my post.) For the hop, I created two number/date-based cards using this month’s Large Die of the Month kit “Birthday Wishes for Everyone.” I shared two other cards created with the kit in this post.

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on the Spellbinders blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, February 14, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Tuesday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes. Please note: store credit (gift certificate) cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions; store credit can be applied to shop past Club products, Club extras, and regular releases.

My first card is a 28th birthday card on which I die-cut the numbers from strips of orange, teal, and blue cardstock.

I used a die in the Holiday Sentiments Series 2 set to cut the strips of colored cardstock. I taped the pieces together on the back and die-cut the numbers.
I paired the numbers with the die-cut “Happy” from the Large Die of the Month set and a glimmer-foiled sentiment from the More Sentiments set.
I added the elements to a background dry-embossed with the Stargazer folder.
For embellishment, I added balloons cut with a die in the Sunday Drive set.

The Large Die of the Month set works for a number of occasions, including graduation! I created a grad card customized with school colors of navy and gold.

I added the numbers die-cut from navy cardstock to a Brush Gold background dry-embossed with the Stargazer folder.
I die-cut the “Congrats” twice (for extra depth) using a die in the Mix & Match Sentiments set.