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Tangle-Free Holiday – Spellbinders Die-cut Card

Hello! Today I have a whimsical holiday card on which I’ve combined several Spellbinders Die D-Lites sets – Holiday Twinkle Lights and Christmas Bandit.

I die-cut the Christmas Bandit and the Holiday Twinkle Lights (cut twice) and assembled the pieces.
I cut a rectangle from patterned paper. I cut a circle and then trimmed it on the side and bottom to fit the design. Without the circle, the raccoon got lost on the patterned paper and strings of lights.
I heat-embossed the String of Lights sentiment.
I put everything together on the patterned paper background and added the assembly to a card base.

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Winter Coffee Date

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS coffee-themed card featuring My Favorite Things supplies.

I die-cut the Mini Café All Day pieces from black shiny cardstock (bought from Stampin’ Up last year), white cardstock, and patterned paper and assembled the cups.

I cut the Polaroid Shaker Frame from white cardstock and heat-embossed the Cup of Love sentiment on to the frame after I cut it out. (I did this on a stamp press.) I added patterned paper to the back of the frame and added the assembled coffee cups. I adhered the assembly to the patterned paper background.

While my choices made this a winter card, different patterned papers would change the look entirely!

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Penny Black Winter Church

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS Christmas card featuring the Penny Black #51-569 Winter Church die, which is part of the Merry and Joy release.

I cut the pieces for the church and backed the windows with a soft yellow. I heat-embossed the sentiment from the #30-257 Joy Filled stamp set on to the red cardstock card base.

To fill out the scene, I added snowflakes cut with dies from the #51-268 A Blizzard and #51-080 Around Town die sets.

What I like about this card/why I designed this card the way that I did: I like the choice of red for the background, even though it’s not realistic; I like the small touch of green that the wreath on the church adds; I like the heat-embossed sentiment on the card base as it contributes to the CAS feel of the card.

Thanks for dropping by! I appreciate your warm and thoughtful comments!

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Spellbinders Scenic Snapshots

Hello! Recently, I was a guest on the Spellbinders blog sharing fall- and winter-themed cards created with products from their Scenic Snapshots Collection. I hope you’ll head on over to read how I created the cards and about the thinking behind my design choices. The Scenic Snapshots Collection has been showcased on the Spellbinders blog for several days, so be sure to check out how other cardmakers have used these amazing die sets.

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Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit – Home for the Holidays

Hello and happy October! Today, I am sharing two projects created with the October Small Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders – “Home for the Holidays.” I had a lot of fun dressing my hostess for both Thanksgiving and Christmas!

Let’s start with the Thanksgiving card. I cut the hostess from a variety of solid and patterned papers. It was fun choosing her dress pattern.

I quieted the floral background patterned paper by adhering velum to it. I heat-embossed a My Favorite Things sentiment on pumpkin-colored cardstock to coordinate with the pie.

For the Christmas version, I heat-embossed a sentiment from the Merry Everything set on to a white cardstock circle that I placed behind the hostess to help her stand out on the background paper.

The hostess is holding a small Christmas tree. I added wrapped plaid packages, cut with dies in the set, around her feet as embellishment.

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