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Spellbinders New Collections Inspiration Blog Hop

Hello! I am delighted to be sharing four cards created with the Spellbinders Collection Destination China by Lene Lok as part of the New Collections Inspiration Blog Hop. You should have arrived from the blog of Caly Person; the blog hop begins at Spellbinders. The entire list of participants is included at the end of my post.

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to one blog reader – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, December 23 at 11:59 pm EDT. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Monday. Winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties, and taxes.

My first project combines the Shapeabilities Lucky Clouds die with one of the shapes in the Shapeabilities Lanterns set.

I cut Whip Cream cardstock with the two Lucky Clouds dies (a rectangle and the detailed design). I backed the die-cut piece with Cranberry Bliss cardstock and added the assembly to a Brush Gold card base. I cut the Lantern from Brush Gold cardstock and from Cranberry Bliss, adhering the two together. I gold heat-embossed the Everyday Script sentiment and cut it with its coordinating die.

My next two designs combine the Shapeabilities Chinese Traditional Fence die set with the Shapeabilities Lanterns. On both, I heat-embossed the Everyday Script sentiment on to Cranberry Bliss cardstock and then cut the cardstock with the Chinese Traditional Fence dies.

My final card was created with the Chinese Traditional Fence set highlighting the detailed beauty of the designs. I added a heat-embossed Everyday Script sentiment to the center with foam adhesive.

Thank you so much for visiting!

Blog Hop Participants:
Spellbinders
Marisa Job
Desiree Kuemmerle
Hussena Calcuttawala
Jennifer Snyder
Erum Tasneem
Anita Kejriwal
Sharyn Sowell
Mayline Jung
Anna Komenda
Brenda Noelke
Deepti Malik
Tina Smith
Mona Tóth
Ilda Dias
Laura Volpes
Kaja Vezenšek
Caly Person
Jean Manis

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Let It Snow – CAS Die-cut Winter Card

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS winter-themed card featuring the Elizabeth Crafts Skis die-cuts. I am transitioning from Christmas cards to winter-themed ones (I like many holiday cards so much, it is a tough transition!).

I created the background with the Taylored Expressions Buffalo Plaid Background stamp. I used the Impression Obsession Fir Tree Border for a layer between the base and the stamped ski slope. The sentiment is from an older Hero Arts set.

Spellbinders – Great, Big, Wonderful World by Sharyn Sowell

Hello! Ready for some happy cardmaking inspiration? Spellbinders has recently introduced the Great, Big, Wonderful World Collection by Sharyn Sowell. This collection is all about friendship and connection. The products could be used to create cards and project for a variety of occasions including (but not limited to) Valentine’s Day.

I created four cards of similar design with the collection. My cards use the Peaceful Garden and Love & Flowers die sets, as well as sentiments from the Fun Stampers Journey Chosen Family stamp set, cut with the corresponding die set.

I die cut the silhouette images from both white and black cardstock. In all cases, I cut two silhouettes and adhered them together to add depth.
I combined patterned papers in spring colors for the card backgrounds. (Without thinking about it, I ended up pairing pink with blue and yellow with blue.) I stitched the patterned paper to the card bases. On the Love & Flower card, I added ribbon since more of the transition between the two patterned papers was visible, given the narrower silhouette.
I white heat-embossed the Chosen Family stamp set sentiments on black cardstock and stamped the sentiments in black ink on white cardstock. I cut the sentiments with their corresponding dies.
I adhered the silhouette images to the card bases and popped up the sentiments with foam adhesive.

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Simon Says Stamp – Wrap It Up Challenge Tag

Hello! I couldn’t resist playing along with the Simon Says Stamp challenge with a CAS tag in one of my favorite color combinations – kraft, white, and red – using my favorite papercrafting techniques – diecutting, heat-embossing, and stenciling! The challenge features holiday wrapping projects created with Tim Holtz products. I used Tim Holtz dies, stamps, and stencils on my project. Let’s take a look.

- I started by die-cutting the Santa and Snow Globe with the Tiny Snowglobes set.
- I assembled the Santa with Nuvo glue. I used a toothpick to apply the glue.
- I heat-embossed the Festive Overlay sentiment with Red Geranium embossing powder on the Lawn Fawn Kraft cardstock.
- I cut the cardstock with one of the tag dies in the Tag Collection set.
- I added embossing paste through the Dot Fade stencil to the globe to simulate snow.
- While the embossing paste dried, I sponged white pigment ink through the Pine stencil, which is included in the Mini Stencil Set 32.
- I finished off the tag with Lawn Fawn Peppermint twine (an absolute favorite of mine).

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Spellbinders Fun Stampers Journey Holiday Tag

Hello! Today I am sharing a holiday tag combining products from Spellbinders and Fun Stampers Journey. Let’s take a look.

I heat-embossed the FSJ Vintage Notes Stamp on Black Licorice cardstock with gold embossing powder.
I cut the background with the Shortie Tags die.
I heat-embossed the Charming Tag Sentiment with gold embossing powder on Whip Cream cardstock and cut it with a rectangle in the Matting Basics B set. I adhered the sentiment to the bottom of the tag.
I cut the ornaments in the Charming Boughs set from Whip Cream cardstock, the ornament tops from Brush Gold cardstock, and two ornament fronts from Cranberry Bliss and one from Noble Fir.
I assembled the ornaments with liquid adhesive.
I added gold twine to the ornaments and to the top of the tag. I adhered the ornaments to the tag with foam adhesive.

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