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Spellbinders | May 2022 Large Die of the Month

Hello and happy May (one of my favorite months)! I am sharing a faux-stitch, slimline card created with the May 2022 Large Die of the Month and the Embossing Folder of the Month Memberships at Spellbinders.

Dry-emboss coral slimline panel with the May 2022 Embossing Folder of the Month “Faux Stitch.” Attach to slimline card base.
Cut sentiment from Snowdrift and Brushed Gold cardstock with dies in the May 2022 Large Die of the Month “Stitched for You” set.
Back the stitching holes in the “you” with coral cardstock as a quick-and-easy alternative to stitching the holes.
Assemble sentiments and add to card base.
For embellishment, cut flowers, flower centers, and leaves with dies in the Be Bold Blooms, Mini Blooms and Sprigs, Lemon Zest, Kaleidoscope Argyle, and Kaleidoscope Floral Slimline sets from Snowdrift and Brushed Gold cardstock. Assemble and add to base.

Rubbernecker | Die-cut Underwater Scene

Hello! Today, I am sharing a friendship (or love) card created with Rubbernecker dies and stamp set. There are a number of occasions for which this card would work.

Create focal elements

Die-cut Tropical Fish from colored, white, and black cardstock; assemble. To inlay the eyes, remove eye of the fish body color, add tape to the back of the fish, and drop in black cardstock eye.
Die-cut small fish with the Sea Animals set from colored cardstock.
Die-cut the Submarine from colored and black cardstock. Only die-cut the portion of the submarine visible in the frame.
To add textural interest, heat-emboss pieces with clear embossing powder. With tweezers holding the die-cut piece, press piece into VersaMark ink pad, apply clear embossing powder, and heat emboss. (Technique used on fish stripes, fish fins, small fish, and submarine’s glass windows.)
Die-cut underwater vegetation from two shades of green cardstock with the Sea Kelp and Seaweed/Coral die sets.

Create frame and background

Die-cut the Slimline OPC Squares frame from white cardstock.
Stamp the Under the Sea #2 sentiment in VersaFine Onyx Black ink on teal cardstock panel.
Add foam adhesive strips to frame. Trim sentiment panel and attach to the back of the frame.
Create slimline card base in dark teal cardstock.
Cut black cardstock 8 2/8 inches wide by 3 3/8 inches tall. Attach to card base.
Attach frame with sentiment panel to card base.

Assemble

Add elements – fish, seaweed, submarine – inside frame with dot adhesive and foam adhesive; trim elements as needed.

Spellbinders | Paint Your World Collection

Hello! I am delighted to share a slimline card featuring products from the just-released Paint Your World Collection at Spellbinders. I combined the Painted Blooms die set with the collection’s stamp set. I knew right away that I wanted to use paint on this project.

Paint Bristol cardstock with acrylic paint in a variety of colors for the leaves, paint brush, and blooms.
While the painted cardstock dries, cut the brush bristles (several times) and handle tip from Snowdrift cardstock with the Painted Blooms die set. Apply VersaMark to the pieces and clear emboss them.
Cut the paint brush band from silver foil cardstock.
When the painted cardstock is dry, cut the leaves, blooms, and brush. Cut the brush again from thin balsa wood.
Glue the paint bristles and leaves to the balsa wood structure. Glue the foil band and handle tip to the painted brush. Glue the assembly to the balsa wood.
Stamp the Paint Your World sentiment in VersaFine Onyx Black ink on a slimline-size, light blue, cardstock base.
Adhere paint brush to card base. Glue flowers and centers together and add to card.

Spellbinders | March 2022 Large Die of the Month

Hello crafty friends! Today I’m sharing a slimline, die-cut card created with the Spellbinders March 2022 Large Die of the Month “Kaleidoscope Floral Slimline.” Read more about this month’s club membership here.

This set contains six dies with which to create the base layer and details. On my card, I chose a palette of spring colors.

I die-cut the Large Die of the Month base piece from Snowdrift cardstock.
With the same set, I die-cut the kaleidoscope flowers and other flowers from Snowdrift and colored cardstock and assembled the pieces with glue.
I inlaid portions of the base piece with colored cardstock and added floss to the stems.
I adhered the floral assembly to a slimline-sized light blue card base.
I glimmer foiled a sentiment in Lavender Petal with the Sentiments for Everyday set and die-cut it with a corresponding die in the set.
I added the sentiment to the completed card with foam adhesive.

Spellbinders January 2022 Embossing Folder Kit Club

Hello crafty friends! I’m delighted to share a CAS slimline card created with the Spellbinders January 2022 Embossing Folder Kit Club “Spreading Love.” This is a brand-new Spellbinders kit club for 2022. The folder size will generally be 5.5 x 8.5 inches and can be used to make cards in a variety of sizes including slimline, 5 x 7, and A2.

Die-cut nine 1-inch strips, greater in length than 3 1/2 inches, from colored cardstock. I was inspired by the colors of the iconic conversation heart candies.
Tape together on the back and trim to slimline size.
Dry-emboss with the “Spreading Love” Embossing Folder.
Glimmer-foil the sentiments in Matte Silver on Snowdrift cardstock with plates in the Everyday Sentiments II set. Cut with outline heart die in the Large Die of the Month set.
Add sentiment hearts to dry-embossed panel.
Embellish with hearts cut using dies in the Heart to Heart Tag set.