Special Celebrations – April 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

Hello and Happy April!  Today I am sharing three cards created with the April Small Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders – “Special Celebrations.” The set includes dies with which you can create unique cards for engagements, weddings, anniversaries, and Christmas, to name a few. The set is designed to work with the Trucking Through the Seasons set; the dies can also be used on their own.

Special Celebrations - April 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

I created three cards – “Just Married,” “Happy Holidays,” anniversary/engagement – using the Special Celebrations set along with Truckin Through the Seasons.

Special Celebrations - April 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

I used silver foil, gold foil, gliiter paper, and brushed gold cardstock, along with colored cardstock to create the trucks, the license plates, and the accessories. I used patterned paper for the card bases.

Special Celebrations - April 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Special Celebrations - April 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

Special Celebrations - April 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Special Celebrations - April 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

Special Celebrations - April 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Special Celebrations - April 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

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Art Studio Botanicals – February 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

Hello and Happy February! Today, I am sharing two friendship cards created with the February Small Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders – “Art Studio Botanicals.” The set includes seven dies with which you can create fun abstract art – three circle shapes feature botanical images, three circle shapes feature geometrical images, and a circle die (to cut the outline on the images and to cut a solid circle).

My first card features the assembled circles placed around a “hello” sentiment on an A2-sized card.

February 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

I cut the botanical images from Whip Cream cardstock. I cut the geometrical pieces from green, blue, and teal cardstock. I cut the bottom circles from black. I assembled the circle stacks and added them to the card front. I added enamel dots to help fill the “white space.”

February 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

My second card is sized 6  1/2″ x 3  1/2″ and features the assembled circles in a row.

February 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

I cut the botanical images from Whip Cream cardstock. I cut the geometrical pieces from teal, blue, and red cardstock. I cut the bottom circles from black. I assembled the circle stacks and added them to a yellow cardstock rectangle. I heat-embossed the sentiment on to dark grey cardstock.

February 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

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Bold Love – January 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

Happy New Year! Today, I am sharing two Valentine’s Day cards created with the January Small Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders – “Bold Love.”

Bold Love - January 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

Bold Love - January 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

I’ve created cards of the same design in two different color combinations to illustrate the variety obtained simply by changing colors. For example, including metallic cardstock creates a more formal card.

The red background card incorporates brushed gold letters, a white background for the letters, gold hearts, and purple flowers. The LOVE letters were added to the background assembly with foam adhesive.

Bold Love - January 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

Bold Love - January 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

The turquoise/teal background card incorporates red letters, a white background for the letters, red hearts, and yellow and blue flowers.

Bold Love - January 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

Bold Love - January 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the Month

I’m already thinking of additional color schemes for the card. Black background? Gold background for the letters? Brushed and shiny metallic for the hearts and flowers?

Wishing you all the best in 2020!

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Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit – Our Favorite Font Sentiment Set

Hello! Today, I am sharing two cards created with the December Small Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders – “Our Favorite Font Sentiment Set.”Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit - Our Favorite Font Sentiment SetThe set includes fourteen word dies, in a versatile font, with which you can create a variety of expressions for a number of occasions such as: “Thinking of You,” “With Sympathy,” “Birthday Wishes to You,” and “Congrats to You,” as well as the more obvious “Thank You,” “Love You,” and “Happy Birthday.”

My first card is a Valentine, which includes several other Spellbinders sets, on which I used the “Love You” sentiment.

Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit - Our Favorite Font Sentiment Set

I’ve combined the Tux set (he’s still wearing a scarf but I removed his ear muffs) with the First Crush die set (balloon). I created the heart panel with the largest die in the Nestabilities Class Heart set. The card measures 4 1/2″ square.

Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit - Our Favorite Font Sentiment Set

My second card is a Thank You note on which I combined the sentiment with the Butterfly Frame-A-Long die set.

Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit - Our Favorite Font Sentiment Set

I dry-embossed the background (measuring 4 1/4″ square) with the Pretty Plaid embossing folder. I created a frame by adhering the butterfly/flower strips together at the corners; I then added the flower overlays, cut from yellow cardstock. I glued pearls to the centers of the flowers for embellishment.

Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit - Our Favorite Font Sentiment Set

Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit – Kaleidoscope Snowflake

Hello and happy November!  It’s hard to believe we’re less than two months away from Christmas! Today, I am sharing three projects created with the November Small Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders – “Kaleidoscope Snowflake.” The dies are suitable for Christmas or the upcoming winter months.

The die set includes dies to create the large layering snowflake (which can be layered with 2 or 3 layers). Additionally there’s a set of three snowflakes which can be used separately or layered together. Let’s take a look at what I created.

My first two cards are of the same design with different colors.

Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit - Kaleidoscope Snowflake

  • For the layering snowflake, I cut the top and bottom layers from Whip Cream cardstock and the middle layer from shiny metallic cardstock (gold and silver).
  • I hot-foiled the Shine Bright sentiment from the Everyday Sentiments II set.
  • The 4″ square backgrounds were dry-embossed with the Pretty Plaid folder.
  • The green background was added to a 4 1/4″ square Whip Cream base. I used silver glitter cardstock for the purple background.

Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit - Kaleidoscope Snowflake Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit - Kaleidoscope Snowflake

On my third project, I used the set’s individual snowflakes.

Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit - Kaleidoscope Snowflake

The sentiment was hot-foiled in Copper on to navy cardstock. The snowflakes were cut from Whip Cream cardstock and copper foil cardstock. I combined the largest and middle-sized snowflakes and used the smallest snowflake individually.

Thanks for dropping by today!

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