Spellbinders – Happy HOWLidays

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS Christmas card with a pet-lover in mind featuring the new I (Heart) Puppies die set from Spellbinders. The set includes three dog silhouettes. While I’ve created a holiday card, the set lends itself to many occasions. I’ve listed additional sentiment ideas at the end of the post.

Spellbinders - Happy HOWLidays

  • I created the punny sentiment on my computer and printed it on the SU Very Vanilla cardstock (to match the plaid patterned paper base).
  • I cut the sentiment oval with one of the dies in the Fancy Edged Ovals set. I cut the larger oval, using the same set, from My Favorite Things Gumdrop Green cardstock.
  • I cut the puppies and their accessories with the I (Heart) Puppies die set and added them to the oval assembly with foam adhesive.
  • I added sequins to add color and to emphasize the playful feel of the card.

Spellbinders - Happy HOWLidays

Punny sentiments for other occasions include: “You Make My Heart Go Mutts,” “You’re Pawsome,” “The Puggle Is Real,” “It’s Been Ruff,” “Doggone It,” and “It’s Pawty Time.”

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Holiday Penguin Tags

Hello! I’m sharing holiday tags featuring the Tux die set. I’ve placed the penguin on to tags cut with the Spellbinders Tag, You’re It die (stock number SR-004). The die set is out-of-stock but is available at other retailers. Spellbinders is running a promotion right now on Steel Rule dies.

Holiday Penguin Tags

Steel Rule dies are thick dies that can cut a variety of materials such as denim, chipboard, metal, etc. I used the die set to cut corrugated cardstock, cork, and various glitter cardstocks I have in my stash.

Holiday Penguin Tags

To construct the penguins, I die cut the pieces using these instructions as a guide. To note: the penguin head is added on top of the body after the scarf is added, which differs from the way the instructions are written.

Holiday Penguin Tags

I adhered snowflakes to the tags and added the penguins on top with foam adhesive. I heat-embossed the sentiment on a strip, which I added under the tag grommet.

Holiday Penguin Tags

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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.

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Spellbinders CAS Christmas Cards

Hello! Today I am sharing two CAS cards featuring products from the 3D Holiday Vignettes at Spellbinders, designed by Becca Feeken. A few months ago, I shared projects with these same products, which you can see here. I don’t always have the time to create projects as detailed as those, so I created two more cards using just the focal image dies in those sets. Let’s take a look!

Spellbinders CAS Christmas Cards

On the first card, I used the Santa Claus die set to cut Whip Cream cardstock for the focal image. I used the circle die in that set to cut a light green cardstock with which to back the image. I added the assembly to a red cardstock base on which I heat-embossed a sentiment.

Spellbinders CAS Christmas Cards

My second card features the Reindeer Prance set. I cut the focal image from Whip Cream cardstock and backed it with the same soft green as in the first card. I added the assembly to a dry-embossed background and added the heat-embossed sentiment.

Spellbinders CAS Christmas Cards

 

Supplies: Hero Arts Holiday Animals (now retired)