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Spellbinders Vintage Treasures Collection Blog Hop

Hello! I am delighted to be participating in a blog hop showcasing the Vintage Treasures Collection by Becca Feeken for Spellbinders. You should have reached me from the blog of Hussena Calcuttawala. I have included a list of all of the participants at the end of my post.

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. Giveaway closes on Sunday, July 14th 11:59 pm EDT. The winners will be announced in the blog hop post the following Monday. Winners are responsible for shipping cost, duties, and taxes.

According to the dictionary: vintage (adj): of old, recognized, and enduring interest, importance, or quality; treasure (noun): something of great worth or value; a collection of precious things. With these definitions in mind, I incorporated pearl and metallic accents, as well as traditional color schemes, on my projects. At the same time, I stayed true to my CAS style in the designs. Let’s take a look!

My first two projects use the Brillante Rondelle set. I have used the same design, varying the colors, to show how easy it is to change the project simply based on the color scheme. For both cards, which measure 5 1/2″ square:

I heat-embossed the sentiment and cut the panel with the detail and outline dies in the Brillante Rondelle set.
I cut cardstock with the outline die for the panel underneath the sentiment section.
I cut the outside circle with the detail and outline dies. I cut the piece underneath with the outline die only.
I cut the flowers with dies included in the Floral Tiara Topper set. On one I added pearls to the flower centers. On the other I punched circles with a hole punch from gold cardstock.

My next set of cards feature the Marquise Diamond Pendant set.

For both cards:

I heat-embossed the sentiment and cut with with both the detail and outline die in the diamond shape.
I cut the solid panel with just the outline.
I adhered the pieces together and embellished with a detail die included in the set.

My final card combines dies from the Bella Luce Oval and the Floral Tiara Topper sets.

I cut the tiara shape with the detail and outline dies twice.
I heat-embossed the sentiment and cut it with one of the oval dies in the Bella Luce Oval set. I cut the oval frame with the detail die and the outline.
I assembled the pieces on a gold base.
I added pearls to the tiara shape and flowers to the oval.

Thanks so much for stopping by! The hop continues over at the blog of Mallika Kejriwal.

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Blog Hop List:
Spellbinders
Hussena Calcuttawala
Jean Manis
Mallika Kejriwal
Jennifer Snyder
Laurel Beard
Anita Kejriwal
Melody Rupple
Marie Heiderscheit
Brenda Noelke
Mindy Eggen
Varada Sharma

Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit – Besties Forever

Hello and happy July! Today, I am sharing two CAS projects created with the July Small Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders – “Besties Forever” ($12.50 with US shipping included in the cost!). The dies to create the cat and dog are included in the kit, as well as the grass border die, the sentiment dies, and the two bone dies.

On my first card, I used both the cat and dog dies included in the set, along with the “Besties Forever” die-cut sentiment, to create a friendship card.

I cut the pieces for the dog and cat and assembled the pieces with glue. I used my rotary trimmer to cut the cat’s whiskers. It took some experimentation to get the right size for these.
I cut the bones and glued them to the light-blue background.
I cut the grass and attached it to the background.
I added the die-cut sentiments with glue and the assembled cat and dog with foam adhesive.

On my second card, I used color and repetition to create a friendship card with the cat dies. It would be easy to do something similar with the dog faces and a dog-themed sentiment.

I cut the cat faces and collars from a variety of cardstock colors.
I assembled the pieces with glue.
I heat-embossed the sentiment and cut it with a circle die.
I attached the cats to the circle and attached the circle to the card base, which measures 5″ x 5″ with a 4 3/4″ x 4 3/4″ blue square background.

Thanks so much for visiting today!

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Spellbinders June Small Die Kit Club – Christmas Card

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS Christmas card created with the Spellbinders Small Die of the Month die set “Kaleidoscope Trio” (June 2019). This card was just a happy accident; I didn’t set out to make a Christmas card! My first round of cards created with this die set can be found in this post.

For the back layer, I cut white cardstock with the die set’s hexagon bottom die.
I used one of the detailed hexagon dies to cut the top layer from Lawn Fawn Peacock, Stampin’ Up Melon Mambo, and Gina K Tranquil Teal cardstock.
I used spray adhesive to adhere the top layers to the back layers. I then taped the hexagons together on the back.
I stamped the All Year Long sentiment on to a Simon Says Stamp Sea Glass panel with FSJ Fusion ink.
I attached the “snowflake” assembly to the card base with spray adhesive.
I added sequins for sparkle and to help fill in the white space.

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Spellbinders/FSJ Hello Summer

Hello! Today I’m delighted to be sharing three cards over on the Spellbinders blog featuring new summer-themed products, part of the Hello Summer – Splash Zone Collection. I’m a big fan of anything ocean-themed and fascinated the different takes on that theme in papercrafting – nautical, tropical, and everything in-between.

The details on how I created the cards can be found in this post. I hope you’ll head on over to learn more and leave a comment. Below, I’ve shared photos of the projects and the supply list.

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Spellbinders/FSJ Summer Die-cut Scene

Hello! Today I am sharing a die-cut summer scene in which I have combined a number of Spellbinders/Fun Stampers Journey die sets. Knowing what you know about me – I love summer colors like red, white, and blue, and I love to die cut! I was inspired by my recent move to create a “Home Sweet Home” card.

I rotated the window in the Window View die set and added the ledge piece below as a window box. In the background I dry-embossed the Banana Cream cardstock with the Bright Days embossing folder. In the foreground I added a fence cut with the Garden Fence die. To accommodate the window and the fence, I made the card 4 1/2″ tall by 5 1/2″ wide.

I used the A Little Birdie set to cut the small flowers and the green stems. I added a bigger spray of green with the Bloom Cluster die. The larger flower was cut with the Daisy die set. The butterfly is included in the Spring Flutter set.

I printed the computer-generated sentiment on Pineapple Smoothie cardstock.

Thanks for dropping by!

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