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Spellbinders November Clubs Blog Hop

Hello! I am delighted to be participating in a blog hop sharing projects created with the Spellbinders November 2020 Club Subscriptions. You should have reached me from the blog of Virginia Lu. (The entire list of participants is included at the end of my post.) For the hop, I created a gift card holder showcasing the November Small Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders – “Frankie Goes to the North Pole.” (I previously shared cards created with the November Small Die of the Month set in this post. I shared gift card projects using the the Festive Wreaths Slider Card die set here.)

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to five lucky blog readers, selected from the comments on the Spellbinders blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, November 15, 11:59 pm EDT. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Tuesday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes. Please note, store credit (gift certificate) cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions. Store credit can be applied to shop past Club products, Club extras and regular releases.

To begin I die-cut and assembled Frankie. I set him aside.
I glimmer foiled the Glimmer Gift Border in Gold on Candy Apple cardstock. I foiled the entire plate on the left-hand side of the cardstock. I then moved the plate down to foil the bottom-right side and finally moved the plate up to foil the upper-right side. In doing so I created more of a random background than had I simply glimmer foiled the full image on the right-hand side.
I cut the top of the Festive Wreaths Slider Card using the foiled cardstock. (By the way, the Festive Wreaths Slider Card die set is one of the products in the Spellbinders BOGO sale!)
I created the insert with patterned paper from a past Spellbinders kit. I backed the assembly with Candy Apple cardstock.
To showcase the snowman, I cut a circle from Brush Gold cardstock and dry-embossed it with the Falala folder.
I added Frankie, along with snowflakes cut with the Festive Wreaths Slider Card, to the dry-embossed circle and added the circle to the gift card assembly.
Frankie is ready to be posted!

Head next to the blog of Marie Heiderscheit.

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Blog Hop List:
Spellbinders Blog
Tina Smith
Carrie Rhoades
Bibi Cameron
Sandi MacIver
Jill Hilliard
Jennifer Snyder
Kathy Clement
Sandra Nagel
Virginia Lu
Jean Manis
Marie Heiderscheit
Joy Baldwin
Zsoka Marko
Ilina Crouse
Jenny Colacicco

Spellbinders November Clear Stamp of the Month

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS, watercolored, Christmas card created with the just-introduced Clear Stamp of the Month Club from Spellbinders-“Christmas Gem.”

I stamped the set’s largest image on to watercolor paper with Archival ink.
I stamped the sentiment in the center portion of the gem.
I watercolored the image with Distress Inks.
I created a mask for the gem and applied yellow ink to the background.
I added Nuvo drops to some of the berries in the cascade on the left of the image.
I added the panel to a dry-embossed background and adhered clear round drops for texture and visual interest.

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Spellbinders – Susan’s Autumn Flora Collection

Hello! I was recently a guest blogger at Spellbinders sharing cards created with Susan’s Autumn Flora Collection. I am a novice to the world of realistic, dimensional flowers and foliage, and I’m a perfectionist who tends to completely overthink things! I take you through my process in the blog post. I hope you’ll visit and leave a comment.

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Spellbinders Quick Trimmer

Hello! I’m delighted to be sharing product news from Spellbinders – the introduction of the Quick Trimmer, with which you can accurately cut foil to size without any scratching and easily trim sentiment strips! This is a huge time saver when it comes to cutting foil! The trimmer comes with a self-healing mat, trimmer plate, and foil and paper blades. Check out this video for all of the details!

Earlier, I created a Halloween card using the trimmer, and today I am sharing a Christmas card of similar design.

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Spellbinders November 2020 Small Die of the Month

Hello and happy November! Today, I am sharing holiday-themed cards created with this month’s Small Die of the Month kit at Spellbinders – “Frankie Goes to the North Pole.”

I’ve used two of my favorite techniques: diecutting and glimmer foiling .

On my first card, I placed Frankie into a ski scene.

I created the background with patterned paper and a ski slope cut from glittered cardstock. I created the slope by cutting an oval and trimming it on its sides and bottom.
I cut the snowman from Whip Cream cardstock and cut the scarf, mittens, hat, skis, and poles from specialty cardstock (red velvet, black glitter, silver foil) to add textural interest.
I cut and assembled the tree, branches, and trunk; the additional branches add volume to the tree. I added the star and the ornaments. The set contains dies to create the tree and dies to create a North Pole sign.
I heat-foiled the Holiday Sentiments Series 2 sentiment on red velvet.
I added the sentiment, snowman, and tree to the scene. I also cut snowflakes using the Festive Wreaths Slider Card die and added those for additional interest.

I used the other snowman face option on a CAS card. Frankie is having a great time on his skis!

I cut and assembled the snowman.
I glimmer foiled the sentiment with the Christmas Essentials Glimmer Ovals plate in Silver Matte on teal cardstock and cut it with the oval die.
I dry-embossed the Candy Apple background, added the foiled oval to the base, and added the assembled snowman with foam adhesive.

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