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Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit – Pack It Up

Hello and happy August! I can’t believe how fast this summer (this year!) is flying by. Today, I am sharing two projects created with the August Small Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders – “Pack It Up” ($12.50 with US shipping included in the cost!). This is an adorable die set that lends itself to a number of card themes including school and travel. And these cards could not have come together any faster! Let’s take a look!

The set contains all of the dies required to create the backpack, along with fun accessories, and two sentiments. On both cards, I used papers from the Echo Park “Back to School” 6″ x 6″ patterned paper pack along with silver foil cardstock.

On my first card, I created two backpacks – one open, with the sentiment inside the top flap, and the other closed.

I cut out the elements and assembled the backpacks with glue. My favorite part – the silver buckles and zipper pull!
I added the assembled backpacks to a 6″ x 6″ card base.

On my second card, measuring 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, I featured one of the backpacks along with the cute accessories.

On this card, I die-cut the “You Rule!” sentiment with a circle.
To “quiet” the background paper, I put double-sided adhesive on vellum and added it on top of the patterned paper base.

Thanks so much for visiting today!

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Spellbinders/Fun Stampers Journey – Shark Week

Hello! Suns out, fins up! Today I am sharing two summer-themed cards created with the Shark Attack stamp set. I thought these would be fun for the 31st edition Shark Week, which kicks off July 28. I previously shared a card using this stamp set in this post.

On my first card, I stamped the shark image on an ink-blended background.

I blended Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide inks on white cardstock.
I stamped the shark image on to the panel with Archival ink.
I heat-embossed the sentiment on to black cardstock, which I cut with a circle die.
I popped the sentiment on to the center of the card base with foam adhesive.

For the second card, I stamped the shark image on to a white card base with shades of blue ink.

I started at the top of the panel stamping with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. Without moving the stamp, I overstamped the image with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink. (Prior to stamping the background, I ran a test. I stamped the image with dye ink, dye ink and then oxide, oxide only, and oxide with dye ink over. Of those four, I like the combination of first stamping with the dye ink and then stamping with the oxide image the best.)
I continued down the panel using the same system with Broken China, Salty Ocean, and Blueprint Sketch.
I heat-embossed the sentiment on to black cardstock, which I cut with a circle die. The circle is slightly smaller than the circle on the first card.
I popped the sentiment on to the center of the card base with foam adhesive.

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Spellbinders – Paul Antonio

Hello! Today, I am sharing projects created with supplies designed by Paul Antonio for Spellbinders.

My first two cards showcase the Thank You stamp.

This is a fun hand-lettered sentiment that lends itself to a variety of approaches. I chose dark cardstock on which to heat-emboss the sentiment; I chose background papers with the same colors.

For both CAS cards:

I heat-embossed the Thank You sentiment, which I cut with the largest die in the Classic Squares set.
I matted the sentiment with a 3 3/4″ square in white.
I added the sentiment to a card base covered with patterned paper, which was created digitally (Designer Digitals papers). The cards measure 4 1/2″ square.

On my next two cards, I used the Booklet Binding die set to create sentiment labels.

For both cards, I cut a background with the Lucky Clouds die.

On the first card, I heat-embossed a sentiment on Candy Apple cardstock and cut it with the smallest die in the Booklet Binding set. I added a bird cut with a die in the Robin and Rosy Mug set.

On the other card, I heat-embossed the Everyday Script sentiment on Whip Cream cardstock and cut it with one of the label dies in the Booklet Binding set. I used a larger die in the set to cut a label from Brush Gold cardstock as a mat. You can really see the edge detail in the gold label!

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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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