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Floral Hello – Die-cut Inlaid Technique

Hello! Today I am sharing a floral hello card featuring Spellbinders die sets with which I have used the inlaid die-cutting technique. It’s one of my favorite techniques.

I cut white cardstock and cardstock colored with Distress Oxide inks with the Lovely Lilac and Petal’d Poetry die sets designed by Stephanie Low.
I inlaid the colored die-cut pieces into the white cardstock die-cut “frame.”
I taped the pieces into the frame from the back and adhered the assembled die-cut on top of the solid die-cut piece.
I heat-embossed the Altenew Mini Hello sentiment on to Gina K cardstock and added the assembled blooms to the card base. I was going for a tropical feel when choosing the card base color.

I’m delighted you dropped by!

Supplies: Petal’d Poetry by Stephanie Low

Spellbinders Cut and Emboss Folders Blog Hop

Hello crafty friends! I am delighted to be participating in a blog hop celebrating the recently released Cut & Emboss Folders from Spellbinders. You should have reached my blog from the Spellbinders blog.

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

Let’s take a look at what I created with two of the folders in the collection.

My first project features the Floral Splash folder. To create the background, I began by applying Distress Oxide inks to white cardstock. I worked from the center of the panel outwards.

I trimmed the panel to 5″ x 7″ and then cut and embossed it with the Floral Splash folder.

I brushed dark red ink across the embossed front to accentuate the pattern, and I glued cardstock,which I had colored with yellow ink, behind the panel for the floral centers.

I added a sentiment strip on which I arranged flowers and foliage cut with the Daisy 2 dies from inked cardstock .

My second card features the Reflections folder.

The A2-sized card front panel was cut and embossed from white cardstock. I wanted to highlight the strong relief achieved with the folder, as well as show the beauty of a simple white background.

I stamped a sentiment in the center of the panel and added flowers and foliage cut with dies in the Daisy and Daisy 2 die sets. Just as with the first card, I adhered cardstock, colored with ink, behind the panel for the floral centers.

Thanks for dropping by! Head next to the blog of Laurie Willison.
I’ve included the full list of blog hop participants below:

Spellbinders
Jean Manis
Laurie Willison
Tina Smith
Bibi Cameron
Inge Groot
Desiree Kuemmerle

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Oh My! – Spellbinders D-Lites Bear and Lion

Hello! Today, I am sharing two cards created with recently released Spellbinders D-Lites die sets. My cards feature the Bear and Lion. These are just two of several new die sets at Spellbinders.

For both, I die-cut the animals and assembled them according to the downloadable instructions on their product descriptions. I also dry-embossed backgrounds for both cards using the Beach Towel embossing folder.

I added a heart balloon to the bear card, which I cut with dies included in the First Crush set (January 2019 Small Die of the Month now available to purchase separately).

I used an oval die to cut a background for the lion. For the sentiment piece, I stamped the sentiment on cardstock, cut the stamped piece with an oval die, and then used a circle die to cut it again.

I’m delighted you visited!

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Spellbinders April Small Die Club Membership – Layered Colorful Blooms

Hello! Today, I am sharing two projects created with this month’s Small Die of the Month die set featuring Layered Blooms ($12.50 with US shipping included in the cost!). There are many options with these dies. I stayed true to my CAS style while creating my blooms (with just two or three layers) but there are enough dies to create blooms with many more layers.

To begin, I colored white cardstock with a variety of Distress Oxide inks and then cut pieces from that cardstock. I particularly liked the combination of Festive Berries, Worn Lipstick, Squeezed Lemonade, and Mowed Grass (for the leaves). I like the variation that this method offers.

I assembled the pieces with liquid adhesive.

I applied a light layer of Tumbled Glass ink on to white cardstock on which I stamped the sentiments in black ink.

For both cards, I arranged my floral clusters around the sentiment. I used the Press ‘N’ Seal method to lift the clusters off the sentiment panel. I added adhesive to the backs of the pieces and placed the clusters back on to the sentiment panel.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Keep Shining Bright – CAS Encouragement Card

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS encouragement/friendship card in which I have combined a die-cut, a stencil, and a heat-embossed sentiment. I really like the versatility of this sentiment and its message. I am finishing out the week with another card featuring primary colors. What’s up with that?!

- To begin, I applied Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide ink through the Radiating Rays stencil. I trimmed the stenciled panel to 4″ x 5 1/4″.
- I heat-embossed the Seeing Stars sentiment (now retired) on SU Real Red cardstock. I cut the sentiment with the MFT Horizontal Hearts in a Row banner die (now retired).
- I die-cut the lantern with a die in the Camping set (now retired) from SU Smoky Slate cardstock. I added a small die-cut circle, cut from cardstock to which I had applied Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide ink, as the light. I have a thing for these types of lanterns. They symbolize warmth and safety to me.
- I cut a circle from SU Blueberry Bushel cardstock as a mat for the sentiment and the lantern. Both the sentiment and the lantern were added to the circle with foam adhesive.
- I added the panel to a linen-card base. I’ve been using Bazzill 12″ x 12″ cardstock with a linen finish a lot lately because I just happened to have several pieces near my rotary cutter.

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