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Spellbinders and Fun Stampers Journey Are Coming Together

Did you hear? As of November 1, Fun Stampers Journey and Spellbinders are coming together! Not only will the shop now offer over 2500 products, but will also provide you with one check-out (shop both brands on the same website) AND a $5 flat rate shipping on orders under $75 and FREE shipping on orders over $75!

Did you know?

FSJ stamps are made in the USA of deeply etched red rubber for a perfect impression every time.
The FSJ thin metal dies are made of steel to give you clean cuts without warping or dulling. And, they’re coated in FSJ green so they’re easy to find!
FSJ offers over 50 exclusive colors – matching cardstock, ink, ribbon and accessories makes creating easy!
Over 50% of FSJ stamps have coordinating dies – no more fussy cutting!

I am sharing two projects featuring Fun Stampers Journey and Spellbinders products. Let’s take a look!

My first card features the Adore Him stamp set with coordinating dies. I love that the sentiments have their own dies; it takes away all of the stress!

I stamped the wise men with a magenta ink. I heat-embossed, with gold powder, the buildings, the sentiment, and the star. I used Holiday Sparkles Gems to finish the scene. CAS, elegant, fast and easy!

For my second card, I added a little cozy to the card by dry-embossing Candy Apple cardstock with the Cozy Knit Embossing Folder.

I cut the Gingerbread Boy from Oatmeal Cookie cardstock and added Candy Cane Buttons. I used a sentiment from the Charming Tag Sentiments set.

Thanks for visiting!

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Spellbinders Die D-Lites – Santa + Snowman

Hello and Ho, Ho, Ho! Today, I am sharing tags featuring Spellbinders Holiday Die D-Lites. I have used the Santa die set on one and the Snowman set on the other! Spellbinders has generously provided me with a Santa die set and Snowman die set to giveaway to one reader (US addresses only please). I have details on the giveaway at the end of the post.

On the Santa, the hat, the beard, the face, and the mustache were cut and embossed. I cut his hat from red cardstock and used a snow marker to add the white fur. Similarly, I cut his face from peach cardstock and used the snow marker to add his eyebrows.

There are lots of options on how to craft these sets. For example, I have seen examples where the hat and the face are cut from white cardstock and colored with Copic markers (in which case the fur pieces are left uncolored as are his eyebrows).

For the Snowman, I cut and embossed the hat, the face, the holly leaves and berries, and the scarf. I cut the hat and eyes from a black foil.

Using the die in the Happy Grams set, I cut patterned paper to create the tag bases. On both tags, I used a sentiment from the Charming Tag Sentiments set, which I cut with a die in the A-2 Matting Basics B set.

Now to the giveaway! I like all sorts of Christmas decorating styles and color combinations – whimsical, rustic/farmhouse, traditional, … and have decorated over the years in a number of different styles. To enter the giveaway (US addresses only please), simply comment on this post telling me your favorite Christmas decorating style by Thursday, October 25, 9 PM PDT. I’ll contact the winner on Friday, October 26.

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Spellbinders – A Sweet Christmas

Hello! Today I am sharing three CAS Christmas cards of the same design featuring the Gingerbread Boy from Sharyn Sowell for Spellbinders. For all three, I used patterned paper backgrounds and a sentiment from the Concord & 9th Holiday Cheer set, which I stamped and cut with a circle die.

I crafted the gingerbread people from three different materials – cardstock (Lawn Fawn Paper Bag), felt (Taylored Expressions latte), and glitter (Elizabeth Crafts Desert Gold). For the eyes, buttons, mouth, … I used glossy cardstock for the gingerbread boy crafted from glitter and cardstock and felt for the gingerbread boy crafted from felt.

There would be fun to include with a gift of freshly baked gingerbread!

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Spellbinders Cuppa Coffee, Cuppa Tea Collection Blog Hop

Hello! I am delighted to be part of today’s blog hop featuring the Cuppa Coffee, Cuppa Tea Collection by Sharyn Sowell for Spellbinders.

For the hop, I created two cards of the same design showcasing the Robin and Rosy Mug die set. I used different materials and color palettes on the two versions to illustrate the versatility of the set.

On my first card, I created a textured background using the Circles and Diamonds embossing folder. I die-cut the mug in the Robin and Rosy Mug set, with the floral insert, from red cardstock, which I backed with white cardstock. I cut the bird from light-blue cardstock, which I backed with white (for the wing detail) and black cardstock (for the eye). I attached string from an actual tea bag with a small staple to the die-cut tea bag (crafted from kraft and red). I stamped the sentiment in black ink on white cardstock.

On my second card, I die-cut the tea mug with the floral insert from glossy white cardstock (to look like a china cup), which I backed with cardstock to which I had applied red microfine glitter.

I cut the bird from cardstock to which I applied black microfine glitter. The bird is backed with red glitter (wing detail) and glossy white cardstock (eye). The tea bag is crafted from cardstock, to which I applied sand and red microfine glitter. I heat-embossed the sentiment in white on black cardstock.

Same die set, same design – two different looks!

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

Spellbinders
Laurie Willison
Jean Manis
Justine Hovey
Yoonsun Hur
Tina Smith
Sandra Nagel
Sharyn Sowell

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Spellbinders October Small Die of the Month Kit

Hello! Wow, it is already October. It is hard to believe how fast this year is going by! Today, I am delighted to be sharing three fall- and Thanksgiving-themed CAS projects created with the October Small Die Of The Month kit from Spellbinders. These cards took very little time to put together!

I grabbed a variety of warm-toned solid cardstocks (rusts, browns, tans), gold foil cardstock, and fall-themed patterned papers and started die-cutting. I backed the die-cut acorn top with solid cardstock in the card above and with gold foil below.

For all three cards, the die-cuts included in the small die kit do the “talking”- I didn’t stamp a thing!

Head over to the Spellbinders blog for info about the kit and more inspiration!