Winter - Right as Rain

Penny Black – CAS Christmas Cards

Hello! Today I am sharing two cards of the same design featuring Penny Black products from the First Snow release.

On both cards, I used the #51-572 Jumbo Joy die, the #51-557 Reindeer Leaps die, and the #40-706 Snowflake Pattern background stamp. However, I changed the colors and textures to show the versatility of the supplies.

On the first, I heat-embossed the Snowflake Pattern stamp with gold embossing powder on navy cardstock. The reindeer is cut from brushed gold cardstock.

On the second card, I stamped the Snowflake Pattern stamp on gray cardstock with white ink. The JOY letters were flocked (using foam and the flock transfer sheets). This video shows how to die-cut the foam and apply the flock. I cut the reindeer from a bright red cardstock.

I really like to change the feel of a design with tweaks to the colors and textures.

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Holiday Penguin Tags

Hello! I’m sharing holiday tags featuring the Tux die set. I’ve placed the penguin on to tags cut with the Spellbinders Tag, You’re It die (stock number SR-004). The die set is out-of-stock but is available at other retailers. Spellbinders is running a promotion right now on Steel Rule dies.

Steel Rule dies are thick dies that can cut a variety of materials such as denim, chipboard, metal, etc. I used the die set to cut corrugated cardstock, cork, and various glitter cardstocks I have in my stash.

To construct the penguins, I die cut the pieces using these instructions as a guide. To note: the penguin head is added on top of the body after the scarf is added, which differs from the way the instructions are written.

I adhered snowflakes to the tags and added the penguins on top with foam adhesive. I heat-embossed the sentiment on a strip, which I added under the tag grommet.

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Penny Black – Magical Season

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS Christmas card created with products from Penny Black‘s new release – First Snow.

I’ve combined #51-557 Reindeer Leaps (cut from silver glitter cardstock) on a scene with #51-562 Christmas Wonderland and a sentiment from #30-649 Frosty Hello.

I white heat-embossed the sentiment on to a rich blue background before adding the die-cut pieces. The antlers of the reindeer were left intentionally loose to add a bit of whimsy. I backed the Christmas Wonderland border with bright pink cardstock to reinforce the magical atmosphere.

This card would be easy to reproduce. At the same time, it is one that can easily be changed with different colors and the addition of gold, silver, or copper. For example, the reindeer cut from copper cardstock and the background in black, with a different color behind the trees, would be bold and dramatic.

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Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit – Kaleidoscope Snowflake

Hello and happy November! It’s hard to believe we’re less than two months away from Christmas! Today, I am sharing three projects created with the November Small Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders – “Kaleidoscope Snowflake.” The dies are suitable for Christmas or the upcoming winter months.

The die set includes dies to create the large layering snowflake (which can be layered with 2 or 3 layers). Additionally there’s a set of three snowflakes which can be used separately or layered together. Let’s take a look at what I created.

My first two cards are of the same design with different colors.

For the layering snowflake, I cut the top and bottom layers from Whip Cream cardstock and the middle layer from shiny metallic cardstock (gold and silver).
I hot-foiled the Shine Bright sentiment from the Everyday Sentiments II set.
The 4″ square backgrounds were dry-embossed with the Pretty Plaid folder.
The green background was added to a 4 1/4″ square Whip Cream base. I used silver glitter cardstock for the purple background.

On my third project, I used the set’s individual snowflakes.

The sentiment was hot-foiled in Copper on to navy cardstock. The snowflakes were cut from Whip Cream cardstock and copper foil cardstock. I combined the largest and middle-sized snowflakes and used the smallest snowflake individually.

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Spellbinders Winter-Themed Slider Cards – Past Club Kits Sale

Hello! Today I am sharing two winter-themed slider cards created with Spellbinders die sets including the Festive Wreaths Slider Card die set, one of the past club kits that is currently on sale!

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This amazing 21-piece set includes all of the pieces with which to construct the slider card, in addition to a number of smaller dies with which to customize the slider card for a variety of occasions and seasons. Given the time of year, I used the set’s snowflake dies on my projects.

My cards are similar, as both use Die D-Lite sets as the focal image and the same patterned paper. There are a couple of differences upon which I’ll elaborate.

My first card showcases the Die D-Lites Woliver set.

I die-cut and constructed the walrus from solid cardstock. I constructed the slider card from both patterned paper and solid cardstock. Snowflakes adorn the circle frame.

To make things easy for myself, I heat-embossed the sentiment and cut it out with a rectangle die. I then added the sentiment to the piece that is pulled to slide the easel up (alternately I could have stamped the sentiment on to the piece that is pulled). A sentiment can easily be included in the top portion (or in the bottom portion, in lieu of something else).

I dry-embossed the piece that is pulled up with the Falala Bold embossing folder from a soft-blue cardstock that coordinates with the patterned paper.

The area revealed easily fits a gift card (adhered with a temporary adhesive dot to the card back). I used a Starbucks gift card because that’s one of my favorite gift cards to receive!

My second card features the Die D-Lites Snowman.

I die-cut and constructed the snowman. I constructed the slider card from both patterned paper and solid cardstock. The snowflakes adorn the circle frame and the snowman’s hat. Just as before, to make things easy for myself, I heat-embossed the sentiment and cut it out with a rectangle die. I then added the sentiment to the piece that is pulled to slide up the card.

Thanks so by for stopping by today! Be sure to check out this blog post on the Spellbinders blog with more project ideas, directions for assembly, and a video!

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