Winter - Right as Rain

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.

Thanks for dropping by today!

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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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Winter Coffee Date

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS coffee-themed card featuring My Favorite Things supplies.

I die-cut the Mini Café All Day pieces from black shiny cardstock (bought from Stampin’ Up last year), white cardstock, and patterned paper and assembled the cups.

I cut the Polaroid Shaker Frame from white cardstock and heat-embossed the Cup of Love sentiment on to the frame after I cut it out. (I did this on a stamp press.) I added patterned paper to the back of the frame and added the assembled coffee cups. I adhered the assembly to the patterned paper background.

While my choices made this a winter card, different patterned papers would change the look entirely!

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Penny Black Winter Church

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS Christmas card featuring the Penny Black #51-569 Winter Church die, which is part of the Merry and Joy release.

I cut the pieces for the church and backed the windows with a soft yellow. I heat-embossed the sentiment from the #30-257 Joy Filled stamp set on to the red cardstock card base.

To fill out the scene, I added snowflakes cut with dies from the #51-268 A Blizzard and #51-080 Around Town die sets.

What I like about this card/why I designed this card the way that I did: I like the choice of red for the background, even though it’s not realistic; I like the small touch of green that the wreath on the church adds; I like the heat-embossed sentiment on the card base as it contributes to the CAS feel of the card.

Thanks for dropping by! I appreciate your warm and thoughtful comments!

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Spellbinders Scenic Snapshots

Hello! Recently, I was a guest on the Spellbinders blog sharing fall- and winter-themed cards created with products from their Scenic Snapshots Collection. I hope you’ll head on over to read how I created the cards and about the thinking behind my design choices. The Scenic Snapshots Collection has been showcased on the Spellbinders blog for several days, so be sure to check out how other cardmakers have used these amazing die sets.

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