Spellbinders Sparkling Christmas

Spellbinders Sparkling Christmas

I recently wrote a guest post for the Spellbinders blog in which I shared holiday cards that combine two of my favorite techniques–die-cutting and foiling–using products in the Sparkling Christmas Collection. For all three cards, I used a color scheme of red, green, and gold. With this collection, you’ll create elegant and distinctive holiday cards.

Spellbinders Sparkling Christmas

I created two cards with the Joyful Christmas Tree die set.

Spellbinders Sparkling Christmas

Spellbinders Sparkling Christmas

On the final card I created a plaid background with the Kaleidoscope Plaid die set.

Spellbinders Sparkling Christmas

I’d love for you to visit to read about the details and leave a comment!

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Spellbinders Spooky Car

Hello! Today I am sharing a Halloween card created with the Halloween Sunday Drive die set from Spellbinders. The set works with the previously released Sunday Drive set. (There’s a set for Christmas, too, which I plan to play with soon.)

Spellbinders Spooky Car

  • I cut the pieces of the car, skeleton, witch, and accessories from colored and foiled cardstock.
  • I assembled the car with its occupants, fussy cutting a piece of vellum for the windshield.
  • I cut the bats from black glitter cardstock.
  • I added the car and bats to patterned paper which I darkened in the corners with Distress Oxide Black Soot ink.

Spellbinders Spooky Car

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Spellbinders September 2020 Small Die of the Month

Hello! Today, I am sharing fall-themed cards created with this month’s Small Die of the Month kit at Spellbinders – “Hello & Thank You.” The kit is named for the word and letter dies included in the kit, which also includes frame and floral element dies.

Spellbinders September 2020 Small Die of the Month

On my first card, I used the set’s more ornate frame piece with the “thank you” sentiment set against a dry-embossed background.

Spellbinders September 2020 Small Die of the Month

  • I dry-embossed the soft-blue background with the Changing Seasons folder.
  • I die-cut the frame piece (twice), the sentiment, and the flower pieces.
  • I created the frame, adhered the floral pieces and added the assembly to the dry-embossed background.
  • I adhered the sentiment in the center and small flowers around the frame, to which I added centers created with a hole punch.
  • I added the panel to a white cardstock mat which I adhered to a patterned-paper card base.

Spellbinders September 2020 Small Die of the Month

My second card uses the HELLO sentiment with the kit’s other frame set against a stenciled background.

Spellbinders September 2020 Small Die of the Month

  • To create the background, I stenciled the Four Layer Leaves Stencil with metallic inks and a deep orange ink.
  • I die-cut the frame from copper foil. I cut four pieces to make two frames. I die-cut the sentiment from cardstock colored with the same orange ink used on the background. I die-cut flowers from the orange cardstock and leaves from matte silver cardstock .
  • I traced a diamond shape on vellum and cut it with scissors.
  • I glued two of the frame pieces together and glued the vellum diamond  to the back. I glued the second assembled frame at a slight rotation.
  • I glued the frame assembly to the stencil panel and glued the sentiment across the middle.
  • I added the flowers and leaves.
  • The assembled panel was added to a brown cardstock mat adhered to a matte silver card base.

Spellbinders September 2020 Small Die of the Month

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Penny Black Fall Scene

Hello! Today I am sharing a Halloween- or fall-themed, card created with Penny Black die sets.

Penny Black Fall Scene

  • I cut the crow with the 51-596 Bird and Branch set. This set was released in the spring and I used it to create several spring- and Easter-themed cards.
  • I die-cut the sentiment with the 51-077 Eeek! set three times and glued the pieces together for extra dimension.
  • The pumpkins and leaves were cut with the 51-360 Pumpkins & Leaves set.

Penny Black Fall Scene

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