Penny Black – At the Tree Farm

Hello! Today, I’m sharing a Christmas scene card, created with Penny Black die sets from the Merry and Joy release, in which I’ve envisioned a trip to the Christmas tree farm. Let’s take a look!

Penny Black - At the Tree Farm

  • For the card background, I adhered vellum to patterned paper (Carta Bella Christmas ) to soften it.
  • I cut the #51-571 Vintage Truck from cardstock including Riding Hood Red (retired Stampin’ Up) for the truck body .
  • The #51-574  …Bright sentiment was cut from the same red cardstock and from silver foil cardstock. I tried several cardstock colors for the sentiment including brushed silver and white. This combination of the red and the shiny silver worked the best.
  • The #51-567 Tree Border was die cut from white cardstock and directly added to the background. The border does not cut the bottom portion so the tree border can be cut to the size that you want.

Penny Black - At the Tree Farm

 

 

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Fall Coffee-Themed Friendship Card

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS coffee-themed card featuring My Favorite Things supplies in fall colors. Does the card look familiar? I shared a winter-themed card of the same design in this post.

Fall Coffee-Themed Friendship Card

I die-cut the Mini Café All Day pieces from brown textured cardstock, warm-white cardstock, and patterned paper and assembled the cups.

I cut the Polaroid Shaker Frame and stamped the Sweater Weather in the Woods sentiment on to the frame in Espresso Truffle ink, 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.

Fall Coffee-Themed Friendship Card

Supplies: Carta Bella Fall Blessings patterned paper


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!

Spellbinders Winter-Themed Slider Cards

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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.

Spellbinders Slider Card Die Set Spellbinders Slider Card Die Set

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.

Spellbinders Winter-Themed Slider Cards
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.

Spellbinders Winter-Themed Slider Cards

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.

Spellbinders Winter-Themed Slider Cards

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!

Spellbinders Winter-Themed Slider Cards

My second card features the Die D-Lites Snowman.

Spellbinders Winter-Themed Slider Cards

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.

Spellbinders Winter-Themed Slider Cards

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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Santa’s On His Way – Penny Black Christmas Scenes

Hello! Today I’m sharing two takes on the same design. I’ve used the Penny Black #51-560 Here Comes… and #51-459 Neighborhood Border dies to create Christmas scenes.

Santa's On His Way - Penny Black Christmas Scenes

On my first take, I created a card base from patterned paper. The #51-459 Neighborhood Border was cut from white cardstock and backed with a soft yellow. I cut Santa and his sleigh from red cardstock. I added a heat-embossed sentiment from the #30-384 Rejoice stamp set.

On my second take, I used non-traditional colors. You may also notice that the Neighborhood Border is shifted a bit.

Santa's On His Way - Penny Black Christmas Scenes

The card base is dry-embossed turquoise blue. The #51-459 Neighborhood Border was cut from dark pink cardstock and backed with a bright yellow. I cut Santa and his sleigh from white cardstock. I heat-embossed a sentiment from the #30-616 Thrill of Hope stamp set directly on to the Neighborhood Border (this method is a bit trickier than adding a banner, as I did in the first card).

On both cards, I added snowflakes cut with dies in the #51-268 A Blizzard and #51-080 Around Town sets.

I don’t always have the time to try out different color schemes, although it’s something I always take into consideration (as in, I’m thinking about other options). One of my favorite card types is a scene, so these cards were a lot of fun to make.

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Tangle-Free Holiday – Spellbinders Die-cut Card

Hello! Today I have a whimsical holiday card on which I’ve combined several Spellbinders Die D-Lites sets – Holiday Twinkle Lights and Christmas Bandit.

Tangle-Free Holiday - Spellbinders Die-cut Card

  • I die-cut the Christmas Bandit and the Holiday Twinkle Lights (cut twice) and assembled the pieces.
  • I cut a rectangle from patterned paper. I cut a circle and then trimmed it on the side and bottom to fit the design. Without the circle, the raccoon got lost on the patterned paper and strings of lights.
  • I heat-embossed the String of Lights sentiment.
  • I put everything together on the patterned paper background and added the assembly to a card base.

Tangle-Free Holiday - Spellbinders Die-cut Card

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