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Cozy Toes Slippers: Valentine’s Card Twist

Hello! While the Cozy Toes Slippers set (the October 2024 Large Die of the Month offering at Spellbinders) is designed with the holidays in mind, its versatility makes it perfect for a variety of occasions. For Valentine’s Day, I paired penguin slippers with a charming custom sentiment. This project showcases how a single die set can inspire many creative possibilities, adapting the same design for different themes.

- Cut a 4″ x 5 1/4″ panel of Echo Park Love Notes patterned paper.
- Add a strip of gray cardstock and white cardstock along the bottom of the patterned paper panel to simulate a floor and baseboard.
- Cut the Cozy Toes Slippers from a variety of cardstock colors. Assemble.
- Add the slippers to the patterned paper panel. Trim along the top as necessary and add to an A2-size card base.
- Create a custom sentiment on your computer and cut with the banner die in the Cozy Toes Slippers set. Add to the card front with foam adhesive.

See the other cards I created with the Cozy Toes Slippers set HERE, HERE, and HERE.

Winter Wonderland: A-Frame House Card

Hello! Are you embracing the magic of the winter season? This winter-themed card showcases an A-frame house set in a serene, snowy forest. The festive sentiment “Fa La La La” adds holiday cheer.

I revisited a previous design but gave it a fresh twist by using different colors and changing how I added snow to the scene. I explored a variety of techniques for adding snowy details to cards HERE.

- Dry-emboss light-teal cardstock with a snow folder. I used an embossing folder made by Sizzix, now retired. Add panel to A2-size card base.
- Cut a snowbank from Snowdrift cardstock and add to the background. I used a die in the now-retired Spellbinder Camper Life set.
- Cut the Layered Narrow Pines from Snowdrift cardstock. Each tree has two parts. To create a snow effect, apply Cosmic Shimmer – Fluffy Stuff – White to the overlay pieces and heat set. Assemble.
- Cut the A Frame House from a variety of cardstock colors. I used a Taylored Expression brick embossing folder to add texture to the chimney. Add Cosmic Shimmer – Fluffy Stuff – White to the top of the chimney and the roof and heat set.
- With dies in the Lawn Fawn Build-A-House Beach Add-On and Build-A-Cabin sets, cut windows and a light. Assemble and add to the house.
- Press the sentiment in Thunder ink (Jet Set ink set) with the Mistletoe Greetings plate and cut with the coordinating plate.

I am entering this card into the Simon Says Stamp Challenge with a theme of Cold & Frosty.

Penguin Birthday Card Idea Using Winter Supplies

Hello! Winter-themed crafting products aren’t just for Christmas! Today, I’m sharing a playful winter birthday card featuring a penguin holding balloons, set against a snowy, dry-embossed sky. You can easily repurpose supplies designed for holiday cards, like snowflakes, snowy skies, and winter-themed focal die sets, to celebrate birthdays during the cold winter months. It’s a great way to stretch your crafting supplies. For more inspiration, I did something similar on this card. Spellbinders is holding a Big Holiday Wrap-Up sale, now until December 25, 2024, at 11:59 PST.

- Create an A2-size card base with gold cardstock.
- Cut a soft blue cardstock with a die in the Essential Stylish Ovals set and dry-emboss with the Sparkling Snow folder.
- With the next larger oval in the set, cut textured white cardstock. Add the dry-embossed panel and add the assembly to the card base.
- Cut the penguin with dies in the Playful Penguins set and assemble.
- Cut the balloons with the Birthday Bliss set (the November 2024 Small Die of the Month offering) and assemble. Trim the bottom of the balloon strings.
- Press the Let’s Celebrate sentiment in black on Snowdrift cardstock. Cut with a die in the Essential Stylish Ovals set and one of the Color Block Scenic Scape dies.

Elegant Valentine Card with a Monster Twist

Hello! Following the design of my first Valentine’s Day card with the Spellbinders December 2024 Large Die Kit Club Monster Love Pop set, I’ve created a new version with this month’s Caboodle Bonus! This card showcases a playful monster in formal Valentine colors—gold, black, white, and red—holding a love letter in one hand and a heart on a stick in the other. This card combines sophistication with whimsy. Scroll for info on the Big Holiday Wrap-Up, available from December 17, 2024, to December 25, 2024, at 11:59 PST.

- Create a patterned paper frame (Honey Bee Pinstripes And Polka Dots Holiday) with a die in the Underwater Tunnel set.
- Adhere a coordinating patterned paper to an A2-size card base, leaving a narrow white border from the cardstock base for added contrast.
- Add the frame to the base with foam adhesive.
- Cut the monster, heart, and sentiment with dies in the Monster Love Pop and You’re My Favorite Monster sets from a variety of cardstock colors. Assemble.
- Cut accessories and heart embellishments with dies in the Parcel & Post Mailbox and Parcel & Post Heart Decorations sets.
- Press the Always and Forever sentiment and cut with the coordinating die.

Snow Much Fun | Waffle Flower

Hello! Today, I am sharing a winter-themed, holiday card created with one of the Postage Collage stencils offered at Waffle Flower. I have seen creations with these stencils for months now and wanted to give the products a try. The Waffle Flower Postage Collage Snowy stencil set makes it easy to layer winter mountain scenes with its multi-part stencil design. You can customize the colors for a different look, and the “stamps” can be separated for more creative possibilities.

- To begin, I swatched a number of different inks in my collection looking for purple, red, two shades of green, and two shades of blue. Knowing which inks I would use for the elements saved a lot of time. Scroll for the entire list of inks I used.
- I cut the stenciled scenes with the Postage Collage die. Next time I will probably cut the cardstock first and then stencil. If you have used these products, what did you do – stencil first or cut the collage first?
- I finished the card with one of the Snow Cheer Sentiments, which I cut with its coordinating die. I was particularly impressed that the sentiments are numbered on the packaging and the coordinating dies are etched with the corresponding number. All in all, I was very impressed with all of the Waffle Flower packaging.

Ink List – Mountains: Taylored Expressions Jelly Donut; Sky: Distress Ink Tumbled Glass; Lake: Taylored Expressions Sprinkles; Trees: Simon Hurley Later Gator, Distress Ink Rustic Wilderness; Cardinals: Memento Love Letter, Distress Ink Aged Mahogany, Distress Ink Black Soot