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Spellbinders | Advent Calendar Day 8

Hello! Today, I am sharing card created with the surprise for Day Eight – a pieced heart die set – in the Crafty Advent Calendar from Spellbinders. Follow along on the Spellbinders blog for daily inspiration.

Use Fluted Classics Squares dies to create card base from Snowdrift cardstock. Card measures almost 4 1/2 inches wide.
Use the December 2022 Embossing Folder to dry-emboss Pomegranate cardstock; cut with die in the Fluted Classics Squares set.
Use the Day Eight Advent Calendar die set to cut heart pieces from Brushed Gold and glitter cardstock. Tape pieces on back and add to heart cut from Vellum.
Glimmer foil in Gold the More Sentiments sentiment and cut with coordinating banner die.
Add heart assembly to card background and embellish with Gold Mix Gems.

Spellbinders | Advent Calendar Day 7

Hello! Today I am sharing card created with the surprise for Day Seven in the Crafty Advent Calendar from Spellbinders. Follow along on the Spellbinders blog for daily inspiration.

Day Seven was a three-piece stencil set with which I made a Christmas card. I used the same design as the one for Day Three.

I applied Slippery When Wet, Later Gator, and Bee Sting Lunar Paste through the stencils to Snowdrift cardstock, allowing dry time between the three applications.
Once the panel was dry, I cut with the tree die in the Blooming Tree set.
I glimmer-foiled in Gold the Mini Christmas Sentiments sentiment on a dark-red cardstock panel.
I cut the foiled panel with the largest Essential Arches die.
I adhered the arch panel to a Snowdrift cardstock A2-size base.
I embellished the tree with a star cut from Brushed Gold with a die in the Holiday Decorations set and the panel with Gold Mix Gems.

Lawn Fawn | Build-A-Snowman Snow Flurries

Hello! Today I am sharing a holiday-themed card featuring the Lawn Fawn Build-A-Snowman die set. I previously shared a card showcasing this die set here.

Cut Snow Flurries Backdrop from white cardstock.
Cut A2-size panel of Mermaid cardstock, attach to card base.
Cut snowbank from flocked cardstock with one of the Simple Stitched Hillside Borders dies. Trim and add to card base.
Cut snowmen (or snowwomen?) from glitter cardstock. Cut accessories from various colored cardstocks. Cut arms from Light Brown Woodgrain cardstock. Assemble.
Stamp Simply Winter Sentiments on Lipstick Red cardstock and cut with Everyday Sentiment Banner die.
Add Snowflake Flurries Backdrop to card base without securing the inner edges. Add snowmen to scene, placing their mittened hands outside the border. Embellish with Mini Snowflakes.

Spellbinders | Advent Calendar Day Six

Hello! Today I am sharing a holiday tag created with the Day Six surprise in the Crafty Advent Calendar from Spellbinders– a gnome die set. Follow along on the Spellbinders blog for daily inspiration. (I took Day Five off; the surprise was a peppermint-stripe embossing folder.)

Die-cut Raindrop cardstock with the Create a Decorative Tag die and dry-emboss with the Flurry of Snowflakes folder.
Die-cut glitter with die in the Color Block Scenic Scape set and Create a Decorative Tag die. Add to tag.
Die-cut gnome from Onyx, Lipstick Red, Snowdrift, and Cosmic Sky cardstock.
Stamp Let’s Celebrate sentiment on Snowdrift cardstock and cut with die in the Assorted Tags set.
Add gnome to tag with foam adhesive. Glue silver bell in gnome’s hand. Attach sentiment tag with Peppermint Cord.

Spellbinders | December 2022 Large Die + Embossing Folder – Another Take

Hello! Today, I am sharing another Valentine’s Day/love-themed card created with the Spellbinders December 2022 Large Die “Blooming Heart” and Embossing Folder “Heart Blooms.” I previously shared a card here created with these two items. This design was inspired by the “I Love Lucy” heart, even though it does not look like it!

I created a 5 1/4 inch square card base from Brushed Gold cardstock. I dry-embossed a pearl finish white cardstock with the Embossing Folder, trimmed it, and added it to the base.
I cut the Large Die heart from dark red cardstock and the left floral element from gold glitter foam and Brushed Gold cardstock. The Brushed Gold cardstock nicely shows the die detail. I adhered the Brushed Gold element to the glitter foam piece for depth.
I cut the sentiment from the pearl finish white cardstock.
I added the floral piece and sentiment to the heart, added the heart to the background, and embellished with Gold Mix Gems.