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Spellbinders | November 2022 Large Die of the Month

Hello and happy November! Today, I am sharing a slimline holiday card created with the Spellbinders November 2022 Large Die of the Month “Stylized Floral Kaleidoscope Slimline.” I used the kaleidoscope flowers for a winter-themed card.

The Large Die of the Month set also includes a birthday sentiment and leaf dies.

With the Large Die of the Month, I cut the card elements from Brushed Silver, Snowdrift, and several shades of blue. I used a die to cut a circle from navy cardstock which I placed behind the floral kaleidoscope pieces.
I added the assembly to a white-textured, slimline card base.
I foiled a sentiment in Silver on Snowdrift with the Glitter Wishes set and cut it with the coordinating die.
I embellished with snowflakes cut from white glitter foam with the Chill Bear, Holiday Decorations, and Let it Snowman sets.

Find more Large Die of the Month inspiration in this blog post.

Spellbinders | September 2022 Clubs Inspiration Blog Hop

Hello! I am delighted to be participating in a blog hop celebrating the Spellbinders September 2022 Club Subscriptions. You should have reached me from the blog of Jennifer Kotas. (The entire list of participants is included at the end of my post.) For the hop, I created a whimsical, slimline Christmas card with this month’s Large Die of the Month “Thankful Tractor” and fall-themed gift tags with the Large Die of the Month and the Embossing Folder “Scattered Fall.”

Spellbinders is giving away a $25 gift certificate to three lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on the Spellbinders blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, September 18, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Wednesday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes. Please note, store credit (gift certificate) cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions; store credit can be applied to shop past Club products, Club extras, and regular releases.

Dry-emboss slimline panel of Waterfall cardstock with Puff Dotty embossing folder and add to slimline card base. Add 1″ tall white cardstock to bottom for snow. (I used flocked white cardstock.)
Cut tractor and trailer with the Large Die of the Month from a variety of cardstock colors and assemble.
Add Santa, Christmas balls, stockings, and sentiment tag to trailer.

Embellish scene with snowflakes cut with dies in the Let It Snowman set and a Poppy Pearl Dot to secure the sentiment tag.

Add a sweet tag to gifts this fall. I can think of dozens of things to which I could attach these – candles, coffee, baked goods, mugs, …!

Cut tag from Lagoon cardstock dry-embossed with the Embossing Folder “Scattered Fall.”
Cut sentiment, pumpkin, corn, and gourd cut from a variety of cardstock colors with the Large Die of the Month set, assemble, add to tags.

Looking for more inspiration? I previously used the Large Die of the Month and the Embossing Folder on a slimline card here. I used the Embossing Folder on a friendship card here.

Head next to the blog of Rebecca Keppel. Scroll for the full blog hop list.

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Spellbinders | September 2022 Large Die + Embossing Folder of the Month

Hello! I am sharing a colorful, fall-themed, slimline card created with the Spellbinders September 2022 Large Die of the Month “Thankful Tractor” paired with the Embossing Folder “Scattered Fall.” While I might want to hold on to summer for a bit longer, I am definitely drawn to the fall colors!

Dry-emboss Sea Glass slimline panel with the Embossing Folder “Scattered Fall.” The pattern on the embossing folder is multi-directional making it versatile for fall-themed cards, no matter their size or orientation.
Create ground with Paper Bag cardstock strip. Attach background to slimline card base.
Cut and assemble Large Die of the Month “Thankful Tractor” from a variety of cardstock colors.
Attach tractor and trailer to card front.

Head here and here for more inspiration using these products!

Spellbinders | May 2022 Large Die of the Month

Hello and happy May (one of my favorite months)! I am sharing a faux-stitch, slimline card created with the May 2022 Large Die of the Month and the Embossing Folder of the Month Memberships at Spellbinders.

Dry-emboss coral slimline panel with the May 2022 Embossing Folder of the Month “Faux Stitch.” Attach to slimline card base.
Cut sentiment from Snowdrift and Brushed Gold cardstock with dies in the May 2022 Large Die of the Month “Stitched for You” set.
Back the stitching holes in the “you” with coral cardstock as a quick-and-easy alternative to stitching the holes.
Assemble sentiments and add to card base.
For embellishment, cut flowers, flower centers, and leaves with dies in the Be Bold Blooms, Mini Blooms and Sprigs, Lemon Zest, Kaleidoscope Argyle, and Kaleidoscope Floral Slimline sets from Snowdrift and Brushed Gold cardstock. Assemble and add to base.

Rubbernecker | Die-cut Underwater Scene

Hello! Today, I am sharing a friendship (or love) card created with Rubbernecker dies and stamp set. There are a number of occasions for which this card would work.

Create focal elements

Die-cut Tropical Fish from colored, white, and black cardstock; assemble. To inlay the eyes, remove eye of the fish body color, add tape to the back of the fish, and drop in black cardstock eye.
Die-cut small fish with the Sea Animals set from colored cardstock.
Die-cut the Submarine from colored and black cardstock. Only die-cut the portion of the submarine visible in the frame.
To add textural interest, heat-emboss pieces with clear embossing powder. With tweezers holding the die-cut piece, press piece into VersaMark ink pad, apply clear embossing powder, and heat emboss. (Technique used on fish stripes, fish fins, small fish, and submarine’s glass windows.)
Die-cut underwater vegetation from two shades of green cardstock with the Sea Kelp and Seaweed/Coral die sets.

Create frame and background

Die-cut the Slimline OPC Squares frame from white cardstock.
Stamp the Under the Sea #2 sentiment in VersaFine Onyx Black ink on teal cardstock panel.
Add foam adhesive strips to frame. Trim sentiment panel and attach to the back of the frame.
Create slimline card base in dark teal cardstock.
Cut black cardstock 8 2/8 inches wide by 3 3/8 inches tall. Attach to card base.
Attach frame with sentiment panel to card base.

Assemble

Add elements – fish, seaweed, submarine – inside frame with dot adhesive and foam adhesive; trim elements as needed.