Spellbinders and Ranger Ink – Valentine Love

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! I wanted to pop in and share some love for everyone here today! My inspiration features stencils and pastes from Ranger Ink with dies from Spellbinders – all designed by Simon Hurley.

I started with the Happy Hearts stencil set. The first layer is love bomb ink on red cardstock and the second layer is gold rush lunar paste. I used the Simon Hurley blending brushes and paste tools on this step.

While that panel was drying, I pulled out the Darling Dog die set from Spellbinders and proceeded to cut and glue all the bits and pieces together. Isn’t he the cutest ever?!? Yes, the correct answer is yes he is! I also cut the banner from this die set, gluing the layers together and then glued the banner to the bottom edge of the pup.

When the panel was dry, I trimmed the bottom edge by about 3/4 inch and popped it up on a white card base. I came in with some washi tape below that edge before adding my puppy and banner with foam squares.

For finishing touches I wrapped jute twine around the top of the card and tied it in a bow. Then I added stardust Stickles to the headband hearts and glossy accents to the star on the collar tag.

Products used:
Happy Hearts stencils
Darling Dog dies
Stellar Ink – love bomb
Lunar Paste – gold rush
Blending brush
Paste tools
Foam squares and tape
Liquid glue
Reverse tweezers

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Spellbinders – OMG

Hi friends! Today I’m here with another idea for the new OMG dies from the Spellbinders Aged to Perfection collection. I’m really smitten with the idea of how versatile this sentiment really is and just having a few of these cards on hand could be really useful and fun!

Today I just created a simple repeat die cut background with white-on-white cardstock using a 3.75×5 inch panel as my base. Then I created another set of the OMG outlines using a teal-blue cardstock as my shadow background. These are popped up on the panel with foam squares.

Next, I popped the panel up on a white card base using foam tape. This is a top folding card base so that it’s easy to wrap and tie twine around the top of the design. I chose orange for a nice contrast on this card. Color matching would also look awesome!

But seriously, about this sentiment…think of all the ways you could use it. OMG…

…you’re how old?!?
…Congratulations!
…I can’t believe I missed your birthday!
…You’re amazing!
…Thank you!

I could go on but you get the gist!

Products used:
OMG dies
Foam tape
Liquid glue

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Newton’s Nook – Release Day Instagram Hop

Happy Friday everyone! It’s release day for Newton’s Nook and we’re having an Instagram Hop to celebrate full of inspiration to get you going! Next week we’ll do highlights of the new products for more ideas and fun too!

My card today features the new Happy Easter paper pad paired with the new Card Layout 6 die which is becoming a fast favorite for me. I cut the whole thing from white cardstock, saved the inserts and just used the frame for this card. Then I trimmed some rectangles from the paper pad and cut the 5 sections from those.

I glued the frame to an A2 piece of blue cardstock and popped the inserts up with foam tape. Then I cut one of the new Silhouette Bunnies from cardstock and felt, glued them together and popped them up with foam squares. The cardstock backing gives the felt a little more stability and makes it easier to add the foam squares too.

Next, I pulled out an old favorite from my stash – Springtime Roundabout and chose a sentiment to use from there. These sentiments coordinate with the Banner Trio dies perfectly. Just remember to cut your banner first because this die set is sold and hard (translate to impossible) to line up. I popped my banner up with foam squares as well.

Finally I glued the whole panel to a white card base. Then decided to finish the design off with a sweet baker’s twine bow around the bunny’s neck. Isn’t that the cutest touch?!? I didn’t realize how much I would love it until it was there.

Remember, head to Instagram and hop with us for inspiration, comment while you’re there for chances to win!

Products used:
Bunny Silhouette dies
Happy Easter paper pad
Card Layout 6 die
Banner Trio dies
Springtime Roundabout stamps
Foam squares and tape
Liquid glue
Benzie felt

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Spellbinders – Zodiac Blocks with Better Press

Hi friends! Another collection that released yesterday with Spellbinders are these awesome Better Press plates available in all of the zodiac signs. They come with the star layout, the name of the zodiac with dates and a sentiment that goes with that sign. They all go together perfectly, and come with a guide to press them on your panel perfectly spaced out.

I was able to play with the Sagittarius and Cancer signs early and decided to create cards with similar layouts but different colorways feeding off of the zodiac signs themselves.

I chose the Simon Hurley Starry Night 3D emboss and cut with stencils set to create my backgrounds. This is such a cool combo. You emboss and cut your panel at the same time, then use the stencils to color your stars with blending brushes or pastes!

I created 2 starry night backgrounds and glued them to card fronts. Then I glued contrasting strips along the straight edge and popped my zodiac panels up with foam tape on that.

Products used:
Zodiac Block better press plates – Sagittarius and Cancer
Better Press Ink pads
Starry Night 3D emboss, cut and stencil combo
Foam tape
Blending brushes
Stellar ink pads

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Spellbinders – Aged to Perfection

It’s release day for Spellbinders and one of the fun collections releasing is called Aged to Perfection. It’s punny and fun to create with. I had the opportunity to create with the OMG dies and had so much fun thinking of ways to use them. I love the block letters with shadows to create depth.

The first card I created, I couldn’t resist pairing with the recently released Simon Hurley Birthday Bear dies. It can create a regular brown, black or polar bear but also has the extra pieces to create a panda! My favorite!

After cutting and assembling all the pieces to my sentiment and panda, I embossed a background panel using the Floating Balloons 3D embossing folder. I spritzed the panel with distress oxide sprays and then flicked white paint for more texture.

Once that was dry, I glued the panel to a white card base and used foam tape to pop up the panda and OMG sentiment. I can think of a dozen ways to use this card given the expression of the panda and the fun, but open-ended OMG sentiment.

Products used:
OMG dies
Birthday Bear dies
Floating Balloons 3D embossing folder
Distress Oxide Sprays – peacock feathers and cracked pistachio
Foam tape
Liquid glue

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Doodlebugs – One of a Kind

Happy Mix it up Monday everyone! I’m working my way out of all things valentine and into some fun spring ideas; I hope you don’t mind. Today we’re playing with ladybugs and big beautiful sentiments! I love that combo!

The start of this was purely to play with the Pretty Pink Posh Ladybugs layered stencil set. I inked up the body layer with a combo of red and orange inks because you see such a variety of ladybug colors anymore and I thought they should all be here. Then to finish the stenciling off, I spread black widow Stellar Paste through the dots for some shine.

While that panel was drying, I stamped images from Pretty Pink Posh Lovely Ladybugs and colored them with copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and then moved on to heat embossing a sentiment from Waffle Flower’s Old Friend Sentiments stamp and die combo. I went ahead and also stamped and die cut the sub sentiment using Lawn Fawn lobster ink.

Digging through my cardstock I found this great melon color and decided it was the perfect base for my card front. After trimming it down, I glued it to a card base and used a corner rounder on opposing corners. Then I trimmed the stenciled panel down to 4×5.25 inches and rounded the same corners. This panel is popped up on the card front with foam tape. Then the sentiments and ladybugs are all added with foam squares as well.

For finishing touches on today’s card, I just added glossy accents to the dots and antennae of the colored ladybug images.

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Lovely Ladybugs stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Ladybugs layered stencil set
Lawn Fawn inks – lobster and carrot
Waffle Flower Old Friend Sentiments stamp and die combo
Foam squares and tape
Embossing & watermark ink
Anti-static bag
Embossing powder
Glossy accents
Blending brushes
Stellar Paste – black widow
Paste tools

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Doodlebugs – Valentine Mini Note Cards

Over the years I have done many different things to celebrate Valentine’s Day differently at home. One year I made a scavenger hunt for my daughter to find her gift, another year I made a mini tag or card to tape to her door every morning leading up to the day, and others I make a card or tag to give my daughter and husband on the holiday. As I was creating these mini note cards I was thinking they would be perfect lunchbox notes on random days in February to brighten anyone’s day.

I made 5 note cards because I simply couldn’t resist stamping and coloring all of the adorable versions of the Lawn Fawn Critter Conversation Hearts! After coloring, I stamped a senitment in each heart and then used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Next, I took notes from Mona Toth and added vellum wings to their backs using the Lawn Fawn Build-a-Critter Valentine Accessories die set.

Then, for each one I die cut the Pretty Pink Posh Mini Scallop Card from teal cardstock and the decorative panel from pink. I used the Pretty Pink Posh Layered Hearts stencils to add a little interest behind the images. Nothing crazy, just Lawn Fawn ballet slippers pink on pink. I glued the panel to the card fronts and popped the critters up with foam squares. The designs are finished off with some white gel pen highlights on the hearts.

Do you have any fun Valentine traditions or ways of celebrating to share?

Products used:
Lawn Fawn Critter Conversation Heart stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn Build-a-Critter Valentine Accessories dies
Pretty Pink Posh Mini Scallop Note Card dies
Pretty Pink Posh Layered Hearts stencils
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn ballet slippers ink
Foam squares
Liquid glue

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Doodlebugs – Sending Love Valentine Mice

Welcome everyone! It’s time for Mix it up Monday with Doodlebugs! Still in my Valentine vibe and every time Lawn Fawn comes out with more cute mice, I must play with them! I just adore their little stances and cute faces!

Today’s card started by stamping all the images from the Lawn Fawn Valentine Mice set and coloring with copic markers. This is a mid-size set so it’s great for your pocket book but complete enough to use it on projects on its own too. I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out and set it aside to figure out my background.

While I was digging around for a stencil or embossing folder for my background, I remembered these awesome Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Heart dies from last year and thought they would be perfect! So I started cutting them from all my red and pink scraps. Then, because it’s me, I didn’t want a plain background so I spritzed distress sprays on a piece of white cardstock to add color and texture at the same time. Then I glued my hearts directly to that.

Then I added foam squares to the back of my mice and the mini sentiment that amazingly has a coordinating die to it and placed them in different areas of the card. Triangles are appealing to the eye so I keep that in mind when positioning focal points.

Last, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the Valentine Mice stamp set and trimmed it into a couple of sentiment strips. These are popped up with foam strips. Then I finished the design off with a touch of glossy accents on mouse noses and the baby hearts.

Status check, have you created anything Valentine themed yet???

Products used:
Lawn Fawn Valentine Mice stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Hearts dies
Embossing and watermark ink
Embossing powder – white
Magic anti-static bag
Foam squares and strips
Liquid glue
Distress Spray Stain – lumberjack plaid, gold
Glossy accents

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Ranger Ink | Simon Hurley Create – Berry Best

Happy Friday friends! I’m back with another card featuring different products in the Ranger Ink | Simon Hurley Create Berry Best release. This card actually came about because of my previous card on Tuesday. It’s funny but I hadn’t opened the dies for the coordinating stamp set until I needed them. It wasn’t until then that I realized it’s a dual die set! It can be used with and without the stamps! So naturally I started playing around immediately!

I cut all the pieces from white cardstock so I could use my Stellar Inks and blending brushes to add color on my own. And, of course they had to be chocolate covered the moment I had the option! So after I die cut and ink blended all the pieces, I used liquid glue to assemble everything and get a good idea what I had to work with. They’re SO GOOD!!!

I wanted a background but something quiet and soft so my strawberry die cuts really popped. I pulled out the Very Berry stencils again and, without reinking my blending brushes added color using my red, green and brown brushes. I trimmed that panel down to 3.75×5 inches and used my Spellbinders corner notch punch on the corners to give interest.

Next, I adhered the strawberries together and added foam tape to the back of them. I used them as a guide where to stamp my sentiment. I stamped the sentiment in my MISTI before actually adhering the strawberries in place. This time I used love bomb ink for the sentiment.

Wanting a contrast between the stenciled panel and the card front, I knew I didn’t want it white but I wasn’t convinced of a color. This often ends up in my choosing layers to get multiple colors so I don’t have to choose. Hence my border panel that is also notch punched and my card front color – I couldn’t choose one or the other of those to go with my design. But I do love the combo!

Products used:
Berry Best stamps and dies
Very Berry stencil set
Spellbinders notch corner punch
Foam tape
Liquid glue
Blending Brushes
Stellar Inks

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Newton’s Nook – Love Quarry

Hi everyone! Today I’m back on the Newton’s Nook blog with a Valentine themed card featuring one of my all-time favorite sets – Love Quarry! It’s punny and so cute! Also fun to color and create with in a variety of ways!

Today I stayed with a more traditional color palette throwing in a splash of my favorite teal to break things up. I stamped and colored images from the set and then used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

Next I ink blended the Bokeh Hearts stencil set on a piece of teal cardstock before die cutting it with the rounded rectangle found in the Frames & Flags die set. While the set was out, I also die cut a white panel using the largest die in the set.

Back to the teal panel, after die cutting it I spread texture paste through the Petite Hearts stencil for dimensional texture as well.

After the texture paste dried, I stamped my sentiment on the upper right corner and started arranging my images. This is what I thought having a “ground” for my cement mixer would be awesome and I pulled out the Valentine Word Trio dies! Finding coordinating cardstock colors, I cut and paper pieced the XOXO panel together. Then I adhered it all to the teal panel with foam squares.

There’s never a shortage of dimension on my cards. So now that the teal panel is perfect, I popped it up on the white pane with foam tape and then added that to a red card base. For finishing touches I added glossy accents to parts of the truck and cones. It makes such a difference!

Are you creating Valentine goodies yet?

Products used:
Love Quarry stamps and dies
Frames & Flags dies
Bokeh Hearts stencils
Petite Hearts stencil
Palette knife
Texture paste
Liquid glue
Foam squares and tape
Glossy accents

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