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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Spellbinders – 3D Eggs and Flowers Inspiration

Welcome everyone! Today I have a couple of fun 3D Easter ideas to share with you featuring the new Spellbinders 3D Eggs and Flowers die set. This die set creates 3D Easter eggs with a variety of florals to decorate the sides. There are two sizes included in the set so I made one of each size to start out with.

I was also sure to play with multiple variations of the florals available in the set too. I started by choosing color palettes of felt and then die cut enough pieces of everything to create two eggs and decorate all four sides of each one.

The yellow egg is the larger size so I was able to fit two florals and three leaves per side. I used fabric glue to adhere my layers together, stitched all my leaves and then used the fabric glue to adhere decorations to each side before stitching the whole thing together.

I followed the same order of operations for this smaller teal egg but with the tulips, I used some chalk and a foam pad to add some shading to the bottom of the petals. I love the extra depth it gives them!

I’m excited to make more of these in different colorways and possibly hang them on a garland or maybe decorate the mantel with a cluster or two.

Products used:
3D Eggs and Flowers dies
Benzie felt
DMC embroidery floss
Thermoweb Fabric Fuse

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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 – Sending Joy & Cheer

Welcome to another Mix it Up Monday for Doodlebugs! Today we’re playing with lots of dies and creating a fun, shaped card for the holidays.

I picked up the new Lawn Fawn Build a Fox and some of the holiday dress add ons a bit ago and was just itching to play. So I set some time aside with no intention other than to build a cute fox for the holidays.

After I built him, I knew he had to be the star of the show. So I dug through my Spellbinders dies to find the perfect scene, landing on the one of my favorites – Make a Wish Arch Labels. I cut the base twice, once from green and once from white cardstock. I scored the white about 1/2″ from the top and glued the two together at the flap so I have a shaped card base now. Then I cut the next size down from white cardstock ink blending the center with green and splattering some water and distress oxide spray on the panel as well.

Next I cut two Pretty Pink Posh Banner Greetings shapes from black and red cardstocks. I heat embossed one of the Christmas Banner Greetings sentiments on the black one. I glued the layers together and then added foam strips to the back, along with foam squares to the back of my fox.

I removed the release paper, adhering both to the white panel before adding more foam tape to the back of that, adding it to the shaped card base. I finished the design off with glossy accents on the fox’s cheeks and stardust Stickles to the pompom on his hat.

Products used:
Lawn Fawn Build a Fox dies
Spellbinders Make a Wish Arch Labels dies
Pretty Pink Posh Christmas Banner Greetings stamps
Pretty Pink Posh Banner Greetings dies
Foam strips and squares
Liquid glue
Reverse tweezers
Embossing and watermark ink
Embossing powder – white
Magic anti-static bag
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn artichoke ink
Distress Oxide Spray – rustic wilderness
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust

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Spellbinders – November Clubs Inspiration

Hi everyone! I’m popping in with another card using different pieces of the November Spellbinders Clubs. Today I’ve got the Die and Embossing Folder of the Month together. This brunch theme is just the cutest and these characters were ridiculously fun to create!

I really had no plan at first. I just wanted to make some cute food with faces so I dove in and started die cutting pieces and gluing them together. Aren’t these so much fun!?! I’m personally dying over that waffle with his coffee cup!

Using an A2 card base as a guide, I realized these guys fit perfectly together so I started building my background. For that I cut a Mirrored Arch Label and embossed it with the embossing folder of the month. Then I inked the embossing up with a blending brush and pink ink. To create a ground for my images I cut part of another label and trimmed it to a strip.

Next, I cut an A2 piece of pink cardstock and glued it to my card base. I splattered pearl watercolor on the panel and let it dry. Then I added the mirrored arch panel with foam tape to that and my breakfast bunch on top with foam squares.

The Die of the Month set comes with a banner and a few sentiments to die cut in it which I love! They are versatile for different occasions and perfectly punny in every way! I went with the thank you sentiment and layered two banners together for dimension. This is popped up with a foam strip to finish the design off.

Products used:
Spellbinders Die of the Month
Spellbinders Embossing Folder of the Month
Spellbinders Mirrored Arch Labels dies
Foam tape
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn ballet slippers ink
Liquid glue
Reverse tweezers

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Spellbinders – November Clubs are Open

Hello again everyone! I’m back to share a card today highlighting a few of the Spellbinders November Clubs. This card uses the Die of the Month, Stencil of the Month and Embossing Folder of the Month; all together. So much cuteness, I couldn’t resist!

First off, I pulled this stencil out of the package and swooned! It’s amazing! Designed perfectly to make creating this amazing background a piece of cake! Everything is inked up with blending brushes and dye inks. On the last layer, there are highlights for the leaves and cherries, which I did ink up and then go back over with unicorn Astro Paste for a glittery finish.

While the background was drying, I cut a couple of these adorable drink (mimosa) glasses and assembled them. I love the vellum look for the glasses and inking the bottom of the drink portion for some depth turned out great too! I also cut the sentiment banner from the Die of the Month set too.

I cut one of the smaller Scallop Labels and embossed it with the Embossing Folder of the Month on kraft cardstock. Then I inked it up with brown ink to make the embossing pop a little more before adhering the drink glasses and sentiment with foam strips and squares. Next I added the stenciled panel to a card base and popped the embossed panel up with foam tape on that.

Products used:
Spellbinders Clubs – Die of the Month; Stencil of the Month; Embossing Folder of the Month
Blending brushes
Dye inks
Astro Paste – unicorn
Liquid glue
Foam squares and strips

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Doodlebugs – Happy Fall

Welcome to this week’s Mix-it-Up Monday for Doodlebugs! We’re into full fall mode with Halloween behind us now so let’s celebrate that with a sweet fall-themed card today!

This card actually started with the sentiment which I created for another card but it didn’t end up fitting. I always save those items in case they can be used later on. So with that in mind, I inked up the Lawn Fawn Autumn Breeze stencil using a combo of fall colors on a kraft panel. I cut that panel with a Spellbinders Emerald Cut Labels and Tag die, then inked the edges with brown for depth.

I chose a few images from the Mama Elephant Hey Pumpkin stamp set to stamp and watercolor. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and arranged everything with my sentiment on the kraft panel. The sentiment has 3 layers of white cardstock behind the blue so it stands up nicely. I added the images with foam squares so they’re on the same level.

Next, I found the green polka dotted cardstock in my stash but you could always stencil or emboss your own to match. That is glued to a card base with liquid glue and the sentiment/scene panel is popped up on that with foam tape.

Watercolor doesn’t say “shiny” or “sparkly” to me so I don’t typically add any finished touches like that to these cards. I like the muted tone and the soft way about them, so I leave them how they are. But if you’re in the mood, add whatever speaks to you!

Products used:
Mama Elephant Hey Pumpkin stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn Autumn Breeze stencil
Lawn Fawn Hey Fall die
Spellbinders Emerald Cut Labels & Tag dies
Foam tape and squares
Liquid glue
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn dye inks – pumpkin, jalapeno, walnut, lobster

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Spellbinders – Beautifully Imperfect Card

Happy Wednesday everyone! I’m here with a card featuring products from the Spellbinders Beautifully Imperfect collection. There are such an array of products in this collection that are great together but are also going to be amazing on their own over time too.

For this card, I cut an A2 piece of light gray cardstock and inked up the Tattered Stripes stencil set. I love that this stencil set has layers for both sets of stripes so you have the choice to color the whole panel or not. Then I die cut the panel with the torn edge die in the Deckled Edge Script die set. I splattered it with white paint and left it to dry.

Next I cut accent pieces using dies in the Tangled Threads die set and glued them in place with liquid glue. I added one of the chipboard frames over the center of the design with a thread swirl behind it.

Last, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the Sculpted Scripted Floral stamp and die combo before popping it up with foam squares over the frame. I used liquid glue to add the whole panel to a white card base and my card is all finished.

Products used:
Sculpted Scripted Floral stamp and die combo
Tangled Threads dies
Tattered Stripes stencils
Blending brushes
White paint
Foam squares
Liquid glue
Lawn Fawn dye ink

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