Spellbinders – Envelope of Wonder

Oh my, friends! Did you see the August release from Spellbinders with the Envelope of Wonder and the add-on sets for it? I honestly haven’t touched any of the original pieces other than the envelope itself because I’m fully stuck on these autumn add-ons!

Today I cut the main part of the envelope from green striped paper that was in my stash and all the other parts from kraft cardstock. I used liquid glue and tear tape to assemble my envelope and then set it aside while I played with all of the great pieces in the Autumn Wonder dies.

After cutting lots of pieces, I used liquid glue to adhere the layers together on the mushrooms and pumpkins. Then I decided on my arrangement and started adhering elements inside the envelope. Then I adhered those on the front and added them to the envelope with foam tape.

Last, I cut a sentiment from the Thanks Enclosed Sentiments, glued the layers together and popped it up with foam squares so it was the same level as the mushrooms and such. Finally, I added a few red clay hearts floating out of the top of the envelope. I like how this filled the empty space a little and tied in the sentiment just a bit extra.

Products used:
Envelope of Wonder dies
Autumn Wonder dies
Thanks Enclosed Sentiments dies
Sweethearts clay embellishments
Liquid glue
Foam tape
Tear tape

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Doodlebugs – Christmas Mix and Match Fun

Hi there! Have you gotten any early start on holiday crafting this year? I feel like it really became a thing with companies doing Christmas in July releases which helped my motivation. I also noticed that Christmas crafting now compared to later on, my color choices are brighter and different which is sort of cool and fun!

I recently picked up some new goodies from Doodlebugs with the intent of mixing them together for some holiday cards. This was the first result from that. I started by playing with the Spellbinders Christmas Bird Poinsettia die cutting pieces and arranging them different ways. I used liquid glue to adhere everything except I added the poinsettia with foam squares for some dimension.

Then I inked up a panel with the Pretty Pink Posh Argyle stencil set using mermaid and jalapeno Lawn Fawn inks. After stenciling, I glued the panel to a top folding card base and then glued my foliage down on that.

Next, I heat embossed and die cut a sentiment from Mama Elephant’s Everything Nice sentiment set. I love these bold sentiments and have all of the collections. They come in handy and are a fabulous font! I added the sentiment with foam squares and liquid glue.

Since my foliage has some pretty gold shiny pieces, I didn’t add any finishing touches. They were kind of built in when I added that shiny-ness everywhere as I went along.

Products used:
Spellbinders Christmas Bird Poinsettia dies
Pretty Pink Posh Argyle stencils
Mama Elephant Everything Nice stamps and dies
Lawn Fawn ink – jalapeno and mermaid
Blending brushes
Liquid glue
Foam squares
Embossing powder
Anti-static powder bag
VersaMark ink

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Spellbinders – Pop Up Snowflake Surprise Card

Welcome everyone. Thanks for stopping by. Today I have a card featuring some of the Spellbinders Bibi’s Snowflakes Collection. There’s a really cool layering stencil set and lots of beautiful snowflake dies.

I used the stencil on the front of my card with a poppin’ surprise on the inside!

I inked up the stencil with dye inks, except for the white snowflakes are pigment ink so it would show. Isn’t the ornament so pretty!?! Then I stamped a sentiment from Holiday Hugs Gnome Sentiments on a label and glued it on the front too.

Then, when you open the card you have this stunning snowflake pop out at you with a message even! It’s so pretty and was simple to put together. I used liquid glue so I took time to let the glue dry on each step but it wasn’t bad and reverse tweezers are definitely your friend.

Products used:
Bibi’s Snowflakes Collection
Holiday Hugs Gnome Sentiments stamps
Liquid glue
Reverse tweezers

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Spellbinders – Holiday Hugs

Hi there! I’m popping in really quick today with a fun and adorable card featuring some of the new Stampendous Holiday Hugs collection from Spellbinders. I love the gnome hugger and the coordinating stamp set that has sentiments and nordic feeling images. They’re so pretty.

I took an evening of play and die cut all the elements for my gnomes and used liquid glue to assemble them. Then I played around with what to do with them for a while. They’re almost like paper dolls.

The next night I thought to repeat stamp one of the images in the stamp set like wallpaper creating a scene for my gnomes. After stamping, I cut a piece of brown cardstock and used copic markers to make “woodgrain” designs on it. I popped it up on the stamped panel with foam tape. Then I added my gnomes with foam squares too.

Last, I die cut a heart from vellum and heat embossed a sentiment on it. Then I used liquid glue to adhere it to the background panel. These punny sentiments are so fun and cute! I love them.

Products used:
Gnome Hugs dies
Gnome Hugs Sentiments stamps
Foam tape and squares
Liquid glue

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Doodlebugs – Just Wanted to Say…

Happy Monday everyone! I’m on the Doodlebugs blog today sharing a fun combo with Spellbinders and Pretty Pink Posh, throwing in one of my favorite Mama Elephant sentiment sets too!

Sometimes it’s crazy making and sometimes it’s fun when you have an idea and the creation of said idea does not turn out how it was going in your head. That’s exactly what happened here but I still love it and really had fun creating this card!

Let’s start by die cutting a bunch of the Spellbinders Modern Ovals – I chose the fourth one in from the smallest. I taped three of them to my work surface and ink blended the Pretty Pink Posh Trellis stencil using Lawn Fawn guava ink and a blending brush.

I arranged them on my card front, originally planning to pop them all up, along with die cutting my sentiment. But as I started to play, I liked the idea of the sentiment on one of the ovals – it fits perfectly – and only popping that one up for a little added interest to that specific spot. So I glued everything down and popped that one up. Then I trimmed off the excess with my scissors.

Next, I stamped and colored images from Pretty Pink Posh Crafty Critters with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and added them above the sentiment with foam squares.

Last, I decided to stamp the mini sentiment intro to the blank oval on the top for fun. I was quite smitten with myself when I thought of that. It’s so fun! And finally, for finishing touches I just added black glaze pen to the mouse’s eyes and glossy accents to his nose and parts of the crafty supplies.

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Crafty Critters stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Trellis stencil
Spellbinders Modern Ovals dies
Mama Elephant So Appreciate stamps
Embossing Ink
Embossing Powder – white
Foam squares
Lawn Fawn Ink – guava
Blending brush
Glossy accents
Sakura Glaze Pen – black

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Doodlebugs – I’ve Got You Covered

Hi there! So happy you stopped by today. I’m on the Doodlebugs blog sharing this super fun encouragement card featuring a combo of Mama Elephant and Spellbinders stamps and dies. I know it’s summer and we’re all roasting to death with the heat everywhere but I couldn’t resist a little rainy day fun.

I started by die cutting the elements for my umbrella which comes from the Spellbinders Umbrella Bloom die set. After using liquid glue to assemble it all, I pulled out the Mama Elephant Rainy Days stamp set to choose a critter to hold my giant umbrella. This little bunny was just the perfect fit!

I stamped and colored him with copic markers, then used the coordinating die to cut him out. I used liquid glue to adhere the umbrella handle to his hand and lined the back of both with foam squares. Then I cut the Mama Elephant Raindrops cover from white cardstock and ink blended a little teal ink over the center portion.

I went back and forth on the color to put behind the raindrops but landed on a textured teal cardstock from my stash. I used liquid glue to adhere the layers, plus add it to a white card base as well. Then I chose my sentiments from the Spellbinders I’ve Got You Covered stamp and die set. I pulled out the Lawn Fawn sentiment banner die for the smaller sentiment. Then I added foam squares to the back of these too.

After adhering all the elements to my card front, I came in with glossy accents on the bunny’s nose and coat buttons. Then I added stardust Stickles to the raindrops that are bouncing off the umbrella.

Wouldn’t this totally lift your spirits if you got it in the mail? I think it would!

Products used today:
Spellbinders Umbrella Bloom dies
Spellbinders I’ve Got You Covered stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Rainy Days stamps and dies
Mama Elephant Raindrops die
Lawn Fawn Flippin Awesome dies (banner)
Lawn Fawn Mermaid Ink
Blending brush
Liquid glue
Foam squares
Stickles – stardust

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Doodlebugs – Happy Birthday with Hot Foil and Stenciled Background

Welcome to another Monday where I’m over on the Doodlebugs blog sharing how to mix and match your companies! Today I have Mama Elephant stamps and dies with Spellbinders hot foil plates and coordinating stencil set! This card was super fun to create!

I started by hot foiling the Spellbinders Geometric Diamond plate with silver foil on white cardstock. Then I went to town with Lawn Fawn dye inks and blending brushes, using the coordinating stencil set to ink up the whole panel. I chose warm, summery colors today. Aren’t they pretty?!? Then I trimmed the panel down to 4×5.25 inches.

Next, I die cut the Mama Elephant Big Happy Birthday from white cardstock 3 times and used liquid glue to adhere the layers. Then, I chose 3 different kitties from the Mama Elephant Little Agenda Cat and colored them with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

To put it all together, I added the foiled panel with foam tape to a white card base. Then liquid glue to adhere the sentiment die cuts and finally foam squares for those cute kitties!

For finishing touches I simply added stardust Stickles to the pink parts of each kitty – the balloon, shirt and party hat.

Products used:
Spellbinders Geometric Diamond hot foil plate
Spellbinders Geometric Diamond stencil set
Spellbinders Hot Foil – silver
Mama Elephant Big Happy Birthday die
Mama Elephant Little Agenda Cat stamps and dies
Foam squares and tape
Liquid glue
Stickles – stardust
Lawn Fawn Ink – ballet slippers, lemonade, peach fuzz and peachy keen
Blending brushes

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Spellbinders – The Snow Garden Release Day

Hey friends! I’m popping in this afternoon to remind you that it’s release day for Spellbinders. I was fortunate enough to get to play with one of the new Susan Tierney Snow Garden dies – Crocus with Ladybugs. It was probably the easiest to create with so far and turned out so pretty.

I chose to die cut all of the crocus elements from white cardstock and used copic markers to add my color. Then I used liquid glue and reverse tweezers to assemble the flowers.

For my background, I embossed a piece of white cardstock with the Loops embossing folder and then trimmed it down to 3.25×5 inches. I ink blended red dye ink from one corner fading to nothing, then splattered it with white paint. I popped the panel up on a white card base with foam tape and used liquid glue to adhere all my flowers across the panel.

I snagged the banner die from the new Pop-up Snowflake die set and tucked it under the edge of the bottom flower.

There are a number of gorgeous blooms available in the new Snow Garden collection so be sure to check them all out.

Products used today:
Crocus and Ladybugs dies
Pop-up Snowflake dies
Loops embossing folder
Foam tape
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn Ink – chili pepper
Liquid glue

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Doodlebugs – Mini Note Card Two Ways, Blingy or Simple

Welcome back everyone! I’m so glad you stopped by today. I’m on the Doodlebugs blog with a pair of mini note cards in two variations. Both are super cute but maybe one is more comfortable or to your bling level liking. Enjoy!

First up, I went all things extra and hot foiled my sentiment, plus glitz gelled my stencil! Shiny and glittery and fabulous! This Pretty Pink Posh mini note die set is super fun and I’m going to be making a ton of these over time. They’re fun for purses, lunch boxes and RAKs at the store too!

I used the adorable Spellbinders Sweet Birdie die to adorn my card front and I love it! I used fun colored cardstock from my stash and liquid glue to assemble him. Then, after hot foiling my Pretty Pink Posh Smile sentiment, I die cut it, gluing and additional two layers to the back so it had a little dimension. The bird is popped up with a foam square so it stands out too.

After creating that first card, I thought about people who don’t hot foil or like to get messy like I do and wanted to create and equally adorable, but simpler version of the same card. So here we are! I used a blending brush and darker teal ink for my stenciling this time.

Plus I used the regular die and shadow for my sentiment instead of the hot foil plate and shadow die. I did add two extra layers to the shadow on this sentiment just like the first one and popped my birdie up with a foam square again too.

A little side-by-side action for you to see the differences at the same time. The impact is definitely more in person, with the light hitting the glitz gel and foiling but I really love both cards!

What’s your vote?

Products used today:
Spellbinders Sweet Birdie dies
Spellbinders Hot Foil – moondust
Pretty Pink Posh Mini Scallop Card dies
Pretty Pink Posh Large Smile hot foil plate and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil
Liquid glue
Foam squares
Blending brush
Lawn Fawn ink – mermaid
Thermoweb Glitz Gel – iridescent

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Pretty Pink Posh | Spellbinders – Love You Berry Much

Hi there! I’m popping in late today to share a fun card I created this weekend with Spellbinders dies and embossing folder plus Pretty Pink Posh stamps and stencil! I really had a blast creating this card and I think it’s good to share what really happened behind the scenes…

First, here’s my completed project. Completely different than my original vision. First, I stamped and colored my images from Pretty Pink Posh Fresh Berries. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Next, I pulled out an envelope die because my berries were going to spill out of it. This 100% did not work! I was super frustrated and tried really hard to force it.

After walking away, I came back and started playing with the images in different arrangements. With a fresh mind and a blank slate, erasing all preexisting hopes for my envelope idea, I came up with the final arrangement you see.

I used the Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder on a 4×5.25 inch white panel and popped it up with foam tape. Then I cut two Spellbinders Four Petal Labels from two different blue cardstocks. I used the Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil on the light blue with Lawn Fawn Blue Jay ink. After gluing the labels together I splattered them with water and then white paint for texture.

Using the images as a guide I stamped the first half of my sentiment in Blue Jay ink and then popped the berries and second part of the sentiment up with foam squares. I came in with a little Touch of Gloss on the flower centers and left it at that.

This card was a bit of a journey but I’m so happy with it and thing it’s so adorable!

So, reminder…don’t give up. Sometimes you have to walk away and try again later. Whether it’s a different idea or a new take on the same one, something wonderful will work out!

Products used:
Pretty Pink Posh Fresh Berries stamps and dies
Pretty Pink Posh Starburst stencil
Spellbinders Four Petal Label dies
Spellbinders Tiny Dots embossing folder
Foam tape
Touch of Gloss
Liquid glue
Lawn Fawn blue jay ink
Blending brush

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