Monday, March 18, 2024

Peony Background Mother's Day cards - 2 designs

 Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing 2 cards from the Let's Celebrate collection by Yana Smakula for Spellbinders. It's a lovely collection with BetterPress plates, floral dies, stencils and even a wax seal! I love every bit of it and will be sharing cards using the entire collection over the next few days.
PEONY BACKGROUND AND LET'S CELEBRATE SENTIMENTS PRESS PLATES
 
My cards use 2 BetterPress plates from the collection, the lovely Peony Background and the Let's Celebrate Sentiments Press Plate. Each card uses the Peony plate in slightly different ways, which gives 2 different results.
For this card, I inked up the plate with the Black BetterPress ink and pressed into Porcelain cotton card. I colored the images with my Zig Real Brush Markers and popped up the sentiment on layered circle die cuts. I layered 2 ribbons underneath the circles to give some grounding. I needed a few flower accents, so I used 
This background plate has the peonies in the reverse, meaning you ink up the solid plate and the peonies are the open areas. I love this because you can get color on the background easily with ink instead of coloring the background.
 
For my second card, I inked the plate with CP ink All That Jazz and pressed into Porcelain cotton card.  I kept the peonies white for a fun monochromatic look. Even though I kept the layout and sentiment the same, with the turquoise ink and no coloring, this card has such a different feel!
 
Supplies used on these cards:
Catherine Pooler ink in All That Jazz
Black twill and black and white striped grosgrain ribbons from stash

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Friday, March 15, 2024

Spellbinders | March 2024 Wax Seal, Stencil and Small Die of the month

 Hi everyone! I'm back today with a card using some of the March club kits by Spellbinders. I used the Small Die of the MonthStencil of the Month and Wax Seal of the Month.
MARCH WAX SEAL, SMALL DIE AND STENCIL OF THE MONTH

This card uses the adorable owl from the Small Die of the Month called "Wise Owl" which I placed on a die cut and embossed panel over a stenciled background using the Stencil of the Month called "Dynamic Backgrounds".
Isn't this owl the cutest? I mean just look at the adorable purple glasses! I stenciled the background using 1 of the 2-step patterns from this month's stencil set which comes with two 2-layered stencils (one coordinates with the March Embossing Folder) and 1 stencil that stands alone.
I used my beloved Be Bold Blooms die set for some accent flowers and I placed them around the gorgeous Wax Seal of the month which is called "Congrats on your new chapter". I hand picked the rich raspberry colored wax beads from the Pink Mix bead pack and added some gold metallic ink to the letters.

Products used on this card:
 Be Bold Blooms die set
 Wax beads (in Pink Mix)
Distress Oxide inks in Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves, Scattered Straw
 
Did you know that you can purchase past club kits? If there is inventory leftover, they are released the following month for individual purchase. You can check out all the past club kits here!
 
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Happy Birthday banner card

Hi everyone! I have a fun birthday card to share today. This one uses a few banner die sets
from one of the Thursday Livestream Bundles over at Scrapbook.com, called Flower Cart bundle. Each Thursday Laura and Cody go live and present a fun bundle at a deep discount for a limited time. This bundle is still available at a discount (but the livestream pricing went away)!
BIRTHDAY SENTIMENTS BANNERS AND  CELEBRATION BANNERS

I thought the fun whimsical feel of the banners lended perfectly for some buttons. I own approximately 2.75 million buttons, so it's been fun to use a few on my cards! I used 2 banner sets on this, the Birthday Sentiments Banners and the Celebration Banners die sets. I used papers from the Sunshine Smooth Cardstock A2 pack, I love the light rainbow-ish colors in the pad and made it super easy to put this card together.
I added some die cut stars, 3 buttons, twine to the buttons and gems as the final touches. I love the happy fun feel of this card.

Products used on this card:
Sentiment Suite Birthday stamp set by The Greetery

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Monday, March 11, 2024

Mother's Day shaker card

 Hi everyone! I'm back today sharing another card from the Spellbinders Mirrored Arch Collection. This shaker card uses the 3D emboss and cut folder and the BetterPress sentiment set in the collection.
I've mentioned before, but I'm addicted to collecting shaker card bits and it's my goal for 2024 to make tons of shaker cards!
LUXE BACKDROP AND BORDER & MOTHER'S & FATHER'S DAY SENTIMENTS

This shaker card uses the Luxe Backdrop & Border 3D emboss and cut and the Mother's Day & Father's Day Sentiments press plate. This 3D folder can be used as a full panel, or you can use the other half which has a beautiful border and metal die to cut it out.
I love the elegant pattern on the folder. I lightly inked the panel with 2 colors of Distress Oxide inks. If you chose colors that blend nicely together you end up with a third blended color! My light pink and light blue made a lovely light purple.
 I added a few accent flowers from the Mini Blooms and Sprigs die set to the upper corner to off set the Mother's Day Sentiment. I created the shaker well with the Mirrored Arch Labels die set and filled it with some shaker bits and sequins that complimented the colors from my ink blending.
I just love how sweet this card turned out.

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Spellbinders Mirrored Arch Collection -2 card designs

Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing 2 cards using the Mirrored Arch collection by Spellbinders.
This collection features a brand new nesting label shape called Mirrored Arch Labels, 2 BetterPress plates, 1 BetterPress sentiment set and a 3D emboss and cut folder!
MIRRORED ARCH BLOOMS PRESS PLATE & MIRRORED ARCH LABELS

This card uses the Mirrored Arch Blooms press plate colored lightly with Zig markers. I used the Porcelain cotton card with my plates, trimmed the panel and mounted it on a light gray card base.
To give the sentiment panel a bit of interest, I die cut out the center of the Mirrored Arch Blooms image with the coordinating Mirrored Arch Labels, then die cut the sentiment out with 2 sizes smaller and popped it up in the center. The light gray card base shows through creating a reverse frame.

MIRRORED ARCH NESTED SPRIGS & MIRRORED ARCH LABELS

For this card, I used the Pebble Cotton card with the Mirrored Arch Nested Sprigs press plate. I love this soft gray color of the Pebble card. I brought in another color of BetterPress ink besides my go-to Black, for this card I also used the Coastal color from the Desert Sunset mini ink set.
This press plate set has 3 frame designs and I used them all, but wanted to give each their own moment, so I alternated my ink colors. I die cut them out with the coordinating Mirrored Arch Labels die set and adhered them together. For the sentiment, I used the sentiment that came with the set, die cut it out and popped it up with foam tape. I added a few flowers from the Mini Blooms and Sprigs die set and colored them to match.
 
Supplies used on these cards:
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BetterPress Black ink
Distress Oxide inks: Kitch Flamingo and Tumbled Glass
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