Spellbinders June Large Die of the Month

 

Today I used the June Club Kits, the Large Die of the Month, Tropical Blooms and the Embossing Folder of the Month, Pineapple Pop. You can learn more about the Spellbinders Clubs and the benefits of membership by clicking HERE. 

Be sure to check out the All Clubs Crate, where you can get all the clubs for the month and receive the Penguin and Hula Bonus dies plus some pretty cardstock!

I embossed white cardstock with the Pineapple Pop embossing folder. I love the way a bit of texture looks on a card, so much better than plain white. 

I always have pieces of inked cardstock on hand, the flowers are inked with Distress inks. By using inked cardstock, it gives some nice color variations on the the diecuts. The leaves are all just plain colored cardstock.

The Aloha sentiment is included in this dieset. I cut it from black 110 lb cardstock. The Al, o, and ha are all separate pieces. You can put a flower in place of the O, I've seen a few samples like that and it's pretty cute.

I only popped up the 2 red flowers in the center, everything else is just glued down. On the leaves I applied glue to the stems so the leaves stand up a bit.

That's it for today!

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Large Die of the Month

Large Die of the Month

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The All Clubs Crate includes all the kits PLUS the penguin dieset, hula girl dieset and the pretty cardstock below!

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Simon Says Stamp Release "Always There"

             

Simon Says Stamp has a new release, Always There! What is better than celebrating friendship? You can see the entire collection HERE.

I used almost every sentiment stamp in the set. Look at all the great sentiments and look at the font! This stamp set is designed by CZ Designs, always fun. 

My card is 5x7, I arranged all the sentiments on my Misti, saving the sub sentiments for later. I used VersaMark ink and placed white embossing powder on it, and heat set it.

I blended Distress Oxide inks in Picked Raspberry, Ripe Persimmon, Mustard Seed, Cracked Pistachio and Broken China. I lightly wiped off the ink on the white embossed areas with a paper towel.

I then went back and placed all the sub sentiments on my Misti, and used Black Soot Archival Ink.

I cut the small butterflies and inked them with the same Distress Oxide inks. I popped them up with small pop dots.

That's it!

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Stamp and Die Bundle

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Butterfly Dies

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Feeling Funky! Sizzix Funky Cactus by Tim Holtz

 

I'm very late to the party with this one! Sizzix's Funky Cactus by Tim Holtz happened to be in stock at the Sizzix store and I decided to finally get this set. There's something so fun about Tim Holtz's diesets, just a bit quirky and always original.

For this card I dug into my shoebox of inked panels and scraps. I have a bunch ready to go in shades of green, I know I'll end up needing some for leaves and in this case, cactus. I have lots of greens, I especially love Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron. I know these cacti also have Rustic Wilderness and Lucky Clover added in.

The pots were cut from a scrap of embossed gold cardstock. I'm not sure which embossing folder it is, unfortunately. I dabbed a bit of black acrylic paint over it to give it an aged look.

For the background, I took a piece of Distress Mixed Media Heavystock and sprayed Distress Spray Stains onto the paper. I used Rusty Hinge, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint and a few quick spritzs of Distress Mica Spray in Tarnished Brass. I ran a Gathered Twigs Distress Ink pad over the Spellbinders Crackle Paint embossing folder to push the brown color into the cracks. 

The sentiment is from Snarky Sentiment stickers by Tim Holtz. I attached it to a piece of kraft cardstock and blended Distress Gathered Twigs ink over it to darken it a bit.

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Cracked Embossing Folder

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I'm Using it Again! Spellbinders May All Clubs Crate Bonuses!

 

Surprisingly, I'm sharing another card using the Spellbinders May All Clubs Crate Bonuses, the dieset and the embossing folder. There's also cardstock but I didn't receive that to share.

I make a lot of cards to donate and often see requests for Veterans. So although this set is great for the 4th and Memorial Day, I think it makes a great gratitude card to send to a Veteran.

A few days ago I used the Musical Notes and Stave Pop Up dieset with the Large Die of the Month. You can see that post HERE. I loved the interactive nature of the card and the surprise when you open it, so I decided to use it again today. I love it! It would also be great with snowflakes in the winter or leaves in the fall, wouldn't it? The die sold out 2x, so if you're interested in it, I'd jump on it. I have it linked in my supply list.

I took an A2 card (4.15 x 5.5" folded) and embossed the right side of the card then the left side of the card. The bonus embossing folder is A2 sized. 

I used all the dies in the bonus set, cut from red, white, blue, light blue and yellow cardstocks. I used a scrap of gold paper for the flag pole. The USA letters are cut from an older Pooh Bear dieset. The stars are cut from metallic cardstock, the dots are a scrap of holographic cardstock cut with a hold punch. You could also use sequins but I've been using a hole punch lately and really like the size. Don't put anything too heavy on the spiral, it'll weigh it down.

I used some fun foam and popped up the hat, flag and rocket on the front of the card. I didn't add fun foam to the inside of the card, I wanted to be able to close it easily.

That's it for today.

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Pooh's Alphabet

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Bibi's Musical Notes Bundle

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