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Monday, June 8, 2026

Inked Backgrounds with Spellbinders June Die of the Month

I haven't played around with alcohol inks for a long time. When I saw the Spellbinders June Die of the Month were the sea turtles, I knew I could make a fun underwater scene. This dieset is called Mahalo Sea Turtles, you can find it HERE. It's a fun set, it includes a die that cuts out a background so you can make a shaker card, see the illustration under my supply list.

You can learn more about the Spellbinders Clubs and the benefits of membership by clicking HERE. Clubs are available to new members from the 6th to the 27th of the month. Current club members can sign up as soon as they are released on the 1st.

For the background, I used an 4.25" x 5.5" piece of Yupo paper. Below is a quick video on how I made it.

The key to this background is Isopropyl Alcohol to move the alcohol inks around and shades of blue ink. I like a navy blue, light blue and greenish blue. The actual colors I used: Cloudy Blue, Pool, Turquoise, Denim and Bottle (green).

I added just a touch of gold ink too, it's Gilded Alloy . I kept layering colors and blowing it around, filling my paper. At the end I took a mini-mister and sprayed a bit on to look like air bubbles.

The turtles are cut from shades of green cardstock.

That's it for today!

Supplies are listed below with direct links to the stores that carry them. If you use my link to make a purchase, I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Thank you for using my links, it really helps and encourages me to continue providing creative content.

Small Die of the Month

---- https://tinyurl.com/2hd97nuh [Spellbinders]

All Clubs Crate Bonuses for June

---- https://tinyurl.com/b6jdue49 [Spellbinders]

Shades of blue alcohol inks

---- https://tidd.ly/4unMwiG [Scrapbookcom]

---- https://tidd.ly/4a6QzZJ [Simon Says Stamp]

Gilded Alloy

---- https://tidd.ly/43WBvKq [Scrapbookcom]

---- https://tidd.ly/4vBT3HD [Simon Says Stamp]

Yupo Paper

---- https://tidd.ly/4vxZfAl [Simon Says Stamp]

---- https://tidd.ly/4g5n6CW [Scrapbookcom]

Blower Tool

---- https://tidd.ly/4e59OFr [Scrapbookcom]

---- https://tidd.ly/4vFmvg6 [Simon Says Stamp]

Mini Mister (I filled mine w/isopropyl alcohol)

---- https://tidd.ly/49Ks0S1 [Scrapbookcom Pack of 3]

---- https://tidd.ly/4dXmZrT [Simon Says Stamp Single Pack]

The eye dropper and Isopropyl Alcohol I bought at the drug store.

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Saturday, June 6, 2026

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!

Supplies are listed below with direct links to the stores that carry them. If you use my link to make a purchase, I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Thank you for using my links, it really helps and encourages me to continue providing creative content.

Large Die of the Month

---- https://tinyurl.com/2ayrr2yt {Spellbinders}

---- https://tinyurl.com/45eak2nm {Spellbinders}

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

---- https://tinyurl.com/b6jdue49 [Spellbinders]

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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

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.