Beautiful Paper from Your Paper Insider Box 12! (Unboxing Video too)

                 

I love looking at pretty paper. I used to go to craft stores and look at all the specialty paper for scrapbooking and buy a few sheets here and there. Unfortunately there are no stores like that around me any more. So I love getting the specially curated box from Your Paper Insider 4x a year. It's a lovely surprise. You can learn more about Your Paper Insider by clicking HERE. If you want to see what is in Box 12, I made a 1 minute video below.

I used the beautiful Japanese paper for my card background. There are 2 different prints of this Yuzenshi Paper included in the box. It has a beautiful texture. 

For the flower, I used Altenew's Coreopsis dieset. I love the flowers but the leaves are Gorgeous. I cut the leaves from black and antique gold cardstock. I only popped up the larger flower with a pop dot. I gave the other diecuts a little bit of dimension by not gluing everything flat, just glue in a few spots and using my fingers, I gave them a little bit of light shaping.

That's it for today. Check out Your Paper Insider. It's a subscription but there are options to buy a single box or individual packs of their best selling paper. I had also asked them to add an option for a gift subscription, you can send someone 1 box, 6 months (2 boxes), or 1 year (4 boxes) of gifts! Like a fruit of the month box from Harry & David, but better:)

Links below to the supplies I used. Using my links helps me continue this crafty journey. Thank you!

SUPPLIES:

                                    

----  http://shrsl.com/4x77o  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4x77p  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  http://shrsl.com/4tlx2  [Your Paper Insider]

                                                

                        ----  http://shrsl.com/4x77u  [Scrapbookcom]

Thank you for visiting! I can also be found on Instagram @Susanbcards

Simple Stories Classic Pooh Birthday Collection

The Say Cheese Classic Pooh Birthday Collection continues with the Simple Stories Pooh Collection. Adding on with Rabbit and Owl and the Birthday Accessories. Simple Stories has some great scrapbooking and journaling papers and accents, these Spellbinders dies really take it to the next level. You can see the entire collection by clicking HERE.

I used Owl from the Rabbit and Owl dieset, he was always one of my favorites, so funny. Pooh and Piglet were from the first set, so I added them into the story. The embossing folder is so great, I of course inked it up with 3 shades of blue Distress Oxide ink and used a brayer to blend the colors a bit. I really love the sentiments from this collection. They are BetterPress sentiments that are all in one, so I have plenty of birthday sentiments for a while. I also love that the die to cut them out cuts to the shape of the sentiment rather than a block. That's it for now, supplies linked below. Thank you for using my links, it really helps me out, at no additional cost to you.

                                            Supplies:

Spellbinders & Simple Stories Collections (first collection]

        -----  https://tinyurl.com/234v6euv  [Spellbinders]

            ----  http://shrsl.com/4tjqe  [Scrapbookcom]

            ----  http://shrsl.com/4tjqf  [Simon Says Stamp] (no Simple Stories paper products here.)

Spellbinders & Simple Stories Birthday Collection (newest)

        ----  https://tinyurl.com/yhzr2tpz  [Spellbinders]

            ----  http://shrsl.com/4xee5  [Scrapbookcom]

            ----  http://shrsl.com/4xedz  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  https://tinyurl.com/2vpye3r9  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xee6  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xee0  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  https://tinyurl.com/4xnjvk4d  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xee7  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xee1  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  https://tinyurl.com/38539ty5  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xee8  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xee2  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  https://tinyurl.com/5n8e6ktj  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xee9  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xee3  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  https://tinyurl.com/3pmj3unk  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4tjqn  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4tjqm  [SSS]

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Thank you for visiting!

I can also be found on Instagram @Susanbcards

Spellbinders The Clauses from the North Pole Collection by Simon Hurley

 

Simon Hurley just released his Christmas Collection with Spellbinders, called the North Pole Friends Collection. You can see the entire collection HERE.

I used The Clauses, which includes Santa and Mrs. Claus. I diecut both Clauses and put them next to the cute North Pole Sentiments sign. The Sentiments include several sayings plus the dies to create signs. This one is worth seeing. I linked it below.

For the background, I messy watercolored a piece of Distress Watercolor Cardstock in shades of blue. After it dried I embossed it with the Country Christmas 3D embossing folder. I rubbed a white pigment ink pad over the raised areas of the panel. I have one pad that's fairly stained I used for this purpose. Distress Ink is water reactive so a bit of the ink transfers to the pad.

I popped up both Santa, his wife and the sentiment with fun foam.

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.

Supplies:

                             The North Pole Friends Collection

----  https://tinyurl.com/2vjuyj67  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xdpm  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xdpn  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  https://tinyurl.com/24rywjz8  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xdpo  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xdpp  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  https://tinyurl.com/45tvndwe  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xdpq  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xdpr  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  https://tinyurl.com/4zr4wf49  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xdps  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xdpt  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xdq5  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xdq6  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  https://tinyurl.com/2zraz6fy  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xdpl  [Simon Says Stamp]

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                Thank you for visiting! I can also be found on

                                 Instagram @Susanbcards

The Spellbinders Snow Notes and Making a Quick Background!

 

I didn't have a background in my stash for my card! I just wanted a quick background so I decided ink smooshing was the way to go. I used Distress inks in blues and purples and fished a plastic bag out of my wastebasket. When you smoosh on glass, the ink and water just becomes a pool rather than little dots. Better look.

I used the Spellbinders Snow Notes dieset which includes these cute caroling snowmen and the sentiment. It's from the Wonderland Collection which you can see HERE. I spattered some of the Spellbinders Splatter Effecgts.

I diecut the snowmen from the Spellbinders Treasured Cardstock pack, I used the Glitter cardstock. Everything else is cut from scraps. Easy!

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.

Supplies:

Spellbinders Wonderland Collection:

----  https://tinyurl.com/22bj9e8m  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xda6  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xdaa  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  https://tinyurl.com/yfrde24m  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xdad  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  https://tinyurl.com/92nu83vk  [Spellbinders]

---- http://shrsl.com/4x841 [Scrapbookcom]

---- http://shrsl.com/4x842 [Simon Says Stamp]

----  https://tinyurl.com/zs9bcfae  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4x9pm  [Scrapbookcom]

Click on the images below to go directly to these stores:

                        Thank you for visiting! I can also be found on

                                 Instagram @Susanbcards

Spellbinders Country Christmas Barn!

 

Have you seen the new Spellbinders Country Christmas Collection? Oh it's so cute, and you can see it by clicking HERE!

I'm starting with the Christmas Barn. It can be made a few ways, super clean and white or traditional red or whichever way you desire. I decide my barn was white but a bit distressed. The die for the main part of the barn has raised lines to highlight the wood slats. I wanted to really accent them so I used a mini Distress pad in Hickory Smoke. I ran over the raised areas and also lightly in a FEW of the recessed areas to mimic wood grain. 

I placed the barn on some of the Spellbinders Treasured Cardstock in Onyx. There's different types of sparkly cardstock in this pack, from full glitter to subtle shine. I also used the glitter cardstock in 

for all the sparkly snow. 

For the Christmas lights on the barn, I cut it from white cardstock and used markers to color the bulbs, super easy, just a quick swipe.

I love the BetterPress sentiments from this collection, the dies to cut them out are so cute, I used the fancy one that looks like a plaque. There's also some dies to cut out links to make it look like a sign is hanging.

I cut out a few things 2x, just to create dimension but the only thing I popped up was the wreath, so this card should be easy to mail. 

I used a bit of Spellbinders Splatter Effects in Sparkle and that's it. Supplies are listed below. Thank you for using my links, it really helps me continue.

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.

Here are some of the other sets in the collection, they're so cute I wanted to show them!

 Click here to see them all:

----  https://tinyurl.com/5dpymwkb  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xcju  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xcjz  [Scrapbookcom]

Christmas Barn

----  https://tinyurl.com/55r7jvp6  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xck1  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xck2  [Simon Says Stamp]

Treasured Cardstock

----  https://tinyurl.com/92nu83vk  [Spellbinders]

---- http://shrsl.com/4x841 [Scrapbookcom]

---- http://shrsl.com/4x842 [Simon Says Stamp]

----  https://tinyurl.com/zs9bcfae  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4x9pm  [Scrapbookcom]

Click on the images below to go directly to these stores:

Thank you for visiting! I can also be found on

                                 Instagram @Susanbcards

Spellbinders Gifting Bow & Christmas Cameos 3D Embossing Folder

                 

The Spellbinders Merry Moments Collection is centered around the Merry Moments Cardmaking Kit. If you didn't see the cards I made using this kit, you can see them HERE, I also have a YouTube video HERE.

For this card, I used a few add-on products from the collection. I used the Gifting Bow dieset as the centerpiece and the Christmas Cameos 3D embossing folder for the background paper. I love the color of the background, it's Spellbinders cardstock, it looks like a pretty coral, I listed under supplies. I made it a bit darker by taking an embossing ink pad and rubbing it over the inside front of the embossing folder. When put throught the Big Shot, it pushed the ink into the recessed areas of the paper. I then took a white pigment ink pad and rubbed it over the raised areas of the paper, then poured clear embossing powder over the entire thing. I like the way the paper looks like tile, and the cameos look like real cameos. You can certainly skip the embossing ink and clear embossing powder, just rub the white ink pad over the raised areas and get the same effect.

The Gifting Bow dieset is cut from scraps I had, I used a few pop dots to raise up some of the flowers, the bow dies are cut 2x just for sturdiness, they are stacked together. The set includes 2 sentiments, and I chose Merry & Bright. The other sentiment says, A Gift for You. Perfect for gift cards or tags. I really like when the sentiments are included in the sets, no hunting for the right one.

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.

----  https://tinyurl.com/4cbd9564  [Spellbinders]

---- http://shrsl.com/4xbtq  [Simon Says Stamp] 

----  http://shrsl.com/4xbtr  [Scrapbookcom]

----  https://tinyurl.com/3vj55fut  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xbts  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xbtt  [Scrapbookcom]

Spellbinders Cardstock

----  https://tinyurl.com/44nfwvvy  [Spellbinders]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xc2t  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xc2v  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xc30  [Simon Says Stamp]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xc31  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xc2w  [Scrapbookcom]

----  http://shrsl.com/4xc2x  [Simon Says Stamp]

Click on the images below to go directly to these stores:

Thank you for visiting! I can also be found on

Instagram @Susanbcards