Susanbcards: August 2025

Thursday, August 21, 2025

New Paper Source Supplies for the Start of the School Year for ME!

I've had this pretty green journal from Paper Source for more than a minute. I filled 1 page then quit because it's intimidating. Filled with empty lines. I'm not a writer but I finally figured out that a lined journal isn't just for writing.

So I decided to make my own "yearbook" and fill it with whatever strikes me. Mostly some kind of art, maybe a quote, maybe some recipes. Whatever the day brings. Here's my quick video of what today brought me:

I used the William Morris Gift and Creative Papers. It's a book of beautiful printed paper, wrapping paper weight but I used wrapping paper for cards sometimes. So I decided it would make a lovely background. The sheets are folded into quarters and bound in the book with a perforated edge so they can be removed.

The book also has some information on William Morris. He was a 19th century home decorative designer. He designed textiles, wallpaper, tapestries, etc. I just love the look of the papers in this book.

I used Spellbinders Layered Gladiolus for my diecuts, I used paper that matched the patterned paper. I cut a piece of vellum with the Perfect Touch Rectangles just so the tag would stand out from the background.

Supplies are listed below, with clickable links. Using my links to make a purchase helps me to continue my journey. Thank you for your support.

---- https://papersource.pxf.io/N93Onb [Paper Source]

---- https://papersource.pxf.io/K03RKy [Paper Source]

---- https://papersource.pxf.io/qzXRDj [Paper Source]

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

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

---- https://tinyurl.com/yzj44ufb [Spellbinders]

---- https://shrsl.com/4wgrb [Scrapbookcom]

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

---- https://tinyurl.com/5f5ujf4e [Spellbinders]

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween

Below is my unboxing of the 1st Day of the 13 Days of Craftoween Advent Calendar. It's the first year Spellbinders offered this, it was extremely popular and sold out quickly.

There may be some still available at independent retailers but is sold out at Spellbinders, Scrapbookcom and Simon Says Stamp.

Unfortunately, the 13 Days of Craftoween is sold out in the US. I will still be sharing my daily calendar.

Thanks for visiting!

Autumn Archives Collection by Kelly Bangs

This month the new collection from Kelly Bangs is called Autumn Archives. The diecutting pieces are based on the coordination scrapbooking pieces. You can see the entire collection HERE. Many of the paper pieces are sold out but I have the diecutting pieces, which I used for cards. I can easily see how they can be used for scrapbooking or journaling.

I had made this background with some old Color Burst Powders I had. Color Burst Powders are fine dry powders that you can sprinkle on paper and with water, they become watercolors. I have the Ken Oliver set called Earthtones, I bought them several years ago and rarely use them. I sprinkled some on watercolor paper and then misted them with water. Not my favorite medium, I always put too much on and end up with a mess. This time I used a bit less. I ended up with an, eh, background that I diecut for the Changing Trees dieset. It looked pretty good. Diecut those less than stellar backgrounds!

I cut some scrap blue cardstock with the Perfect Touch Rectangles dieset. I thought the trees looked more grounded in small frames. The sentiment is from the same collection, I Glimmer hot foiled it in Copper hot foil. The background is called Dimpled embossing folder from the Texture & Foliage. The embossing folder leaves a very cool look.

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.

Autumn Archives Entire Collection:

---- https://tinyurl.com/55xefe2x [Spellbinders]

---- https://tinyurl.com/3j2fpy5a [Spellbinders]

---- https://tinyurl.com/342w5apj [Spellbinders]

---- http://shrsl.com/4n5jl [Scrapbookcom]

---- https://tinyurl.com/26cbsfey [Spellbinders]

---- https://tinyurl.com/5f5ujf4e [Spellbinders]

Supplies are listed below with clickable 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.

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Monday, August 18, 2025

Spellbinders Essential Stars from the All About Christmas Collection

Today I'm using the Spellbinders Essential Stars from the All About Christmas Collection by Lisa Horton. You can see the entire collection HERE. There's a lot of fun images in this collection, I've already made 2 other cards that I have blog posts for if you're interested in more ideas:

My Essential Stars card started out as just cutting the stars out of glitter cardstock. I have several boxes from Your Paper Insider. I often go to these boxes for inspiration. There are several sheets of glitter cardstock in these boxes so I just pulled out this purple shade.

The stars are nesting dies, so you can use them as solid stars or cut two together and make a star frame. I made all solid stars, and after I cut one from the purple cardstock I though it would look good to place the gold star underneath the cutout. Then I thought I should layer the smaller stars on top.

The sentiments are from the same collection. I used a scrap of mulicolored glitter cardstock to cut the Christmas diecut.

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.

All About Christmas Collection:

---- https://tinyurl.com/4jzca3xh [Spellbinders]

---- http://shrsl.com/4xm8m [Scrapbookcom]

---- http://shrsl.com/4xm8n [Simon Says Stamp]

---- https://tinyurl.com/5xmncsx5 [Spellbinders]

---- http://shrsl.com/4xm8o [Scrapbookcom]

---- http://shrsl.com/4xm8p [Simon Says Stamp]

---- https://tinyurl.com/y6dchszc [Spellbinders]

---- http://shrsl.com/4xm8q [Scrapbookcom]

---- http://shrsl.com/4xm8s [Simon Says Stamp]

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

---- http://shrsl.com/4xm8l [Your Paper Insider]

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Sunday, August 17, 2025

Spellbinders August Stitching Die of the Month

The Spellbinders Autust Stitching Die of the Month is called, Hand Folded Stitch. To me, it looks like an origami boat.

Joining a club is overwhelming to some, but I think it's a great opportunity. You can join a Spellbinders Club or Clubs you can join for the one and quit at anytime. Although you can buy it the following month as an individual purchase without joining the club, it is at a higher price and you don't receive any of the additional benefits of Club membership. You can find out more about Spellbinders Clubs HERE.

For the background I used Distress Watercolor Cardstock and some Brutus Monroe Aqua Pigment and Chroma Mist on a craft mat. I put some of each on the mat and then dip and splatter misted watercolor paper.

The stitching die was simple to put together and includes the wave edger and the sentiment dies. It's a great value.

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.

==== https://tinyurl.com/2rff66vy [Spellbinders]

----- http://shrsl.com/4xk1z [Scrapbookcom]

---- http://shrsl.com/4xk20 [Scrapbookcom]

---- http://shrsl.com/4wy6i [Scrapbookcom]

---- http://shrsl.com/4wy6j [Simon Says Stamp]

Craft Mat

---- http://shrsl.com/4xk21 [Scrapbookcom]

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Friday, August 15, 2025

Spellbinders Spooktacular by Simon Hurley

Today I'm using the Spellbinders Spooktacular Collection by Simon Hurley. It's 2 diesets and 1 embossing folder. You can see the entire collection HERE.

I have a YouTube Video Tutorial below:

My first card is vellum over white cardstock and a small piece of vellum behind the white cardstock. I wanted the ghost to have a bit of sheerness and extra dimension.

The background is black cardstock embossed with the Damask embossing folder. I took a Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide ink pad and lightly rubbed it over the raised areas.

The sentiment Boo to You is included in the set. It's the words and shadow. I cut the shadow from vellum.

For the Bewitched cat card, the cat is pretty easy to put together. The only thing I added was a white dot on the eye with a white gel pen.

The background is black mixed media paper that I swirled Simon Hurly's Lunar Paste in Crown Me in a thin layer. After it dried I ran the paper through the same Damask embossing folder.

The Happy Halloween sentiment die and shadow die is included in this set.

That's it for today. I hope you find my YouTube video helpful! if you do please be sure to like and comment, it really matters to YouTube.

The supplies I used are linked below. Using my link for any purchase gives me a small commission at no extra cost to you and lets these stores know you find my content useful. Thank you! It allows me to continue this creative journey and share content.

The entire Spooktacular Collection can be seen:

---- https://tinyurl.com/36avmrv4 [Spellbinders]

---- http://shrsl.com/4xlh3 [Scrapbookcom]