Hello friends, today I’m sharing my cards featuring the Spellbinders June 2023 Small Die of the Month (DOM) called Dancin’ Octopus and Friends, and the Glimmer Hot Foil of the Month (GOM) called Sending Waves.
For my first card, I made an interactive card with the DOM.
I diecut all of the pieces using my Platinum 6, and put together the octopus, jellyfish, starfish, and sign. I did add a little bit of ink blending for some shading. The dark purple legs can move; Spellbinders have released similar products, where the legs can swing back and forth.
For the background, I used Distress inks to ink blend a panel of white cardstock. Then, I sprinkled the background with water, and dabbed with a paper towel to create a watery background. First, I placed the dark purple Octopus legs on the background panel. I placed a foam dot in the hole, then adhered the Octopus on top of the foam dot. Then, I adhered the other elements, like the sign, jellyfish, starfish, and seaweed. To finish off this card, I adhered the panel to an A2 white cardbase with foam strips, and added a few clear glitter drops.
For my next card, I used the GOM as well as the jellyfish from the DOM.
First, I ink blended a piece of smooth white cardstock with Distress inks. The, I foiled the waves plates using my Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Machine and Prism foil. I used the coordinating dies to diecut the waves. On another piece of smooth white cardstock, I foiled the “Sending an Ocean of Thanks” sentiment . Then, I placed the waves on to get an idea of placement. The bottom section of the panel looked out of place being white, so I added ink blending just to the bottom of the panel. I adhered the waves with foam tape.
To finish off the card, and add a bit of color, I diecut 3 more jellyfish from the DOM kit, and adhered them to the card, layering them in front of and behind the waves.
As I said in my last post, I love the ocean theme of this month’s club kits! These cards turned out so cute, and were so fun to make. I hope you were inspired by my cards as well. Don’t forget to check out this month’s club kits on the Spellbinders site.
Hello crafty friends! Today I’m sharing 2 cards featuring the June 2023 Spellbinders Large Die of the Month kit (DOML) called Whale in a Bottle, Embossing Folder of the Month (EOM) called Splish Splash, and Stitching Die of the Month (DOMST) called Stitched Shell Cardfront. Being a Pieces, I love love loved this month’s ocean themed club kits!
For my first card, I used the DOML and EOM.
I diecut all the pieces, and there are a mixture of ink blended pieces and solid cardstock pieces. I figured out the configuration and pieced together all the diecuts. I am always so happy with how the Spellbinders dies are so detailed and assemble so beautifully.
For my background, I used white cardstock and the Embossing folder to create subtle texture and compliment the Large Die of the Month.
For the next card, I used the DOMST as well as the whale from the DOML.
First, I diecut all of the pieces. Then, I stitched all the shells using silver DMC metallic thread. I adhered the stitched shells to the larger background piece. I ink blended a background, and stamped the “Whale Hello There!” sentiment, from this month’s Clear Stamp and Die of the month (CDOM),and heat embossed with silver embossing powder. I diecut another whale from the DOML, and adhered him to the middle.
I turned this into a shaped card, I diecut another outline of the background piece from white cardstock. I scored a littlest at the top and added a lot of double sided tape just to the top scored area to create a hinge.
I love love love how these cards turned out. Stay tuned for more cards. Don’t forget to stop by the Spellbinders site to check out all the club kits, along with lots of other paper crafting goodies.
Hello crafty friends! This month, I decided to do something a little different. Instead of doing separate posts, I decided to write one big blog post rounding up my projects using Spellbinders May 2023 club kits. I hope y’all enjoy!
I diecut all of my pieces using my Platinum 6 die cutting machine from different various colors of cardstock from Spellbinders. There is a solid balloon die, as well as a stitching balloon die, and I used both. I decided I liked the placement of 4 stitched balloon dies. I stitched them using the gold DMC metallic thread. I blended some blue ink to the background panel, then adhered the balloons with glue and foam tape for dimension. The sentiment is a die from the Large Die of the Month, and I adhered it to the panel with foam tape. To finish off the card, I added different colored sequins.
I diecut all the pieces using my diecutting machine. I diecut the clouds from both white cardstock and vellum. I adhered the clouds, plane, and sentient to another panel of cardstock that I ink blended blue. I added teal sequins to finish off the card.
For my next cards, I used the Glimmer Hot Foil of the Month (GOM) called Silhouette Balloon Greetings, as well as the coordinating Balloon Greeting Sentiments to create shaker cards.
For the first shaker card, I used the sentiment included in the glimmer of the month. Again, I ink blending a panel with a little bit of blue ink. Then, I used my Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Machine and rainbow foil (although it’s hard to tell from the photo) to foil the sentiment to the middle of the cardstock. I used the balloon dies in the kit, and diecut the balloon. For the background, I ink blended a panel with pink and blue inks, creating purple in the middle. To build the shaker, I adhered acetate to the back of the balloon diecut panel, then added foam tape around the balloon, creating a well for the sequins. I filled the center part of the shaker with various Spellbinders sequins, as well as a few from my stash. I adhered the ink blended panel to the foam tape. I added the shaker to a white A2 cardbase, and added a few more sequins to the front of the card.
For my second shaker card, I made it the same way as the first, but with a sentiment from the coordinating set. I decided to ink blend a rainbow to the front of this panel, since it went so well with the sentiment. The sentiment is foiled with Polished Brass foil. The inside panel is ink blended with pastel pink and purple.
First, I stamped the images on white cardstock with black ink. I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to color in the images. I added a little bit of highlight detail using a white gel pen. Then, I used the coordinating die to cut the images out. I ink blended a panel with blue ink, then stamped the sentiment right in the middle. I adhered the diecut colored images around the sentiment with foam tape. To finish off the card, I added some sequins.
For the first card, I used the banner, “Birthday Wishes Enclosed Sentiment,” and the floral dies.
I diecut all the pieces, and adhered them together. For the background, I ink blended a little blue ink, then ran it through my Platinum 6 machine, along with the Universal Plate System, and the 3D embossing folder, to emboss the panel. I adhered it to a cardbase with foam tape. Then, I adhered the sentiment banner with foam tape, and then the flowers. To finish off the card, I added onyx gems to the centers of the flowers, and some pink sequins around the card.
For the next card, I used the “Happy Birthday” sentiment and the balloons. I made this card just like the last card. I kept it simple, choosing a colored cardstock for the background, and added just 3 balloons. These club kits are so versatile…you can put as much or little creating and effort as your time allows. I finished this card off with sequins.
I ink blended a cardstock panel with inks creating a rainbow. I ran it through my Platinum 6 with the embossing folder. For the sentiment, I used one of the sentiments from the Glimmer of the Month kit using the Sparkle Gold foil from the Christmas Sparkle Variety pack. I used the die to cut it out, but used scissors, and fussy cut where the die didn’t cut. I adhered the background to a cardbase with foam tape. Then, I adhered the sentiment with foam tape. To finish off the card, I added some sequins.
8 cards!!! Whew! I hope you like my May 2023 Spellbinders club kit cards, and I hope you got some inspirations. What do you think of my round up blog post? Do you like it, or do you prefer separate blog posts? Don’t forget to stop by the Spellbinders site to check out all the club kits, along with lots of other paper crafting goodies.
Hello friends! Welcome to the Pinkfresh Studio April Release blog hop. You should have come from Heather Hoffman‘s blog, and the next step on the blog hop after me is Karin Hogger. You can always go to the Pinkfresh Studio blog for a full list of the blog hop. There will also be giveaways for this blog hop, and I will list that information at the end of the post.
I made 2 cards using the Ribbons & Balloons, Basic Banners: Celebrate, and Rosettes products.
For my first card, I used the Rosettes and Basic Banners.
I started off by stenciling the rosettes on white cardstock. I used the Rosettes stencils, 1/2″ blending brushes, and ink cubes to create these fun rosettes. I used the Island Oasis, Morning Sky, and Starry Night ink cube bundles for my colors. Then, I used the Rosettes coordinating cuts to diecut the images. For the background, I used the Rise and Shine ink cube bundle to create a yellow background, and trimmed the panel to slightly smaller than A2 sized. I adhered the yellow panel to a white A2 cardbase with foam tape. Next, I adhered the rosettes with different thickness foam squares.
For the sentiment, I stamped the Basic Banners: Celebrate stamps on black cardstock with Versamark ink. I heat set it with white embossing powder. Then, I used the Basic Banners coordinating cuts to die cut them out. The great thing about this stamp set and die, is that all the sentiments are connected and stamped at one time. Then the die cuts them all out at one time. I adhered the “Horray!” sentiment banner to the center left of the card with more foam squares. To finish off the card, I used a few Enchanted Forest Ombre Glitter Drops.
For the next card, I used the Ribbons & Balloons.
For this card, I started out by stamping the large balloon image from the Ribbons & Balloons stamp set on white cardstock. Then, I used the Ribbons & Balloons stencils with the same ink cube bundles as my first card to add color to the balloons. Next, I used the Ribbons & Balloons coordinating cuts to diecut the image. For the sentiment, I stamped the “Have the Best Birthday” from the stamp set with Versamartk ink on black cardstock. I heat set with white embossing powder. I used the coordinating die to diecut it out. I also diecut the sentiment die 2 more times, and glued them stacked behind the stamped sentiment for more dimension.
For the background, I used the same yellow inks to create a yellow panel. Then I used some of the other color inks to create splatter on the panel. Again, I trimmed it slightly smaller than A2 sized, and adhered it to a white cardbase with foam tape. Then, I stamped the balloon strings directly onto the yellow panel. Next, I adhered the balloon image with foam squares. I glued the sentiment to the balloons. I used some more of the same glitter drops to finish off this card.
I am always needing birthday cards, and I love how these cards turned out! Don’t forget to hop along to see lots of inspiration from this release!
Pinkfresh Studio is giving away the full release on the Pinkfresh Studio blog and YT channel.
Pinkfresh Studio will also be giving away a total of 10 $25 gift cards from the comments along the hop
Pinkfresh Studio will post the winners on May 3, 2023 on the GIVEAWAY PAGE. You must check that page to see if you are a winner. If you are a winner, you must claim your prize within 2 weeks.
To start, I used my Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil Machine, to foil the leaf background panel with Moondust foil on smooth white cardstock. I also foiled the “have an unbelievable-leaf-able day” sentiment with the same foil. Then, I took the negative foil of the sentiment, and foiled it using my solid rectangle hot foil plate to create the sentiment that I used for the card. I trimmed it using a sentiment die.
I used the coordinating stencil to add aqua leaves to the foiled leaf panel. Then, I adhered it to an A2 card base that I made with aqua cardstock. I adhered the sentiment strip. Then, I diecut the “For You” from glitter foam (this is from this month’s Stitching Die of the Month).
I love how my clean and simple card turned out. Don’t forget to stop by the Spellbinders site to check out the club kits, along with lots of other paper crafting goodies.
First, I used my Platinum 6 die cutting machine to diecut all of my pieces from blue and aqua colored cardstock. I also diecut the “For You” sentiment from glitter foam, and set it aside. I used some DMC floss from my stash in coordinating blue and aqua threads to stitch on the diecuts. Instead of just straight stitches, I added a little pattern. You can stitch these however you want! After stitching, I glued the stitched diecut layers together, and then glued the sentiment plate and glitter foam sentiment.
For the background, I inked a panel of white cardstock with aqua and teal inks. I trimmed it down to A2 size, then ran it through my die cutting machine with the embossing folder. I glued it to an A2 cardbase. Then, I adhered the stitched piece with a combo of glue and foam squares. To finish off the card, I added 2 pink jewels.
First, I stamped the solid flower images with colored ink. Then, using my Misti, I lined up the coordinating butterfly images on top of the solid flowers. I stamped them with Versamark ink, then heat set with gold embossing powder. I used the coordinating die to die cut the butterflies.
For my first card, I used the 3D embossing folder.
I first ink blended a piece of white cardstock. I trimmed it out using one of the rectangle dies from the A2 layering bundle. Then, I used my Platinum 6 die cutting machine, and the 3D embossing folder to create the textured background. I adhered the background to an A2 white cardbase. The, I adhered the butterfly, but I only added glue to the center of the butterfly so the wings could be raised, adding dimension.
For the sentiment, I stamped “just a little hi from me” on pink cardstock, and diecut it with the coordinating die.
For the second card, I used the Embossing folder.
I used one of the A2 layering dies to diecut a piece of dahlia cardstock. Then, I used my die cutting machine, and the embossing folder to create a dimensional panel. I adhered it to a white cardbase. Next, I adhered the butterfly.
I stamped the sentiment “The Best is Yet to Come” on the same colored cardstock, then used the coordinating die to cut it out.
I love butterflies, so this month’s club kits have been awesome to create with. I love my coordinating, but different cards, and I hope you do too. Don’t forget to stop by the Spellbinders site to check out the club kits, along with lots of other paper crafting goodies.
Hello crafty friends! I am sharing a pretty butterfly card using the Spellbinders March 2023 Small Die of the Month (DOM) called Floral Butterfly Card Front.
I used my Platinum 6 die cutting machine to diecut all of my pieces. The dies in the kit will make half a panel, so everything needs to be diecut twice to make a full panel. I also diecut some extra flowers in cosmic sky to add to the background.
I started by gluing the intricate background pieces, which were cut from teal topaz to the top and bottom of the cardbase, which I made from waterfall cardstock. Next, I adhered the flowers (dahlia cardstock) to the butterflies (pink sand), and then adhered the butterfly wings to the intricate background. The butterfly bodies are cut from brushed gold, and adhered as well.
I diecut the “just because” sentiment a few times from brushed gold cardstock, glued them stacked together, and then adhered to the center of the card. I wanted to add a secondary sentiment, so I stamped “you are so kind” from this month’s Clear Stamp and Die of the month.
To finish off the card, I adhered a few of the extra blue flowers to the background. Then, I added pink gems, and Nuvo drops to the centers of the flowers.
I hope you like my card today. I just love kits that have dies to fill up an entire card. Thanks for stopping by, and don’t forget to check out all of this month’s club kits on the Spellbinders site.
Hello friends! I’m here today, sharing my March 2023 post featuring Spellbinders’ Stitching Die of the Month (DOMST) called Nested Layered Stitched Petal.
I used my Platinum 6 die cutting machine to diecut all of my pieces first. I diecut the background die from Cosmic Sky cardstock, as well as the larger stitching piece, the small petal pieces from Pink Sand cardstock, and the solid background piece as well as the solid stitching piece from Teal Topaz cardstock. I glued the solid teal background piece behind the blue background die piece, and then glued them to an A2 sized white cardbase. I set that aside, and began working on the stitching.
First, I stitched the 6 circles on the blue stitching piece. Then, I stitched on the pink petals. I used the gold DMC metallic thread. Then, I backed the stitching piece with the solid teal piece. I adhered the stitched piece to the background with foam tape.
For the sentiment, I used the “have the best birthday” stamp from this month’s Clear Stamp and Die of the month. I stamped with Versamark ink, heat set it with gold embossing powder, then used the coordinating die to diecut it out. I adhered it to the center of the stitched piece with foam tape. To finish off the card, I added some pink gems.
I love how my card turned out, and I hope you like it too. I have been loving blue, pink, and teal together, and I will be using this color combo throughout this month’s club kits. Make sure to head over to the Spellbinders site to check out all of this month’s club kits, along with more crafting goodies.
Hello friends! Welcome to the Pinkfresh Studio February Release blog hop. You should have come from Jen Shurkus‘ blog, and the next step on the blog hop after me is Karin Hogger. You can always go to the Pinkfresh Studio blog for a full list of the blog hop. There will also be giveaways for this blog hop, and I will list that information at the end of the post.
I created 2 beautiful cards for this blog hop using the new Circle Florals collection.
I chose a color palette (blue, pink, and a little bit of gold/mustard), and used the colors for both of my cards. First I stamped the images from the Circle Florals clear stamp set on Neenah white cardstock with black ink. Then, I used the coordinating Circle Florals stencils and Pinkfresh Studio inks to add color to the stamped images. I colored them mostly the same, but I did add the mustard color to one of the image. Next, I used the coordinating Circle Floral cuts to diecut the floral images out.
For the first card, I made an inky blue center with a white with a gold foiled circle border.
I used 3 blue Pinkfresh inks (Slumber, Storm, Stargazer) to ink blend a panel of white cardsstock. Then, I diecut the circle with one of the Nested Circles dies. Next, I used the largest Nested Circles Hot Foil plate, and hot foiled it with satin gold foil using my Glimmer Hot Foil Machine. I used 2 of the Nested Circle dies to diecut the foiled circle, then adhered it to the inked circle with foam tape. For the sentiment, I stamped the large “You’re Amazing” sentiment with Versamark ink, then heat set it with gold embossing powder. I used the coordinating die to diecut the sentiment. I also used the die to diecut the sentiment outline a few more times, then glued them stacked together.
I glued the sentiment to the center of the circle, then I glued the florals to the top and bottom of the circle, and the single flower next to the sentiment. I adhered the entire piece to an A2 white cardbase. To finish off the card, I added a few Enchanted Forest Ombre Glitter Drops.
I stamped the around the circle sentiment using the same 3 blue inks that I used to ink blend the circle for my first card. Then, I used the Nested circle die to diecut it out. I glued the larger florals to the top and bottom of the circle. To fill in the inner part of the circle, I stamped and heat set with gold embossing powder another sentiment from the Circle Floral stamp set. I used the coordinating die to diecut it out. I used foam tape to adhere it to the center of the circle. I also added the single flower under the sentiment.
For the background, I used an older Pinkfresh Background die (Radiating Background 2 die) to diecut a dark blue background panel. I adhered it to a white A2 cardbase, then adhered the circle floral piece on top using foam tape just behind the circle. To finish off the card, I added some more of the Enchanted Forest ombre glitter drops.
I really love how my cards turned out, and I love all the coordinating pieces that Pinkfresh Studio puts together! Don’t forget to hop along to see lots of inspiration!
Pinkfresh Studio is giving away the full release on the Pinkfresh Studio blog and YT channel.
Pinkfresh Studio will also be giving away a total of 10 $25 gift cards from the comments along the hop
Pinkfresh Studio will post the winners on March 8, 2023 on the GIVEAWAY PAGE. You must check that page to see if you are a winner. If you are a winner, you must claim your prize within 2 weeks.
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