Spellbinders Breezy Swing Small Die of the Month Club for August…

August 25, 2023August 24, 2023 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! This is a change from the festive cards I’ve been posting. I don’t normally do pastels so this is a real change for me! Such a dainty, lovely lady on a fine Summer day wishing you Hello!

The sentiment is a fun change from the ordinary also. It comes separate so you can use it or not use it!

One of our granddaughters loves to swing…this might just be going to her.

I made it an A7 size so it gives the appearance of being clean and simple.

Decide what papers you want to use, die cut, glue and it’s ready to mail! One postage stamp will do it! YAY!

I used Lawn Fawns Flower Market 6×6 paper pad for her dress and hat band.

I used the branch from the Sweet Birds on a Branch die set. Everything else comes in the set.

Hope she makes you smile! Love the extra little details. Spellbinders is really coming up with some amazing sets!

Learn about the Clubs of the month HERE and this particular Stamp and Die of the Month HERE. Sign up window is from the 6th of the month to the 27th of the month! Three more days to get in on this month!

Thank you so much for stopping by and I have some more Christmas to share real soon…as soon as I get pictures.

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Small Die of the Month Membership –… [ SPL ]	Sweet Birds on a Branch Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Memory Box Fairy Drops • Jewels •… [ STR \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Zig Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Flowers · Spellbinders dies · Thinking of You

Spellbinders Large Die of the Month and 3D Embossing Folder of the Month Card…

August 10, 2023 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! Something truly unusual today for this month’s Large Die of the Month Club from Spellbinders! I was surprised to see a Pomegranate but it turned out so fun!

Growing up, my dad was the grocery shopper for my mom, she didn’t drive. I remember him bringing home pomegranates and we’d sit around the table digging for the treasured fruit! Fun memories.

Spellbinders has a great club program! Join for a great price and cancel anytime. Simple details HERE. (a short video with the details too)

I took a picture of the pomegranates before I glued them together so you could see what I cut out of what!

I used Lumberjack Plaid Distress Ink to color the red layer of the pomegranate insides.

See the circles at the ends of the branches? That’s where you glue on the flowers and buds! So handy to have a good area to put glue on!

Die cutting and gluing….

then I decided to use the 3D Embossing Folder of the Month – Stylized Floral. So pretty! I ran it through the die cutting machine, no added techniques!

I did some inking for shading here and there… lumberjack red and gathered twigs distress inks.

THANKS is the sentiment die that comes with the set!

I made an A2 size card and it’s nice and snail mail friendly!

Thank you for stopping by today! Take a look at the club offerings for the month… I still have one more to post next week!

Quick shopping links to the products I used to make this card…

Large Die of the Month Membership –… [ SPL ]	3D Embossing Folder of the Month… [ SPL ]	New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL ]
Cardstock, Paper, & Envelopes \|… [ SPL ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · cards · copics · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Get Well · Spellbinders dies · Thinking of You

Spellbinders August Clear Stamp and Die Set of the Month Club…

August 3, 2023August 3, 2023 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Can you believe it’s August already?! eek! What I notice first is the evenings getting dusky earlier! boo!

Hope this finds you creating and feeling good anyway!

I started my card today by stamping the floral stamp in the MISTI with Memento Desert Sand Dye ink. I know… it’s looking pretty Summery still! I bet I should’ve been thinking Fall colors! oh well, there’s orange here! lol

I colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

The little bit of blue is in with the green…probably hard to see. Some of you might remember going to stamp conventions and seeing Stamps By Judith’s booth? She always colored her green foliage with a little bit of blue.

The background I did on watercolor paper. Regular Distress inks pressed onto a craft sheet, spritzed with water and press the paper into the ink. One color at a time. Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade and Worn Lipstick. Dab off extra color with a paper towel, more water spritzed on if the color is too strong.

I spattered with White ink after it was all dry.

I stamped a portion of the main flower image on the inside with Worn Lipstick Distress ink. I meant to use oxide but the regular was out on the desk and I picked it up without thinking. It looks good though.

The sentiment on the front and on the inside are from the set.

There are several to choose from in this stamp set and dies for all! It’s great! Two dies for the floral stamp too! You can just die cut one side or the other since they’re separate! Very cool idea!

This is a mini slimline size card.

Linking to some challenges…

Triple B – Blooms

Addicted to Stamps and More – Make Your Mark

Double D Challenge – anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – Summer

Fun clubs this month…the glimmer hot foil plate is a similar floral and you can get a stencil set and use it for coloring. Of course I’m wishing I’d gotten that! lol

Every time I get to this point in my post I wonder if I’m giving enough information or if you like just going to the Spellbinders website to read it for yourself.

HERE is the page to find out all about Spellbinders monthly clubs. They are really fun and an inexpensive way to get new product every month! Something new to look forward to and it’s so nice you get to see ahead what is coming and the wonderful variety from all the card designers with great ideas!

The club I used today is HERE. Check it out and I’d love to hear what you think!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Holler if you have any questions and I’ll stop talking now! lol

Blog Hop · cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Flowers · Hot Foiling · Spellbinders dies · Winter

Blog Hop for Spellbinders July2023 Clubs!

July 21, 2023July 25, 2023 Pam Sparks36 Comments

Welcome cardmakers and friends! Today I’m participating in Spellbinders Christmas in July blog hop! We’re sharing the July monthly clubs release.

Find out how the clubs work HERE. I’m using the Small Die of the Month in this post. You’ll find it HERE.

I made an A2 size top fold card.

Spellbinders die sets are beautifully designed and easy to assemble. I die cut in three colors and gold foil cardstock.

I used a hot foil plate from the Christmas Magic Glimmer Set for the sentiment and die cut it with the smallest die from the Precision Layering Mini Slimline B die set.

I kept my card clean and simple but there’s so many embossing folders or hot foil plates for backgrounds if you want to add more to your card! That’s part of why the sets of the month are so fun. You can use already purchased products with them also!

Links to my other cards I created for the July Clubs of the Month…

Large Die of the Month Club – HERE

Stamp and Die of the Month Club – HERE

3D Embossing Folder of the Month Club – HERE

Now for the GIVEAWAY! Can’t have a blog hop without a giveaway and this is an awesome one!

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away three $25 gift certificates to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on our blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, July 23^rd, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in this blog hop post the following Wednesday. The winner is responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes.

The next blog on the hop is Carrie Rhoades

Thank you so much for hopping by! I appreciate it and below are the links to the products I used for my card!

Small Die of the Month Membership –… [ SPL ]	Christmas Magic Glimmer Hot Foil… [ SPL ]	Precision Layering Mini Slimline B… [ SPL ]
Precision Layering Mini Slimline Die… [ SPL ]	Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold -… [ SPL ]	Glimmer Hot Foil 4 Rolls – Essential… [ SPL ]
Portobello Color Essentials Cardstock… [ SPL ]	Blue Spruce Color Essentials… [ SPL ]	Pomegranate Color Essentials… [ SPL ]
Mirror Gold Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 -… [ SPL ]	Fashion Gold Embellishments -… [ SPL ]	New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL ]
Glimmer Hot Foil System Platinum \|… [ SPL ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

cards · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Karin Markers · Spellbinders dies · Winter

Spellbinders 3D Embossing Folder Club of the Month – Christmas in July Card…

July 13, 2023July 12, 2023 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi everyone! I’ve always loved the sentiment Deck the Halls but I don’t think I use it every year!

This NEW 3D embossing folder is called ‘Adorning the Trees’! So the sentiment sure fits! This embossing folder is a big one. It will emboss a 8 ½ in. x 5 ½ in. piece of cardstock. I used the top half.

I used a piece of matte, gold metallic cardstock and I had quite a bit of cracking and I hated to pitch it! I had to think and try a couple things before I landed on the Karin Deco Metallic markers! Wow! They worked so good! Metallic is so hard to capture to show the true beauty of it.

Painting in the design was really easy too. I really didn’t try for perfection but to my eyes, it turned out great! haha

This picture shows the metallic cardstock under the sentiment better.

I used two rectangles from the Precision Layering Mini Slimline sets A and B. I am so glad to have so many rectangle sets. I can pretty much always find one that fits whatever sentiment I need to cut out. lol Makes me happy because I don’t always use the small sizes of sets. Do you?

The die cut sentiment is from Mix and Match Holiday Greetings set… I’ll link below. I die cut it in a matte Silver metallic cardstock, same as the cardbase.

This is an A2 size card.

You’ll find all of the info on Spellbinders Club of the Month deals HERE and the link for just the 3D Embossing Folder Club is HERE.

Holler if you have any questions and thank you for stopping by! I appreciate your visit so much!

Check out what I used to make this card at the links below…

3D Embossing Folder of the Month… [ SPL ]	Spellbinders – Universal Plate System… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]	New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Spellbinders – Celebrate The Season… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Precision Layering Mini Slimline A… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Precision Layering Mini Slimline B… [ SPL ]
Karin DECOBRUSH METALLIC Markers 28z1 [ SSS \| BLIC ]	Zig Glue [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]