Spellbinders Large Die of the Month Club…

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi everyone! Two pink cards in a row! That’s amazing for me! Paper flowers coming at ya!

I started with the NEW Spellbinders Large Die of the Month Club set (linked below). There’s a lot of dies in these sets. This versatile set can be used as a complete background panel, a background panel with the outside edge die cut around the pointy pattern, a frame with the center and the outside die cut or a frame with just the inside die cut out! That’s a lot of bang for your buck!

I used it as a complete background with the decorative pattern die cut into it.

There’s four sentiment sets too! The outline image and the layer! So pretty too!

I decided to add some flowers and an extra little sentiment near the bottom.

I die cut a bunch of the Mini Blooms and Sprigs set… fun little flowers to make bouquets with.

Super fun Spring-y A2 size card that’s really fun IRL! I’m happy with it! YAY!

Linking to some challenges…

The Paper Players… Joanne’s color Challenge

My Time to Craft – Spring Flowers

Check out Spellbinders Clubs…I have one more to share with you this week and you can sign up now through the 27th! HERE‘s where to learn all about it.

Thank you for stopping by and holler if you have any questions!

Check out the products I used below…

Large Die of the Month Membership –… [ SPL ]	Mini Blooms and Sprigs Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Yana’s Special Sentiments Glimmer Hot… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold –… [ SPL ]	Mirror Gold Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 -… [ SPL ]	Pink Sand Color Essentials Cardstock… [ SPL ]
Snowdrift Color Essentials Cardstock… [ SPL ]	A2 White Envelopes – 25 pack –… [ SPL ]	Bearly Art Mini 2 fl oz Precision… [ SPL ]
New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL ]	Glimmer Hot Foil System Platinum \|… [ SPL ]	Tool ‘n One for Die Cutting &… [ SPL ]
Scor-Buddy Eighths – Spellbinders… [ SPL ]	Crystal Katana Black Edition \|… [ SPL ]

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Spellbinders April Stamp and Die of the Month Club and Small Die of the Month Club Cards…

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi everyone! Getting my floral on with the NEW Spellbinders clubs this week!

Two cards to show you using the NEW club kits coming real soon!

For the first card I used the Stamp and Die Club of the month and for the background I used the Small Die of the month set. So pretty!

My second card I used two floral sections of the Stamp from the stamp and die club to create a wreath! So fun!

Here’s a couple pictures that hopefully will help you see…

then the dies for the stamp set…

Fun to make so many different looks with this set and a great variety of sentiments with dies for them too!

If you look real close you can see I die cut the top right double flower and the bottom left flower and pieced them back in for this card. Those are also the pieces I used to make the wreath… five of each.

I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

This card is A2 size…

My wreath card is 5 ¼ in. square card…

I stamped with Memento Tuxedo black and colored with Copic Sketch again for this one. I stamp and die cut before I color.

I really like that it’s easy to get the margin the same around the whole image when you die cut with these dies.

Lots of pictures today! Crazy how some days are better for taking pictures. Here we are at a season change again which means adjustments!

Here’s where you can find out about the monthly kits from Spellbinders Paper Arts…so many great stamps and dies! The kits go ‘live’ on the 6th! (that’s the day you can start signing up for them)

A BOGO SALE going on also!!! Check it out HERE! All kinds of wonderful included!

Have fun looking around and holler if you have any questions. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Here’s what I used to make these two cards…

Clear Stamp & Die of the Month Club –… [ SPL ]	Small Die of the Month Membership –… [ SPL ]	Cheerful Occasions Paper Pad \|… [ SPL ]
Black Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 – 25 pack… [ SPL ]	White Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 – 25 pack… [ SPL ]	White Foam Squares Mix 1MM Adhesive \|… [ SPL ]

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Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms Birthday Card…

March 31, 2023April 1, 2023 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi friends and cardmakers! Hope you’re having a beautiful week! I needed some birthday cards this month so I finally put to use these florals that I’d put together last year! I die cut a bunch of Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms from different Bazzill Card Shopped cardstocks, glued them up and there they sat in an envelope box lid! So many gals have used these dies… I’d guess they were the most popular floral set of 2022!

I used a poppystamps Double Stitch Rectangle Frames die to showcase the bouquet.

A Taylored Expressions Sentiment Strip.

Some Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Micro Squares to mount the flowers. These worked out really nice because I needed to stick stems under!

Linking to some challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – anything goes

Word Art Wednesday – anything goes

Cardz 4 Galz – Spring Flowers

I’ll link up below what I used. It’s super simple! I didn’t even add any inking to the flowers!

Thank you for stopping by! Happy Spring flower creating to you! ttul!

Here’s what I used for this card… (I left in the Scrapbook.com and Simon Says Stamp links but they are both out of stock) (bummer, the Double Stitch Rectangle Frames dies are no longer available) I’ll link up another that’s similar but not the same size.

Be Bold Blooms Etched Dies from the… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Simple Strips Background [ TE ]	Simple Strips Die [ TE ]
Bazzill Card Shoppe [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Self-Adhesive… [ STR ]	Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock… [ HBL ]
Poppystamps – 2478 Scalloped Stitch… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink Jet Black Archival Ink Pad [ SBC \| SSS ]

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Spellbinders February Release Four Petal Floral 3D Embossing Folder Card…

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 Pam Sparks18 Comments

Hi everyone! Do you remember the poinsettia embossing folder card I made HERE? I tried it again with the NEW Spellbinders Four Petal Floral 3D Embossing Folder.

I did this one a little different. I ran it through the Big Shot with the embossing folder setup after I inked it up with Antique Linen Distress Ink pad. (regular dye ink) You ink it on the wrong side, the side that debosses, the design is recessed into the cardstock but you don’t want to go deep this time. Use a thinner sandwich. I inked it up so it’d be easier to see where to brush on the ink. The first time I did it I got too much green on the pink.

I found that I could kinda ‘wash’ the ink off with a damp stiff-ish paint brush, after I deep embossed it and brushed back in the right color. I missed a few spots though! hehe

Scroll down (last picture) and you’ll see how it looks after ink blending and before the last embossing like the folder is meant to be embossed.

After inking with yellow, pink, green oxide inks and deep embossing, you ink blend again over the top of all of it with Vintage photo distress oxide ink.

It’s a super fun, vintage-y, distressed look that the camera makes brighter and deeper color than it really is IRL.

I hot foiled the sentiment on a die cut panel using the Spellbinders Something Special Glimmer Hot Foil Plate and gold hot foil.

I spattered on some gold ink for sparkle and glued on some gold pearls to glam it up… oh and some thin gold cord before I glued it to an A7 size cardbase.

Here’s the not so pretty ink blended panel! :O I know… at this point you think, I should quit! This is NOT working! lol

Never fear….keep going! lol

As to my Hallmark commentary last time… this one is Hallmark size anyway! lol

Linking to some challenges…

The Flower Challenge – Use your latest stamps and dies

Just Us Girls Challenge – Sparkle (I have gold sparkly spatters)

Can You Handle the Pressure – anything goes with an embossing folder

Sunshiny day here today, probably won’t be tomorrow when this posts and I haven’t even made it out! I can’t believe it’s already Feb, 14th! Weather and time seem to be my go to conversation! ugh. Sorry!

Hope this finds you creating valentines or something! I’ll talk to you again soon!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Shopping links to the products I used… thank you so much for clicking through from here! I appreciate it and no cost to you! Valentines SALE! Go HERE! Feb. 14 – 20

Spellbinders – Four Petal Collection… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – Inspired Basics… [ SBC \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil -… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]
Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil… [ SBC \| SBC \| SSS ]

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Spellbinders Scenic Poinsettias Card…

December 13, 2022 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! I’m still here! Down to the wire trying to do all the things! I made this card a few weeks ago and today I decided I was going to get it posted finally!

I LOVE this gorgeous embossing folder from Spellbinders.

I was inspired by Annie HERE…

I started out like she describes but I went back after and added some green color pencil for the berry stems and holly leaves.

For my die cuts I used the Spellbinders Holiday Blooms die set. I remembered I had all the watercolor backgrounds from following Jill Foster’s background video for the new Penny Black release for Christmas! I used them for die cutting and I’m so happy with how well they go with the ink blended embossing!

The hot foiled Merry Christmas Sentiment is also from Spellbinders. I’ll link below!

Thank you so much for coming over to visit my blog! Tonight we have a grandkids choir concert. They’re part of a homeschool choir with an excellent director who has high expectations so it’s always a beautiful and a blessed event for us. Can’t wait! ❤

ttul!

Here’s what I used to make this card…