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Spellbinders Handmade Holidays Christmas Release…

Hi everyone!  What a week!  Two days without internet put me behind getting cards posted.  Christmas in July is always fun!  I can’t believe it’s July already though!  eek!

Some NEW dies from Spellbinders for my card today… Delivering Joy Sleigh, Handmade sentiments and new to me Nested Postage Labels & Tag.

Not much to tell…die cut and glue together.  I used scraps for everything except the postage frame and cardbase!  That’s always a good feeling. lol

I pretty much followed the design on the packaging to put it together.

So fun and pretty!  I always love Christmas foliage…well anything Christmas and then put it on postal and I’m super happy! lol

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Check out the new by tapping/clicking through my links below!  Thank you so much for your comments and encouragement!  I appreciate it!

Dies and supplies I used for this card…

Delivering Joy Sleigh Etched Dies…
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Handmade Sentiments Etched Dies from…
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Nested Postage Labels & Tag Etched…
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Mirror Silver Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 -…
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New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine…
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Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
[ STR ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · copics · Masculine · Simon Says Stamp · Summer · Thinking of You

Simon Says Stamp Sunny Vibes Release Around the World Card…

Hi cardmakers and friends!  Sunny Vibes….sure makes me think of Summer, vacations and travel.  I’m not going anywhere but I can send this card instead!  So many cute illustrations in this stamp set.  There’s a coordinating die set and another die set if you don’t want to stamp.

I’m not sure if there is a thing called ‘air mail’ anymore…takes two days to get a piece of mail to someone in the same town!  I love using postal elements on cards though.  I heat embossed AIR MAIL in white on red cardstock.

I stamped the images and colored with Copics.  I didn’t like the continents in brown so I stippled on some Rustic Wilderness Oxide ink. That was tricky but I didn’t want to start over.

I colored the airplane with a metallic gel pen then went over it a few times with a clear glaze pen.

The sentiments are straight in the stamp set but using the MISTI I curved them a little and stamped with Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink.

Ended up being a 5 ½ inch square card.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Sending smiles to you wherever you are!

Here’s the products I used to make this card…

Simon Says Stamps and Dies Around the…
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Simon Says Stamps and Dies Around the…
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Simon Says Clear Stamps Around the…
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Simon Says Stamp Around the World…
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Simon Says Stamp Earth Wafer Die…
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Simon Says Stamp Sunny Vibes…
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Tsukineko Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK…
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copic sketch markers at Simon Says…
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Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD…
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Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537
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Ranger Archival Ink Pad Jet Black…
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Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH…
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Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra…
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Sakura CLEAR GLAZE Gel Pen 38386
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Sakura GELLY ROLL STARDUST METEOR Gel…
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All Occasion · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Summer · Thank You

Memory Box Canyon Butterflies Card…

Hi everyone!  Still in CAS mode…but let’s try black!  I die cut the butterflies and the NEW Thank You Breezy Script from some brayered cardstock.  That was brave of me! lol

Remember the Kaleidacolor ink pads from Tsukineko?  Scroll through them HERE.  I have a bunch of them and I made a bunch of these backgrounds a couple years ago.  I didn’t write on the backs what pad I used though!  Just use any of them.  They all turn out wonderful!

This is the one I used for the butterflies and the sentiment.

I die cut the black rectangle for the front with the Memory Box A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set.

I die cut the Thank You Breezy Script Shadow die in the black panel.  You’ll need a piece of black behind it when you mount it to your card.

I mounted the panel to the white A2 cardbase with the thin mounting tape I love so much! I use a non stick scissors to cut it…it’s sticky!

Glue the butterflies together…glue the sentiment into the opening created by die cutting the sentiment shadow die.

I added a couple gems to the butterfly from the Memory Box Bright set.

I wish you could see it in person… Black is always striking but photographing with either kind of light washes it out!

That’s it!  Holler if you have any questions!  Go and get inky! lol

ttul,

Here’s what I used to make this CAS card…

Memory Box – 94835 Canyon Butterflies…
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Memory Box – 94780 Thank You Breezy…
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Memory Box – 94672 A2 Rectangle…
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Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
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Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll…
[ STR | SBC | SSS ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH…
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Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – 3.31 Inch…
[ SBC | SSS ]
Memory Box Fairy Drops • Jewels •…
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All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · copics · Die Piecing · Masculine · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Poppystamps · Summer

poppystamps Whittle Tropical Gator Kit Card…

Surprise!  Now I’m wishing I’d thought to make the bow and hoop red! lol  Happy Fourth of July friends and cardmakers!

Such cute critters from poppystamps and everything you need to make this card or another version in the kit!

Personality indeed!  They’re having a Summer good time!

I colored the die cuts with Copic Sketch Markers after I die cut them in Hammermill Color Copy 100# cardstock.

Branches – YG17, YG 67 and G99

Tree Trunks – E43, E44 and E47

Splash – B000, B00, B01 and B02

Bow and hoop – RV02 and inked a little bit with my dirty pink oxide ink blending brush

Tie – B05 and BG09

Umbrella – N2, 3, 4, 5

Gators – YG21, YG23 and inked a little bit with my dirty green oxide ink blending brush

I kept it clean and simple by just mounting the colored die cuts onto an A2 size Neenah Solar White 110# cardbase that I inked with a little bit of Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.

Small pieces of the thin mounting tape behind the pieces and placed similar to the picture on the envelope of the kit packaging.

So cute and easy to do!  Aren’t the teeth fun?! lol

Have a beautiful holiday rest of the week and enjoy the fireworks if you can stay up late enough! haha!

ttul,

Here’s what I used to make this gator card…

Poppystamps – KT001 Whittle Tropical…
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copic sketch markers at Simon Says…
[ SSS | BLIC ]
Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra…
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Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH…
[ SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
[ STR ]
Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll…
[ STR | SBC | SSS ]

Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Masculine · Oxide Inks · Patriotic · Spellbinders dies · Summer

Spellbinders Monthly Clubs…last day to sign up for June!

Here I am at the last minute and you still have time to get in on the June Clubs at Spellbinders! Sign up goes through today, the 27th!  Go HERE.

I’m using the Stencil of the Month Club on my card.  FIVE stencils in this set…3 for the beach balls and 2 to create a Summer scene!  BTW a one inch circle punch works to punch out the balls.  Hard to tell in my photos but I have two punched out and raised with thin mounting tape.

I used two Distress Oxide inks, Lumberjack Plaid and Prize Ribbon.  I also inked a piece of cardstock to make the background blue pieces.

SB All-Star Sentiments (half price right now!) and Simon Hurley Handwritten Sentiments (25% off right now!) for the message. Links below…

It turned out cute considering I had no idea where I was headed with it! lol

I ended up with two different color reds because I grabbed the pink blending brush to do the main red on the ball!  oops!  But it worked out because the small red circle die using the red brush gave me another red! lol

I’ll add this A2 size card to my stash of birthday cards!

Thanks so much for stopping by and be sure to check out Spellbinders!  There’s always a great sale going on.  I love it!

I’ll link you to what I used below…

Clubs | Spellbinders Paper Arts -…
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Stencil of the Month Membership -…
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All-Star Sentiments Clear Stamp Set…
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Handwritten Sentiments Etched Dies…
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Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad…
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Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad…
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Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
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Blending Brushes – 3 Pack |…
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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
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