Spellbinders - My Favorite Person

 

Today I'm featuring more Spellbinders products.  These happen to be included when you purchase the Better Press system which I recently purchased for myself.  I've been really pleased with the supply options and amazingly crisp results.

Anticipating my Copic coloring, I pressed the floral plate into white cardstock using a dye ink from my stash. After coloring I added the score lines manually and then used an edge die to create a fun border.  I adhered it to a blue card base and added in some clear droplets.  I think this image would make for a beautiful sympathy card when switching out the sentiment.

Supplies:

Spellbinders - Better Press floral plate (included with machine)

Spellbinders - Small Die of the Month Club Feb 2018

If you're on the fence (like I was) I wholeheartedly recommend this new plate system.  I know I'm going to have lots of fun with this in the future.

Thanks so much for your time!!!  Much appreciated.

Jules

Spellbinders - Sympathy Cards

 

Hello again.  Last week was a busy one.  Today I'm featuring another gift from Spellbinders however it isn't from this latest release. I've been seeing these large monograms all over IG so I'm thrilled to be part of the "in" crowd.  Sympathy cards are so hard to make so I'm grateful to be able to add this one to my collection.

The extra large monogram and sentiment are Better Press plates.  I really love this system, especially for sentiments.  The results are just so crisp.  The top card was "stamped" with black pigment ink and colored in with Polychromos.  I added a strip of my favorite embossing folder and a border of black and white striped designer paper.  Card #2 was an experiment with kraft cardstock and white pigment ink.  It's certainly okay but I need to tweak this method a bit.  I trimmed it out in pink cardstock and some gold metallic spray to finish it off.

Supplies:

Spellbinders - Floral W Better Press plate

Spellbinders - Leafy Helix embossing folder

MFT Stamps - b/w striped 6x6 paper pad

Thanks so much for visiting my little corner of the blogosphere!!  Your time is much appreciated.

Jules

Color Hues #85

 

Happy Middle of the Month!!!  It's time for another round at Color Hues where we challenge you to create a card using only the two chosen hues along with neutrals.  Today's new color duo is Pink and Yellow, brought to us by Hannelie.

If someone says Pink, I say Flamingo!

Today's card features a mix of Spellbinder supplies.  The flamingo and pot were cut from pink cardstock and edged with ink.  The background panel was embossed, trimmed with a scallop die and adhered to a larger pink panel.  The sentiment is part of a glimmer set.  The dots on the pot are actually negative pieces from the scallop die.  The florals and border were embellished with gems.  The greeting continues on the inside of the card.

Supplies:

Spellbinders - Plant it Here dies

Spellbinders - SDOTM Feb 2018 (lace)

Spellbinders - Lavendar dies

Spellbinders - Envelope of Wonder dies

Spellbinders - foiled sentiment (not sure of the name)

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I invite you to visit our blog for more colorful inspiration and hope to see your card in our gallery.  

Jules

Rubberstamps.com - You're a Keeper

 

I'm back with my final card from Rubberstamps.com for this month.  It features another fun bear set named You're a Keeper.  

(This is my second card for today so please feel free 

to browse around.  This has been a busy release week for me.)

I stamped, cut and colored my elements with Copic markers.  I knew I wanted a black background but was undecided about how to add the cute sentiment.  I thought this designer paper had some bee hive vibes so I used a notched border die to jazz it up a bit.  I realized after I stamped the sentiment that I'd forgotten the A from the set so I die cut the letter from white cardstock and colored it with my blue Copic.  I added some white lines for details and called this one done.

Rubberstamps.com - You're a Keeper stamp set

Rubberstamps.com - You're a Keeper free cut file

Altenew - Notebook Border die

I invite you to visit the Rubberstamps.com website for a look-see at all of the cute stamping products they have available.  Thanks so much for visiting!  Your time is much appreciated.

Jules

Spellbinders Propagation Garden --- Just a Note and Hugs

 

I'm back today with two more cards from the new Propagation Garden Collection by Annie Williams and Spellbinders.  Both cards combine both new release products with older ones from my stash.  First we'll start with this "just because" card.   

The leaves and embossing folder are part of the new release.  

The remaining products are all past releases from Spellbinders.

To create my card ...

I pressed Versamark ink onto the leaf plates and followed it with white embossing powder.  The sentiment is also a heat embossed image.  I used two dies from last fall's Notched Corner set to create the focal point grounding image.  I embossed the smaller one and opted to use the debossed side this time around.  I do believe this is going to be one of my "go-to" texture folders.  I absolutely love it!  I dug through my Spellbinders stash and found these florals dies from an older kit of the month.  The butterflies are also Spellbinders but I didn't record the name of the set.  (I think they came with a tree die????)

I'm pretty happy with the end result and love that I can combine so many older sets with new ones to get a very cohesive look.  

Supplies:

Spellbinders - Notched Corner Frame die set

Spellbinders - Essential Sentiments stamp set (out of stock)

Spellbinders - Leafy Helix embossing folder

Spellbinders - Small Die of the Month club June 2020

Spellbinders - butterflies (set unknown)

Spellbinders - Tropical Leaves Better Press plates

My next card is a bit over the top but I'm rather digging it.  I used gold embossing powder on the Tropical Leaves set along with other gold elements to create a very special "hugs" card.

After die cutting all of my elements I clustered them in the top left corner trailing down along the embossed background.  I was thrilled that I actually captured some of the shine in my photograph.

Supplies:

Spellbinders - Leafy Helix embossing folder

Spellbinders - Tropical Leaves Better Press plates

Spellbinders - Simply Perfect Mix and Match sentiment die set

Spellbinders - florals and leaves (unknown)

Thanks so much for visiting!!!  I hope you take an opportunity to check out the new products from the Spellbinders team and I will be back soon with more card examples from this wonderful company.

Jules

Seize the Birthday #281

 

Hello Crafty Friends!  The Seize the Birthday gang is back with a new Topping.  Our fearless leader Nancy is the hostess and she's asking us to combine any color with green on our birthday cards.  

(This is my second post of the day so if you missed the first one

I'd appreciate you having a look see around my blog.  Thanks!)

I chose the combination of Orange and Green.

I began my design with block lettering and a cute mouse die cut that I inserted in place of the A in Happy.  I used an embossing folder for the background, placed a festive balloon in his hand, heat embossed the sub sentiment and added a few tiny gold stars as embellishments.  Overall, it's a fairly simple design.

Supplies:

MFT Little Uppercase dies

Cottage Cutz - Forest Critters

Simon Says Stamp - Happy

Stampin' Up - Painted Texture embossing folder

I invite you to visit our blog for more inspiration.  Whether you play with the Topping or not we would love to see your birthday creations in our gallery!  

Thanks so much for spending a bit of your time with me.

Jules

Spellbinders Propagation Garden --- Sympathy Card and a Birthday Tag

Hello Crafty Friends!  I am back with more new products from the Propagation Garden release designed by Annie Williams. Today's examples use a new set of Better Press plates named Tropical Leaves.  As you will see later this week, I created several cards using different color variations of this set but for today's card I kept it very simple and traditional.

I thought these leaves looked fabulous in black and white so I am using them "naked".  I combined a few of the leaves with a "new to me" stamp set and a really, really, really old artsy fartsy frame (as in more than 15 years old), both from Spellbinders.  I think simplicity is best when it comes to sympathy cards so I left this one un-embellished.  (Did I just make up a new word?)  

In my next example I used the same Better Press plates to create gold embossed tags.  All you need to do is swap out the black ink for Versamark and then use your favorite gold embossing powder.  I stamped the sentiment vertically (from the same stamp set as above) and created a wonderful birthday tag.

Supplies:

Spellbinders - Tropical Leaves Better Press plates

Spellbinders - Essential Sentiment clear stamp set (out of stock)

I hope you'll visit their website to see all of the wonderful new products they have in store for us.  Thanks so much for spending a bit of your day with me.  I'll be back later this week with more examples.

Jules