Spellbinders projects -a page and note cards

Hi everyone! I am working behind the scenes on new releases for Gina K Designs and the upcoming Spellbinders release, so I thought I would share a couple projects I made for the Spellbinders gallery this year. You can find these and more projects in the Spellbinders Idea Gallery.

I made this scrapbook page back in May and it focuses on the Jewel Flowers and Flourishes die set.  This set designed by Julianna Hudgins is one of my all time favorites.  I LOVE the flowers and the flourishes are delicate and perfect!

I made this trio of note cards back in June using Labels One and Scallop Labels One dies and stamps from Waltzingmouse.

 Thanks for stopping by!  Here is a couple close up picture of the page which shows the embossing/stenciling details.

Scrapbook page details:

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S4-116 Standard Circles SM
• S5-143 Jewel Flowers and Flourishes
• Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Preferred Partner Products:

• Want2Scrap, Say It With Bling Light Green Rhinestones

Cross Promotional Partner Products:

• My Mind's Eye, Nostalgia Accessory Sheet, Label, Classic Patterned Paper
• Bazzill Basics Paper, Blush Red Medium, Candle Glow Medium, Sugar Cream Cardstock
• Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker, Red Alpha Stickers
• SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L, 3D Foam Squares

Other Supplies:

Ink; Light Green Pen; Black Alphabet Stickers; Glitter Embossing Powder

Note cards details:

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S4-161 Labels One
• S4-375 Scalloped Labels One
• S5-050 Rose Creations
• Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Preferred Partner Products:

• Waltzingmouse, Fancy Phrases, Compact Sentiments, Large Doily Stamp Sets

Cross Promotional Partner Products:

• WorldWin Papers, Black, White Cardstock
• Clearsnap, ColorBox Citrine, Grass, Thistle, Wisteria, Daffodil, Canary, Onyx Pigment Ink
• KaiserCraft, Yellow, Light Purple, Sweet Pea Rhinestones
• Creative Impressions, Black Satin Ribbon
• Beacon Adhesives, Zip Dry Glue

Sweet Birthday Wishes

Hi everyone!!  I am on a card making roll!  I saw the amazing Waltzingmouse sketch this week and had to play along.  

This card uses all of my favorite things.  I love all the new My Mind's Eye papers, these are from The Sweetest Thing, Bluebell 6x6 pad.

I also love all the Prima Flowers (now discontinued) - Link to great mini flower dies to use instead.

And my favie new WMS set is Compact Sentiments (now discontinued) - Link to great sentiment dies to use instead.

And last but not least - my Spellbinders Circle Nestabilities!  Yes, even with all the new and wonderful Labels and Shapeabilities set, my all time favorite dies are circles!

I followed the sketch pretty much exactly, but the center strip panel looked better at an angle rather than straight across.  I think it had to do with my circle and flower cluster.  The sentiment was stamped a bit too high, so I added some rhinestones to fill the space.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.  Here is a close up picture before I go.

Happy for you banner card

Hi everyone!  I have a CAS banner card to share with you today.  This one really was super easy to make.  I used Spellbinders sets, Nested Pennants and Nested Lacey Pennants to create the banner.  The paper I used was scraps from my On the Sunny Side 6x6 pad by My Mind's Eye.  What fun happy colors!  The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse, Compact Sentiments.

 Here is a closeup picture.  You can see the detail of all the fun Want2Scrap bling!  Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend.

Card Deets:
Stamps - Compact Sentiments stamp set (Waltzingmouse Stamps)
Ink -Versafine Black Onyx (Tsukineko)
Paper -Pure Luxury white and wild Dandelion cardstock (Gina K Designs), On the Sunny Side 6x6 pad (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories -Spellbinders S5-028 Nested Pennants, S5-029 Nested Lacey Pennants and Home Sweet Home Shapeabilities, burlap string in natural (Stamp Simply Ribbon Store), Button (Buttons Galore), Nestabling Nested Pennant SilverR rhinestone and yellow Rhinestones (Want2Scrap), copic marker
Tools - Spellbinders Grand Calibur die cutting machine

Coordinating box and card

Hi everyone!  I have a card and matching box to share with you today.  I made this awhile ago and realized I forgot to post it. 

The box was made from the Spellbinders Square Bracket Edge Box die.  These boxes are super simple to make, just die cut and emboss the box shape (shown below in green) from some cardstock (any weight will work).  After you emboss it, the box sides will fold easily and you can adhere them together using some 1/4" Scor-Tape.

Here is a close up of the box.  To decorate it, I added a strip of Scor-tape along the top of the inside and ruffled some seam binding ribbon around the edge.  I then trimmed a strip of cardstock and pattern paper and adhered it around the middle.  Some 1/4" silk ribbon, flower and rhinestones decorate it.

Here is a close up of the card.  I used a sentiment from Waltzingmouse awesome set, Fancy Phrases and decorated it to coordinate.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Fancy Phrases
Cardstock - Pure Luxury Chocolate Brown and White
Pattern Paper - GCD Studios
Accessories - Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Circles Nestabilities and Square Bracket Edge box, silk ribbon, mulberry flowers, branch punch, stickles

A couple rejects (hey wait, that sounds weird!)

Hi everyone!  Long time no post.  Sidebar, isn't it funny when people say that?  It's not like you realized it's been while since I have posted -lol!  Anyway, I have been busy behind the scenes making Spellbinders projects.  CHA is just around the corner, just sayin'...!  I don't have anything new to share, but here are a couple cards that were publication submission rejects.  I made these about 8 months ago, I found them when I was cleaning out my photo files and realized I hadn't blogged them.

This circle card uses Waltzingmouse Stamps

This CAS card uses Gina K Designs stamps

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  Here are a couple close up shots.

Easy Washi tape sunburst cards

Hi Everyone!  I was so inspired with our 2 (going on 3) days of sunshine we had, that I used my Washi tape to make sunbursts!  Happy happy happy!  Sunburst designs of all kinds are the rage right now, so I thought I would put a washi tape spin on it. Note: all tapes used on these cards are now retired. You can shop for similar washi tape on Scrapbook.com.

Here's one I did in teal and purple.

And here's one I did in Pinks.

Here is one in Yellows

The washi tapes I used come from a variety of places, but the majority came from Etsy stores. You can shop similar Washi Tape options on Scrapbook.com. Both of these cards use Spellbinders Circles, Scalloped Circles and a Bitty Blossom flower die templates and sentiments from Waltzingmouse Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

PageMaps Labels and Tags card

Hi everyone!  I have a fun post today.  At Winter CHA, Spellbinders announced they teamed up with Becky Fleck of PageMaps to create a line of dies!  These dies are designed to coordinate with elements found in her sketches.  If you are not familiar with Becky, she creates wonderful sketches for both scrap pages and cards.  She has several books out and an incredible array of sketches archived.  I am new to her sketches and jumped at the chance to play along this month.  Here is the sketch she sent to me:

Here is Labels and Tags die set:

And here is my card.  I kept this pretty simple, letting the dies speak for themselves.  There is a strip of Washi tape on the right end of the card and I chose my cardstock to coordinate with the colors in it.  I used the small trio of tickets, the tiny rectangle tag and label shape from Labels and Tags set.  I also used the new Spellbinders Baubles Blossoms Two flower and some leaves from the Foliage set.  The sentiment is from the Waltzingmouse Stamps, Say it Loud set.

You can view the March 2012 newsletter and see all the wonderful sketch samplesusing this die set.

Thanks Becky for inviting me to play along with you this month!  You can find all the PageMap sketches and more on her website.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Say it Loud (Waltzingmouse Stamps)

Ink - Nutmeg (AMuse)

Accesories - Spellbinder dies (all listed above), 2 and 3mm pink rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), stickles and burlap string (Stamp Simply Ribbon Store), Scor-Pal, Washi tape from Chickydoddle Etsy store

Quick and easy MME cards

Hi everyone!  I have a couple quick and easy cards to make.  I just received all the new release My Mind's Eye 6x6 pads (total swoon) and was inspired to bust them open!!

Paper: Miss Caroline "Fiddlesticks"; Spellbinder dies: Bauble Blossom Two, Bitty Blossoms;  Sentiment: WMS Fancy Phrases

Paper: On the Bright Side Two; Spellbinder dies: Bauble Blossom Two, Circles;  Sentiment: WMS Fancy Phrases

 Paper: Kraft Fun Day "Happy Days"; Spellbinder dies: Circles;  Sentiment: Unity Sweet Celebration Birthday

 Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day.

 

 

It's all about My Mind's Eye

Hi everyone!  I have to say, I am enjoying my love affair with My Mind's Eye.  When they came out with 6x6 pads last year, I was OVER the moon!  Their designs are soft, feminine,   never over the top and always have some simple stripes or dots for simple card designs.  AND perfect color palettes.  My first love of 6x6 pads was Basic Grey, remember way back when they were the only paper in 6x6?  Gosh, I loved their designs then.  Sadly, either they changed, or I have, because I haven't liked their papers in a long time.  Thank goodness MME stepped in to save the day.

But I digress... today's card uses some of the pale pink papers from the Lost and Found "Blush" pad.  This has to be my current favorite packs right now (I used it on my wedding tag below)!!  I also used my Spellbinders Edgeablities, Rectangles Nestabilities and Pennant dies on this simple card.  The stamps are Waltzingmouse Stamps (I really love their stamps and don't have nearly enough in my collection -LOL) the Say It Loud set.

This card was for the MME blog sketch challenge #27, but it turns out it is TWO months old!  They are already on Challenge #29, and here I thought I was ORGANIZED!  lol!

Here are a couple of my current favorite MME pads.  You can find them all at The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store!

 

 

 GORGEOUS stuff, right?????

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.  I'll leave you with a close up picture.

Card Deets:

Stamps - Say it Loud (Waltzingmouse Stamps)

Ink -Chocolate Chip (SU!)

Paper -Ivory cardstock (Gina K Designs), Lost & Found 2 collection, "Blush" 6x6 pad (My Mind's Eye)

Accessories -Spellbinders™ S5-029 Nested Lacey Pennants, S4-130 Classic Rectangles SM Nestabilities® and E8-001 Classic Scallop Edgeabilities, 1/2" pink wrinkled ribbon (May Arts), 2 toned pink 15mm open rose flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts), 3 and 4mm light pink rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty)

Tools - Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur® die cutting machine

Double challenge -Waltzingmouse meets AMuse

Hi everyone!  I have another double challenge card to share today.  This card followed this week's Waltzingmouse sketch challenge (it was a circle, can't pass that right?) and the new AMuse challenge blog challenge which was to create your own embellishment.

The stamp set is WMS Say it Loud and to make the embellishment, I used Shell Satin ribbon and twisted and wound them around a Gluber glue dot. I then took a bit of Fern satin for the leaves and glued a 20mm open rose on top. The ribbons, cardstock and pattern paper are from AMuse.  I am new to AMuse, the cardstock and pattern papers are different than I am used to, it is white on the reverse side.  That is kinda cool, when you use it for card bases, you won't have to line the inside with white cardstock!  Also, it is a bit thinner, so when you emboss it you will need to use a shim.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Say It Loud (Waltzingmouse)
Ink - Currant and Onyx (AMuse)
Paper - white and currant cardstock, bubblegum gingham PP (all AMuse)
Accessories - Spellbinders Classic Scalloped and Standard circles nestabilities, Shell and Fern satin ribbon (AMuse), burlap string, 3mm olive rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), 20mm 2-toned open rose (Wild Orchid Crafts) 

WMS May Blog Waltz

Hi everyone!  I have my very first Waltzingmouse card to share today!  I am so thrilled that they are a Preferred Stamping Partner with Spellbinders.  This means that WMS has a partnership to design stamps that coordinate with Spellbinders dies.  I have always been a huge fan of Claire's designs, but never really had the chance to play with her stamps.

Welllll, I placed my first order a few weeks ago and could barely wait to get them inky when they arrived this weekend!  My card today is for the May Blog Waltz, which is a blog hop of sorts for Waltzingmouse. This month's theme is to make a masculine card.  You can go to this forum thread to find links of all the players.  My card uses the set, Say it Loud and pattern paper from MME, the new Lime Twist collection, Out of the Blue 6x6 pad (LOVE all the new Life Twist papers, sigh). I embossed the sentiment as I found it the easiest way to stamp on vellum -otherwise it smears no matter how long it sits!

 My card is also for this week's SCS Featured Stamper challenge to case Aimes.  I am new to her gallery, but she is a fantastic stamper!  I chose to case this card. I kept the same adorable layout and use of vellum for the sentiment! I changed up the flower and buttons for stars and made my card a birthday card.

Here is a peek at the inside.

 Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  I'll leave you with a close up.

Card Deets:
Stamps - Say it Loud (WMS)
Ink -Onyx Black (Versafine)
Paper - white cardstock, Out of the Blue 6x6 pad (My Mind's Eye), vellum
Accessories - Standard Circles SM Nestabilities and Stars Five (Spellbinders Paper Arts), linen thread (SU), tiny twinkles (Taylored Expressions), foam tape, clear EP