Spellbinders May Club Kits

The Club Kits for May are being released today, and they are all birthday-themed!  Here are my sample cards.

First is the Large Die of the Month: Balloons and Birthday Wishes.  This set contains 18 dies to make a large 3-tiered banner, with 7 word sentiments to mix and match, and either balloons or flowers to decorate around it.  

supplies: various colors of cardstock, kraft, and white, May Large Dies of the Month, Floral Frenzy embossing folder

I made the banner white with kraft shadows.  The sentiment was cut from white cardstock, then colored with markers.  After placing it on top of the embossed floral background, I added little groupings of the little flowers also in this set.

Now for the Small Die of the Month kit: Flyby Greetings.

This consists of 13 dies to make a fun airplane and a large banner, with 3 choices for the sentiment.  And there are also 2 sizes of clouds.

supplies: white, 2 reds, pale blue, grey and silver cardstock, May Small Dies of the Month kit

The Stitching Die of the Month is called Stitched Balloon Card Front.

supplies:  confetti design paper, cardstocks in bright colors, 3 strands of embroidery floss to match, Stitched Balloon Card Front die, my own stamped sentiment

This is a simple stitching die this time, just 1 plate that does it all, so I used a printed confetti background as the background.  You just stitch the balloons and then add them to the design, following the markings on the die.

Here are 2 cards using the May Glimmer of the Month Kit: Silhouette Balloon Greetings.  There are glimmer plates for 3 different sentiments, and dies to partially cut each one out, and also dies to form a balloon.  This set is a natural for making shaker cards, so that's what I did first.

supplies: white and red cardstock, a piece of acetate, Silhouette Balloon Greetings Glimmer Kit and Rainbow Confetti Glimmer Foil, sequins

My 2nd card shows that you don't have to make a shaker with these dies; I just added some colorful printed paper behind my foiled panel, and a bow instead.  Hopefully you can see the pretty foil better on this one.

supplies: white cardstock, rainbow dotty dp, Silhouette Balloon Greetings Glimmer Kit and Rainbow Confetti glimmer foil, aqua ribbon

There's also an add-on set this month that has 2 more sentiments and dies to match, called Balloon Greetings Sentiments.

Finally, here are my cards using the embossing folders of the month.

First is the 3D folder: Balloons and Banners.  I mixed it with elements from the Large Dies of the Month club.

supplies: white, 2 shades of aqua, and bright colors of cardstock, 3D Embossing Folder: Balloons & Banners, sentiment, banner, and balloon die from Large Dies of the Month: Balloons and Birthday Wishes, white pigment ink, adhesive foam squares

After embossing on a pale aqua cardstock panel, I applied white pigment ink direct to paper.  Next I cut balloons from colored cardstocks and glued 5 of them into place, then ran the panel again through the embossing folder.  The balloon dies are a perfect match to the embossed ones!  To finish I made a 2-tiered banner and popped it above the embossing.

And my last card features the regular embossing folder called Candles for Every Birthday.

supplies: hot pink and white cardstock, May Embossing Folder of the Month, daubers and bright inks to color, banner from Flyby Greetings and flowers from Balloons and Birthday Wishes

After embossing the candles onto white cardstock, I used some spongy baton blenders to color them with bright inks.  Then I added my sentiment from this month's small dies of the month and the flowers from this month's large dies of the month, leftover from my first card.

You can look HERE for information on Spellbinders Clubs.  Each is available only from the 6th until the 27th of each month.  If you click on my links under each of my cards, you can see the details of each kit.  There are many ways to combine these products, and you can cancel a subscription at any time without penalty.