June Spellbinders Club Kits: Seas the Day!

 The June Spellbinders Club Kits are now available for new subscribers until June 27!  This month's theme is Seas the Day, all centered around the ocean.

Today I have the Stitching dies to show you. They're named Ahoy Matey, and include a large seagull that just makes me smile!

supplies: blues, grey, white, red, and yellow cardstock, Ahoy Matey stitching dies, 3 strands of grey embroidery floss, Nautical Knots 3D embossing folder, Anchors Away sentiment and die, adhesive foam squares

There is a stitching die for the waves, but today I chose to not use that, stitching only the ship's wheel.  I used the 3D embossing folder again for my background, just because it's so impressive, but another that would work just as nicely is the Summertime Waves folder from last June.  I love how the gull is decked out in his captain's cap and striped shirt!  There is also an anchor in the set for him to hold, if you'd like.

Next I used the same wave dies along with the Caboodle item for this month, Set Sail.

supplies: red, white, kraft, and shades of aqua cardstock, Ahoy Matey Stitching dies, 3 strands of embroidery floss to match, Set Sail Caboodle die, sentiment and die from Anchors Away

Here you can see what the waves look like when stitched; I chose 3 shades of aqua and alternated stitched waves with unstitched ones to cover most of the panel, then inserted the little sailboat and added my sentiment as a kind of cloud in the sky.

My next card is to show you the Embossing Folder: Mariner's Weave.  

supplies: colored cardstock, shingles and stone dps for houses, Mariner's Weave embossing folder, Sailor's Light mountains and houses, Essential Arches dies, sentiment from Anchors Away

"Mariner's Weave"  brought thoughts of fishermen's sweaters, usually done in a cream/off-white color, so that's where I started.  I have such a sweater, made in Ireland, that I wear often in the fall when it gets chilly, and it is cozy!  Then I decided to make a little scene and use the mountains that I didn't use before from the Large Dies of the Month: Sailor's Light.  The houses are from the same set.

And finally, here are the BetterPress Plates: Harbor Weave.  They include this background and 2 sentiments, one of which I used here.  

supplies: colored cardstock, Harbor Weave BetterPress plates, brown inks, Shipmates and Ahoy Matey dies, adhesive foam strips

I couldn't resist bringing back the walrus again, and made him a captain, borrowing the gull's hat (and the ship's wheel) from the Stitching kit above.

You can look HERE for information on Spellbinders Clubs.  Each is available for new subscribers only from the 6th until the 27th of each month.  If you click on my links under each card, you can see the specifics of each product.  You can subscribe to each of our 10 kits separately, (and you can "unjoin" a subscription at any time without any penalty), or you can get them all, plus a free bonus item each month, and save 60% by choosing the Deluxe Caboodle!