Spellbinders December Club Kits: What Matters Most

This post will be my last as an influencer for Spellbinders.  It's time for me to slow down here; I've been going full-tilt for 20 some years, and I want to be able to do this only for enjoyment now.  You'll still see me posting, but far less than in the past.  I"m so grateful to Spellbinders for allowing me to play with their amazing products, and I've enjoyed every minute!

The December Spellbinders Club Kits are now available, through Dec. 27!  The theme this month is What Matters Most.  Traditionally, the December kits are made with Valentine's Day in mind, and this year the hearts are more subtle than some kits in the past, but they're there.

My first card pairs the Stencil Kit, Where Love Lands, with the embossing folder, Sweet Stems, and a sentiment from the BetterPress kit, I'd Pick You.

supplies: white and pink cardstock, Where Love Lands stencil set, pinks, blues, greens, yellow, and tan inks, Sweet Stems embossing folder, I'd Pick You BetterPress sentiment, adhesive foam squares

After finishing my stenciling, I decided to fussy-cut out the image, and popped it above the hearts and flowers embossed panel.  The sentiment is perfect for the image!

Next I mixed the Stitching kit, A Perfect Blend, with the 3D folder, Unlock My Heart.

supplies: white, red, aqua, and pale grey cardstock, A Perfect Blend Stitching dies, white embroidery floss, Unlock My Heart 3D embossing folder

Once again this month, there is minimal stitching; only a bit on the half-hearts.  There's also another sentiment in the set.  

Next, here are the Dies of the Month, Better Together and the Glimmer Kit, Soft Hearted.  I also used a sentiment from the Stitching Kit and an Essential Heart die.

supplies: cream, kraft, brown, green, yellow, several pinks, and black cardstock, Better Together dies, Essential Hearts die, Soft Hearted glimmer plate, included Bright Pink glimmer foil, sentiment from A Perfect Blend stitching kit

I really like the Bright Pink glimmer foil!  I foiled it on a medium pink cardstock to use as my background.  After I constructed the pair of owls, I saw that it was pretty busy for them, so I used a heart to separate them.  The sentiment is a die that is included in the Stitching Kit.

This Better Together kit also includes a cute little otter and some sentiments to use with him.

As I said, I liked the foil color this month, so I used it again on the BetterPress plates, called I'd Pick You.  It's a sweet clean and simple design - simply foil the press heart plate and one of the sentiments from the Glimmer kit, then add a bow die-cut from pink metallic cardstock.

 

supplies: white and pink cardstock, pink metallic kraft cardstock, I'd Pick You BetterPress plates, sentiment and matching die from Soft Hearted Glimmer kit,  Bright Pink glimmer foil, Garden Wreath bow

Here is my card using the Large Dies, Wrapped in Care and a sentiment from the Stamp/Die set, Simply Said.

supplies: white and colored cardstock, Wrapped in Care dies, sentiment/die from Simply Said, Sweet Stems embossing folder

And finally, my last card features the Caboodle dies, Unwind.

supplies: white and shades of softr peach cardstock, Unwind caboodle bonus dies, sentiment/die from Simply Said, Tiny Heart Scallop 3D embossing folder

I went with soft peaches this time.  And since the caboodle bonus dies are titled Unwind, I used that sentiment from the clear stamp/die set for this month.  It is a sentiment set, containing 14 different sentiments, with dies for each one.  The embossing folder that I used for my background is from a year ago.

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!

Spellbinders November Club Kits: Charmed Life

 The Spellbinders Club Kits for November are now available, through November 27.  The overall theme is Charmed Life - all things girly!

My first card shows you the Large Dies of the Month, Charmed Life.  It makes a partial purse with some fun charms attached: a teddy bear, cherries, and a flying pig!  I mixed it with the Glimmer Plate, Luxe Links, foiled with Blush glimmer foil.

 

supplies: cream, tans, browns, and pinks cardstock, rose gold metallic cardstock,  a dotted pink dp, Charmed Life dies, flying pig from the Caboodle Bonus, Luxe Links glimmer plate, Blush glimmer foil. foiled sentiment from Paws in the City BetterPress kit

I started by foiling a piece of chocolate cardstock with Blush glimmer foil (included in this month's kit), then used a die in the Charmed Life set to trim it into a partial purse shape.  That was affixed to a cream A2 panel, then I made my charms, tied a scarf around the handle, and added a sentiment from the BetterPress kit, Paws in the City.  There are more charms to choose from, as well as ways to hang them.  The little flying pig is the Caboodle Bonus for this month!

Next up is another purse, much smaller this time, that doubles as a puppy carrier!  It's made from the Stitching dies, Fur-ever Fabulous, and I popped it above the 3D folder, Petite Tuft, and added another sentiment from the BetterPress kit.

supplies: white, black, tans, brown, pinks cardstock, Fur-Ever Fabulous stitching dies, camel embroidery floss, 3 strands, Petite Tuft 3D embossing folder, sentiment from Paws in the City BetterPress kit

The stitching kit this month has very little stitching, only on the purse, to give it some dimension.  I popped the whole thing above my background, and used yet another BetterPress sentiment.

The Clear Stamps and Dies are called Go-To Girl.

supplies: white cardstock, aqua printed paper, Go-To Girl clear stamps and matching dies, Nested Tree Frames rectangle

This kit contains what you see here, plus another girl, some accessories, and 3 more sentiments.  And there are matching dies for the main images and all of the sentiments.  

I always enjoy the stencils each month; here's my card to show you them.  They're called Cherry Chic, and I had to use the cherries from the Charmed Life set, of course!

supplies: white, red, green, aqua, and a red gingham patterned cardstock, Cherry Chic stencils, inks in 2 aquas, red, and green, cherries from Charmed Life, sentiment and die from All Seasons Summer press plate/die set, (retired) Postage Edge Rectangle die

As always, there are 5 stencils in the set, 2 for the stripes, and the remaining 3 for the cherry details.  I used a sentiment from last year.

Almost done!  Here are the Dies of the Month for November, Let's Do Brunch, and the embossing folder, Luxe Lattice.

supplies: colored cardstock, Let's Do Brunch dies, Luxe Lattice embossing folder, swiped with white ink

This fun die set contains brunch foods! (I didn't include toast or champagne). And the little arms and legs are a fun addition.  There are 2 other sentiments included, too.  I used the Luxe Lattice swiped with white ink as a kind of tablecloth for them.

And finally, here is my card using the BetterPress kit, Paws in the City.

supplies: white and red cardstock, black and white diagonal stripe dp, Paws in the City BetterPress Plate (includes sentiment), Perfect Touch Rectangle die

The set includes an acetate registration sheet to help you place the images.  And there is a die that will cut out all the sentiments at once.

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 our10 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!

Abstract Triangles

 My dear friend Linda had an extra foiling plate, and generously sent it to me!  She also came up with the idea for both of us to use this plate to make a Valentine's card and post our cards on the same day, what fun!

Here's mine.

supplies: white and Cotton Candy cardstock, Pink Fresh Studio Abstract Triangles hot foil plate, Gold Matte glimmer foil, Paper Rose Lace Heart Frame die, Pink Fresh Studio (retired) English Garden washi tape, Spellbinders/Tammy Tutterow (retired) Sew Tiny Sentiments, gold embossing powder, tiny gold sequins

I like the modernity of the abstract triangles background against the traditional heart and flowers motif.  The gold foiling is subtle, as is the gold highlights in the washi flowers, so I also embossed my sentiment in gold and added some tiny gold sequins to the centers of each flower.  

Here's Linda's version - she used hers with her BetterPress machine, isn't it cute?  Thank you, Linda, for this fun challenge!

Spellbinders July Club Kits!

 The Spellbinders Club Kits are available now for new subscribers, and the theme is Christmas in July!!

The Stencil of the Month is Sprigs and Bow, a group of 5 stencils with a mask for the bow.  Here's my card.

supplies: white cardstock, Sprigs and Bow stencils, Altenew Fuschia and Magenta, Teal Cave and Galactic Stream inks, blending brushes, sentiment from Christmas Magic Sentiments

I added a tag with one of the sentiments from this month's Clear Stamp of the Month: Christmas Magic Sentiments - I like the font on this!  After I'd done all my stencilling, I secured the stencil with the bow details back to my panel, and ran it through my Platinum 6 machine to emboss it to give it some dimension.

Next up is the adorable Large Dies of the Month: Snowcapped Holidays.  I paired these dies with the 3D folder, Pine Cones and Berries, and another of the sentiments from the Stamps and Dies of the Month, Christmas Magic Sentiments.  This card is 5 X 7.  The birdhouse would fit onto an A2 card, but it would be a tight squeeze to get the branch on that size too, at the same time.

supplies: white, pale aqua, greens, kraft, brown, reds, yellow, grey, and black cardstock, Snowcapped Holidays dies, Pine Cones & Berries 3D embossing folder, sentiments from Christmas Magic Sentiments, gold embossing powder

I like that the birdhouse die also cuts a woodgrain texture!

Since I covered up most of the embossing folder, I made another card with it, and used another sentiment from the stamp and die set.

supplies: white and red cardstock, Pine Cones & Berries 3D embossing folder, markers to color, sentiment from Christmas Magic Sentiments  and matching die

Here is the Die of the Month kit: Skating into the Holidays.  When I saw these ice skates, I decided to recreate the skates I had; they were pale blue trimmed in white fur!  I backed them with the Embossing folder of the month: Hexi Snowflakes.  I'm back to A2 size again for this one.

supplies: white, blues, pinks, greens, cream, and silver foil cardstock, Skating into the Holidays dies, Hexi Snowflake embossing folder

It amazes me how the designer of these dies get so much detail into them!  The laces and bow on the skates add so much to them!  I decided to not use a sentiment on the front of this card.

My next cards are very simply compared to all the bits and pieces of the ones above!  July's Glimmer Kit is called Joyful Holly, and one of the Caboodle items is a stencil to color in the holly.

supplies: cream and gold foil cardstock, Joyful Holly glimmer plates, gold glimmer foil, Joyful Holiday stencil, Sweet Leaf and Coral Berry mini ink cubes, blending brushes, Hemstitched Rectangle die

And finally, the Stitching Dies of the Month, Stitched All Wrapped Up.  I love "brown paper packages", so I used kraft as my background.

supplies: kraft, Schoolhouse Red and Lipstick Red cardstock, All Wrapped Up Stitching dies,  Diamant Gold metallic thread,  Joyful Christmas Sentiments glimmer plate/die,  red glimmer foil

This design doesn't need much of a sentiment, so I used a reversed foiled one that I had in my stash from last year.

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 TWO free bonus items this month, and save 60% by choosing the Deluxe Caboodle!

Delicate Garden

 I've been lusting after this Delicate Garden Craft Your Life set for a year now, and I finally caught it on sale earlier this month!  Here are some cards I made using this wonderful set.

supplies: white cardstock, dps from Whimsy Stamps Mix-n-Match 2 pack, Delicate Garden embossing folder, stencils, and matching die, Altenew Cherry Blossom, Pocketful of Sunshine, and Green Valley inks, Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments stamps and die

First I used the embossing folder to emboss this image, then the stencils to color it, and finally the matching die to cut it out.  Then I ran it through the folder again to refresh and deepen all the details.  I love dots and stripes, and this paper pack is a great one that has both!  There is a stamp set also in this set, but when using the embossing folder, I don't think you need it.  

The stamp set, stencils, and dies have 2 more floral arrangements in this set.  They are often used together with the above image, but today I wanted to let them shine on their own.

supplies: white and purple cardstock, Delicate Garden stamp, stencils, and die, Altenew Enchanted Garden purples and Green Meadows greens inks, Spellbinders Hemstitch Rectangle die, Simon Blossom Field embossing folder, Spellbinders All You Need Sentiments glimmer plate and die, Lavender Petal glimmer foil

supplies: white, lemon yellow, and black cardstock, Delicate Garden stamp, stencils, and die, Altenew Pocketful of Sunshine yellows, Golden Sunset oranges, and Spring Bouquet greens inks, Pink Fresh Studio Floral and Diamond Tiles coverplate, Spellbinders Curved Everyday Sentiments glimmer plate and die, gold glimmer foil

This is certainly a set that gives you your money's worth!  I love sets like these that give you lots of products that all coordinate.

Thanks for stopping by!

May Spellbinders Club Kits!

 The Spellbinders Club Kits are available now through May 27!  You are going to love this tropical theme that runs throughout all the kits!

For my first card I mixed the Small Dies of the Month: Tropical Friends, with the 3D embossing folder: Scattered Tropics, and used bright colors of cardstock.

supplies: white, black, and bright colors of cardstock, Tropical Friends Small Dies of the Month, Scattered Tropics 3D embossing folder, All You Need Sentiments glimmer plate and die, gold glimmer hot foil

Aren't these new goodies fabulous?!  I had such a good time playing with them.  With this embossing folder, it's easy to build your own tropical scene!  

Here's another card using it, along with a few of the Large Dies of the Month, called Grand Tropical Flamingos.

supplies: aquas, dark teal, and green cardstock, Scattered Tropics 3D embossing folder, rubbed with a teal and a green ink, leaves and flowers from Grand Tropical Flamingos, enamel dots, Hello dies from Petite Blooms and Sentiments

The Large Dies of the Month: Grand Tropical Flamingos don't disappoint either! I used another part of the set and paired them with the Stencils of the Month: Tropical Spray.

supplies: white, black, 2 shades of pink cardstock, Grand Tropical Flamingos dies, Wonderful Script Sentiments die, Tropical Spray stencils, 2 middle shades of Seashore inks, adhesive foam to pop up flamingos

I googled flamingos to see how they're colored. They get this color because they eat shrimp!  AND their knees are a brighter color than the rest of their legs!   I also found out also that a group of them is called a flamboyance!  Of course it is!  For that reason, I chose my "Hello beautiful" sentiment for this card.

The stencil this month has a very pleasing design to me, and though it's called "spray", and I took it to be water, I think it could look like leaves, too, and be very useful in all kinds of situations!  

Here's another card that uses most of the rest of the large dies for this month (you'll see a leaf and flower from the 2nd card above).  I put them against the Embossing Folder: Latticework.

supplies: desert storm, white, yellow, pinks, and teals cardstock, Latticework embossing folder, swiped with white pigment ink, leaves and flowers from Grand Tropical Flamingos, sentiment from Wendy Vecchi Vintage Florals dies

The Large Dies have a nice selection of tropical leaves, plus this large flower and the small one.

Next up is are the Stitching Dies: Stitched Pineapple.

supplies: white, black, kraft, and golden yellow cardstock, Stitched Pineapple stitching dies, golden yellow embroidery floss, 3 strands, Scattered Tropics 3D embossing folder

I made my own sentiment because the pineapple is a symbol of hospitality.

My next card features the Glimmer Plates: Tropical Bloom, and one of the TWO bonus items in the Caboodle this month, Tropical Bloom stencils to color it with!

supplies: lavendar and purple glitter cardstock, Tropical Bloom glimmer plates (includes sentiment), fuchsia flower glimmer hot foil, Caboodle Tropical Blooms stencils, 2 shades of purple and a green ink, blending brushes

I received some fuchsia flower glimmer foil, a new color to me, so I decided on a monochromatic design for this card.  After foiling and stenciling my panel, I trimmed it so that I could add some extra twinkle with a bit of glitter cardstock on the left and top of my card.  There's a 2nd sentiment in the glimmer set: Thinking of You, and cutting dies to match both sentiments.

My last card features the Let's Get Together stamp set and matching dies.

supplies: white cardstock, Let's Get Together stamp and die set, markers to color, Latticework embossing folder, tickled pink and saltwater taffy distress inks, adhesive foam

This set also has 3 more sentiments and a smaller image to color, with dies to cut them out.

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 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, saving 60% AND get the free Tropical Bloom stencils AND Betterpress Tropical Sentiments plates by choosing the Deluxe Caboodle!  

Spellbinders Glimmering Flowers Release

 Spellbinders is releasing a new collection called Glimmering Flowers!  I was excited to get a little suite of products from it: a glimmer plate and stencil bundle called Glimmering Peonies and a set of glimmer sentiments and a die to cut them out called Curved Everyday Sentiments.  Here's what I did with them.

supplies: white, doll pink, and gold foil cardstock, Glimmering Peonies plate and matching stencils, Cherry Blossom and Green Valley mini ink cubes, Curved Everyday Sentiments glimmer plates and matching banner dies, Champagne glimmer foil

Peonies are everyone's favorite flowers!  I used the 5 stencils to color mine in soft pinks and greens after foiling the image using Champagne glimmer foil - I love this subtle gold!  The sentiment set has 14 different sentiments for all occasions - I know it will become a staple!  I also like that you foil 7 sentiments at a time, then use the included die to cut them apart - so much easier than foiling them one at a time!  I used the die to cut out some extra banners from gold foiled cardstock, and used 2 of them to frame up my sentiment before popping it above the panel.

This collection also includes a similar suite featuring buttercups, if you're so inclined.  I hope you'll give this collection a look!

Spellbinders March Club Kits: Dies of the Month, Embossing Folder, Stencils, Glimmer Kit and Deluxe Caboodle Bonus

 The March Club Kits from Spellbinders are now available!  The clubs will remain open until March 27.  

My first card features the Small dies of the month: Wise Owl, the Embossing Folder: Checkered Scallops, one of the Stencils: Dynamic Backgrounds, and a glimmered sentiment from Sketched Lines, the Glimmer Kit for this month.

supplies: colored cardstock, Wise Owl dies, sentiment from Sketched Lines, gold glimmer foil, Checkered Scallops embossing folder, and one of the Dynamic Backgrounds stencils for this month, light aqua ink and a blending brush

For the background, I embossed with the new folder of the month, Checkered Scallops.  I discovered that 2 of the 5 stencils in the Dynamic Backgrounds stencil kit matches it perfectly, so I used just 1 of them with an ink slightly darker than my pale aqua cardstock.

Here's another of the stencils; it looks to me like brushstrokes going horizontally down the length of the panel, but here I only brushed in 4 of them, roughly in the center of my panel, in shades of purples, then added an arrangement of flowers from this month's Stitching kit: Read & Sip.  

supplies: white, dark and medium purples, yellow, and green cardstocks, Dynamic Backgrounds Brushstroke stencil, floral arrangement from Stitched Read & Sip, (retired) Tammy Tutterow cling sentiment from Tiny Sentiments

I've always loved brushstrokes, so I know this particular stencil will get lots of use from me!

Last for today, I have 2 cards that using the Glimmer Plates of the Month.  This first one combines them with the bonus dies that you receive when you order the Deluxe Caboodle.

supplies: red, navy, cream, kraft, beige, and other brights cardstock, Sketched Lines glimmer plate and sentiment, Cobalt Blue glimmer foil, Fairy Tales dies (Caboodle bonus), Postage Edge Rectangle die

Starting with an A2 panel of navy cardstock, I positioned the Sketched Lines glimmer plate first vertically, then horizontally and foiled with Cobalt Blue foil.  That panel was trimmed down with a postage edge die, then placed onto a red card front.  Then I constructed the Fairy Tale castle, foiled my sentiment, and centered them onto my card, adding some stars (also from the bonus dies). 

And finally, I used the Glimmer Sketch Lines with the flowers from the Stitching Kit.

supplies: white, yellow, green, and several blue cardstocks, Sketched Lines glimmer kit, Cobalt Blue glimmer foil, flowers and leaves from Stitched Read & Sip kit, sentiment from Snowflake Wishes Stamp/die set

I foiled the sketched lines with Cobalt Blue glimmer foil onto a panel of bright blue cardstock, then added it at an angle to a pale blue card base.  Then I arranged my sentiment and flowers.  Cut from white, they make me think of strawberry blossoms!

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 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 and save 60% AND get the free bonus dies by choosing the Deluxe Caboodle!