Woodblock Wednesday!

 It's Woodblock Wednesday!  This month I chose this 2014 beauty from Penny Black.

supplies: white, black, and peachy pink cardstock, a text dp, Penny Black Hollyhocks stamp, saltwater taffy, mustard seed, and mowed lawn distress inks, water, Honey Bee Bitty Buzzwords Hello die, stamped sentiment from (retired) Wplus9 Hand Lettered Hello, Spellbinders (retired) Deckle Edge die, Sunny Studios Quilted Hearts embossing folder, adhesive foam squares

Usually I'd make this a flat card, but today I popped the flowers above everything else.  The sentiment was stamped before I embossed the card front, then I layered on everything else.  The image was watercolored simply with distress inks diluted in water.

You can see more cards using woodblock stamps at Amy's blog HERE.

Spellbinders March Club Kits: 3D Embossing Folder, Stitching, and Glimmer Kits

 It's time for me to share my cards from this month's Spellbinders Club Kits.  The theme this month is Nearest and Dearest. 

First off, I have 2 cards using the gorgeous 3D folder called Floral Fence of Togetherness.  It's one of those folders from which you can get 2 completely different designs.  Isn't it pretty?

supplies: pink and white cardstock, Floral Fence of Togetherness 3D folder, white pigment ink, sentiment from Colorful Expressions Sentiments

This one would be a stunner done in the blackout technique!

That's the design on the bottom of the folder.  Here's the one on the top - sweet and simple.

supplies: white and pink cardstock, Floral Fence of Togetherness 3D folder, Zig markers and water to color, sentiment from Smooth Lines Mix & Match Sentiments

I had Easter on my mind when I made my next card.  It features the Stitching die, Diamond Knit, with a sentiment from the Glimmer Kit, We are All Family.

supplies: colored cardstock, Diamond Knit stitching plate, yellow embroidery floss, 6 strands, sentiment from We Are All Family glimmer plates, Floral Spray flowers and leaves

I started off with the idea of using purples and yellows.  The background sheet had lots of colors auditioning before I chose this lavender......light aqua was a close contender.

I like the way the stitches make little pillows that give some extra dimension. 

Here are the new kits I used for my cards today.

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!

Yana's Anemones

 Yana Smakula has a really lovely new collection that just released a few days ago - it's called Anemone Blooms, and it is amazing!

Today I have some cards that  use her Anemone dies and matching sentiment dies from this collection.  I wasn't familiar with this kind of anemone, so I looked it up and found pictures that suggested it comes in white, red, purple, and bright pink.  

For my first card I used all colored foils for all my die-cutting.

supplies: white cardstock, lavender, sage green, and gold foil cardstock, Yana's Anemone dies and Wonderful Script Sentiments dies, microdot adhesive

My sentiment is just 1 of 4 different ones, and there are shadow dies to match each.  I used microdot adhesive to adhere the floral outline and the sentiment, and glue to inlay the flower parts right onto my card base.

Here's a 2nd version.  This time I cut everything from ivory cardstock and watercolored in the details.

supplies: white, black, and ivory cardstock, Yana's Anemone dies and Wonderful Script Sentiment die, Zig watercolor markers and water, microdot adhesive

I'm really pleased with how this one turned out!  I intentionally used an ivory as my background and white for my card base.  This time I stuck to the script and gave the flowers black centers, as they all had when I looked them up.  That tied in nicely with my black sentiment.

Stay tuned.....I'll be back soon with some cards using Yana's Glimmer Anemones!