A Big Dose of HAPPY - Spellbloggeing for Spellbinders

 Hello there - thank you so much for popping by.

Today I've another Spellblogging post for Spellbinders 
to share - and this time there's not a Christmas card in sight.

 

I've used a few gorgeous Spellbinders products in making this colourful, happy card.  There's that wonderful big sentiment stamp that can't fail to make you smile, the lovely trellis cut background and of course some flowers and swirls.

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The base card was inked using various shades of aqua ink, then adhered the trellis part of the French Flair Card Creator die set over the top using foam pads
The sentiment was stamped onto an oval die-cut and I added colour using a paintbrush and ink.  I used the brush to add more ink around the letters and some dots of Glitter Glue for some extra interest.
The flowers were all made using Cinch and Go Flowers set 1, they were cut from various shades of card, and extra colour was added before shaping them.  
I cut some of the flourish shapes from the same die set in plain white card to tuck under the flowers.
The stamens were inked to match and I used a couple of glittery jewel shapes to add some extra bling to the pale green flowers.

Here's my list of the Spellbinders products used this time, plus the links so you can find them easily in the store 


French Flair Card Creator 
Etched Dies from the Rouge Royale Deux Collection by Stacey Caron

Big Dose of Happy Stamp 

Tammy Tutterow Designs

 Cinch and Go Flowers set one 
Amazing Paper Grace  Shapeabilities Etched Dies

I had such fun creating this one!  Obviously the flowers, but also I love the way the way the French Flair trellis die works so beautifully - and I just adore the sentiment on that stamp - and that's praise indeed coming from someone who usually runs a mile from stamping!

Well, I'm off to see what Spellbinders stash  is shouting to be used for my next project now.  Thank you so much for popping by - now,
if you click on This Link  you'll find yourself at the Spellbinders store where you will be tempted by lots of lovely dies, stamps and much much more!

 Thank you for visiting, 

Happy Crafting

4 0f Something

Hello, Happy Friday!

Hope you didn't get blown away this week!

Today is Daring Cardmakers day and it's Dawn's turn to set the challenge

4 Of Something

I celebrate the big 40 yesterday and today is our wedding anniversary so this weeks challenge is to put 4 of something on your card.

Lets forgot the zero as I intend on staying 39 for every birthday from now on.

So you could include 4 designer papers, 4 embellishments or the number 4.

Hope you will join in. Click HERE to see what that Design Team came up with.

I decided this would be a god chance to play with some nested dies to make a layered aperture.  I went with Spring colours to cheer myself up by pretending that Summer is on its way in, rather than on its way out!

I used my Tonic plain nested circles set for the coloured layers, then one of the circles from the scalloped set for the top, white layer.

The border punch used on the side edges is from EK Success

The stamped sentiment is by  Spellbinders  

Tiny Sentiments Stamp from the Happy Grams #3 by Tammy Tutterow
So my sets of 4 are:

4 colours, 4 circles, a 5-looped bow and 4 matching pearls

I hope Dawn had a wonderful birthday yesterday, I'm sure her l;ovely family spoiled her rotten!

That's all from me today - see, I can be concise sometimes!

Have a great weekend, thank you for visiting

Sketch File Catch Up

Morning All
We have a lovely sunny day here today, - a bit blowy, but not too bad really.  I wonder if it will stay dry all day for a change? 

At this point I was going to have a ramble about weather-related issues. but it seemed trite to then jump into playing with paper and glue. So I'll just say maybe we shouldn't moan about our climate so much......

There is a new LO on The Sketch File blog and as I didn't get around to posting about it last week, I've a couple of projects to share this time.
This week I've made this card 

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Black card base

White, Black, Red and Kraft card

Black and Red Glitter card

The tiny stars and the larger black one are cut with punches

The three 'fancy' red stars are cut with Superstars  (Die D-Lites Etched Dies) 

Celebrate is a die cut from this set  Simply Said Phrase Set Two (Shapeabilities Etched Dies)

 This is the sketch

The Sketch File Blog September 2017

 

Something that's caught my interest lately are Junk Journals.  Whilst I've seen and admired a lot of beautiful art journals, I know that sadly they are never going to be something I could do - I know my limitations!
However, I do seem to accumulate quite a number of spare background pieces that I never get round to using.  You know the sort of thing, you make a large background but only use part of it, or you get immersed and make a few more than you need and they just sit on the desk until you file them in the bin.  Or maybe that's just me.
Anyway, it would be nice to actually use them, so the idea of a Junk Journal as a random mix of this and that to use the background pieces appeals, so the plan is to make a book of them and use the pages for anything I fancy adding into it. It will be in effect a 'scrap' book!
As it turned out the piece of background I'd made and saved is not the one I used for this little picture.  I know that I've already reneged already by making a new one! But there are two sides to every sheet of card, yes?

Lots of inking and stencilling, even a bit of doodling, and of course some very cute dies from Spellbinders 

Small Circles stencil from The Crafters Workshop

 Springtime Die D-Lites Etched Dies

Thanks or visiting today - and well done for getting through to the end!!! If you'd like to join in and try out the sketch for yourself, we'd love to see how you get on.

happy Crafting

Snowflake Snippets - Spellblogging for Spellbinders

 Hello there - thank you so much for popping by.

Today I've another Spellblogging post for Spellbinders 
to share - and this time it's a little group of Christmas cards.

 

I loved the look of this Snowflake Snippets Holiday 2017 (Shapeabilities Etched Dies) set of dies as soon as I saw them in the 'coming soon' section of the store, and grabbed them quick-smart as soon as they came on sale!
They are so lovely! I thought I'd make a few cards and share them here today, but I've a feeling they'll be getting a lot more use over the next few months!  

card 1

The first card just has the largest shape matted onto shimmering purple pearlescent card - its simple and elegant and I'm sure to be making lots like this!
For cards 2 and 3 I started my creating a background of inked cardstock. with stencilled stars in gold Alchemy Wax and gold Glitter Paste, then added the large and medium snippet tiles over the top.  They were cut from mirror card.  For the top section of card 3 I used another of the tiles and cut away sections to add interest to the upper section

card 2

card 3

I extended this idea for card 4 using cut-aways from all three sizes of the tiles to make a background for the stamped sentiment

card 4

Here are the Spellbinders products used on these cards, plus the links so you can find them easily 
Snowflake Snippets Holiday 2017
die set

 Ho Ho Ho Holiday 2017  die set

Most Wonderful Time  Stamp

I think that's probably enough Christmas cards for a while, so I'll be raiding my other fabulous Spellbinders  stash for next time! 
if you click on This Link  you'll find yourself at the Spellbinders store where you will be tempted by lots of lovely dies, stamps and much much more!

 Thank you for visiting, 

Happy Crafting

The Wisdom of Winnie the Pooh

Hello
Happy Friday - I hope you've had a great week.  I'm actually not too sure where the week went, because I seem to have achieved very little, I blinked and pretty much missed it!
Congratulations to Sylvia who won the Spellbinders Gilded Ornaments die set  I was offering as Blog Candy earlier in the week. I hope it arrives through her letterbox in the next day or two - I'm hoping to have another give-away soon.

It's Joanne's turn to set the challenge for the Daring Cardmakers this week

According to UNESCO. today is International Literacy Day a I've always been a reader and can't imagine life without a book on the go.  So, let's celebrate the joy of the written word - your card could feature images of books, a favourite literary character or quotation, a portrait of an author, you could acknowledge a special teacher... where will your imagination take you?
Click HERE to be inspired by what the design team came up with!

I thought about this one most of the week, watching as the rest of the team came up with god idea after good idea and still without a clue for my own card.

I quite liked the idea of using some kind of literary quotation.... then i got to   thinking about one of my own favourite literary characters....and I remembered the perfect quotation. from the brilliant, clever, astute and inspirational Winnie the Pooh, of course!

It pleases me that a character from a book comes up with a quotation about words, and the picture that goes with it is Pooh in the action of writing.

Oh, Mr Milne and Mr Shepard, what wonderful books you created!  Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

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I made a new template in Paint Shop Pro for cutting on the Silhouette Cameo. This one has several layers, which once cut out were inked and adhered to the base Pooh shape.  My drawing and colouring skills are non existent, but I can  ink around the edges of different shapes and get definition and dimension that way! 

Once I'd made the bear, and worked out where he'd fit on the card, I created the quotation panel also in Paint Shop Pro, printed it out and matted onto turquoise card

On the card blank I stencilled a background of clouds (there was too much white space) before adding the quotation panel, then glued a piece of chipboard to the back of the bear before gluing him in place too.

The lower edge looked a bit bare so I added the grass and flowers cut using Flower Field by Spellbinders

That's it for today, Thank you for visiting!

Have a great weekend

 

Blog Candy Winner

Hello!

The Blog Candy Giveaway ended at midnight last night and I now have the winner to announce.  Everyone who left a comment on any of the three Gilded Ornaments (Spellbinders) posts I made last week was entered into the draw.  Those who commented on more than one had an entry for each comment.  All the comments were given their own number and then I used a random Number Generator to pick the winner.

I'm thrilled to announce that the winner is

Sylvia Ames

Sylvia, if you contact me at the email address in my sidebar with your postal info, I will get this fabulous Spellbinders die set into the post for you asap! 

Congratulations!
I can't wait to see what you make

Thanks to all who joined in - watch out for more Giveaways coming soon :)

You can still get your hands on the Gilded Ornaments Holiday 2017 Shapeabilities  Etched Dies by clicking here.

happy Crafting

Gilded Ornaments - my favourite card, and an extra!

Hello there! 
Thanks for popping by for another Spellblogger for
Spellbinders post
I have some Blog Candy up for grabs at the minute and there's still time to 
 be in with a chance of winning it

I've already posted two very different examples of cards made using the Gilded Ornaments die set which is my Blog Candy prize.  Today I actually have two cards to share, because yesterday morning I had one of those "hmmm I wonder....." moments which actually worked when I tried it out!
Anyway, this first Gilded Ornaments card is probably the simplest of all and also my favourite

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White square card blank
One of the Gided Ornament filigree dies lined up in the centre and taped in place for cutting and embossing

Sentiment stamped below the ornament

Square of glitter card adhered to the inside of the card

Ribbon bow and punched stars to decorate

This beautiful Spellbinders die set

Gilded Ornaments Holiday 2017 Shapeabilities  Etched Dies

Merry Christmas Set Holiday Stamps

How to win the  Gilded Ornaments die set
So, how would you like to own this lovely brand new
Gilded Ornaments Holiday 2017 Die set for free?

I have one set to give away and the winner will be randomly drawn from those who keep to the following rules
1. You must leave a comment on at least one of the three posts I will be making this week using this die set.  If you comment on all three, you have 3 chances to win.
2. Closing date is midnight Monday 4th September 2017 (UK time)
3. Please note: on this occasion, I will only send this prize to UK addresses - it's not available here in the UK yet though it is on sale in the US, so this is your special chance to have it before your friends!

The extra idea I had yesterday was to check through my old Christmas Nesties die sets to see if these lovely new filigrees would fit into any of the older ones.  Well, I don't think you can buy this one any more but there's a fair chance you've got one of the old 'Heirloom Ornaments' sets in your die collection, and its always worth checking to see if you can marry something new with something old for a different 'look' 
I also used the filigree circles to emboss the purple backing panel
Here's what I made 

My teenage bedroom was decorated in these colours and I still think they look fab together!  
The filligree die fitted perfectly in the 2nd largest of the Nesties ornament
I cut the shape in silver and then embossed them
I cut a piece of Turquoise glitter card and adhered to the reverse.
The purple panel was embossed using the 3 filigree circles and the embossing mat.

NOEL is from this lovely new die set:
 Ho Ho Ho Holiday 2017  Die D Lites Etched Dies

Well, thank youso much for visiting and for sticking with this rather long post!
 if you click on This Link  you'll find yourself at the Spellbinders store where you will find so many lovely things to tempt you, including the dies and stamps I've been using lately.

Happy Crafting

Red and Gold Gilded Ornaments

Hello there! 

Thank you for joining me for the second of my Gilded Ornaments Blog Candy posts for Spellbinders
I wanted to show this lovely die set in different colours and different ways, so have three posts to share with you

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Large Cream card blank
Gold sheen card, with inset embossed rectangle of cherry red card
The same red card, soft creamy-white and green card used to make the Poinsettias
Glitter card for the Ornament

Stamens and Gold cord.


These beautiful Spellbinders die sets

Gilded Ornaments Holiday 2017 Shapeabilities  Etched Dies

 Layered Poinsettia (Shapeabilities  Etched Dies)

How to win the  Gilded Ornaments die set

So, how would you like to own this lovely brand new
Gilded Ornaments Holiday 2017 Die set for free?

I have one set to give away and the winner will be randomly drawn from those who keep to the following rules

1. You must leave a comment on at least one of the three posts I will be making this week using this die set.  If you comment on all three, you have 3 chances to win.

2. Closing date is midnight Monday 4th September 2017 (UK time)

3. Please note: on this occasion, I will only send this prize to UK addresses - it's not available here in the UK yet though it is on sale in the US, so this is your special chance to have it before your friends!

Thank you for visiting, if you click on This Link  you'll find yourself at the Spellbinders store where you will be tempted by lots of lovely dies, stamps and much much more!

Happy Crafting