90th Birthday

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welcome to my little crafting place! 

Today I'm sharing the  card I've made for a very special lady's 90th birthday.  Growing up, her family and ours were very close and my whole life seems to be full of memories of ridiculous situations and so much laughter, the sort that makes your tummy hurt and often has you rolling on the floor!  I'm so thankful for all of it.

I've been itching to use one of the slatted die sets from the wonderful Craft Aaddiction uk so this was my starting point for this card. 

Do check them out - their dies are innovative, inspiring and fantastic value for money.  It's really nice to support a 'home-grown' company - and if you're in North America or Australia you can still get your hands on these dies as they have suppliers on board there too so you don't need to miss out!

 

 

I made a set of mini wax seals a few weeks ago using gold and black wax and wasn't sure what to do with them, but this card gave me the perfect opportunity. I added green into the black and gold colour palette, which I think is quite a stylish mix.

 

The gold card behind the slatted oval has a hint of glitter in it - I used the same card for the numerals and some of the leaves 

 

Materials

 

from Spellbinders

Mini Flower Wax Seal

wax beads;  Black and Gold

Numerals from Pooh’s Alphabet Number & More
  

Leaves from Beyond the Door Die set 
La Dolce Vita Collection.

 

from Craft Addiction UK

Slatted Ovals die set

 

 Other:

White Linen card blank 

Gold card with subtle glitter

Various shades of green card

Green waxed twine

 Green gems

 

   Just a Note

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It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for visiting

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself and please come by again soon

 

Kathy xx

 

 

Gilded Fish

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welcome to my little crafting place! 

For this card I've used goodies from 3 of Spellbinders monthly kits!

The diving fishy tail seal from the August Wax Seal of the Month is lovely!  This time I used the deepest teal from the beads from the Teal Must Have Wax Bead Mix to make the basic seal.  

Next I put a thin layer of PVA glue over the fish section and when it was almost dry covered the fish with gilding flakes - this is pack I've had a long time and has a mix of gold and turquoise colours in it.  It's just a little self closing bag so I have no idea where it came from! 

Once completely dry I used  a small, stiff brush to take off the excess. 

 

 The white linen card base was made from a piece of A4, and left me enough to use for the raised panel

 I had this deep teal card on my desk - it was meant for something else that didn't work out, so I cut a circle and a piece for the sentiment to use here

 I'd already used the Small Die of the Month  to cut a batch of coral and the little fish shapes from different coloured card, and had enough to make this little collage with the wax seal added to the centre. 

 I used one of the sentiments from the Glimmer of the Month set - and as the fish has gold gilding I chose some gold foil, which works beautifully on the deep teal strip

To complete my card I punched out some different sized circles in teal and gold card to use as bubbles

 

 

 Materials

 

from Spellbinders;

 

August Wax Seal of the Month

 

Teal Must Have Wax Bead Mix 

Small Die of the Month 

 

Glimmer of the Month 

Gold Foil

   

 Other

 

White Linen Cardstock

Teal cardstock 

Gilding Flakes

Card scraps for die cutting

 

Just a Note

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  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders

It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, and please come back soon!

 

 Kathy xx

Three Fishy Tails

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welcome to my little crafting place! 

Today I've another project using the August Wax Seal of the Month and  Glimmer of the Month clubs from Spellbinders

For the bubbly background I printed off a piece of digital paper then hot-foiled it horizontally with the lovely Speckled Prism foil that is part pf the club kit.

I addded a shiny irridescent ribbon along the lower edge and added one of the Glimmer kit sentiments cut out with it's own wavy die 

The fish tail seal is adorable and you can see some of the seals I've made with it on the photo above. For this card though I made a few seals in different colours then cut out the fish sections.  The wax is easy to cut with scissors - I've bought some small ones with sharp points to save for this kind of job

As part of this month's club kit you get a packet of sticky circles that are especially for use with wax seals. To attach my fishy tails I cut up and folded a couple of them to the right shapes to fit the tails then adhered in place below the sentiment

Materials

 

from Spellbinders;

 

August Wax Seal of the Month

August Glimmer of the Month

includes Speckled Prism foil  

 

   

 Other

 

White cardstock 

Digital paper

Irricescent ribbon 

 

Just a Note

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  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders

It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, and please come back soon!

 

 Kathy xx

One Fishy Tail

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welcome to my little crafting place! 

Today I'm sharing the first of my projects using the August Wax Seal of the Month from Spellbinders - it is soooo cute! 

 I've also used the beautiful Glimmer of the Month set - the background plate is fab, all shiny bubbles, perfect for undersea effects. This time I chose an irridescent turquoise foil aswell as turquoise card and I love the way it changes colour as the light catches it.

The fish tail seal is adorable and I had some fun playing with it, using different colours of wax, different techniques of making them and different finishing and highlighting methods

The photo below shows a bit of my desk after my first practise session.  It's not a beautiful sight but a full desk view would really shock you 😱

I used the top centre seal for this card, I added some gold pen to its tail and dotted different colours on the 'bubbles' too

 I decided not to use a sentiment at this point, but may add one later.  To finish the card I used 3 sea-shades of waxed twine together and tied knots randomly along until I had the right total length.

Materials

 

from Spellbinders;

 

August Wax Seal of the Month

August Glimmer of the Month

Turquoise irridescent foil  

   

 Other

 

Turquoise cardstock 

Waxed Twine in sea colours

 

Just a Note

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  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders

It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, and please come back soon!

 

 Kathy xx

Down at the Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea

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welcome to my little crafting place! 

I've another card using Spellbinders Small Die of the Month  and Glimmer of the Month from their August club kits

 

I've used some turquoise card, foiled with the bubbly Glimmer plate and using the Speckled Prism foil that forms paty of this club kit.

I may have gone a little made with adding coral and fishes but they are just so cute!  It kind of remionds me of our trip to The Maldives, where hubby learned to dive and I snorkelled to my heart's content, engrossed and captivated by the coral and numerous fish of many sizes and colours just a few metres from our bungalow.  Heaven!

We also swam with Manta Ray and even a Whale Shark on that trip, as well as turtles and many other amazing creatures. 

The difference was - no wet suits were necessary!

 

 

Materials

 

from Spellbinders;

 

August Small Die of the Month

August Glimmer of the Month

includes Speckled Prism foil  

 

Full 48 ColorWheel Cardstock Pack 8.5" x 11"

  

 Other

 

White cardstock 

Turquois card 

 

Just a Note

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  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders

It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

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Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, and please come back soon!

 

 Kathy xx

Here's Looking at You!

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welcome to my little crafting place! 

It's Spellbinders Club time again, and as Christmas in Julyis all over we're heading to the sea for August - or should I say under the sea

August's Small Die of the Month  features the loveliest set of undersea items - there are fish, coral and even a couple of cute divers - because you always have to have a Dive Buddy!

I've also used the beautiful Glimmer of the Month set; the gorgeous background plate, the pretty Speckled Prism foil and one of the two sentiment plates

This is a diorama style card so has an extra hinged layer in the centre to give room for one of the divers and some tiny fish to move inside the card.  However the hinges allow it to be folded flat to fit into an enve;ope

 

The movung elements are attached on silver twine - I cut some of the pieces twice so that if they rotate fully they have a back view too

I started by making the basic pieces of the box card, then added the Glimmer 'bubbles' foiling to the back section. 

For the porthole window I've used Tina Smith's Coastal Escape View Die set

I made lots of little fishies and attached them with foam dots, and a second diver who looks as though he's waving through the porthole 

I kept the fron ot the card plain and just added a Glimmer sentiment and a few dewdrop 'bubbles' 

Materials

 

from Spellbinders;

 

August Small Die of the Month

August Glimmer of the Month

includes Speckled Prism foil  

 

Full 48 ColorWheel Cardstock Pack 8.5" x 11"

Coastal Escape View Dies 
  

 Other

 

White linen cardstock 

Dewdrops

Silver twine

Inks

 

Just a Note

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  THIS is my Affiliate link to the Spellbinders store 

-  you can use it to access the store whenever you buy from Spellbinders

It doesn't cost you anything, but I may get a little reward for pointing you there.

There's a UK based shop now, so you can use the 'Visit Our UK Store' button at the top right of any page on the Spellbinders site  

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, and please come back soon!

 

 Kathy xx