Autumn Glow

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welcome to my little crafting place! 

The Spellbinders clubs for September have been released so it's time to share what I've been making over the last few weeks.

This month there's an Autumnal theme to the collections, with lovely leaves and colours plus some Hallowe'en action thrown in for good measure. 

I'm going to start with a card in Autumnal shades using the leaves, flowers and sprigs from the Small Die of the Month club

 

 I've used a corrugated card panel for the background.  I've mentioned before that I save the corrugated card tray our Sunday croissants come in as they are perfect for using on craft projects - you just need to dampen the top plain brown paper layer with water and it comes off easily to leave the tiny ridges.

I cut the foliage and flower shapes from the die set from various colours, and added extra shading to some with inks, then arranged them on the card.

To finish I added a sentiment from a fabulous new BetterPress set.  I don't have a BetterPress machine yet, but they hot-foil beautifully so I just had to have this one!

 

Materials

 

from Spellbinders;

 

September Small Die of the Month

 

BetterPress Plate;

 

BP-091  Fancy Sentiment Strips

Hot-foiled with gold foil 

 Some card scraps from 

Full 48 ColorWheel Cardstock Pack 8.5" x 11"
 

  

 Other

 

White cardstock 

Panel of finely corrugated card

Scraps of coloured card for die cutting

Inks for adding extra shading 

 

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  

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Thank you so much for coming by

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

 

 Kathy xx

Elegant Christmas

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welcome to my little crafting place! 

It's Spellbinders Club time again, and as it's July it must be Christmas!

This time I'm sharing a stylish card using the July Wax Seal of the Month and the Glimmer of the Month

This seal is a real beauty, and I'm loving using it so much! 

I had a bit of fun turning it into a motif for a fairisle jumper and then making it the central motif for a collage,  and tnow I've a more complicated, 3 layer seal in gold, white and black, which is always a stylish colour palette!

 

This time I made the seal in white, then cut out the central section with scissors.  Step 2 is to use the 'pour and scrape' method, heating the stamp a little, popping the white motif back into it then stamping into gold wax and scraping away the excess with a heated spatula. The 3rd stage is to stamp the whole thing into black wax then remove the spare wax from around the square brass seal.  Sometimes just bending it brings the excess off, but I usually use a craft knife for this bit.  Alternately, I use scissors to cut around the finished item when it comes away from the seal.

 I hot foiled a piece of matte gold card with the Glimmer plate and shiny gold foil, then cut off a strip to use on the card (I can use the rest on more cards)

 

The front of my card blank was embossed with the lovely Lined Corners 3D Folder, then the gold strip adhered in place. I added the wax seal and finished off with a twine bow.

The sentiment is from a new BetterPress set, but I hot-foiled it on a strip of black card with gold foil. BetterPress plates work beautifully with hot foil machines!

I used

 

from Spellbinders;

July Wax Seal of the Month

 

Must-Have Wax Beads Mix (black, gold, ahite, silver)

Glimmer of the Month
 

Gold Foil

Lined Corners 3D Embossing Folder  

 

Country Christmas Banner & Sentiments Press Plate & Die Set
  

 

Other:

Smooth white card blank

Scrap of black card

Gold card for foiling

Waxed Twine; black, white

Gold thread 

  

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

Glimmering Sprigs of Spring (Feb GOM, WSOM)

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and welcome  to my little crafting place! 

Having just about survived January month, I'm trying hard to look forward, beyond the cold drary days of February towards my favourite time of the year - Spring

 

I've been using the Spellbinders Glimmer of the Month for February and it really lifts the spirits with its beautiful leafy sprigs design

For my first project with this set I decided to go for a dark green card blank and gold foil.  I simply used the beautiful glimmer plate for this card, but in the  set you also get a cutting die to cut round the tops of the leaves and some lovely sentiments - one of which I used on this card

The February Wax seal of the Month from Spellbinderslso has a Springtime feel, and decided to make one to use on this card.  

I poured gold wax into the warmed seal and used a heated scraping tool to scrape oiff the excess. Step 2 was to stamp the motif into a mid green mix of wax and step 3 was to highlight with shiny gold leafing pen

 I used:

  February Glimmer of the Month 

 leafy design plate and sentiment

February Wax seal of the Month

Dark Green card blank

Green and Gold twine and light green pearl

 

More examples of this seal

 

  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  

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

Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself,

 

 Kathy xx