Altenew | September 2022 Winter Magic Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there and welcome to Altenew's Winter Magic Release Blog Hop! I have two cards to share with you today using the new Winter Magic release. 

We love celebrating the winter season, and this release includes everything you need to do just that! Let your holiday cards shine with trendy typography, classic poinsettias, or a modern tree. A timeless wreath of mistletoe (with coordinating embossing folder and stencils!), winter florals, and hot foil plates and dies to finish off the release. 'Tis the season!

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

For my first card, I am using the new Mistletoe Wreath set. There is a stamp set, a die set, matching stencils and an embossing folder in the collection, so you can mix and match to your heart's content with this one! 

I started off by stamping the wreath from the Altenew Mistletoe Wreath Stamp Set on to white cardstock with Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink. I set it aside to dry for a few minutes while I grabbed the Altenew Mistletoe Wreath Simple Coloring Stencil Set. 

I placed the stencils over the image, one at a time and blended inks on top to colour in the image. I used Altenew Grass Field, Forest Glades and Volcano Lake for the foliage and Misty Morning for the berries. I also added a dot of alcohol marker to the berries for some added interest. 

The wreath was die cut out using the Altenew Mistletoe Wreath Die Set. I took a panel of white cardstock and ran it through my die cutting machine with the Altenew Deck Planks 3D Embossing Folder. It was then adhered to the front of a US sized A2 card base with tape runner adhesive. 

The wreath was adhered on top with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. The sentiment from the stamp set was stamped on to black cardstock with Altenew Embossing Ink. I applied Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder and heat set. It was cut in to a strip and added to the card with more foam tape. 

To finish off, I added Nuvo White Blizzard Crystal Drops to some of the berries and embellished with Little Things from Lucy's Cards Bubbles. 

My next card uses the new Altenew Gingerbread House 3D Embossing Folder which was run through my die cutting machine with a panel of brown cardstock. 

I added white pigment ink to the raised areas and then splattered it with Altenew Pure White Ink Spray before setting it aside to dry. 

I took the 'winter' sentiment from the new Altenew Winter Typography Die Set and die cut it three times from white cardstock and once from Altenew Topaz Glitter Cardstock, layering them up with adhesive one on top of another for dimension. 

I stamped the 'wishes' from the Altenew Winter Typography Stamp Set using Altenew Embossing Ink and applied Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder. It was heat set until melted and then cut in to a strip. 

I adhered the embossed panel to a US sized A2 white card base with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. I added the winter on top with liquid glue, followed by the wishes strip below. To finish off, I added  a couple Altenew Antique Gold Sequins. 

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the projects. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

BLOG HOP:

This post is part of a fun, inspirational blog hop with prizes. For the hop, you should have arrived here from the fabulous Mindy Eggen. Next on the hop is the wonderful Terri Koszler. If you get lost along the way or want to start the hop from the beginning, please head over to the Altenew Blog. 

FREE GIFTS:

GIVEAWAY:

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 6th September 2022, for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 7th September 2022. 

Thank you so much for stopping by to see me today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful rest of the day! 

Clearly Besotted Teasers | Scaredy Cat

Hello there and welcome to day four of the Clearly Besotted September 2022 Teasers. Release day is tomorrow, 1st September 2022 at 8pm BST. I have one last teaser to share with you today using the new Scaredy Cat set. This set features lots of scared cats, as well as a haunted house and lots of punny sentiments. 

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

I started off my card by stamping the ghost scaredy cat from the Clearly Besotted Scaredy Cat Stamp Set on to white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I coloured her/him using Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies area for reference) before fussy cutting them out with scissors. 

I then took a panel of white cardstock (4.25" x 5.5") and placed a Taylored Expressions Circle Masking Stencil on top (securing with memo tape). I then placed the Clearly Besotted In The Clouds Stencil on top and using Ink Blending Brushes and Distress Inks, blended some clouds on. 

I used Wilted Violet and Villainous Potion for the clouds, moving the stencil down as I went. I removed the cloud stencil and then added a little bit more ink blending around the edges of the circle with Black Soot Distress Ink. 

The mask was removed and scaredy cat adhered on top with thin foam tape. I took the sentiment from the set and stamped it on to black cardstock with Versamark Ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. It was cut in to a strip and added to the card with thin foam tape. To finish off, I added a few white gel pen dots and sparkles to the sky. 

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

COPIC MARKERS: W5, W3, W1, W0, 0, B000, R20. 

So my theme for the release is the colour purple! Did you get it? I actually used the same three Distress Inks for all of my projects this month - Wilted Violet, Villainous Potion and Black Soot. A great colour combo for Halloween I think! 

For more inspiration using the release, please head over to the Clearly Besotted Blog, my amazing teamie Keren and out super talented resident guests Francine and Alberto. Thanks so much for stopping by today, I will be back later with another post but in the mean-time, I hope you have a great day! 

Clearly Besotted Teasers | Best Witches

Hello there and welcome to day three of the Clearly Besotted September 2022 Teasers. Release day is 1st September 2022 so we still have a few more teasers to share with you! Today I am using the Ring Around Halloween set. If you aren't familiar with the Ring Around series, they feature beautiful wreaths for all different seasons. This one, as you may have guessed, is Halloween themed!

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

I started off by stamping the wreath image from the Clearly Besotted Ring Around Halloween Stamp Set on to white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I coloured it using Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies area for reference) and fussy cut it out with scissors. 

I took a panel of Hero Arts Amethyst Cardstock and added ink blending to it with Ink Blending Brushes. I used Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Wilted Violet, Villainous Potion and Black Soot. I then splattered the panel with Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleed Proof White Paint before setting aside to dry. 

Once dry, the panel was adhered to a 5" x 5" square white card base with thin foam tape. The wreath was then added on top with more foam tape. I took the sentiment from the set and stamped it on to black cardstock with Versamark Ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. It was cut in to a strip and added to the card with more thin foam tape. 

To finish off, I added a few Little Things from Lucy's Cards Bubbles and white gel pen highlights on the image. 

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

COPIC MARKERS: Greenery - G28, G46, G82. Web - C3, C1, C00. Spider - C10, C8, C6, C5, C3. Beetle - T9, T8, T6, T5, T3. Bat - N8, N7, N6, N4, N3, N2, R32, R20. Pumpkins - E19, YR18, YR16, YR15, YR12. Hat - V09, V17, V15, V12, C10, C8, C6. 

Have you managed to guess my theme for the release yet? I think it is pretty easy but it might not be since I tend to use this theme a lot with my other cards anyway! ;) For more inspiration using the release, please head over to the Clearly Besotted Blog, Keren, Francine and Alberto. Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you have a great day! 

Clearly Besotted Teasers | Bee Afraid

Hello there and welcome to day two of the Clearly Besotted September 2022 Teasers. Release day is 1st September 2022. For my project today, I am using the new super cute Bee Afraid set. This set has lots of bees in different Halloween costumes - a bat, a ghost, a witch, a mummy etc. There is also a fun scene with a haunted/dressed up beehive! 

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

I thought I would create tag today that could go on a sweet bag or given just as is. I started off by stamping the witch bee from the Clearly Besotted Bee Afraid Stamp Set on to white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I then coloured her using Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies section for reference). 

She was fussy cut out with scissors and set aside while I worked on the tag. I die cut two tags from white cardstock using the Clearly Besotted Tag Along Die Collection. I also die cut a circle die from masking paper and popped that on top to create a moon. 

Using Ink Blending Brushes, I blended on Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Wilted Violet, Villainous Potion and Black Soot. I then added Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Spritz followed by Tim Holtz Picket Fence Distress Spray Stain, removed the mask and set it aside to dry. 

On the other tag, I stamped a sentiment from the set in the middle with more Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and then used the same inks to blend the tag. I also die cut the hole reinforcers from black cardstock and adhered them on top. 

I coloured the moon with Copic Markers and then adhered the tags back to back using tape runner adhesive. Witchy bee was added on top using thin foam tape. 

I stamped another sentiment from the set on to black cardstock using Versamark Ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. It was cut in to a strip and added to the tag with more foam tape. 

To finish off, I added twine thought the top of that tag and tied in a bow and added white gel pen highlights to the bee. 

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

COPIC MARKERS: Bee - C10, C8, C6, C4, YR27, Y17, Y15, Y13. Hat - V09, V17, V15, V12. Broomstick - E59, E57, E55, E51. 

I wonder if bees fly on broomsticks during Halloween? Would it make them fly quicker?! For more inspiration using the new sets, please head over to the Clearly Besotted Blog, Keren, Francine and Alberto. Thanks so much for stopping by today. As always, I very much do appreciate it. See you tomorrow for day three! 

Clearly Besotted Teasers | You're Fangtastic!

Hello there and welcome to the start of the Clearly Besotted September 2022 Teasers. Release day is 1st September 2022 at 8pm BST. The release this month is Halloween, mischief and horror themed. From now until then, we will be sharing teasers with you using the new sets. 

For my card today, I am using the new Halloween Line Up set which features three different images in a line - bats and pumpkins, mummy's and tombstones and ghosts in a graveyard, plus lots of fun sentiments. 

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

I started off my card by taking a panel of white cardstock (4.25" x 5.5") and stamping the pumpkins and bats image from the Clearly Besotted Halloween Line Up Stamp Set using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I then made a mask for the image by stamping it on to masking paper and fussy cutting it out. 

It was placed on top of the image and then I blended on Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Wilted Violet, Villainous Potion and Black Soot. The mask was removed and the image coloured with Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies area for reference). 

I took the sentiment from the set and stamped it on to black cardstock with Versamark Ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. It was cut in to a strips and adhered with thin foam tape. To finish off, I added black glaze pen to the bat's eyes and white gel pen dots and sparkles to the pumpkins and background. 

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

COPIC MARKERS: Pumpkins - E19, YR18, YR16, YR15, YR12. Greenery - G28, G46, G82. Bats - N9, N7, N5, N3, N2, R32. Ground - C9, C7, C5, C3, C1. 

Those bats definitely do not look like the biting kind, they are too cute! Haha! Often, my teamie Keren creates cards for the releases with a theme in mind, like glitter or shaped cards. I thought I would do the same this month and wonder if you can guess what it is!

For more inspiration using the new sets, please head over to the Clearly Besotted Blog, my amazing teamie Keren and our fabulous guests Francine and Alberto. Thanks so much for popping by to see me today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a lovely day and great rest of the weekend!

VIDEO | Super Birthday Night Time Scene

Hello there, I am over on the My Favorite Things YouTube Channel today sharing a card with a night time scene using the To The Rescue Set, which is super cute. It consists of super hero cats and dogs along with some fun sentiments. 

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

I started off my card by stamping one of the dogs and the clouds from MFT To The Rescue Stamp Set on to white cardstock using MFT Extreme Black Ink. I then coloured them using Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies area) before die cutting out using the MFT To The Rescue Die-namics. 

I then took a 4.75" x 3.5" panel of white cardstock and added ink blending to it with Ink Blending Brushes. I used Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks in Blueprint Sketch, Chipped Sapphire and Villainous Potion. I then added a little Black Soot Distress Ink at the top. 

I splattered on Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleed Proof White Paint and then set the panel aside to dry. Whilst drying, I die cut the buildings from the MFT Outside The Box Cityscape Die-namics from MFT Black Licorice Cardstock. 

The edge pieces were cut off and then I added a layer of MFT Heavyweight Vellum and MFT Lemon Drop Cardstock behind to give the illusion of lights. The clouds were adhered to the panel first using MFT On-Point Precision Glue, followed by the buildings. 

Super dog was then adhered on top using a combination of foam tape, thin foam tape and liquid glue. 

The sentiment from the set was stamped on to black cardstock with Versamark Ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. It was cut in to a strip and added to the panel with more thin foam tape. 

The panel was then adhered to a US A2 sized white card base with tape runner adhesive. To finish off, I added white gel pen highlights to the dog. 

VIDEO:

Here is the video showing how I made the card:

If you are viewing this blog post via email subscription, you can watch the video HERE on YouTube. 

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

COPIC MARKERS: Dog - E59, E57, E55, E53, E51, E49. Cape & mask - R89, R39, R37, R35, R32. Clouds - BG11, BG10, BG0000. 

Isn't that super dog cute? I think he would be great for lots of different occasions. Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a great day! 

Altenew | Get Inky with Alcohol Inks Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, I am delighted to be taking part in Altenew's Get Inky with Alcohol Inks Blog Hop today. If you have followed me for a while, you will know that I really love using alcohol inks. Although I am definitely more of a clean and simple card maker, I really love that you can get lots of different looks from alcohol inks and still give them a CAS look, even if they are messy to work with! 

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

Altenew sell alcohol inks to match their colour collections. You can buy them separately or in bundles. They can be used standalone as alcohol inks or can be used to refill your Altenew Artist Alcohol Markers as well. I love when a product works for different things! 

I started off by creating four panels of Yupo paper (a synthetic paper) with alcohol inks so that I could die cut them to create flowers and leaves.

I first took a panel of Yupo paper and added a few drops of Alcohol ink Blending Solution on top (to help the alcohol inks move more freely). I then added drops of Altenew Lapis Lazuli Alcohol Ink on top. I used an Alcohol Ink Blower to move the inks around. 

I used the two lighter shades on one panel and then the two darker shades on the other. I splattered on some Alcohol ink Blending Solution before setting aside to dry. 

I did the same thing with the Altenew Green Meadows Alcohol Ink Bundle. I used the two lighter shades on one panel and the two darker shades on the other. This gave me some variety when it came to die cutting the flowers and leaves. 

I then took the Altenew Craft-A-Flower: Buttercup Layering Die Set and die cut the panels using the blue panels for the flowers and green panels for the leaves. Because yupo paper is a little thinner than regular cardstock, I did back some with white cardstock layers too. 

The flowers were assembled and adhered together using Altenew 2 in 1 Precision Glue Pen. I took a panel of white cardstock and cut a fishtail banner at the bottom using a ruler and craft knife. It was adhered to a US A2 sized white card base with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. I then adhered the flowers and leaves on top. 

The sentiment from Altenew Sentiment Strips 3 Stamp Set was stamped on to black cardstock using Altenew Embossing Ink and then I applied Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder before heat setting it. It was cut in to a strip and added to the card with foam tape. To finish off, I added a few Eggshell Pearls. 

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

BLOG HOP:

As mentioned, this post is part of a fun, inspirational blog hop with prizes. For the hop, you should have arrived here from the amazing Kelly Taylor. Next on the hop is the fabulous Seeka. If you get lost along the way or want to start the hop from the beginning, please head over to the Altenew Blog. 

GIVEAWAY:

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this special blog hop, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 6th September 2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 8th September 2022.

As you can see, the leaves do hang off the side and top of the card base. I couldn't bare to cut them off, so I will make a handmade envelope for this card. Thank you so much for stopping by to see me today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a great time on the rest of the hop and an excellent rest of the day too! 

Hero Arts | Holiday 2022 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there and welcome to the Hero Arts Holiday 2022 Release Blog Hop! There are lots of new products releasing today from Hero Arts - stamps, dies, new hot foiling plates, mediums/embellishments, stencils, cardmaking bundles and more!

We are celebrating the release with a fun, inspirational blog hop and also some fab promotions in store too! More information on those a bit later. 

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

For my cards today, I went all purple! So if purple is not your thing, I apologise but I thought it worked beautifully with these products. I am using a new hot foiling plate and also a new Looking Glass die set plus some lovely sentiments. 

For my first card, I started off by die cutting the Hero Arts Looking Glass Nativity dies from three shades of purple cardstock. I used Hero Arts Passion Flower (lightest), Amethyst (middle shade) and Iris (darkest shade). The set has three dies for the different layers. You can use all three or a combination. 

I also cut the last layer from a panel of white cardstock and cut the trees and star off (using the star to add to the darkest layer as I wanted it white) to create a window. I wanted the front layer to be white and I thought this was the easiest way to do it. 

On the front layer, I stamped a sentiment from the new Hero Arts Holly Berries Stamp & Cut XL using Hero Arts Intens-ified Black Ink. 

For the sky, I took a piece of Hero Arts Passion Flower Cardstock and using an Ink Blending Brush, blended Hero Arts Amethyst Core Ink on top, followed by a little Hero Arts Pitch Black Core Ink to darken it slightly, leaving it a little lighter where the star is. 

I splattered it using Hero Arts White Glimmer Ink and once dry, I adhered it to a US A2 sized white card base with tape runner adhesive. I then layered up the panels for the nativity scene behind the white panel and adhered them all to the card using foam tape. 

You can add the panels each with foam tape in-between to get more of a looking glass/3D effect but it still looks nice flat. 

My next card uses the new Hero Arts Wishing Tree Hot Foil Plate. I foiled it on to a panel of Hero Arts Amethyst Cardstock using Spellbinders Silver Glimmer Hot Foil Roll using the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System. 

Using Ink Blending Brushes, I then blended on Hero Arts Amethyst and Pitch Black Core Inks, leaving the centre part lighter with just the colour of the cardstock. 

It was then adhered to a US A2 sized white card base with thin foam tape. 

I took the sentiment from the Hero Arts Holiday Borders & Icons Stamp Set and stamped it on to more Hero Arts Amethyst Cardstock using Hero Arts Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink. I applied Hero Arts White Embossing Powder and heat set. 

Using the residual ink on my brushes, I blended ink on top before wiping the excess ink off of the embossing powder with a dry cloth. It was cut in to a strip and added to the card with more thin foam tape. 

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the projects. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

HOLIDAY PROMOTIONS:

Spend $50 in the Hero Arts store and receive a free gift of white and gold glitter paper.

Spend $75 in the Hero Arts store and receive free shipping, as well as the glitter paper.

Spend $100 in the Hero Arts store and receive free Hero Pearls, a free printed catalog, free shipping AND the glitter paper!

HOLIDAY STAMP-ALONG 2022:

Announcing the Holiday 2022 Stamp-Along! (Get early bird pricing from now until 1st October.) Join us for two days of card classes hosted in a private Facebook group. The event will take place 5th and 6th of November 2022. The classes will be available to replay in the group after the event if you cannot attend the event live.

During this virtual event, you will have the opportunity to create at least ten beautiful cards from start to finish, learning tips and tricks from some of your favorite cardmakers. The event will take place in a private Facebook group - you must use Facebook to participate. You can watch everything live as it happens and “stamp-along,” or you can choose to view when it is convenient for you. There will be giveaways throughout the event - everyone who registers will be eligible for the drawings; you do not be present to win.

Also included in the class:

A short list of homework to prep before the event.

Downloadable project sheet with step-by-step instructions.

Supplies listed per card so you can plan your day.

Images of all the cards, including detailed shots.

If you do attend the class, you may want to check out the Holiday 2022 Stamp-Along Bundle. This includes product that will be used during the event and if you purchase them as a bundle, you will receive 12% saving, compared to purchasing separately.

BLOG HOP:

This post is part of a fun, inspirational blog hop. For the hop, you should have arrived here from Lydia Fiedler. Next on the hop is Mindy Eggen. If you get lost along the way, or want to start the hop from the beginning, please head over to the Hero Arts Blog. 

GIVEAWAY:

Hero Arts are giving away three $50 gift certificates, drawn from comments left across all the stops in the blog hop. Giveaway closes 31st August 2022 at 11.59pm PT. The winner will be announced on the Hero Arts Blog the following week. Good luck!

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you will check out the release. I think it is amazing and I cannot wait to play with more of these lovely products in the next couple of months. I hope you have a great time on the rest of the hop and a fabulous rest of the day too! Take care. 

Spellbinders | Tinsel Time

Hello there, today I have two cards to share with you using the new Tinsel Time Collection from Spellbinders. My cards today focus on two new die sets - Dancin' St. Nick and Dancin' Deer. They both have legs that move so they look like they are dancing! So fun! 

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

When the legs are die cut for the characters, they have a hole in them at the top. All you need to do is add a foam dot inside of the leg piece and then adhere that down on your card (adding no adhesive to the rest of the legs). The legs then move side to side. I did do that on these cards but in photos, it is not that easy to show! They look great just adhered down flat too. So nice that there are options. 

My first card uses the Spellbinders Dancin' St. Nick Etched Dies. I die cut him from Spellbinders Cardstock - Snowdrift, Alabaster, Phone Booth and Onyx. 

I die cut the belt buckle from Spellbinders Brushed Gold Cardstock and the fur trimming from Hero Arts Glitter Paper Basics (white). The pieces were all assembled and adhered using Bearly Art Glue. 

There are different items that Santa can hold. I chose the list, which I die cut from Spellbinders Silver Fox Cardstock and the present/gift, which I die cut from Spellbinders Brushed Gold, Fern and Rainforest Cardstock. There are different hand/glove options you can add, depending on if he is holding something or not. 

I ran a panel of white cardstock through my Platinum 6 using the Spellbinders Dazzling Dots Embossing Folder. It was adhered to a US A2 sized white card base with thin foam tape. 

Santa was adhered on top, adding thin foam tape to the top half of his body and a piece to hold the top of his legs in place. To embellish his hat, I die cut holly leaves from the Spellbinders Festive Noel Etched Dies set and added a Spellbinders Red Mix Color Essentials Gem to the centre. 

The sentiment from the Spellbinders Many Merry Christmas Sentiments Stamp & Die Set was stamped on to white cardstock using Spellbinders Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink Pad. I applied Spellbinders Gold Embossing Powder and heat set. It was cut in to a strip and added to the card with more thin foam tape. 

My next card uses the Spellbinders Dancin' Deer Etched Dies. It was cut from Spellbinders Alabaster, Pink Sand, Phone Booth, Onyx and Timber Cardstock. I also used Hero Arts Cup O' Joe Cardstock. The pieces were assembled and adhered with Bearly Art Glue. 

The candy cane was cut from Spellbinders Snowdrift and Phone Booth Cardstock and like Santa, there are different hand/hooves options! 

I took a panel of white cardstock and ran it through my Platinum 6 using the Spellbinders Ski Lodge Embossing Folder (released September 14th). It was adhered to a US A2 sized white card base with thin foam tape. 

The deer was then adhered on top, again with more thin foam tape. For his nose, I added a Spellbinders Fashion Rouge Color Essentials Pearl Dot. 

The sentiment from Spellbinders Glitter Wishes Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set was foiled on to white cardstock using Spellbinders Champagne Glimmer Foil Roll. It was cut in to a strip and added to the card with more thin foam tape. 

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I had so much fun making these cards! Like I say, the moving legs are very fun but they would work perfectly well just adhered down too. The characters are so cute! There is also a snowman in the collection too. Thank you so much for stopping by to see me today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day and a great weekend! Take care!