Spellbinders | Color Mix Celebrations

Hello there, I was over on the Spellbinders Blog last week sharing three cards using the Color Mix Celebrations Collection. This collection is small - just three items, but it's such a good one! There are number press plates and coordinating dies (although you can use the dies standalone too!), as well as some lovely scripty sentiment press plates. 

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

Here is a peek at one of the cards I made:

This card uses the Spellbinders Bold Color Mix Numbers Press Plates, pressed onto Porcelain BetterPress Card using BetterPress Black Ink. I then hot foiled the sentiments from the Spellbinders Sweeping Celebration Sentiments Press Plates on top using Champagne Foil. I added an accompanying sentiment from the Spellbinders Hello, Friend Glimmer Hot Foil Plate and then embellished with the little flowers and leaves from Spellbinders Rainbow Slice Tunnel Etched Dies. 

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.

For more information on how I made the card, as well as seeing the other two that I made, please head over to the Spellbinders Blog. Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a lovely day!

Altenew | 2 for 1 Cards With the New Stampwheel 2.0

Hello there, I am delighted to be joining Altenew today to celebrate the release of the new Stampwheel 2.0 with a fun Instagram Hop. The inspiration and prizes are happening over there, but I wanted to share more pictures over here of how I made the cards with the Stampwheel 2.0. 

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

For my projects today, I am using the larger size of the Altenew Stampwheel 2.0 to my advantage and creating a 2 for 1 card. This means that I can stamp two card fronts at once! The new Stampwheel 2.0 has a stamping surface of 9" x 9" (although this can increase slightly in terms of cardstock/paper size, which I will share later), whereas the original Stampwheel has a stamping size of 7.5" x 7.5". 

This means that you can fit 2 A2 sized (4.25" x 5.5") panels side by side in the Altenew Stampwheel 2.0 (you can actually fit 4 in there, if you hang two off the edge!). So I grabbed two A2 panels of white cardstock and added them side by side onto the Sticky Mat that comes with the Stampwheel 2.0. 

I then took the large floral image from the Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Blossoms of Encouragement Stamp Set and placed it so that half of the stamp was covering each of the cardstock panels. 

I placed the top flip plate on top of the base to pick up the stamp. I then flipped it over to ink the stamp using Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink. 

I flipped the plate back over and pressed/stamped it onto the cardstock panels, lining up the corners of the base with the top flip plate. I did stamp the image twice to make sure that I got a lovely dark crisp outline of the image. 

As you can see, this is a great way to utilise those larger stamps by creating two cards at once! 

Although I did not use it for these cards, the right side of the Altenew Stampwheel 2.0 comes off, so that if you wanted to stamp either on a larger piece of cardstock, or if you want to position the image in a particular place on a panel (like in my photo), you can do. It then just pops right back in place when you are done! 

To create my cards, I took the stencils from the Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Blossoms of Encouragement and placed them, one by one, on top of the image (on both cards) and added ink blending with Altenew Mini Blending Brushes to colour the image in. 

I used Altenew Cherry Blossom Fresh Dye Inks for the pink flowers, Altenew Enchanted Garden Fresh Dye Inks for the purple flowers, Altenew Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Inks for the flower centres and Altenew Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks for the leaves and foliage. 

The panels were cut down slightly and adhered to US A2 sized card bases, made from Altenew Jet Black Cardstock, with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. I stamped two sentiments from Altenew Build-A-Garden: Sulfur Cosmos Stamp Set onto white cardstock using Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink. 

They were die cut out using the coordinating dies and then I cut the dies another two times from white cardstock and layered them behind the stamped ones for added dimension. They were then adhered to the cards using liquid glue. To finish, I embellished with Altenew Crystal clear Enamel Dots. 

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.

You can absolutely do this technique by just stamping on a larger piece of cardstock and then cutting it into panels but I am a visual person and I really like to see exactly what part of the image will be on which panel. As mentioned, this post is part of a hop. Please head over to my Instagram feed HERE and Altenew's HERE. Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Spellbinders | You Did It!

Hello there, I hope you are well! Today I have a card to share using the Spellbinders November 2024 Large Die of the Month Club Kit. The kit is called "HOORAY! It's Your Birthday" and is meant to be birthday themed, but as you can see from my card, I went in a different direction! 

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

I started off my card by die cutting the frog from the Spellbinders November 2024 Large Die of the Month Club Kit. I cut the main base layer and then also the top body layer from Spellbinders Peridot Cardstock. The eyes were cut from Spellbinders Onyx Cardstock, and the cheeks from Spellbinders Bearly Peach Cardstock. 

I added ink blending to the frog using Altenew Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks and then assembled him, adhering the pieces with Bearly Art Glue. For the car, I die cut the base layer from Spellbinders Royal Amethyst Cardstock, the top layer from Spellbinders Lilac Blossom Cardstock, the lights from Spellbinders Snowdrift Cardstock and the wheels and steering wheel from Spellbinders Onyx Cardstock. 

The lights were adhered to the base layer with Bearly Art Glue and the steering wheel popped behind. The top layer of the car was adhered with thin foam tape. I then popped the frog inside the car, adhering behind the back piece. I took a panel of white cardstock and stamped the sentiment from the Spellbinders Gnome Drive Sentiments Clear Stamp Set on top with Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink. 

I then adhered it flat to a US A2 sized card base made from Spellbinders Onyx Cardstock, so that I created a road along the bottom of the card. I cut small pieces of Spellbinders Snowdrift Cardstock and adhered them to the black piece to create the lines in the road (yes, here in the UK, we do drive on the left side of the road!). The frog and car were then adhered on top with foam tape. To finish, I added Spellbinders Dimensional Black Enamel Dots to the wheels. 

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.

There is also a crocodile in the kit, as well as banners to add to the car and presents, but I thought it would be fun to create a 'just passed your driving test' card instead! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Spellbinders | Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Hello there, today I have a card to share using the Spellbinders Santa's Sleigh Press Plate from the Simon Hurley Glad Tidings Collection. I really love the old fashioned style of the image. 

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I started off my card by pressing the main image from the Spellbinders Santa's Sleigh Press Plate & Die Set. To do this, I placed the press plate onto the chase of the Spellbinders BetterPress Letterpress System and then inked it up using Spellbinders BetterPress Black Ink. I placed a Spellbinders Porcelain BetterPress A2 Cotton Card Panel onto the platen and held it in place with Best Ever Craft Tape. I placed the platen onto the base and then ran it through my Platinum Six to press the image into the cardstock. 

I pressed the image again but this time onto Altenew Masking Paper, using the residual ink still on the plate. I fussy cut this out with scissors but only needed to cut either side of the image, I didn't need the centre as it would get covered up by the circle that I also cut from masking paper using the Spellbinders Everlasting Circles Etched Dies. The masking paper image was adhered down first, followed by the circle. Using Blending Brushes, I blended Altenew Blue Mountains and Jet Black Fresh Dye Inks onto the panel.

I then splattered Spellbinders Splatter White Opaque Watercolor on top. I removed the masks and let it sit to dry. Once dry, I coloured the moon using Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils - Ivory and Warm Greys. The panel was adhered to a US A2 sized white card base with tape runner adhesive. I then pressed the sentiment from the set onto more Porcelain cardstock using black ink. It was cut into a strip and adhered to the card with thin foam tape. 

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.

I decided to keep the image without colour, as I liked the simplicity of it, but it could easily be coloured with pencils (or Copics if you are careful not to go over the lines as the ink can bleed). I apologise for the dark photos, we haven't had any sunlight here for a week now, which isn't ideal when trying to take photos! Anyway, thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful weekend! 

Hero Arts | Hero Studio November 2024 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there and welcome as we celebrate the Hero Arts November 2024 Hero Studio release which is out now! 

Did you see the news? Spellbinders Paper Arts have acquired Hero Arts and they will now be one big company but two separate brands. So all that you have come to love about Hero Arts will remain. There will will still be Hero Studio releases, as well as catalogues/catalogs releases. The product designers are staying too, so the same feel/design of the products will remain, but now, all the shipping of products will come from Spellbinders. You can read more here. 

So let's get on to this month's Hero Studio release which features lots of cute critters and festive patterns! 

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

My first card uses the Hero Studio November 2024 Card Kit of the Month. It features lots of critters in stamp form that fit inside different dies - a gift/present, stocking, tea cup etc. I started off my card by stamping the fox and holly/berries from the stamp set onto Hero Arts Deluxe Smooth White Cardstock using Hero Arts Intens-ified Black Ink. I coloured them using Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies area for reference) and die cut them out using the coordinating dies. 

I then die cut the present die twice - once from Deluxe Smooth White Cardstock and once from Gold Hero Arts Glitter Paper Holiday Sparkle. I cut the bow off the gold glitter one (with scissors) and adhered it onto the white one. For the background, I took the Argyle Stencil in the kit and placed it over a panel of Hero Arts Cherry Cardstock before running it through my die cutting machine to emboss the pattern onto the cardstock.  

I added ink blending around the edges of the panel with Hero Arts Cherry and Cranberry Core Inks. The panel was then adhered to a US A2 sized white card base with tape runner adhesive. I adhered the fox onto the base of the present and then adhered both onto the card with thin foam tape. I then adhered the top of the box with thin foam tape also. I popped the holly in behind the fox. 

I stamped the sentiment from the kit stamp set onto white cardstock using Hero Arts Intens-ified Black Ink and then die cut it out using the coordinating die. I also cut the die another two times from white cardstock and adhered them one on top of another for added dimension before adhering onto the card. To finish, I embellished with gold gems. 

In case you missed it, here is the card that I made for the countdown using the Hero Studio November 2024 Fancy Dies of the Month. You can find more information on how I made the card HERE.

My last card for today uses a couple of the Extraordinary Extras from the release. These are not exclusive to Hero like the kits are and can be purchased from your favourite retailer.

I took the Hero Arts Color Layering Quilt Stencils, which is a set of 4, and added ink blending through them to create the quilt pattern using Hero Arts Core Inks and Blending Brushes. For the inks I used:

Stencil 1 - Soft Blossom

Stencil 2 - Ultra Pink

Stencil 3 - Cherry

Stencil 4 - Crimson

The panel was cut down and adhered to a US A2 sized white card base with tape runner adhesive. I die cut the Hero Arts Sentiment Strips Fancy Dies from white cardstock and adhered three onto the card to resemble ribbon. I used one horizontally and two vertically (hiding the seam behind the bow). I die cut the bow from Hero Arts Candy Cane Fancy Dies and adhered it on top. 

For the sentiment, I wanted it to look like it was a tag attached to the gift, so I stamped the sentiment from the Hero Arts Christmas Messages Stamp Set onto white cardstock using Hero Arts Intens-ified Black Ink. I cut it onto a strip first, using the smallest of the Hero Arts Nesting Rectangle Infinity Dies, and then using scissors, cut the top to look like a tag. 

I punched a small hole using a hand held punch before wrapping it around the back of the bow using white metallic thread. To finish, I added a white Hero Hues Enamel Dot to the centre of the bow. I thought this would work great as a gift card/money holder. 

CARD KIT OF THE MONTH

Kit includes:

• Peeking Animals Clear Stamp Set, 6” x 8” • 17 Coordinating Dies • 6 Fancy Dies • 2 Sheets Each of Pine & Cherry Cardstock, 5.5" x 8.5" • 2 Stencils in Argyle & Cable Knit Patterns, 4.75" x 6" • 28 White Die Cut Tags, 4 different styles • White Hero Pearls, 0.6 oz. • Berry Hero Wax, 1 oz.

The Card Kit of the Month costs $46.00 with the subscription program.

Please head over to the November 2024 Hero Studio page HERE for more details on the whole release.

There are some changes to the Hero Studio Subscription moving forward. New subscribers will no longer have to wait until the following month to receive their kit. Subscribe now and get any of the November kits! The sign-up window will be open from the 1st - 27th of each month. If there are any kits left after sending out to those who have subscribed, the kits will be available to purchase from the website without subscription the following month. For more information on subscribing to the kits, please see 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 wonderful Lydia. Next on the hop is the fabulous Natasha. 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 a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across all the stops in the hop. Enter by Sunday 10th November 2024 at 11.59pm PT. The winner will be announced on the Hero Arts Blog the following week.

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.

COPIC MARKERS: Fox - E09, YR18, YR14, YR12/E01, E00, E000. Holly - G29, YG17, YG23, YG01. Berries - R89, R39, R37, R35. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day and a great time on the rest of the hop! 

Altenew | November 2024 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, I am delighted to be joining Altenew today to celebrate the November 2024 release with a fun blog hop. The release is full of new stamps, dies, embossing folders, markers and even socks! I am sharing a few projects using the new products below. 

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

CRAFT-A-GARDEN: BREEZY PETALS

My first card uses the new Altenew Build-A-Garden: Breezy Petals. This beautiful set consists of a stamp set, stencils, mini blending brush and dies. 

I started off my card by stamping the large floral image from the Altenew Build-A-Garden: Breezy Petals onto white cardstock using Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink. I then placed the stencils on top, one by one, to add colour to the image using ink blending. I used Altenew Enchanted Garden Fresh Dye Inks for the large flowers, Cherry Blossom Fresh Dye Inks for the small flowers, Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Inks for the flower centres, and Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks for the leaves. 

It was die cut out using the coordinating die and then set aside while I worked on the card base. I placed a panel of white cardstock inside the Altenew Deck Planks 3D Embossing Folder and ran it through my die cutting machine. It was adhered to a US A2 sized white card base with Altenew Glue Tape. The image was adhered on top with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape and the excess cut off the sides. 

I stamped the sentiment from the set onto Altenew Crafty Necessities: Jet Black Cardstock using Altenew Embossing Ink. I applied Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder and heat set. It was cut into a strip and adhered to the card card with more foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Altenew Crystal Clear Gem Sparkles. 

CRAFT YOUR LIFE PROJECT KIT: WINGS & PETALS

My next two cards use the Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Wings & Petals. This beautiful kit consists of a stamp set, a die set, stencils and an embossing folder. 

For my first card, I took a panel of white cardstock and added ink blending with Altenew Sweet Dreams Fresh Dye Inks and an Altenew Large Blending Brush, focussing the darker colour towards the bottom. 

I then stamped the silhouette image from the Wings & Petals Stamp Set on top with Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink. I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set onto Altenew Crafty Necessities: Jet Black Cardstock with Altenew Embossing Ink.

I applied Altenew Pure White Embossing Powder and heat set. It was cut out using the coordinating dies. I die cut the die another two times from the same black cardstock and adhered them behind the stamped one, before adhering to the card. 

For my second card, I placed a panel of white cardstock inside the Wings & Petals 3D Embossing Folder and ran it through my die cutting machine. Using the coordinating stencils, I added ink blending to the image with Altenew Cherry Blossom, Golden Sunset and Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks. 

I then die cut the butterfly from the Wings & Petals Die Set from white cardstock for the base and Altenew Crafty Necessities: Jet Black Cardstock for the top layer. There is another piece for this butterfly to create the wing on the other side but I decided to leave it off. I added ink blending to the base layer with Altenew Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Inks and then adhered the detail layer on top. 

I adhered the embossed panel to a US A2 sized white card base with Altenew Glue Tape and then adhered the butterfly on top with liquid glue and foam tape behind the wings. I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set onto white cardstock using Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink and then die cut it out with the coordinating dies. I cut the die another two times from white cardstock and adhered them behind the stamped one before adhering onto the card. 

FRESH FLOWERS, SCRIPTY SENTIMENTS & NEW CARDSTOCK

I started off this card by die cutting the Altenew Fresh Flowers Die Set using Altenew Crafty Necessities Cardstock in Dew Drops and Teal Cave for the petals, Vanilla Cream for the flower centres and Frayed Leaf for the leaves. 

I added ink blending on top with Altenew Fresh Dye Inks. I used Sweet Dreams for the petals, Golden Sunset for the flower centres, and Green Valley for the leaves. I assembled the flowers using liquid glue and then adhered them and the leaves to a US A2 sized white card base. 

I die cut the 'hello' from the Altenew Scripty Sentiment Die Set from Altenew Craft Necessities: Aqualicious Cardstock for the word three times. I cut the shadow from white cardstock twice. I added ink blending to the word die cut, adding the darker colour towards the bottom for an ombre look. It was adhered to the other layers and then onto the shadow piece before adhering to the card with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. To finish, I embellished with Altenew Crystal Clear Enamel Dots. 

BLOG HOP:

As mentioned, this post is part of a fun, inspirational blog hop with prizes. Please click on the other participants below to visit their blogs.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

GIVEAWAY:

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by November 13th for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on November 15th, 2024. The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog. 

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.

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

Simon Says Stamp | Old Fashioned Christmas

Hello there, today I have a card to share using the Simon Says Stamp Old Fashioned Christmas Stamp Set from the Festive Fun release, which is out now! I have to be honest, when the stamp set arrived, I did have to look up what an old fashioned cocktail/drink looked like. I had heard of it but never saw one! 

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

I started off by stamping the old fashioned drink from the Simon Says Stamp Old Fashioned Christmas Stamp Set onto white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. Using the images I saw on Google, I coloured it using Copic Markers. I added in highlights to the glass for reflections with a white pencil and added bubbles/dots with a white gel pen. 

It was fussy cut out with scissors. I then stamped the sentiment from the set onto more white cardstock, this time using Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink. Once dry, it was fussy cut out with scissors also. For the background of the card, I wanted to add some sparkle, so I grabbed my Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade Distress Spritz and sprayed a little on a panel of white cardstock. 

Unfortunately, it is a little difficult to see the shine in the photos, but you can see it a little better in the one above. When it hits the light, it kind of looks a little like the drink is reflecting on the background! Once the background was dry, it was adhered to a US A2 sized white card base with tape runner adhesive. 

I adhered the drink image and sentiment on top using foam tape. To finish, I embellished with some copper gems from my stash, adhering in place with Bearly Art Glue. 

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: Drink - E09, YR18, YR14, YR12. Orange slice - YR18, YR16, YR15, YR12, Y13. Cherries - R89, R39, R37, R35, R32, R30. Ice cube - YR20, YR000, YR0000. Cinnamon stick - E59, E57, E55, E50. Rosemary - G28, YG17, YG23, YG01. Glass - C5, C3, C1, YR12. 

Glass is always a difficult one to colour and I am not sure I quite got it but I tried my best! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I will be back later with another post but in the mean time, I wish you a wonderful day!