Spellbinders | Whimsical Village

Hello there, I hope you are well! Today I have two cards to share using the fabulous new Spellbinders Whimsical Village collection by Vicky P. You may not know this but I love Vicky P! I think she is amazing! Although our styles are very different, her being more mixed media, and me being CAS, I love everything she does. She is also an incredibly lovely person too! 

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I always love seeing Vicky's collections for Spellbinders. The Whimsical Village collection is just that - whimsical houses, whimsical flowers, and fabulous sentiments. I am not using them today but there are also animals, clouds, a sun, a moon, and embossing folder to work with the collection. 

I started off my first card by die cutting one of the houses from the Spellbinders Whimsical Houses Etched Dies from Spellbinders ColorWheel Cardstock in Seaside, Waterfall and Teal Topaz. What I love about these houses is that you can mix and match the different doors/roofs etc. I cut the window frames from Spellbinders Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock. 

I assembled and adhered the house together using Bearly Art Glue, but before adhering the window frames (since they are inlay), I adhere a piece of Vellum behind to work as the glass. I then took the Spellbinders Whimsical Blooms Etched Dies and die cut the stems from Spellbinders Peridot ColorWheel Cardstock twice. I layered them one on top of another for some dimension. 

I die cut the flowers from Spellbinders Fairy Tale, Lavender, Lilac and Beeswax ColorWheel Cardstock. I assembled them and adhered them to the stems using Bearly Art Glue. I then adhered them to a 4" x 5.5" black card base using more liquid glue, cutting off the excess from the bottom using scissors. The house was adhered on top using black thin foam squares. 

For the second card, I repeated the process but with the opposite colours. I used Spellbinders Fairy Tale, Lavender and Lilac ColorWheel Cardstock for the house, as well as Classic White and Vellum for the windows. The flowers were die cut from Spellbinders Seaside and Waterfall ColorWheel Cardstock and the stems from Spellbinders Peridot ColorWheel Cardstock. 

They were assembled and adhered the same as the first card and adhered to a 4" x 5.5" black card base using Bearly Art Glue and thin foam squares. I cut the card bases narrower so that I could have the flowers hanging off the side but still fit in standard sized envelopes. 

For the sentiments, I stamped two sentiments from the Spellbinders Whimsical Wishes Clear Stamp Set onto Hero Arts Pitch Black Cardstock using Versamark Ink. I applied Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. They were cut into strips and adhered to the cards using more black foam squares. To finish, I embellished with Spellbinders Aquamarine and Prism AB Color Essentials Gems, adding the teeny tiny ones as the handles on the doors. 

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Obviously this collection would be great for new home cards but since the houses are on more of the whimsical side, I think they can be used for generic cards too, hence the sentiments I used. Thanks so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day!