Hero Arts | Whimsical Wheels

Hello there, today I have two cards to share using the new Hero Arts Whimsical Wheels collection, which is out now! This is a fun collection! There is the car and then you can decorate it with Christmas accessories or autumn/fall ones. I opted for the Christmas ones! 

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The car is made to have the steering wheel on the left side of the car, but since here in the UK we have it on the right, for one of my cards, I cut it off and popped it on the right instead! It was easy to do and makes sense if I sent the card to someone in the UK (I know there are other countries that have it on the right too!). 

For my first card, I started off by die cutting the car from the Hero Arts Beep Beep Die Set from Spellbinders ColorWheel Cardstock in Lavender, Lilac, Raven, and Beeswax, as well as Spellbinders Treasured Brushed Silver. I assembled the pieces and adhered them using Bearly Art Glue. I die cut Santa from the set from Spellbinders ColorWheel Cardstock in Alabaster, Chiffon, Classic White, Pomegranate, and Raven. The pieces were assembled and adhered using Bearly Art Glue. 

For the reindeer, I die cut him from Spellbinders ColorWheel Cardstock in Fawn, Truffle and Pomegranate. Again, the pieces were assembled and adhered together with liquid glue. I adhered Santa and the reindeer to the back of the car using a combination of liquid glue and a little tape to secure in place. I then adhered Santa's gloves to the steering wheel. 

For the background, I took a panel of white cardstock and partially placed it inside the Spellbinders Flurry of Snowflakes 3D Embossing Folder before running it through my die cutting machine. The panel was adhered to a US A2 sized white card base using tape runner adhesive. I adhered the car, Santa and reindeer on top, adding foam squares to just the back of the car and liquid glue to the back of Santa and the reindeer. 

I die cut the wreath from the Hero Arts Beep Beep Holiday Extras Die Set from Spellbinders Rainforest & Peridot ColorWheel Cardstock for the wreath itself, and Lilac for the bow. It was assembled and adhered to the the car using liquid glue. I hot foiled a sentiment from the Hero Arts Winter Words Letterpress + Foil & Die Set onto white cardstock using Opaque Black Foil. It was die cut out and adhered to the card. To finish, I added a Spellbinders Prism AB Color Essentials Gem to the bow on the wreath. 

For my second card, I die cut the car from the Hero Arts Beep Beep Die Set from the same colours of cardstock as the first. This time, I cut off the steering wheel base using scissors and then adhered the die cut one on the left. It did mean that it was a little lower down as intended but I still thought it looked ok! Santa was die cut and assembled in the same way also and adhered behind the car. His gloves were adhered to the steering wheel. 

I die cut the wreath again from the Hero Arts Beep Beep Holiday Extras Die Set but this time, adhered it hanging from the wing mirror. I die cut the tree from the set from Spellbinders Rainforest ColorWheel Cardstock, and the presents from Spellbinders Lilac and Fairy Tale Cardstock. They were adhered together and then adhered behind the car. 

I embossed a panel of white cardstock using the Spellbinders Flurry of Snowflakes 3D Embossing Folder in the same way as the first card and adhered it to a US A2 sized white card base. The car was adhered on top. I used foam squares behind the car and liquid glue behind the presents, tree and Santa. 

I hot foiled a sentiment from the Hero Arts Winter Words Letterpress + Foil & Die Set onto white cardstock using Opaque Black Foil and die cut it out. I also cut the die again from white cardstock and adhered it behind the foiled one for dimension before adhering to the card. To finish, I added Spellbinders Prism AB Color Essentials Gems to the bows on the wreath and presents. 

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 marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

I had a lot of fun making these cards, I love that you can mix and match the different accessories! In the Christmas set, there are also antlers and a nose that can be added to the car, as well as twinkly lights, ornaments for the tree, and a Santa sack! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day! Take care!

Spellbinders | From My House to Yours

Hello there, I am delighted to be over on the Spellbinders Blog today sharing a step by step photo tutorial using the new Everyday City Holiday Collection from Yana Smakula. This collection works with the already released City Holiday Etched Dies to go from a holiday/Christmas set, to an everyday set. These houses/apartments are so fun to put together! 

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The peek above uses the Spellbinders City Holiday Etched Dies for the main building, roof, bricks, door, main window and cat. I used the new Spellbinders Everyday Windows, Curtains and Flowers Boxes Etched Dies for the windows, inside windows, flowers, flower boxes, curtains and blinds. I also used the new Spellbinders Everyday Awnings Etched Dies for the awning on the large window. The sentiment is from the new Spellbinders Welcome Home Sentiments Press + Foil Plate & Die Set. 

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 marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

I love how you can mix and match all these sets. There are so many different combinations you can do for the different awnings, windows, curtains, flowers etc. Also tons of opportunities for different colour combos too! I will have a video using these sets (as well as a discount code) up next week but in the mean-time, I hope you will check out the blog post. Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a great day!

Spellbinders | Classic Mouse Wedding

Hello there, today I have a card to share using the new Spellbinders Classic Mouse Wedding Collection that is part of the May 2026 release, which is out now! The collection features the Classic Mouse Wedding die set (the mice as well as their clothing), an accessories die set (bouquet, rings, champagne etc), a sentiment set, and a background plate. 

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I started off my card by die cutting the Spellbinders Classic Mouse Wedding Etched Dies from Spellbinders ColorWheel Cardstock. I cut the mice from Raven, Alabaster and Poppy. The suit was die cut from Anchor, the waistcoat from Classic White, the shoes from Classic White and Raven, the bow tie from Lavender, and the hat from Anchor and Lavender. 

The dress was cut from Classic White and Fairy Tale, the veil from Classic White and Lavender, and the shoes from Lavender. The bouquet, from Spellbinders Classic Mouse Wedding Accessories Etched Dies, was cut from Rainforest, Fairy Tale and Lilac. The mice were assembled and adhered using Bearly Art Glue (there is a guide of how to do it on the Spellbinders website). 

I die cut the largest Spellbinders Essential Arches Die from white cardstock and then again twice from Spellbinders Lilac ColorWheel Cardstock. I scored one of the lilac ones towards the top to create a hinge and added adhesive to it. It was then adhered to the back of the other one to create the card base. I cut the white one down a little and adhered it on top using thin foam tape. 

The mice were adhered on top using thin foam tape also. I die cut the hearts from the Spellbinders Classic Mouse Wedding Accessories Etched Dies from Spellbinders Lilac ColorWheel Cardstock and adhered them above the mice. The Spellbinders Classic Mouse Wedding Sentiments Press + Foil Plate was hot foiled onto white cardstock using Spellbinders Opaque Black Foil. It was then die cut out using the coordinating die and the 'Just Married' one adhered to the card. To finish, I embellished with Spellbinders Prism AB Color Essentials Gems on the veil and bow tie. 

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 marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

Aren't they just adorable? I love them! This would be perfect in so many different colour combos but of course, I went with purple for my card today! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a great rest of the weekend! 

VIDEO | Hot Foiling & Stencilling Daffodils & Tulips

Hello there, today I have a card and video to share using Yana's Tulips Collection from Spellbinders. I am hot foiling and stencilling the Tulips & Daffodils Press + Foil Plate and the image is oh so pretty! Lots of different colour combinations could be used here, but I went with traditional yellow daffodils and pink tulips! 

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I started off by hot foiling the Spellbinders Tulips & Daffodils Press + Foil Plate onto white cardstock using Spellbinders Matte Gold Glimmer Hot Foil and the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System. I then placed the coordinating stencils over the top, one by one, to add ink blending to the image using blending brushes. 

I used Altenew Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Inks (all four shades) for the daffodils, Altenew Bubblegum Dreams Fresh Dye Inks (Baby Pink, Fuchsia & Magenta) for the Tulips, and Altenew Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks (Firefly, Grass Field & Shadow Creek) for the leaves and stems. 

The panel was then cut into an oval using the largest Spellbinders Essential Stylish Ovals Etched Dies. I cut another panel of white cardstock using the same die and cut a little off the bottom using a guillotine. I then scored a line towards the top to create a hinge. I added adhesive to the hinge and adhered it to the back of the foiled panel to create the card base. 

I hot foiled the sentiment from the Spellbinders Bouquet of Hugs Sentiments Press + Foil Plate + Die Set onto white cardstock using the same Spellbinders Matte Gold Glimmer Hot Foil. It was die cut out using the coordinating die and adhered to the card using thin foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Spellbinders Gold Mix Color Essentials Gems. 

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 marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

Not into foiling? I am sharing a step by step tutorial using this plate over on the Spellbinders Blog using the BetterPress Letterpress System instead. Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Spellbinders | Fountain Wishes

Hello there, as mentioned yesterday, I am back to share another card using the Spellbinders Happier Hour collection. Today's card uses the Fountain Wishes set. This can be used as a sundae, like I have, or as a milkshake. I didn't use them on my card but the set also includes a straw (for the milkshake) and a bird with a balloon and party hat. 

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I started off my card by die cutting the glass from the Spellbinders Fountain Wishes Etched Dies from Spellbinders Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock. I die cut the ice cream from Spellbinders Blush and Tutu ColorWheel Cardstock and the chocolate sauce from Spellbinders Truffle ColorWheel Cardstock. 

I adhered the pieces together using Bearly Art Glue, popping the top part of the ice cream behind the rim of the glass. I die cut the wafer from Spellbinders Fawn ColorWheel Cardstock and adhered the two layers together before adhering behind the ice cream. The cherry was die cut from Spellbinders Poppy and Peridot ColorWheel Cardstock and adhered to the top of the ice cream. 

I die cut the base of the candle from Spellbinders Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock, the stripes from Chiffon, and the flame from Beeswax ColorWheel Cardstock. They were adhered together first and then adhered behind the ice cream. The glass was then adhered to an A2 sized black card base using thin foam tape. 

I hot foiled the sentiment from Spellbinders Fountain Wishes Sentiments BetterPress Plate & Die Set onto white cardstock using Spellbinders Opaque Black Foil and the Glimmer Hot Foil System. It was die cut out using the coordinating die and I also cut the die again from white cardstock and adhered that layer behind the foiled one for dimension. It was adhered to the card with foam squares. To finish, I embellished with Spellbinders Pink Color Essentials Gems. 

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 marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

This is such a fun collection and I love that you can use the sets for lots of different occasions! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I very much appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful weekend! 

Spellbinders | A Special Toast

Hello there, today I have a card to share using the Happier Hour collection from Spellbinders. You may remember Spellbinders released the Happy Hour collection last year (you can see my cards here), well they are now back with Happier Hour! I have one card to share today and will share another tomorrow. 

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I started off my card by die cutting the glass from the Spellbinders Special Toast Etched Dies from Spellbinders Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock. I cut the drink part from Spellbinders Chiffon (for the back layer) and Alabaster (for the top layer) ColorWheel Cardstock. The drink part was adhered to the glass and then the glass adhered to a black A2 sized card base with thin foam tape. 

I die cut the flowers in the set from Spellbinders Seaside, Waterfall and Teal Topaz ColorWheel Cardstock with the flower centres cut from Classic White. I die cut the leaves and stems from Spellbinders Peridot and Rainforest ColorWheel Cardstock. 

The foliage was adhered to the card first, using Bearly Art Glue. The flowers were assembled and adhered to the card with foam squares. I hot foiled the sentiment from the Spellbinders A Special Toast Sentiments BetterPress Plate & Die Set onto white cardstock using Spellbinder Opaque Black Foil and the Glimmer Hot Foil System. 

It was die cut out using the coordinating die and the die cut again from white cardstock and adhered to the back of the foiled one. I then adhered the sentiment to the card using foam squares. To finish, I embellished with Spellbinders Teal Color Essentials Gems. 

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 marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

The set mainly has a love/wedding theme to it. There are bow ties, shoes, a ring plus lots more but I decided to go with a generic celebration theme for my card. Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a great day! 

Pinkfresh Studio | Flourish & Glow October 2025 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, I am delighted to be joining Pinkfresh Studio today to celebrate the Flourish & Glow release, which is out now! I have a card and tag to share today and I also have another card to share tomorrow too! This is such a beautiful release, filled with wonderful florals. 

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

I started off my card by hot foiling the Pinkfresh Studio Moonlit Blooms Press Plate (if foiling or pressing  is not your thing, there is stamp set too!) onto white cardstock using Spellbinders Silver Foil and the Glimmer Hot Foil System. I placed the Pinkfresh Studio Moonlit Blooms Stencils over the top and used them to colour the images using ink blending. 

Using Pinkfresh Studio 1" Blending Brushes, I blended Pinkfresh Studio Inks in Slumber, Blue Jay and Sapphire for the leaves and stems, and Wisteria, Hydrangea and Sparkling Rose for the flowers. They were then die cut out using the Pinkfresh Studio Moonlit Blooms Dies. 

I die cut the Pinkfresh Studio Octagon Grid Coverplate Die from white cardstock. I popped out three of the frame pieces and adhered them to a white A2 sized card base. One of the flower images was then adhered on top using thin foam tape, cutting off the excess from the sides with scissors. 

I stamped the sentiment from the Pinkfresh Studio Freesia Flourish Stamp Set onto white cardstock using Pinkfresh Studio Detail Black Hybrid Ink. It was die cut out using the coordinating die. I cut the die another two times from white cardstock and adhered them behind the stamped one before adhering onto the card. To finish, I embellished with Pinkfresh Studio Ice Clear Drops. 

I didn't want to waste the other flower that I foiled and stencilled, so I thought I would use it on a tag. I die cut the tag from the Pinkfresh Studio Shaker Tag Book Die Set from white cardstock and adhered the floral on top with thin foam tape. 

I cut the excess off the bottom and left side, but kept the right side overlapping. I stamped a sentiment from the Pinkfresh Studio Peony Glow Stamp Set onto white cardstock using Pinkfresh Studio Detail Black Hybrid Ink. 

It was cut into a strip and adhered to the tag with thin foam tape. To finish, I added black twine through the hole at the top and tied in bow, followed by embellishing with Pinkfresh Studio Ice Clear Drops.

BLOG HOP:

This blog post is part of a fun, inspirational blog hop with prizes. Please click on the participants below to visit their blogs. Next on the hop is the amazing TaeEun Yoo. 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

GIVEAWAY:

Pinkfresh Studio will give away ten $50 gift cards along the hop, selected from the comments left along the hop at random. They will also give away the full release over on the Pinkfresh Studio blog and YouTube Channel. Winners will be announced on the Pinkfresh Studio Giveaway Page on 29th October 2025. Please make sure to check if you are a winner and claim your prize within two weeks. 

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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 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! Take care! 

Spellbinders | Merry & Bright

Hello there, I am delighted to be over on the Spellbinders Blog today sharing two cards using the Pear Blossom Press One Lights. These lights are fab as both the switch and light are on the same mechanism, so really easy to use and no fiddling around with circuits! 

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The peek above shows one of the cards I made. I used the Spellbinders Essential Stars Etched Dies and cut one of the stars from a panel of white cardstock. I then added a double layer of vellum behind. The Pear Blossom Press One Light is behind that and when you press the centre of the poinsettia, the light comes on! 

The poinsettia and foliage are from the Spellbinders Christmas Foliage Etched Dies and the sentiment, from Spellbinders Merry Messages, was hot foiled. 

Please head over to the blog post to see how the card came together and to see the other one too. It is super cute if I do say so myself! :) 

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 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 great rest of the weekend! 

Spellbinders | Snow Day Friends

Hello there, I hope you are having a good week so far. Today I have a card to share using the Spellbinders October 2025 Small Die of the Month Club Kit called Snow Day Friends. The set features a snowman, a tree and two people that you can create scenes with. 

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I started off by die cutting the people from the Spellbinders October 2025 Small Die of the Month Club Kit. I cut both of their faces from Spellbinders Alabaster ColorWheel Cardstock. I cut both of the bobbles for the hats from Spellbinders Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock. I cut the clothing for the person on the right from Spellbinders Seaside, Waterfall, Teal Topaz and Cosmic Sky ColorWheel Cardstock. 

The clothing for the person on the left was cut from Spellbinders Fairy Tale, Lavender and Lilac ColorWheel Cardstock. I assembled and adhered the layers using Bearly Art Glue. I then die cut the tree base layer from Spellbinders Peridot ColorWheel Cardstock and the snow from Spellbinders Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock. The snow was adhered the tree using Bearly Art Glue. 

I die cut the snowman from Spellbinders Classic White and Raven ColorWheel Cardstock, the arms from Truffle, and the nose from Carrot. The pieces were adhered together using Bearly Art Glue. I took an A2 sized card base made from Hero Arts Pitch Black Cardstock and added the tree on first using Bearly Art Glue. 

The snowman and people were then adhered on top using thin foam tape. I hot foiled the sentiment from the Spellbinders Merry Messages Plate & Die Set onto white cardstock using Spellbinders Champagne Foil and the Glimmer Hot Foil System. I die cut it out using the coordinating die and cut another layer of the sentiment from more white cardstock and adhered it behind the foiled one before adhering to the card. To finish, I added white gel pen dots. 

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 marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

SPELLBINDERS CLUB KITS

To buy the kit - if you are a current subscriber to the Small Die of the Month Club Kit (or any kit), you do not need to do anything. You will be charged as normal on the 5th of the month and your kit will be shipped to you. If you are a new subscriber, you can purchase the kit from the 6th - 27th October 2025. Members can cancel their membership at any time. If you are not keen on subscribing to the kit but still want it, you can purchase it individually (without a subscription) on the 10th of the following month but the price will be higher. 

It's such a cute set and you can use the elements all separately too, which is great! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a great day! 

Hero Arts | Cup of Cheer

Hello there, I am over on the Hero Arts Blog today sharing a card using the new Cup of Cheer Letterpress + Foil Plate from the Yule Fuel collection. So many things you can do with his plate but for today, I went monochrome! 

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

I hot foiled the Santa cup from Hero Arts Cup of Cheer Letterpress + Foil Plate onto Spellbinders Cosmic Sky ColorWheel Cardstock using Opaque White Glimmer Foil and the Glimmer Hot Foil System. I added ink blending around the edges of the panel and then coloured the image using pencils (just blues and white). The sentiment is from the Hero Arts Christmas Sentiment Strips Stamp Set. 

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 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, please head over to the Hero Arts Blog. 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 hope you have a wonderful day!