Don’t you just love getting fun mail? This month’s Clubs at Spellbinders really adds to the fun!
Card One
This card uses the Stencil of the Month, the Wax Seal of the Month, and Clear Stamp and Die of the month. Colors used were teal and Lisa Horton metallic ink. The card front is popped up with foam tape for dimension. On a plain piece of white cardstock I rubbed the Lisa Horton ink pad directly to paper to bring out the purple shine. This was also done for the shadow of the sentiment.
Card Two
This is a Shaker Card! I used the Clear Stamp and Die set of the Month. First I stamped all the images, then cut out a few. The key getting the depressed cutouts in the right spot is to lay it all flat and then glue down the images you want depressed. I added a piece of acetate on the back of the front then put two layers of foam tape along all edges. From my stash I added some colored sequins. Then carefully added the card front over the background matching holes with the depressed pieces. I glued it to the card base, added the sentiment and a few of the sequins to tie it all together.
This months Stencil of the month is a great example of using stencils with a twist off their normal. As they are created and used together on their own, they make great designs. Here I’m sharing some different ways to use them.
For this first card I used the stencil on the left, that is the smallest flower. Generally this would be the center of the flower set of stencils. I used it in the usual way by laying it over my paper and coloring it, using a blending brush and Distress Honey Mustard ink.
Here’s where I change it up…
Using the same stencil, I picked one of the flowers and place it over the already colored flower then ROTATED it. It will create an eight pedal flower. I do this for each of the flowers on the card front. Voila – it looks like sunflowers.
Do you ever think you don’t know what to do with a crafty product and look at and think…I’m not sure I like this cuz I don’t know what to do with it. Then BAM! The inspiration hits and you fall in love with the product, the card and the process. This was so true for me on this card! I thought about the cute shoes. I thought about the flowers. Then I looked at some of the stamps and sentiments from this month’s Spellbinders Clubs and it all fell in place.
“When I was a little girl we always got dressed up for Easter with new clothes and new shoes. Picture a young lady of Seven or Eight years old getting her new outfit. The shoes had a little heal – oh, it felt so grown up to be wearing them. My socks matched the colors of my dress. But, darn, I couldn’t keep them both up completely and they wouldn’t match on both feet.”
For this wonderful remembrance I created this card by first die cutting all of the pieces out using the Spellbinders Small Die of the Month. They are many small dies. I find it easiest to just die cut all the tiny pieces and assemble them before designing the actual card. Once the shoes were cut out I looked for some striped paper for the socks. The socks didn’t quite match, but I thought of how many times socks just don’t stay in place. I then cut out all the flowers in multiples of each. I glued them all together so that I could arrange the design. With the help of the sentiment from the Clear Stamp and Die of the Month, I thought of how these shoes could be walking through the flower field.
The background uses the Spellbinders 3D Embossing folder of the month. I love the little bows! They fit the scene I was creating so well. Some of flowers are between the shoes, behind and in front. Just as they would if the little lady walked through a field of flowers.
HAPPY SPRING! Spellbinders club kits are available from the 6-27th of each month. It’s not too late to get these really cute dies. I hope you like my story and my card. Tell me your story by leaving a comment.
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Hugs, Penny
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Spellbinders Clubs of the Month – Glimmer, Clear Stamp and Die, and Wax Seal
Do you ever look for a different way to create with the usual type of products? I wanted to step out of my box of just laying the cut out Glimmer of the Month kit and adding a sentiment. So I pushed myself to think a bit differently. I foiled it several times, both with green foil and also purple foil. I also used some lavender paper to go with the purple foil to coordinate.
For this first card I created a layered window with the flowers and leaves behind. Much like creating a shaker card I started with an open circle front. I die cut the glimmered leaves then cut each down to only partial. These pieces were layered with flowers and leaves from the Clear Stamp and Die of the Month. They were placed under an open circle of the popped up card front. This is much like making a framed three dimensional picture. The outside upper left corner was draped with more glimmered leaves and a sentiment in purple to tie it all together.
This second card, again, pairs purple and green colors together…oh so spring-like. The green leaves stand out against the purple paper. The Wax Seal of the month is the focal point with gold metallic thread surrounding the card front. Again, a lavender and purple foiled sentiment sends good wishes. An it is all framed with the Stitching Die of the Month.
I fell in love with these colors together. They seemed HAPPY and CHEERY. I hope they make you feel good!
Spellbinders Clubs are a wonderful bargain. It is so much fun to sign up and automatically get the products each month. And they are soooooo versatile. They are available from the 6th of the month through the 27th of the month. Get started with these fun clubs now.
Thank you for visiting my page. I hope you will see something you like and create with it also. Please tag me @pennypynnonen on Instagram so I can see your artistic beauties also.
Hugs, Penny
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Do you love butterflies? Their array of colors are anything from muted to showy to glistening to electric. The brighter the better for me — and I love the jewel tones!
This first card is using watercolor paper with the butterfly and the sentiment on the Better Press of the Month from Spellbinders. Also used is Altenew Obsidian black ink. Spellbinders has wonderful cotton papers that will give a great impression for all your Better Press plates. Yet if you run out, fell free to use a watercolor paper…thicker than cardstock that will show impression and clearly take the ink. This is just another way to stretch your supplies.
The extra gift with the Deluxe Caboodle kits this month is a stencil to color the butterflies. I used the stencils with Distress inks of Peacock Feathers, Twisted Citron, and Squeezed Lemonade to make a bright and cheery butterfly.
The second card I stepped up a bit to combine some of the Club kits of the Month. The butterfly is the Better Press Club of the Month with Distress Peacock Feathers, Tumbled Glass, and Salvage Patina. The sentiment is also from the Better Press set.
The backgrounds were fun to add by taking vellum and the cardstock and running it through the die cutting machine with the Embossing Folder of the Month. I love the texture it give and continuity by having the vellum show behind the cardstock. And the butterfly stands out nicely against the darker cardstock.
Once assembled, use whatever bling you have to jazz up the card.
This last card was mentioned in a previous post showing how the butterfly can fit with the Stencil of the Month. I just love how Spellbinders uses their kits to create a theme or mix and match to give a huge variety of choices for makers.
How will you mix and match the club kits? I’d love to see what you do. Please tag me at @pennypynnonen on IG or leave a comment on foldedwithcare.com.
Thanks for visiting and come back again! Don’t forget to get your Club kits between the 6th and 27th of each month. Spectacular deals!
Hugs, Penny
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Don’t you just love the many colors of dragonflies in the world? They can be so striking with vibrancy! Using Spellbinders Small Die of the Month I wanted jewel tones to make this guy shine! This die set will allow you to cut multicolored wings or solid wings making it very versatile.
I used some turquoise cardstock to cut the solid wings, then added a bit of ink blending to the inside tips for dimension.
The outline is done in gold metallic cardstock.
At this point I stopped to figure out design of a card. The simplest thing became my inspiration — an already cut oval from light purple cardstock. Hmmm, let’s jazz it up a bit! I took Distress Wilted Violet ink and blended around the outside of the oval. That led to –oh, lets make the flowers a deep purple! Oh, and then I can make the dragonfly’s head purple to match the flowers. Using purple paper I cut out all the tiny pieces. I decided the center of flowers should be darker so I, again, used some wilted violet ink over the purple cardstock just for these centers.
The background is made with the 3D Embossing Folder of the Month on some vellum. I love the look of vellum embossed…gives so much texture but doesn’t distract from the colors of the dragonfly.
The sentiment was cut out once in white cardstock and once in gold metallic cardstock then glued to give a bit more dimension.
This turned out to be my favorite Club card for this month. Hope you like it! Club kits are available from the 6th of the month to the 27th of the month. And don’t forget the great deal of the whole Deluxe Caboodle!
What colors would you choose for your dragonfly?
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Hugs, Penny
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Don’t you just love the excitement of a new crafter seeing the results of stenciling? I had the pleasure of spending time with my five-year-old granddaughter this past weekend. They live out of state from us so seeing them is rare. Her brother’s birthday was Sunday. So while her parents went to a show, I got to craft with her. She used the Stencils of the Month from Spellbinders both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday we followed the coloring that showed on the Spellbinders page with pink, yellow and green.
We created the background using Distress ink cubes from Ranger:
Stencil 1= Spun Sugar
Stencil 2= Picked Raspberry
Stencil 3= Squeezed Lemonade
Stencil 4= Ground Espresso
Stencil 5= Twisted Citron
We started with taping the stencil in place, marking the corners to line up additional stencils, then ink blending. The first stencil didn’t look like much, but each one added to the puzzle picture and the final reveal came after stencil 5. OOOOO, so pretty!
Later I cut the flowered pattern to A2 size. I also cut eight cuts from the Large Die of the Month (DOML) to create a shaker card. I found the best way to enclose multicolored sequins was to add a solid piece of acetate to both sides of the stacked die cuts. Then adding another detailed cut on the top to create the cage. I used a sentiment from the Clear Stamp and Die set of the Month.
On Sunday she picked out blues and purples from my collection of distress ink cubes.
It was fun to see her choose colors and then blend the ink on each stencil. Then the total reveal at the last stencil!
Since she picked the blues, I decided to choose reds for my flowers. I used
Stencil 1= Barn Door
Stencil 2= Candied Apple
Stencil 3= Festive Berries
Stencil 4= Fired Brick
Stencil 5= Lucky Clover
Again later, I cut the paper to A2 size. It looked very Christmasy, yet I wanted it to look more springlike. I used a butterfly from the Better Press of the Month and extra stencil to compliment the red flowers. I again used a sentiment from the Clear Stamp and Die of the Month and added a couple of red die cut flowers from the Large Die Set of the Month. To add to the flowers, I put white pearl dots in the center of many of the flowers. It turned out very springlike.
Hope you too, can be inspired and wowed with these stencils! And add some fun mixing and matching with other club kits. The Spellbinders Clubs are available for subscription every month from the 6th-the 27th of each month. Sign up now for great savings.
Thanks for visiting,
Hugs, Penny
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Do you like sappy love cards for Valentine’s Day? Or do you prefer funny ones? Or how about these classic cards for either friend or lover?
This first one is so so elegant! Using the Spellbinders Embossing Folder of the Month of December, 2024 on vellum creates a stunning look. It features a black overlay created with the Glimmer of the Month plate. There is matte gold foil on the black cardstock for the flowers and the sentiment.
For this second card, the same matte gold foil was used with the Glimmer machine only this time on white cardstock. The die was used to cut the edge of the flowers and leaves. To create a bit of novelty I cut a piece of gold glitter paper to 3.75″ by 5.5″. I glued it onto the back of the foiled flowers. This makes the actual front of the card narrower than the back. The sentiment is also from the Glimmer of the Month which I lined with black to make it stand out. A few enamel dots were added for accent.
I hope you like these cards. They went together easily and yet they make a statement.
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Hugs, Penny
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Time for some Bright and Cheerful Birthday greetings –who do you know that has a birthday coming up? These can be used for either males or females of any age! These club kits can still be ordered until November 27th. Next clubs come available December 6-27th.
This first one highlights the Embossing Folder of the month for background with all its fun curly curls! Adds lots of texture and design to plain paper. The bottom right highlights the Glimmer of the Month with its confetti – foiled with rainbow foil on blue cardstock. Sentiments from the Glimmer of the Month are also using rainbow foil on white cardstock. The cake is from Pinking Birthday Rectangles Etched Dies.
As in the first card, I used the other half of the blue cardstock foiled piece. I also foiled bright green cardstock…don’t forget that these foils look terrific on colored cardstock. They are so festive! The sentiments also look great on the colored cardstock. A small vellum pinked rectangle helps to make the sentiments stand out.
This third card highlights both the background Embossing Folder and the Wax Seal of the Month. I spritzed the card front with some Tim Holtz Picked Raspberry. I also used Peacock Feathers Spritz to give a mixture of color. Then, I added the gold cording and wax seal to finish out the front. It was popped up on the card base with some foam tape. The sentiment was from the Glimmer of the Month and some gold sequins finished it off.
I hope you like these fancy and festive cards! They may look complex but they really go together quickly. Thanks for visiting my page. Hope you will come back again soon.
Hugs, Penny
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Do you like to think out of the box? Or do you prefer just clean cut? With these Spellbinders Clubs of the Month you can mix and match with this month’s collection and previous month’s collections. For thinking out of the box, I played around with my wax and wax seals to use them in different manners. Let’s go take a look at what came about.
I just love this month’s Glimmer selection. The Christmas lights remind me of when I was young and there weren’t tiny lights then, only the larger bulbs such as these. They were strong and vibrant and made the Christmas tree bright and cheery. This string of lights was easy to do and special with the foil that came with it. Everything sparkles. I colored the lights with alcohol markers from Altenew, cutting the panel to 5.5″ x 3.5″. I also cut the front piece of my card base to match. Inside, I added a 1″ strip of red metallic cardstock that also shows on the front. I do love the sparkle and shine.
This month’s sentiment of “Merry Christmas” also came with the lights plate. It was so easy to foil and cut this out multiple times with lots of different colors of foil…always nice to be prepared for more cards. On this card I used the red foil that would match the side metallic strip. The small red dots I used with leftover wax in my spoon — see more below.
If you don’t want to color the lights, this glimmer plate looks stunning in just gold! Then mounted on a gold piece of cardstock embossed with the regular embossing folder of the month. The green Merry Christmas goes with the homemade tree and green dots.
This is one of the Most Wonderful Times of the Year! We get to play with fall and early holiday products that just whet our whistle to do more. Put on a bit of Christmas music and it adds to the Joy. It was easy to use the 3D Embossing Folder of the Month on some red metallic cardstock. The relief of this is just beautiful with poinsettias, candy canes, and branches. I didn’t want to cover it all up. I took a glimmered branch from July’s Glimmer of the Month, adding it with the Wax Seal of this month to the front. The white embellishments I made with more wax –see below.
Here’s where things really got fun! Play with that wax! I created a green tree just by pouring the hot wax out in a (sort of) triangle shape. Then made lots of dots with some extra wax in the spoon. I also used just red and white wax and created two candy canes. I cut one of them in half so that they would cross but lay together better on the embossed card front. The sentiment on the candy cane card is from the July Glimmer of the month club.
And here’s my palette of wax play in the progress. I have lots of dots of varying sizes, colors, mixed colors, wax seal with different color inset, candy canes, tree, etc. The shapes could be endless. And all those dots became ornaments on the tree, and embellishments on the cards. LOTS of FUN!
I encourage you all to give this play time a try. It’s really easy and I bet you will come up with more intricate details too. I’m going to do the same and see what else I can do.
I hope you have enjoyed play time and also the final cards made with those products. Spellbinder Clubs are a tremendous value! You can order this month’s Club kits from the 6th-27th of the month…Still time to get these. Subscribe and you will get them automatically each month.
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Hugs, Penny
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