I had so many flowers and leaves leftover from my previous card that I decided to make another. This time using less flowers.The Memory Box Matinee Rectangle was used to cut a panel from white cardstock. I used the second largest die. This gave a smaller canvas, if you will, to arrange the flowers on. I decided to dry emboss it using the Darice Basketweave Embossing Folder. If you look at my cards you will see that adding texture behind a focal point is a favorite of mine. I like the way i

A floral packed card featuring the Be Bold Blooms and Mini Blooms and Sprigs die sets from Spellbinders.

Hi there friends, Today is release day at Spellbinders and I have few projects to share with you! Since I have a process video, I won't write a step by step here. I'll just leave you with lots of photos! If you're interested in how these cards came together, please check out the video! I'll link it in at the end of this post. The products I've used on today's cards: Spellbinders Sentiments for Everyday Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set Spellbinders Sentiment Banner Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set Spellbinders Be Bold Glimmer Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms Die Set Spellbinders Simply Perfect Florets Embossing Folder The process video as promised: That's it for today! I hope I could inspire you one way or another! Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day! X

A floral packed card featuring the Be Bold Blooms and Mini Blooms and Sprigs die sets from Spellbinders.

Hi there friends, Today is release day at Spellbinders and I have few projects to share with you! Since I have a process video, I won't write a step by step here. I'll just leave you with lots of photos! If you're interested in how these cards came together, please check out the video! I'll link it in at the end of this post. The products I've used on today's cards: Spellbinders Sentiments for Everyday Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set Spellbinders Sentiment Banner Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set Spellbinders Be Bold Glimmer Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms Die Set Spellbinders Simply Perfect Florets Embossing Folder The process video as promised: That's it for today! I hope I could inspire you one way or another! Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day! X

Hello friends. It is time for a new challenge at Seize the Birthday and this time out "Topping" option was chosen by Ashwini and it is Many of Something. If you are not into the "Topping" option, just make it for a birthday. Also, a big welcome to our new team member Linda Snodgrass. Glad to have you with us Linda. I had started to use SU Wreath Builder dies with some small blooms but ended up using Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms and die cut many blooms and many leaves for my card. The colors are SU Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody and Pumpkin Pie for the blooms and buds. I added brown enamel dots to the centers of the blooms. The leaves are Pear Pizzazz and Wild Wasabi (ret.). I did cut apart the wreath die cut for the lighter green leaves. I arranged these on a white panel embossed with SU Painted Texture EF. The sentiment is from an older Verve set. I used a corner rounder to round the edges and mounted it with foam tape. The white panel is added to a mat of Mango Melody and then to the white card base. Be sure to check out all the fabulous cards by my teammates over at Seize the Birthday. I hope you join us for this fun challenge. Happy Stamping, JoAnn

This Be Bold Blooms Etched Dies is part of the Be Bold Collection. The set of 21 thin metal dies creates a fabulous spray of big and bold blooms! Use some or all of them, it goes well with any type of projects that calls for a wonderful floral motif! Approximate Size: Large 5 Petal Flower: 1.83 x 1.65 in. Small 5 Petal Flower: 0.89 x 0.91 in.

Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms Dies (S5-502) handmade cards using inspiration from Sarah Renae Clark’s Color Catalogue and Color Cubes.

It’s day five of our Sweet 16th Birthday Week celebration, and we have saved some BIG things for this final day! First, our friends at Spellbinders are here to inspire us using their newest product […]

I have a card for the the Color Hues Challenge - Orange and Green. Naturally, I thought of flowers so here is my card. I was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest. I used a different background, sentiment and different colors. I used Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms again (love this set). I die cut the flowers from white and sponged the centers and small blooms with SU Peach Parfait ink (retired). I die cut the flower centers and branches from SU Early Espresso card. The leaves are cut from Wild Wasabi card (retired) and the sprigs from SU Certainly Celery card (retired). The white panel is die cut with Ink to Paper Border Bling: Tin Stitches and layered with a mat cut from SU More Mustard (retired). The sentiment is from SU Blossoms in Bloom (retired) stamped in Early Espresso ink and mounted with foam tape. The larger blooms are also mounted with foam tape and the leaves glued under the petals. Sorry for all the retired products but I find it hard to get rid of them. :) Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day. Happy Stamping, JoAnn

Hi there friends, Today is release day at Spellbinders and I have few projects to share with you! Since I have a process video, I won't write a step by step here. I'll just leave you with lots of photos! If you're interested in how these cards came together, please check out the video! I'll link it in at the end of this post. The products I've used on today's cards: Spellbinders Sentiments for Everyday Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set Spellbinders Sentiment Banner Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set Spellbinders Be Bold Glimmer Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms Die Set Spellbinders Simply Perfect Florets Embossing Folder The process video as promised: That's it for today! I hope I could inspire you one way or another! Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day! X

Hello there, I hope everyone is well. After an extended time off due to recovering from surgery (nothing serious), I am finally back in my craft room! It will be a bit slow to start with, so I hope you will bear with me but it is nice to be back! Today I have a card to share with you using the Spellbinders April 2023 Large Die of the Month Club Kit. This month is called "Punch & Pierce Frame & Sentiments" and you can see why! There are a few different layers/panels that you can use (I used two of them on my card today). There are also lots of lovely sentiments too! PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure. I started off my card by die cutting the piercing frame die from the Spellbinders April 2023 Large Die of the Month Club Kit from white cardstock. I popped all the pieces out and then adhered it flat to an A2 white card base. I then die cut the smallest of the panels from white cardstock also. The 'hello' word was die cut three times from Spellbinders Royal Amethyst Cardstock for the word itself and the shadow cut from white twice. They were layered up, one on top of another using Bearly Art Glue, for dimension. I then stamped the 'from me to you' sentiment from the Spellbinders Sentiments For You Stamp Set on to white cardstock with Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink and cut into a strip. I already had some of the Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms Etched Dies cut. I like to have these cut but not assembled, so that I can assemble them when needed. I grabbed some purple flowers and green leaves and arranged them on the panel. Apart from the large flower, they were all adhered flat to the panel. The large flower was popped up slightly with thin foam tape. The sentiments were then adhered in the middle with more thin foam tape. The panel was adhered to the card with thin foam tape and then the card finished off with a few Spellbinders Fashion Oyster Color Essentials Pearl 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 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. SPELLBINDERS CLUB KITS I hope that you will check out the Spellbinders Club Kits. It is a wonderful monthly subscription where you receive the kit each month. Designers like myself share inspiration using the kit at the beginning of the month to show you lots of different ways that you can use it. There are also lots of other club kits too, like the Small Die of the Month, Clear Stamp & Die of the Month, Embossing Folder of the Month (plus lots more!), so there is something for everyone! If you do subscribe, you will get other benefits from Spellbinders too. Please see here for more information. You can also buy older kits here too. To buy the kit - if you are a current subscriber to the Large 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 of April 2023. Members can cancel their membership at any time. Although this card is a little busier than I would normally go, with the piercing detail, I still think it is pretty! Thank you so much for stopping by today and bearing with me in my absence. I hope you have a wonderful day!

My sister Julie has a birthday this coming week. Her favorite color is blue and I decided to use these great flower dies from Spellbinders to cut out different shade of blue cardstock. The centers of the flower were ink blended to add some shading and depth. The flower centers were cut gold mirror cardstock. I had a hard time getting an arrangement I liked for this card and finally settled on this one, but it wasn't my favorite. It just looked to blah. I decided to take a blue Copic Marker

Hello Everyone! Today I’m playing along with the six pack colour challenge at Color My Heart Color Dare. I LOVE how this challenge asks you to use one of the colours for the card base –…

Hey friends, welcome back to my card making blog. Today I'm playing with Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms and Precision Layered Mini Slimline Dies. Both of these items are new in the shop at Spellbinders this month and they are great fun to create with. The Mini Precision Layered Mini Slimline Dies have two sets, an

I loved these colors together! I used my semi-new Spellbinders Bold Bloom Etched Dies. I just love the texture these dies add. I've decided, that while I do love sentiment strips, creating on my computer I get what I want, along with the size I want. That's a win, and I'm sticking with it~ Just sayin... Your turn! Come on over to the JUGS Challenge #646 and play along. The gallery should look amazing! Thanks for stopping by~ ps - I have used affiliated links in this post at no additional cost to you. Thanks for the support!

Hi there friends, Today is release day at Spellbinders and I have few projects to share with you! Since I have a process video, I won't write a step by step here. I'll just leave you with lots of photos! If you're interested in how these cards came together, please check out the video! I'll link it in at the end of this post. The products I've used on today's cards: Spellbinders Sentiments for Everyday Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set Spellbinders Sentiment Banner Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set Spellbinders Be Bold Glimmer Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms Die Set Spellbinders Simply Perfect Florets Embossing Folder The process video as promised: That's it for today! I hope I could inspire you one way or another! Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day! X

Hi there, this is Annie Williams and I’m excited to be back on the blog today to share a bunch of cards made with some of the beautiful Doodlebug products available in the Spellbinders shop. I paired many of the brightly colored cards and envelopes, sweet patterned papers, and fun washi tapes and embellishments with some of my favorite Spellbinders dies to create cards for many different kinds of occasions. Mailbox Thank You Card I hear a lot of crafters say that they love patterned paper, but struggle to use it on their projects sometimes, especially those with bolder colors and patterns. Here I turned a bright stripe pattern into just the border on this otherwise simple and cute thank-you card. I started by trimming the striped paper from the Lots of Love Paper Pad to 4.25” x 6” and added it to one of the white A6 card bases from the Fall Cards & Envelopes pack. To tone down this bold pattern, I trimmed a piece of notebook paper from the same pad to 4” x 5.75” and added it to the center. Now I have the perfect little border for my card! The mailbox theme in this paper pad inspired me to break out one of my favorite die sets from Spellbinders – Parcel & Post Mailbox. I cut the pieces from Poppy Field, Mirror Gold, and Pomegranate Cardstock and added a sentiment foiled in Gold Hot Foil using the All Occasion Mailbox Greetings Glimmer Plate Set. To finish off the card, I added some Doodlebug Airmail Washi Tape to white cardstock and die cut the envelope from the Parcel & Post Mailbox Die Set from it, positioning the die so that only a tiny sliver of stripes would end up on the bottom of the envelope. Then I added Ladybug, Bubblegum, and Swimming Pool Puffy Hearts to the envelope and bursting from the mailbox. Stitched With Holiday Cheer Card Now we can get a little braver with our backgrounds! For this cheerful card, I chose some busy patterned papers for my card front but balanced it a bit with a simpler focal image. I started by trimming some of the holly patterned paper from the Candy Cane Lane Paper Pad to 4.25” x 6”. After adding a smaller piece of red striped paper from the pad on top (about 4.25” x 2.25”), I adhered a tiny sentiment border (trimmed out of one of the pages in the pad) on top of where the two patterns met. Then I matted this whole background with Pomegranate Cardstock and adhered it to one of the white A6 card bases from the Christmas Cards & Envelopes pack. With all of that color in the background, I next cut a simple tag out of white and Pink Sand Cardstock using the Create A Decorative Tag Die Set…this gives the eye someplace to rest. The sentiment was stamped in green ink using one of the greetings from the Handmade Gift Tags Stamp Set. For a simple focal point, I cut Fern and Poppy Field Cardstock using the Stitched Poinsettia & Holly Die Set and stitched them up with matching thread for a tone-on-tone look. After adhering them to the tag with foam adhesive, I added some red baker’s twine from Vivant to the tag. Sending Hugs Wax Seal Card Let’s talk about how to use washi tape on cards in fun or unexpected ways. I’m starting out easy with this pretty floral hugs card where I add a single strip in place of some twine, but we’ll be working up to full backgrounds soon! To begin, trim a piece of orange floral paper from the Over The Rainbow Paper Pad to 4” x 5.75”, mat it with Mirror Gold Cardstock, and adhere it all to the A6 white card base from the Rainbow Cards & Envelopes Pack. Next, cut white cardstock using one of the dies from the Essential Modern Ovals Die Set, and Mirror Gold Cardstock using the next larger die in the set. Wrap a piece of blue striped washi from the Candy Stripes Washi Tape Assortment around the white oval and then emboss it with the Flower Frenzy 3D Embossing Folder to make it blend into the shape seamlessly. Die cut the daisy and leafy sprig from the Floral Stems Die Set and a zigzag squiggle from the Sealed Squiggles Die Set and adhere on top of the oval. Melt Mystic Blue wax beads and stamp them using the Deco For You Wax Seal Stamp before highlighting just the words with a gold metallic marker. Add an additional sentiment to the bottom of the card foiled in gold using the Must-Have Sentiments Glimmer Plate Set. Happy Holidays Gift Box Card You can use washi tape to create your own patterns for diecutting too! Here I create my own “wrapping paper” for tiny gift boxes on this bright and cheery holiday card. Start by trimming a piece of cute patterned paper from the Candy Cane Lane Paper Pad and adhering it to the front of the red A2-sized card base from the Christmas Cards & Envelopes Pack. Then die cut white cardstock using the Fluted Classics Ovals Die Set and adhere it to the center of the card front with foam adhesive. Now take the red, green, and teal tapes from the Candy Stripes Washi Tape Assortment and adhere them to white cardstock in different combinations and patterns. Die cut these patterns using the gift boxes from the Seasonal Décor Die Set and add bows cut from the Mirror Gold and Mirror Red Cardstock. Adhere the gift boxes to the front of the card with a combination of liquid glue and foam adhesive for lots of dimension. To finish off the card, add a sentiment foiled in Gold Hot Foil using the A Merry Little Christmas Sentiments Glimmer Plate Set. Rainbow Floral Birthday Card Now we’ll create an entire background panel for this bold and bright birthday card with the Scallop Washi Tape Assortment. I started by trimming a piece of white cardstock to 4.25” x 5.5” and then added strip after strip of colorful washi tape from the Scallop Washi Tape Assortment down the panel in rainbow order. Once it was completely covered, I die cut it down to 4” x 5.25” using the Precision Layering A2 Die Set A. (You can just use a trimmer to cut this panel down, but I like how the pressure from a diecutting machine during this step really makes sure the washi tape stays adhered.) After adding the background panel to a top-folding A2-sized white card base with foam adhesive, I applied Gold Hot Foil to white cardstock using the All-Occasion Mailbox Greetings Glimmer Plate Set. Cutting this out with one of the Essential Four Petal Labels Dies, I added it to the center of the card with foam adhesive. I didn’t want to add too much more to this bold card, so I just cut a few flowers and leaves with the Be Bold Blooms Die Set in coordinating colors and framed the sentiment. Joyful Snowman Mini Slimline Card Patterned paper can be used to add a touch of texture to scenic backgrounds as well if you pick some of the more subtle or tone-on-tone patterns. Here I built a simple snowy scene out of white and blue snowflake paper for this adorable snowman. Start by trimming the blue snowflake paper from the Candy Cane Lane Paper Pad to 3.125” x 6”. After trimming the white snowflake paper to about 3.125” x 1.5”, die cut the top of it using one of the dies from the Color Block Scenic Scape Die Set. Blend a bit of Tumbled Glass Distress Ink around the edges of the papers before adhering together to give it a frosty look. Adhere the background scene onto one of the white mini slimline card bases from the Christmas Cards & Envelopes Pack. Then die cut the adorable snowman from the Dancin’ Snowman Die Set using light and bright colors and assemble him above the snowy hill. To finish off the card, I foiled and die cut a sentiment using the Christmas Die & Glimmer Sentiments Plate Set and popped it up beneath the snowman with foam adhesive. Then I added a couple of Bubblegum and Swimming Pool Puffy Hearts to the sky above him. Loads Of Luck Card Let’s try another card with patterned paper as a scenic background! This time I got a little braver using tiny rainbows in the sky behind this cute load of shamrocks. Start by trimming the rainbow patterned paper from the Over The Rainbow Paper Pad to 3.25” x 4.5” and adding a strip of the green polka dot paper to the bottom. Blend some Salty Ocean Distress Ink liberally around the top of the panel to create a blue sky and mat it with Mirror Gold Cardstock. Emboss the front of one of the green A2-sized card bases from the Fall Cards & Envelopes Pack using the Tiny Dots Embossing Folder and add the background scene to the center of the card front with foam adhesive. Die cut Pink Sand and white cardstock using the Country Wheelbarrow Die Set, add some Picked Raspberry Distress Ink around the edges, and assemble with liquid glue. Cut the shamrocks from the Seasonal Décor Die Set out of Fern and Rainforest Cardstock to fill the wheelbarrow. To finish off the card, emboss the sentiment in gold using the Welcome Sign & Sentiments Stamp & Die Set. Thinking Of You Wallet Card The Cards & Envelopes Packs contain lots of traditional sizes of cards, but they have a couple of fun shapes and styles too! Here I take the bright pink wallet-style card base and add just a few elements for cute thinking of you card. It can be hard to figure out how to decorate an unusual shaped card base like this one, but I knew I wanted to use flowers with this gorgeous pink color. I cut some more petals and leaves using the Be Bold Blooms Die Set and assembled a little floral bunch with liquid glue. To ground the floral bunch on the front of the card, I decided to add a strip of paper. You can just choose a simple pattern from the pad, but there are so many fun border styles in the Lots Of Love Paper Pad, so I trimmed out a group of three and adhered it in the middle of the front panel. For a little peek of some more color, I added a panel of floral paper to the bottom of the card base as well (this panel will be behind the front of the card when folded). To finish off this card, I added the floral bunch to the front with foam adhesive and foiled a sentiment in gold using the Hexi-Gem Sentiments Glimmer Plate Set. This card style is perfect for tucking a check or a small note inside! Patchwork Heart Card Lastly, I have one more tip when working with the fun patterns from Doodlebug in your card designs…take your color inspiration from the experts who design these gorgeous papers! Here I pull the pinks and teals from the Lots Of Love Paper Pad into my focal image on this sweet card for a friend. I started by trimming a piece of the heart balloon patterned paper from the Lots of Love Paper Pad to 3.125” x 6”, matted it with Pomegranate Cardstock, and adhered it to one of the white mini slimline card bases from the Rainbow Cards & Envelopes Pack. Next, I die-cut Fruit Punch, Waterfall, Pink Sand, and white cardstock using the patchwork heart dies from the Seasonal Décor Die Set. To ensure the hearts didn’t disappear into the background pattern, I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to 1.5” x 4.5”, embossed it with the Tiny Dots Embossing Folder, and adhered it to the center of the card front with...

My sister Julie has a birthday this coming week. Her favorite color is blue and I decided to use these great flower dies from Spellbinders to cut out different shade of blue cardstock. The centers of the flower were ink blended to add some shading and depth. The flower centers were cut gold mirror cardstock. I had a hard time getting an arrangement I liked for this card and finally settled on this one, but it wasn't my favorite. It just looked to blah. I decided to take a blue Copic Marker

Spellbinders Be Bold Bloom by Wendie Bee Stamp Right Up

Hi everyone! Today I'll share the remaining cards I made with my latest obsession, the Be Bold Blooms die set by Spellbinders. If you miss...

Hi all. Happy March! I've been wanting to create a card with a mix of Spellbinders' Garden Favorites collection. I just thought that would be a fun project to tackle. And, this past weekend, I finally got a chance to do so. I am pairing up Lilac Etched Dies and Peach Blossom Etched Dies from the Garden Favorites Collection by Susan Tierney-Cockburn. I started by piecing together all the parts for the Lilac and the Peach Blossoms. For the lilac I used colored cardstock and added some shade on the edge of the petals with Copic markers. For the peach blossoms I used white cardstock and colored them with Copic. While waiting for the glue to dry, I ink blended some soft greens to the card panel. Then, adhere the flowers to the card panel. For fillers, I die cut some pieces from Be Bold Blooms die set. Next, adhere the panel to card base and add a gold strip. Finished by adding sentiment from Yana's Layered Script Sentiments Etched Dies. This card surprisingly comes together faster than I thought. I guess since this is the second time I am playing with this flowers, I am more used to it compare to the first time. Especially for the lilac. Well peeps, I hope you enjoy this blossoms duo. Have a blessed day.

Hello Everyone! Today I’m playing along with sketch challenge at The Paper Players. My Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms die set was still on my table when I saw the challenge so of course I HAD to…

Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms Dies (S5-502) handmade cards using inspiration from Sarah Renae Clark’s Color Catalogue and Color Cubes.