Happy Everything

In my endless endeavors to have a clean(er) desk, I also try and use up the excess kits I create for Classes and Workshops - they come in very handy when you need a few cards as soon as possible - you know how that is! 

I have used the A2 Curved Matting Basics A Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator to create the card base and cut/emboss the Authentique Paper patterned paper.  The red squares have been cut using the Classic Squares LG Spellbinders® Nestabilities and a corner rounder has been used on opposite corners.  These have been popped up using Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares.

The Scalloped Circle has been embossed using Metallic Melts by Tinby Designs.  The flower has been layered onto the layered circles and a decorative button added.

The sentiment is by Penny Black Inc and has been cut/embossed using the Back to Basics .Tags Spellbinders® Shapeabilities® and stamped using IMAGINECrafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink in Onyx Black.  All Dies have been  cut using the Grand Calibur Die Cutting & Embossing Machine.  The bling is from Want2Scrap, I have also used  Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L -  E-Z Dots Permanent  Adhesive Runner on this card.

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This card is for the following challenges:

Catch The Bug - Stuffed (use left over paper)

A Crafty Mess - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Graph'It Colour Challenge - Two Colors

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks -  Die cuts

Word Art Wednesday -  Anything goes with uplifting sentiment 

Monday Morning My Craft Creations - Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes - Make it Sparkle

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you

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I Love my Die Cutting Machine GIVEAWAY Winner

*** WE HAVE A WINNER!! ***

Thank you to each one who joined the I Love my Die Cutting Machine Group on facebook - and to those who have been following along for some time - it certainly is a place for inspiration, sharing and to have questions answered.  Thank you too to all those following my Blog - I appreciate each and every one of you!

We have a winner and that blessed person is....

JeanNovember 25, 2014 at 7:01 AM

I have a Vintaj machine which I just bought a few months ago. Sadly I don't have many dies or folders yet.

Congratulations Jean - please PM me on fb or email me at lovelylinda@tpg.com.au with your details and I will get your prize into the post for you!  You are going to LOVE these

Keep watching my Blog and I Love my Die Cutting Machine on facebook - cause the GIVEAWAYS have only just begun!

I Love my Die Cutting Machine Giveaway

***This post will remain at the top of my Blog until the end of the GIVEAWAY

Please scroll down for newer posts***

Hello Blog Friends - for those of you who are not aware, I have a group on facebook called "I love my Die Cutting Machine" - it has been steadily growing and it is time for a GIVEAWAY!!

To be eligible for this GIVEAWAY you need to be part of the facebook group (I will be checking) and also leave a comment here telling me what Die Cutting Machine you use.  You are more than welcome to become a follower of my Blog, I would love that, but it is not necessary to be entered into the GIVEAWAY on facebook.

It will not surprise you that being a Spellbinders Designer/ Spellblogger for 3 years and now have the honour of being the Spellbinders International Ambassador for Australia (and New Zealand);  that the GIVEAWAY will be Spellbinders products.  If you have a Die Cutting Machine and are not sure if the Dies are compatible - you can check it out on the Spellbinders Blog HERE. 

The GIVEAWAY

Remember: Make sure you are a member of the facebook group and leave a comment HERE to be eligible  - you won't want to miss out ... I am working with Spellbinders on other GIVEAWAYS and you are going to want to be part of it - just sayin'

The GIVEAWAY closes at midnight 29 November (Australian EST) and the winner will announced both here and on I Love my Die Cutting Machine

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Imagine Crafts and Rubbermoon Art Stamps Inspiration Week

IMAGINE Crafts and RubberMoon Art Stamps are excited to share with you the amazing projects that our design teams have created to kick off the Holiday Season! Over the next few days, we'll be sharing with you inspiration and techniques using IMAGINE Crafts' line of ink products featuring rubber stamps from RubberMoon. Be sure to visit the IMAGINE Crafts and RubberMoon blogs daily for more projects and ideas!

Here is a little Sneak Peek of my project - I have fallen in love with this stamp by Sunny Carvalho and need to get  more of them - co cute and such fun to create with.  You can see the full project and the Step by Step Tutorial on the Imagine Crafts Blog HERE

 Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you! 

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Spellbinders Heirloom Oval Tutorial

Hello Blog Friends, I am back with another Tutorial for Spellbinders - each week on a Friday I will be posting a Step by Step Tutorial on my Blog - and will be adding one monthly on the Spellbinders Blog - I hope love the opportunity to share some inspiration with you - it is no secret that I love my Spellbinders Dies...

There are so many gorgeous products available in the Spellbinders range - today I am going to share with you how easy it is to create an elegant card using one of the gorgeous filigree frames - it has never been easier - I love that way that the Spellbinders Dies cut, emboss and stencil with a single die template.

Spellbinders Supplies:

• S4-447 Heirloom Oval Spellbinders® Shapeabilities Frames
• GC-001 Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine
• S4-395 Les Papillions Two Spellbinders® Shapeabilities
• T-001 Tool 'n One™

Cross Promotional Partner Products:

• Our Daily Bread Design© - Faith Hope and Love cling stamp set
• Imagine Crafts®/ Tsukineko® - Memento™ Dye in Espresso Truffle; Delicata ™ Pigment Ink in Golden Glitz, Sponge Dauber
• Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares and E-Z Runner 
• Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock®: Cream and Dark Brown Cardstock;

Other Supplies:  Mulberry Paper Flowers; Scissors; acrylic block

 1. Using cream card and the Grand Calibur cut/emboss two (2) Heirloom Ovals using the outside cutting edge only - as shown in the photo above.

 2. Score 1 Die Cut 1.5cms from the top, fold scored line forward

 3. Adhere Die Cuts together using E-Z Runner, making sure patterned edges match

 4. Cut/emboss one (1) Heirloom Oval using Brown Card stock and both the filigree Die and the cutting edge, as shown in the photo above.

 5. Remove all loose pieces using the Tool'N One.

 6. Adhere the filigree front to the card base using liquid glue.

 7. Stamp the Our Daily Bread Designs sentiment onto white card stock using Espresso Truffle Ink

 8. Cut/emboss using Heirloom Oval Die #2 NB - the smallest Die being #1

 9. Use the Die as a stencil, sponging the inside edges using Golden Glitz Ink and a sponge dauber.

10. Pop sentiment up onto layered card base using 3D Foam Dots

11. Cut/emboss butterfly base and filigree layer using cream card.

12. Use the Base Die as a stencil, sponging the inside edges using Golden Glitz Ink and a sponge dauber

13. Adhere filigree layer to the base layer of the butterfly using liquid glue.

14. Adhere large pearl to the center

15. Center the Mulberry paper flowers to the right side of the sentiment layer using liquid glue.

16. Cut Swirls Finesse to size and adhere to each side of the flowers as shown.

 Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you! 

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Darkroom Door - For You

Hello Blog Friends,, I hope you are having a good week - we have been in the middle of a heatwave and are enjoying a few cooler days - but definitely not cold! The Studio is a great place to 'chill out' on days like this! 

I have been using some tags I had started as samples for a Workshop, but decided they would make pretty cards - this one being the first one completed.  The Stately Circles Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Decorative Elements has been cut using the Grand Calibur Die Cutting & Embossing Machine and purple card stock.  A strip of Washi Tape has been added!

The image is from Darkroom Door and is one of the first Darkroom Door sets I owned - still up there among the favourites.  I have stamped the wings twice, coloured them using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Radiant Neons in Electric Yellow and popped them up using 3D Foam Squares. The lace panel is stamped using Memento™ Dye Ink in Teal Zeal. 

  The Nestabling is from Want2Scrap.   I have also used  Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares for dimension ,and E-Z Runner on this card.

 

This card is for the following challenges:

Creative Moments - Anything goes/ Sparkle

Inspiration Destination - Always Anything goes

Little Red Wagon - Washi

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything goes

Craft Creations Challenge - Anything Goes

Get Creative Challenge - Anything Goes with Twist - use glitter

Dream Valley Challenge - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp -  Anything goes

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap -  Say It In Color - Sentiment stamped, printed, or die-cut in color NOT black and white

That Craft Place - Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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Cloudy Skies

Hello Blog Friends, I have been busy getting Inky and have something a little different to share with you today.  As much as I love pretty and elegant cards there are times when I love to play with inks and create something 'outside the square' for me.

I have used IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink in Summer Sky and Nautical Blue to create the sky, along with Pear Tart and Bamboo Leaves for the grass.  The Sun has been inked in Dandelion and Rockmelon, using a circles mask created using Spellbinders Standard Circles LG. The card base has been created using the Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A - such a great set to have - you cannot beat the core Dies,  My Dies have been cut using the  Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine.

   The Indigo Blue image and Penny Black Inc sentiment have been stamped using Nautical Blue.  The birds are from am Anonymous Stampers set.  I have also used  Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares for dimension ,and E-Z Runner on this card.  

This card is for the following challenges:

A Crafty Mess - Anything Goes

Artbymiran Challenge - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafter's Cafe - Anything goes

Whimsy Inspiration -Two or more images

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes + Optional Twist

Everybody-Art-Challenge - Circle on the Card

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you! 

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Spellbinders - Turning Negatives into Positives

Hello Blog Friends - I am excited about today's Step by Step Tutorial for Spellbinders and hope that you will be too!  What could possibly be negative about Spellbinders - well the answer to that is nothing but I am talking about Negative Dies!! So, what is a Negative Die some of you ask...

A Negative Die is what remains when you have cut your original Die, so often these are pretty enough to use on their own.  I have collected a lot of them and am going to show you one way to use them....there are many different ways - you may have some of your own and I would love to see them.

Spellbinders Products:

• S5-204  Lace Hearts Shapeabilities®  
• MD1-005 Hearts One Spellbinders® Media Mixáge™ Nested Dies
• S2-139  Sentiments 3 Shapeabilities® Die D-Lites™
• S6-001 5x7 Matting Basics A Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator 
• S6-002 5 x 7 Matting Basics B Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator #5
• ES-006 So Trendy  Spellbinders M-Bossabilities folder
• GC-001 Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Cross Promotional Partner Products:

• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko®  Memento™ Dye Ink in Rich Cocoa; Sponge Dauber
• Authentique™ Paper - Glistening Collection 12x12
• DCWV® - Patterned Paper
• Want2Scrap© - Beautiful Bling Borders  
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® - 3D Foam Squares, E-Z Runner

Other: White Card stock, Seam Binding, Mulberry Rose, Button; Kindy Glitz - Liquid Glitter

 1. Use Negative Die from the Lace Hearts Die.

 2. Cut/emboss three (3) Hearts One using Authentique Paper

 3. Score the hearts through the center vertically

 4. Adhere the hearts on the score ling using liquid glue as shown above

 5. Using DCWV paper cut/emboss one  5x7 Matting Basics A #4  

 6. Using white card stock cut one (1) 5x7 Matting Basics B # 5 (the smallest Die being #1)

 7. Use another larger negative Die as a backing layer

 8. Adhere all layers using E-Z Runner

  9. Sponge around the inner and outer edges of the Negative Die using Rich Cocoa and a Sponge Dauber
10. Adhere embossed Negative Die to the top of layered papers using liquid glue

11. Center heart bling

12. Adhere layered Hearts One using E-Z Runner

13. Attach Seam Binding using double sided tape, pleating the Seam Binding as you go

14. Add Bling Border under pleated Seam Binding

15. Adhere Double Seam Binding Bow using Liquid Glue, followed by the button

16. Add large white pearl to the center of the button and use Kindy Glitz around the button as shown below. 

17. Cut/emboss sentiment from white card stock and adhere to lower portion of the card using liquid glue.

 Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you! 

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Reflecting - on the Spellbinders Retreat

You would think this post would be easy to write, but it is just the opposite infact - how can you capture the ultimate experience of bonding, inspiration, heartfelt friendships, generosity, teaching, learning, love and laughter in words - not possible - so I will try with photos.

It has to be said - these ladies are amazing - so many countries represented, along with those from the USA, we came from across the globe - Canada, Germany, Australia, Netherlands, England and the Ukraine. We shared some amazing days together, filled with laughter, tears and bonding.  The support and encouragement was amazing and each one appreciating each others styles - no ego or insecurities - just positive stuff happening - love that!

Stacey and the Spellbinders Team spoiled us - the trip to Sedona was amazing, breathtaking and so much more. 

The Desert is an incredible place at the best of times, but to be surrounded by the beautiful red rock formations was just surreal - each of us was taken in by it's beauty!

Yes, there were photo opportunities - and many of these will be seen on scrapbook layouts and canvas' over time I am sure!  For more photos, you can see my facebook Album HERE

Stacey took the time each day to gather us and encourage - bonding is not to be underestimated.  One of the highlights for me was the Class that Stacey taught - going back to her first love - Mixed Media - for some of us it was way out of our comfort zone - but that is what made it inspiring.

Here is a little sneak peek of my canvas - I am putting the final touches on at home and will share it when it is finished.

I don't want to overwhelm you with photos - I will spread them over a few posts - I hope you are okay with that!  We have been so blessed and I am wanting to share that with you and also honour the person who made it possible!! 

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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