Spellbinders One of a Kind Tutorial

Hello friends, I am sharing a tutorial for Spellbinders today using one of the newer Dies - 'purrr-fect' for the animal lovers among us (sorry I could not help myself! Wink:wink!   There are so many possibilities with this die and here is one of them...

Spellbinders Product

• S2-242 Die D-Lites Here Kitty Etched Dies
• S4-116 Nestabilities Standard Circles SM Etched Dies
• SEL-005 Embossing Folders Tammy Tutterow Designs Picnic
• T-001 Tool 'n One
• PE-100 Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine - 6" Platform

Other : Liquid Glue;  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: E-Z Adhesive Runner, 3D Foam Squares; Imagine Crafts: Memento Ink in Dandelion; Memento Luxe in Wedding Dress; Sponge Daubers, rust and white card stock; computer generated sentiment

1. Emboss rust card stock using the Picnic embossing folder.

2. Sponge raised lines using Wedding Dress and a Sponge Dauber.

3. Trim 1 width of brisks and pop up onto the top portion of the remaining panel using 3D Foam Squares, creating a wall.

4. Cut/emboss Standard Circles SM #6 (#1 being the smallest) using white card stock.

5. Before removing the Die, sponge inside the lines using Dandelion Ink and a sponge dauber.

6. Adhere the 'brick wall' to patterned paper using double sided tape.

7. Adhere the Standard Circle SM to the card stock, with the lower portion under the wall.

8. Cut/Emboss two Here Kitty cats using Kraft card stock.

9. Cut/Emboss one Here Kitty cat using turquoise card stock.

10. Pop up the Kraft cats onto the wall with approx 1.5cm between them and using 3D Foam Squares.

11. Pop up the turquoise cat in the centre using 3D Foam Squares - 2 thicknesses of 3D Foam Squares.

12. Add white spots to the turquoise cat using a white gel pen.

13. Add computer generated sentiment onto the lower portion of the card.

14. Pop up the layered patterned paper onto the pre-cut card base.

Take care friends - 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!

{{{Hugs}}} and happy crafting

SB Diamond Flourish Pocket Tutorial

Hello friends, it is lovely having you join me today for a Spellbinders Tutorial using one of the gorgeous new Rouge Royale Deux Collection by Stacey Caron.  

Totally elegant and romantic, this is a one piece die set with a beautiful intricate flourish design and embossed diamond background to place pearls and other small accents

You can bring your projects to the next level with Stacey's Rouge Royale Deux Collection. This die has so much potential - it can be a Pocket Card, as I have done, I can see it used on Wedding Invitations, or any invitation for that matter, with it's ornate design - there is no limit to the possabilities.

Spellbinders Products

• S5-296 Diamond Flourish Pocket Etched Die from the Rouge Royale Deux Collection by Stacey Caron
• S5-131 A2 Matting Basics A Card Creator
• T-001 Tool 'n One
• PE-100 Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine - 6" Platform

Other : Liquid Glue;  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: E-Z Adhesive Runner, 3D Foam Squares; Imagine Crafts: Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black, Gray Flannel, Espresso Truffle, cream card stock; Want2Scrap: 72 Count - White Pearls; Anna Griffin Inc - patterned papers; Chameleon Art Pens. Large gold and pearl embellishment, 3x Mulberry Paper Roses, Our Daily Bread Designs  Never Give Up Stamp set; Flourishes lc Flourished Frame with Sentiment set, cream lace

1. Fold cream card stock in half, cut/emboss using the A2 Matting Basics A # 7 (#1 being the smallest), making sure the folded edge is inside the cutting edge (as shown in the photo above) to form card base.

2. Cut/emboss using the  A2 Matting Basics A # 7 (#1 being the smallest) to form card front.

3. Cut/emboss the Diamond Flourish Pocket  using patterned paper,

4. Fold the pre-scored lines forward to create tabs

5. Adhere the Diamond Flourish Pocket tabs to the to the single  A2 Matting Basics A # 7 as shown above.

6. Adhere lace across the centre of the Diamond Flourish Pocket using liquid glue.

7. Attach the card front to the card base using 3D Foam Squares.

8. Adhere the metal and pearl embellishment to the centre of the lace.

9. Glue a mulberry paper rose to either side of the pearl.

10. Attach white pearls to the Diamond Flourish Pocket - as shown in the main photo.

10. Cut/emboss one A2 Matting Basics A # 6 in cream card stock.

11. Lightly stamp the Flourished Frame using Tuxedo Black ink - to give an aged look.

12. Colour the Flourished Frame Corners using Chameleon Pens.

13. Stamp the cross from the Never Give Up stamp set using Gray Flannel ink.

14. Stamp the sentiment from the Never Give Up stamp set using Tuxedo Black Ink.

15. Adhere one mulberry paper rose to the centre, near the top of the card.

15. Adhere 1 medium and two small white pearls either side.

Take care friends - 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!

{{{Hugs}}} and happy crafting

ODBD Fear Not - Sympathy Card

Today I am sharing a card that is very personal to me - recently the world lost a wonderful man, gone too soon and leaving a beautiful wife and family behind, This man and his family hold a very special place in our lives on so many levels.  This card is for his wife and family.

I have used one of the Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection sentiments and has been stamped using Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko: Memento in Tuxedo Black. The message is one I have on my hearts for them - it is not the usual Sympathy sentiment but it is Scripture and so comforting - my prayer is that it will encourage them and they will feel the love we are sending to them.

The Crown and Wreath have been created using the Royal Medallions Spellbinders® “A Gilded Life” studio by Debbie Murray and Shea Fragoso.  The dies have been cut using the Spellbinders® Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine and Silver from the Foil Pack One .  

 Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L E-Z Adhesive Runner and Crafty Foam Tape have been used on this card.  Some of the fabulous Want2Scrap Bling

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Inspiration Destination Challenge  - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar – Anything Goes

Addicted To Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Use a Die Cut

Stamps and Stencils Challenge - Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes or Lots of Layers

Crafting With An Attitude Challenge - Freestyle or Fantasy

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

STAMPlorations - Anything Goes Challenge

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!

{{{Hugs}}}

There is a Season

Good morning to you!  It is Saturday morning here and it started with 2 degrees Celsius - I did not move too far from the heater for a little while! LOL!  Don't you love these crisp spring mornings?!  Hopefully it is followed by a beautiful day!!

 

 I am sharing another card created using the gorgeous paper designed by my friend and artist Laura Kirste using  Imagine Crafts/E Crafts®/Tsukineko® Inks

 

along with a sentiment from Our Daily Bread designs© 

and some of the fabulous Spellbinders Die D-Lites

Sympathy cards are always hard to make, this one has a little bit of brightness and a comforting sentiment - in this case a scripture

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!

{{{Hugs}}}

Air Tutorial - Tack 'N Peel

It is always exciting to see what is in the Happy Mail that arrives from Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko - our boxes are always filled with such amazing products and each month makes me extend myself a little bit more - not always out of my comfort zone but definitely that little bit more than I would otherwise...

One of those products is the fabulous Tack N Peel - this stuff is amazing and can be used to help you make your own stamps with things you have lying around the house - this is exactly what I have done using some Corrugated Card that I have been saving FOREVER!  

Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Supplies:

• Versafine - Vintage Sepia
• Memento Dew Drop -Desert Sand, Summer Sky
• VersaMagic Dew Drop - Thatched Straw, Mango Madness
• Sponge Daubers
• Tack N Peel

Preferred Promotional Partners:

• GC-001 Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur Cutting Machine
• S2-008 Whimsical Tree Spellbinders™ Shapeabilities® Die D-Lites™
• S4-161 Labels One  Spellbinders™ Nestabilities®
• S5-174  A2 Distressed Edges Spellbinders™ Nestabilities® 
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Other:  Double sided Tape; white card; green card, Acrylic Block; BEACON ADHESIVES Zip Dry Paper Glue;  Foam Adhesive squares;  Want2Scrap - 72 Count - Light Green Rhinestones; Our Daily Bread Designs - Scripture Collection 1 stamp set; Corrugated Card

I have started by attaching the Corrugated card to the Tack N Peek as per the instructions - nice and easy - it sticks perfectly.

 I have inked the Corrugated card using Imagine Crafts Versafine - Vintage Sepia, making sure it is nicely covered and stamped onto white card.

Next the card is cut  using the Labels One Spellbinders™ Nestabilities® using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine

Using the  Labels One as a Stencil sponge around the inside edges using Imagine Crafts Memento Dew Drop - Desert Sand.  Punch out a circle and use the negative as a Stencil and sponge using VersaMagic Dew Drop Thatched Straw followed by Mango Madness to give added depth.

 

Using the precut circle as a mask over the sun and apply VersaMagic Dew Drop- Summer Sky, using a Sponge Dauber - as shown below.

In green card cut one (1) Whimsical Tree Spellbinders™ Shapeabilities® Die D-Lites™ and adhere to the left of the sponged Die using glue.  Add some thin twine and a button as shown below.

I have finished off the card by stamping a sentiment from the Our Daily Bread Designs - Scripture Collection 1 stamp set, cutting it out using the A2 Distressed Edges Spellbinders™ Nestabilities®, using the Die as a Stencil and  Imagine Crafts Memento Dew Drop - Desert Sand.  before removing the car.  Both the Die cut image and sentiment to the card base and patterned paper using foam tape.  Finish by adding  Want2Scrap -72 Count - Light Green Rhinestones 

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!

{{{hugs}}}

Spellbinders Imperial Gold Tutorial

 

I am sharing the Step by Step Tutorial on the Spellbinders Paper Arts Blog - the theme this week is the Imperial God Dies - you can see all of the details and the Step by Step Tutorial 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! 

{{{hugs}}}

There is a Season

I am on a run of pretty cards made from the things that are always gathering on my desk.

 

I have cut and embossed Spellbinders™ Labels Thirty Nestabilities® cutting a Medallion One Shapeabilities® Die D-Lites™ the inset piece, used on its own, creates a wonderful inset pattern.  I have sponged the Labels Thirty with  Tsukineko VersaMagic - Pixie Dust using the Die as a stencil.

The middle rose has been created using the Bitty Blossoms Shapeabilities® - I keep this Die near my Grand Calibur and try to run one through each time I use it.

The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Designs , a portion of the

 border from Spellbinders Damask Accents Shapeabilities® has been added under the sentiment.  Want2Scrap pearls have been added around the Medallion One

This card is for the following challenges: 

A Gem of a Challenge - Button it 

 Catch The Bug - Anything Goes

 Totally Gorjuss - Anything goes with Pink 

Card and Scrap - Use Pastel colors

House of Gilli - Anything goes plus Pastels

 Natalie and Amy's Challenge - die cuts

 Avadares – Easter or Spring

 Delicious Doodles - Flowers for Spring

 QKR Stampede – 3 of something 

Craft Us Crazy - Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - 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!

{{{Hugs}}}
 

Spellbinders Masculine Media Tutorial

It is always exciting to be sharing the Savvy Saturday Video Tutorial over at Spellbinders Paper Arts.  Today is especially exciting for me as I am using some of the new Explore Beyond: Media Mixage AND making a 'dreaded man card!' LOL!  You can see it HERE!

I would love you to pop over and visit, leaving me a comment letting me know you have been!! 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!

{{{hugs}}}

Vintage Doily

For my card today I have used the Our Daily Bread Designs Growing in Grace stamp set, colouring it with Tsukineko Memento Markers

The image is layered it onto the Spellbinders™  Vintage Lace Motifs Shapeabilities®, using the
Spellbinders™  Grand Calibur® Machine.

  The background paper is embossed using the Harlequin M-Bossabilities™.  The embossed paper has been sanded, adding such a great effect.

Finishing off with a sentiment sticker from my stash, along with a charm and white twine, which is infact white crochet cotton from my stash.  The final touch is the Want2Scrap bling.

This card is for the following challenges:

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything goes 

Shelly's Images - Easy as 1, 2, 3. 1 word sentiment, 2 patterned papers, 3 embellishments/bling 

Simply Create - Always anything goes

Crafty Creations - Something New (M-Bossabilities folder)

Craft Room Challenge - Valentines  

Crazy Amigo Challenge -  Embossing Folders 

Art With No Boundaries Show Off Your Art - Always Anything Goes 

Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes  

Make it Monday - always 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!

{{{hugs}}}