Spellbinders Mother's Day Roses Tutorial

Hello friends - thanks so much for stopping by!! Today I am sharing a tutorial for Spellbinders using one of the dies from the Flower Garden Collection by Sharyn Johnson Sowell to create a Mother's Day Card.  Lots of layering to create this card front - I love the feminine feel that comes with it - roses have a way of doing that!  You can see how easily it is created by following along with the tutorial.

'What grows in your garden? Bring wonderful botanical elements into your projects with the Flower Garden Collection by Sharyn Sowell.' - Spellbinders

1. Cut/emboss four (4) of the Strip using white card stock.

2. Trim the border at the top - leaving a little for adhesive on three (3) of the panels.

3. Start at the bottom and adhere the layers with double sided tape on the narrow strip at the top of each panel - making sure to overlap the border from the next panel over the thin strip each time.

4. Adhere the panels to slightly larger green card stock, rounding the bottom two corners.

5. Pop up onto one pink cut/embossed Frame from the Floral Photo Frame Etched Dies using 3D Foam Squares.

6. Glue a row of small pink fabric roses, with narrow white velvet ribbon above.

7. Arrange a sentiment from stickers, adhere to pink card stock and trim.

8. Pop the sentiment up onto the card front using small white foam squares.

Happy Mother's Day to all of the Mums/Moms, Mother-in-Laws, Step mums/moms, Supermums/moms, Mother-type people, Spiritual Mum/Moms and everyone with a mothering heart - after all 'family is not determined by blood, but by heart!'   I hope you have a wonderful day!

Spellbinders Products:

• S4-850 Shapeabilities Floral Photo Frame Etched Dies Flower Garden by Sharyn Sowell
• T-001 Tool 'n One
• PL-001 Platinum Die Cutting Machine

Other:  Pink, Green and white card stock; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: E-Z Adhesive Runner, 3D Foam Squares; Small White 3D Foam Squares; Strip of small pink fabric roses; Authentique Paper: sticker sentiments; narrow white velvet ribbon; corner rounder

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

Recycled Yellow Rose for Friendship

Hello friends, I hope you are enjoying your weekend - ours is coming to a close, but it has been lovely and I am happy to say our temperatures are warming up too - although last night was a minus 6C Degrees - brrr!!  A yellow rose is for friendship - my husband gave me a bunch of yellow roses soon after we first met and I have always loved them - so could not resist this beautiful Roses by Anna Griffin Inc.

The card front has been embossed using Spellbinders Em-bossing Fold'ers Grid 4.25 x 5.5 in Single Sided using the Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine - 6" - even on patterned paper it is so effective.  The heart doily is from my stash, part of a RAK from years ago and the sentiment from a free set with the Australian Simply Cards publication.

The yellow rose as been adhered to the paper doily using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Permanent Runner.  The card front has been popped up onto a pre-cut card base using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares, finishing off with Celebrations Sweet Dreams Embellishments - Sequins randomly being adhered to the card front.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Scrapy Land Challenge - Anything Goes

Imagine That! Creative Playground - Anything Crafty Goes

Crafty Creations Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes

Moving Along With The Times Challenge - Sentiment as the Focal Point

Little Miss Muffet Challenge - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

The Crop Stop Linky Party - Anything Goes

Quick Quotes - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge - Anything Goes

Connie Can Crop - Anything Goes

Crafting With An Attitude Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Always Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes with a Sentiment

Create and Inspire - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Ladybirds Creations - Always Anything Goes

Scribbles Designs Challenge - 7 Embossing Wet or Dry

Take care friends and 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 creating     

             

Dear Friend

Hello friends, I have a nostalgic card to share with you today - using one of the Spellbinders Christmas Dies differently - I love to find more than one way to use a Die or any product for that matter,

My card base has been cut using the Spellbinders  A-2 Matting Basics A Card Creator Etched Dies And The Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine - 6" Platform.  The A2 Filigree Delight designed for Spellbinders by Licensed Designer Becca Feeken has been cut/embossed using black card stock and adhered to the card base using liquid glue.

The Reindeer from the Shapeabilities Reindeer And Sleigh Etched Dies has had a little makeover and become a deer - just by removing the antlers - love that!!  It has been adhered to recycled corrugated card (from the outside of a coffee cup) using liquid glue.  This has all been layered onto the card base.

A Kaisercraft pre-cut doily has been trimmed and popped under the corrugated card and a Mulberry Paper Rose added. Finishing with a row of beautiful white roses and a Want2Scrap Swirls Finesse.  The sentiment is from a retired set from Layers of Color.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - 3 Punches Or Dies

Simon Says Stamp - More than One Die or Punch

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Any Sentiment Except For Birthday

Lemon Shortbread Challenge - Anything Goes

Craft Rocket Challenges - Make It Feminine

Retarte - Anything Goes

Inky Chicks - Flowers - stamped or embellishment

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks - Anything Goes

Imagine That! Creative Playground - Anything Goes

the Crafty Addicts Challenge - Anything Goes - Twist - Add a Sentiment

Inspiration Destination Challenge - Anything Goes

Come and Get It - Anything Goes

The House That Stamps Built - Anything Goes

Dare 2B Artzy Challenges - Lots of Layers

The Corrosive Challenges - Anything Goes

Artistic Inspirations - Always Anything Goes

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

Upcycled Birthday Roses

Hello friends, today I am slipping in a little bit of recycling - these beautiful roses are too beautiful to sit in a drawer unseen and makes a very pretty feature for a card.

I have cut out the roses using the Spellbinders Pierced Rectangles Die and lightly sanded the edges to add a distressed look - a favourite with me,

The smallest Die from the Die D-Lites Corners & Accents One has been adhered to the left hand corrners using liquid glue.  This has then been popped up onto the Amazing Paper Grace A2 Filigree Delight Card Creator - this has been backed using white card stock to highlight the beautigul filigree details. The layered rcycled image has been popped up using  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares and a computer generated sentiment adhered to the lower right hand corner of the image. Finishing off with Want2Scrap pink pearls.  Nice and easy and so worth recycling - don't you think! 

This card us for the following challenges:

Lil' Patvh of Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

Come and Get It - Valentine's Day Cards

The Corrosive Challenges -Anything Goes

Anything Goes link-up - Anything Goes

Fashionable Stamping Challenge - Winter or Spring

Crafter's Cafe - Recycle Something

Crafting When We Can Challenge - Flowers

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage Challenges - Must Use Flowers

Die Cut Divas - Use Red or Pink

Happy Little Stampers Dies - Always Anything Goes with Dies 

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

One Crazy Stamper - Birthday

Scribbles Designs Challenge - Birthday Bonanza

The Sisters of Craft - Always Anything Goes

Allsorts - Paper Piecing

Brown Sugar - Pink and Pearls

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

Bird Queen Birthday

Hello friends, I am popping in to share a card with you - I have been working on projects that I cannot show you as yet, but will be able to share soon.  In the meantime....

I have been playing around with embossing and inks/paints and love the effect that it can give.  In this case I have used the Spellbinders Cabbage Rose Embossing Folder - I think it would be one of my favourite 'go to' folders.  It has been sponged with Imagine Crafts Memento Ink in Bamboo.Leaves.

The bird and frame image have also been stamped using Bamboo Leaves and cut out using Spellbinders Classic Ovals SML and the Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine - 6" Platform and popped up onto a backing layer using using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Dispenser. Want2Scrap Beautiful Bling Borders has been trimmed and added to the top corners and along the lower portion of the layer and popped up onto a backing layer using using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.  The layers are all popped up into a precut card base using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Dispenser.

                                        This card is linked to the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations -  Always Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Creations Challenge - Anything Goes

Critters and Creatures - Always Anything Goes with a Critter/Creature

Crafting With An Attitude Challenge - Anything Goes

Get Creative Challenges - Birthday

Aud Sentiment Challenge - Anything Goes with a Sentiment

Sweet Stampin - Happy Birthday

Simply Papercraft Challenge - Anything Goes

Jo's Scrap Shack -  Use Brown, Green & Yellow

Morgan's Art World Challenge - Use an Article From Your Stash

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes 

Crafting With Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

Anything Goes link-up - Anything Goes

PolkaDoodles Crafting Challenge - Anything Goes 

Artistic Stampers November - Autumnal

Brown Sugar Challenge - Anything Goes

Lil' patch pf Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

Take care friends and 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 creating     

             

Layered Roses and Horsehair

Hello friends, thank so much for stopping by and welcome to my new followers - I hope you are inspired when you visit!  I have been working hard getting ready for the Australian Mixed Media Roadshow which starts in Perth on 13 July, from there we are in Sydney and finishing in Noosa.  As you can imagine it is going to be amazing - I am hoping to post regularly from there and share photos and updates....but until then - today's card...

...I have embossed cardstock using the Spellbinders Horsehair Embossing Folder by Licensed Designer Tammy Tutterow.  The texture on this folder is fabulous and so versatile, I have sponged lightly over it using Imagine Crafts Memento Ink in Teal Zeal and a Sponge Dauber.

The Altenew Flower was a free set with the Australian Simply Cards #94 - I love this set and am having a lot of fun 'mastering' it.  I have used Imagine Crafts Inks for the rose.  This has been popped up onto a white Fleur de Elegance Die-cut.  White lace has been added, along with a double seam binding bow and recycled button. Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Adhesive Runner and 3D Foam Squares have been used on this card. The beautiful bling is from from Want2Scrap.

This card is linked to:

Addicted to Stamps - Anything Summer + a Stamp 

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks - Anything Goes

Dragonfly Journeys - Who's the Boss? (embossing folders) 

Simply Papercrafting Challenge - Anything Goes

Great Impressions - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Crafting Challenge - Use a Die Cut

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes with Flowers 

Jos Stamp Shack Fun Friday Challenge - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenges - Lots of Layers 

Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Friends Challenge - Inspired By a Song (Paper Roses)

Creative Artistes Challenge - Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge - I for Ink It Up

Crafting with Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy - Say It With Flowers

Brown Sugar Challenge - Anything Goes

Art By Miran Challenge - Anything Goes

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

                                    

Want2Scrap I Love You Sneak Peek

I am sharing a card on the Want2Scrap Blog.  Love is the theme - of course I have used pearls to add ambiance - and lots of it!

You can see the full card and all of the details 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}}} and happy crafting

Spellbinders Paper Roses Tutorial

Hello Spellbinders fans, I am sharing a Step by Step Tutorial on the Spellbinders Blog using some of my favourite Dies - it makes it so-o-o easy.  I have been a little time challenged lately with some BIG Spellbinders Workshops happening and others to prepare for - not to mention our darling new grandson - who at 11 weeks is nothing but adorable and my biggest distraction! LOL!  

Needless to say my creative time has been a little less but I can't resist my Spellbinders Dies for too long - and today I am sharing a pretty card that is so simple to create and still very elegant - you have to love that don't you - lets face it - we all have 'real life' moments that take us away from our Studios/Craft Rooms....

Spellbinders Products:

• ES-016 Cabbage Roses
• S4-475 Fleur de Elegance
• S4-490 Triple Tear 
• SCP-003 Captivating Coral
• SCP-008 Pixie Play
• SCP-013 Whirl White
• GC-200 Grand Calibur Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Cross Promotional Partners:

• Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko: Memento Ink in Teal Zeal, Bamboo Leaves Sponge Daubers
• Anna Griffin: Grace Collection Diecut Embellishments
• Want2Scrap©:  72 Count - Pink Pearls - self Adhesive, Mulberry paper Rose
•  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L:  E-Z Adhesive Runner; Crafty Foam Tape; 3D Foam Squares

Other:  Seam Binding; paper flowers

1. Cut/emboss one (1) Fleur de Elegance #3 (#1 being the smallest) in Whirl White cardstock

2. Cut/emboss one (1) Triple Tear #3 #4 (#1 being the smallest) using Pixie Play cardstock.  Placing #3 inside #4 to create a frame.

NOTE: It is advised to use repositional tape to hold the dies securely

3. Emboss Captivating Coral cardstock using Cabbage Roses M-Bossabilities™ folder

4. Trim to size (4¼ x 5½”) and adhere to slightly larger white card base using Crafty Foam Tape

5. Adhere Fleur de Elegance using Crafty Foam Tape

6. Adhere Triple Tear using Crafty Foam Tape

5. Attach the Diecut Embellishments using 3D Foam Squares, popping leaves over the frame

6. Add Seam Binding around the front of the card adhering in the center using liquid glue

7. Adhere double seam binding bow over the join

8. Attach flowers using liquid glue

9. Adhere pink pearls as shown in the main photo

Designer Hint:  Cut more than one Die each time you create and put the extra ones aside for those times you need to create something quickly - you won't regret it!

I told you it was easy didn't I!!  I hope you are inspired to create your own cards - even when you are time challenged - it does not have to take long with Spellbinders Dies - as you can see

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!!