Have a Wonderful Day! - CTD790

Hello there! It’s Wednesday and time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge!

For my card I used the Spellbinders Wreath Builder and Little Chickadee dies along with Squeeze the Day sentiment stamp set from Honey Bee Stamps to create a birthday card/thinking of you card. I also used a swiss dot embossing folder on a piece of aqua mist (PTI) card stock for my background and used the following colored card stock to die cut the flowers and bird: daffodil delight, summer sun, old olive, kraft, soft suede (SU).

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe  

Kelly Schirmer 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

Thanks so much for stopping by!Don't forget, you can follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest to see what I'm up to.

Lynn

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! It’s been a few months since I’ve posted here on my blog but that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been creating cards. If you’re not aware, I’ve been posting over on my Instagram account which you can find HERE. Does that mean that I’ll stop posting here on my blog? No, but I won’t be posting as much. In all honesty posting on Instagram is an easier and faster to share my cards and it seems like I don’t get the traffic I used to here on my blog. If Instagram is not your thing, you can also see my cards on Pinterest HERE.

Speaking of Instagram, the above picture is of my top nine most popular cards that I shared on Instagram last year. It really kind of surprised me because almost all of the cards pictured I used Spellbinders dies to create them (other than the hollyhock thank you card which I used The Greetery supplies) and very little stamping.

For those of you who still stop by my blog or subscribe, I thank you and appreciate your support, I hope you’ll continue to do so but also hope you’ll pop over to my Instagram account as well.

Hello You Floral

Good morning! It’s Wednesday and time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge where we have some awesome colors to create with!

Supplies I used to create my card:

Spellbinders Hello You Floral dies. SU: pink passion, mellow moss, cajun craze card stock, Distress oxide inks: peeled paint, pine needles. Papertrey Ink: raspberry fizz ink & oval dies. Modern Wallpaper Cuttlebug embossing folder. Honeybee stamps: squeeze the day stamp set (for sentiment). Copper Stickles glitter.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe  

Kelly Schirmer 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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Four Petal Birthday - CTD741

Hello! It’s time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge where we have the a wonderful color palette to create with!

This week I’m back using more dies from the Spellbinders supplies I ordered while they had a sale going on and I’m really enjoying creating with these detailed dies.

Supplies I used to create my card: Spellbinders - Four Petal Thank You Floral dies, Sweet Birdie dies. Distress Oxide inks - worn lipstick, mustard seed, mowed lawn & peeled paint. Brown Stickles glitter. Outside in Stitched Rectangle dies. Papertrey Ink - Birthday Basics. Foam tape.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe  

Kelly Schirmer 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

Thanks so much for stopping by!Don't forget, you can follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest to see what I'm up to.

Sweet Birdie Thank You - CTD

Hello! It’s Wednesday and time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge!

Products I used to create my card: Spellbinders dies - Wreath Builder, Sweet Birdie, Little Chikadee & Four Petal Thank (I used just the thank you). Distress Oxide inks - worn lipstick, peeled paint, carved pumpkin. Lawn Fawn - Outside in Stitched Square dies, Stitched Scallop Square dies. 

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe  

Kelly Schirmer 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

Thanks so much for stopping by!Don't forget, you can follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest to see what I'm up to.

Have a Beautiful Day! - CTD738

Hello! I’m hostess over at the Color Throwdown Challenge for this week and I chose some fresh colors I thought would be fun to create with for this time of year.

Products I used to create my card: Spellbinders Lemon Zest dies, daffodil delight, garden green, certainly celery and white card stock, mustard seed & pine needles distress oxide ink, Lawn Fawn Outside in stitched rectangle dies, Honey Bee Stamps Squeeze the Day stamp set and dies and iridescent green sequins.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe  

Kelly Schirmer 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

Thanks so much for stopping by!Don't forget, you can follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest to see what I'm up to.

Be Bold Blooms - CTD733

Welcome! It’s time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge where we have some lovely spring colors to create with.

Supplies I used to create my card:

Be Bold Blooms Spellbinder dies, Outside In Stitched Square dies, Papertrey Ink Inside & Out:Thank you stamp set, Card stock:daffodil delight, bashful blue, chocolate chip, crushed curry, marina mist, green parakeet.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy RohlAmy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Susie Moore

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

Thanks so much for stopping by!Don't forget, you can follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest to see what I'm up to.

Spellbinders November Large Die of the Month

Hello there! I’m popping in to share my card using the Spellbinders November Large Die of the Month. This month's "Merry Stitching" large die set is perfect for making cards, decor, and more. I chose to use the snowflake die set from the kit and created a wintery blue and silver stitched snowflake Christmas card.

I started out by die cutting the snowflake from white card stock and used the embossed lines on the die cut piece as a guide line to stitch two colors of blue embroidery floss and then the silver metallic. I added some foam tape to the back of my stitched snowflake and attached it to a white die cut circle with navy scalloped mat.

For my background, I used a piece of brocade blue card stock and stamped it with snowflakes from the Papertrey Ink Silver White Winters stamp set which I also used for the sentiment which I embossed in silver. As a finishing touch, I added rhinestones in blue and clear to the stitched snowflake to give it some added sparkle.

Best Wishes - Always Welcome

Hello there! Spellbinders October 2020 Large Die of the Month, Always Welcome die set which features 18 cutting dies is a fantastic set and so fun to personalize. For my card I used the best wishes to make a birthday card but the die set comes with dies to create different holiday scenes as well.

To create my card I started out by die cutting the main door piece and door panels using some so saffron card stock. After that I used some white card stock and die cut the surrounding columns, the window in the door and small envelope. I also used some gray card stock for the porch. I embossed all of my die cut pieces by using my die cutting machine and embossing mat so that the wonderful detail of the dies stands out.

Next I used some black card stock to die cut the wishes welcome mat, the word Best and the pieces for the columns. After that I die cut the detail pieces like the mail slot, window and doorknob from silver card stock and the wreath from new leaf and simply chartreuse card stock.

 

Before assembling, I adhered the gray porch onto a white card base and then I trimmed down the yellow door leaving a quarter inch all around it and adhered that tucked behind the porch step. Next I used foam tape and added the columns, and the white piece above the door and the welcome mat. Once that was done I added the remaining pieces including the wreath which I added with more foam tape.

Have Your Cake

Hi there! Today I’m sharing a card I created using the Spellbinders September Large Die of the Month kit. The “Have Your Cake” die set is a super fun set that comes with different sentiments that you can combine in the cake layers and a bunch of dies that you can use to personalize your cake, everything from strawberries, cherries, citrus wedges, frosting and more.  

To create my Have Your Cake birthday card, I started out by die cutting the side and top of the cake slice along with the die cutting the happy birthday sentiment from pretty in pink card stock. Next I used the fun Sprinkles stamp set that comes with this month’s kit and stamped sprinkles on the side piece. Once that was done I die cut the front layered piece, strawberries and candle stripes from real red card stock and the cake layers, frosting and candle from white card stock.

Before assembling my pieces, I blended on some pretty in pink and real red ink along the edges of the cake slice, sentiment and strawberries. Knowing that I was going to pop up my cake slice with foam tape, I cut a piece of white card stock slightly smaller than my cake slice and used it as a base to adhere all of my die cut pieces. For my background, I used the Sprinkles stamp set again on a piece of barely banana card stock with barely banana ink and blended around the edges with some wild honey distress oxide ink then adhered my cake slice and glued on a few sequins.

Never Stop Dreaming - August 2020 Large Die of the Month

Hello crafty friends! Today I’m sharing a project using Spellbinders August 2020 Large Die of the Month dies, 3D Still Life Easel & Frame and some Jane Davenport art supplies. I decided to create something I could keep at my art table where I draw, paint and do mixed media.

To create my project, I used this months dies and die cut the easel from kraft card stock and used some gold metallic paper for the reinforcement at the top of the easel and also as a fun detail on the paint brushes. Next I die cut the canvas from white card stock and taped that together. 

After that, I used a rectangle Spellbinders die and die cut a piece of watercolor paper and using Jane Davenport’s bright watercolor palette, I watercolored an area of Best Friend pink water color towards the top of my rectangle. Once that was dry, I used Jane’s Horse Hug stamp set and stamped my Never Stop Dreaming sentiment as well as some black confetti dots from her Mad Confetti stamp set. Next I die cut the tubes of paint from silver metallic card stock, the paint caps and paint brushes from black card stock and teal card stock, the palette from kraft card stock and then I die the colors for my palette and the paint colors for the tubes of paint from white watercolor paper and painted them using the bright watercolor palette paints.

Spellbinders How Does Your Garden Grow Alphabet

Happy Saturday! Today I’m sharing a card that I created using the July 2020 Large Die of the Month, How Does Your Garden Grow Alphabet dies. With 32 dies, and alphabet letters in a fun font along with additional flowers and greenery, it’s a great die set to have.

For my card, I used the alphabet dies with some enchanted evening card stock and die cut the word Friend. I used one of the sets of flowers and die cut them from yellow card stock and blended on some wild honey destress oxide ink along the bottom of each flower. Next I die cut the stems from simply chartreuse card stock and blended on some mowed lawn distress oxide ink on each and them adhered each flower with stem to a letter.

For my background, I used some Pebbles Family Ties paper and matted it with yellow card stock then added a piece of white card stock which I stamped my Everyday Sayings sentiment on and attached my die cut letters. I added a strip of yellow gingham paper from the Family Ties pack under my letters and my card was complete.

My Heart is With You - Spellbinders

 Hello! I’m popping in today with a card that I created using the Spellbinders Large Die of the Month which is the Geometrical Floral Frames.

 Geometrical Floral Frames from this months Large Die of the Month kit come with a circle frame and an oval along with several floral and stem dies so that you have a wide variety to choose from when creating a card. I used the oval frame and die cut it twice from espresso card stock along with three stems, then I die cut four of the leafy stems from kraft card stock. the remaining leaf and flowers where die cut from pretty in pink, pirouette pink and hibiscus burst card stock. 

Once I had all of my pieces die cut, I used a panel of white card stock and blended on some spun sugar distress oxide ink in the center, heat dried it and used my Misti tool to stamp my sentiment which was from the Papertrey Ink set, Penned Elegance. I used foam tape and adhered my blended ink panel onto a kraft card base and then added my die cut pieces. As a final detail, I added pearls to the center of some of the flowers and around the die cut stems.