In Focus: Spellbinders July Release

Hi there crafters,

Today is release day at Spellbinders! And it's all about Christmas, ha!  I have quite a few projects and 2 videos to share with you! So instead of the usual one blog post per collection, I'll just write one longer blog post, full of photos. Since I have process videos for everything, I won't write a step by step here. You will find all the products I've used in the description box below the process video!

First up is the Parcel & Post collection, which happens to be my favorite from this release! With these products I didn't only create Christmas cards!

Here's the process video as well:

On my next cards I've combined the Glitter Greetings and the Celebrate the Season collections.

And the process video, if you're interested:

That's it for today! I hope I could inspire you some small way!

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a wonderful day!

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Altenew July 2019 Stamp/Die/Stencil/Stamping Mat Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello crafty friends,

I'm so excited to be joining the Altenew July 2019 release blog hop today! This will also be my last Altenew blog hop for awhile, because I've been struggling to find the time. I hope you'll enjoy my last projects!

You should have arrived here from the talented Jaycee Gaspar's blog. You can also find the full blog hop list at the end of this post in case you're lost.

Well let me start with the card I mentioned in my June Standalone Die release blog hop post, that I had messed up because I also used dies from this release (banging head in the wall)! Anyway, these layered flower dies were already released last month, but in case you've missed them, here is your chance to buy them: Virginia Rose 3D die set.

The dies I should not have used last month are the cool Geometric Frame dies! The sentiment is from the cute Bright Blossoms stamp set.

Next up is this duo I've made using the Bright Blossoms stamp set (also available: coordinating dies and stamp&die bundle at a discounted price). 

I can't stay away from those stripes!

 

For those of you that prefer muted colors, I've made this gray and gold card! Same Bright Blossoms stamp set as before, and for sentiment I just used the Mega Hope die and gold glitter paper. Which look do you prefer? I personally am all for color!

That's it for today! Should you have any question on how I made something, just leave a comment below and I'll get back to you. I apologize for not thanking each and every one of you for your sweet comments - I haven't been able to from my PC for months and it takes ages from my phone. But I always appreciate them, they make my day, please know that!

Now for the GIVEAWAY!

Prizes: 

1. To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook blog by 07/16/2019 for a chance to win. 

2. Altenew will also draw a winner to receive a $20 gift certificate from comments on each designer's blog in the blog hop list.

All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 07/16/2019!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope I could inspire you in some small way!

Have an awesome day!

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Blog Hop list:

Altenew Card Blog
May Sukyong Park
Therese Calvird
Erum Tasneem
Virginia Lu
Lilith Eeckels
Laurie Willison
Svitlana Shayevich
Sandra Dietrich
Nicole Picadura
Enza Gudor
Norine Borys
Altenew Scrapbook Blog
Sveta Fotinia
Kymona Tracey
Agnieszka Malyszek
Zinia Redo
Kelly Latevola
Alex Syberia
Jaycee Gaspar
Zsoka Marko     ------ YOU ARE HERE!
Caly Person
Nathalie Desousa
Emily Midgett
Mindy Eggen
Jeanne Jachna
LauraJane
Michelle Murray
Vicki Finger
Amber Rain Davis
The Hedgehog Hollow
Ilina Crouse
Hussena Calcuttawala
Irina Fonina
Reiko Tsuchida

Card inspiration - DT project for Pinkfresh Studio

Hi there friends,

I'm stopping by to share some new cards I've created for Pinkfresh Studio with gorgeous new products from the July release!

On these first two cards I've used the beautiful Fancy Floral 2 die. This is actually a layering die, when you use it together with the Fancy Floral 1 die, it creates a beautiful layered look. However on these cards I only used one panel. 

My idea was to cut this panel from different color card stocks and then doing inlay technique to add color to a white card. I'm bad at throwing away stuff so I used one of the coral panels too. I cut off some parts of that die cut and glued the remaining piece on a white A2 size top folding card base.

I added some gold splatters and a triangular piece of white vellum, which I used for my sentiment. This sentiment comes from the Bloom stamp set. I stamped this with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I added some crystals to finish off this card.

On the other card I did add color with the inlay technique. This took me ages but I think it's worth it, I love how that looks. I didn't want to cover up this background of couse, since I spent so much time on it. So I decided to only add a sentiment strip and some gold thread. This time I embossed the sentiment (from the same stamp set as before) with gold embossing powder. Some gold ink splatters and crystals and done!

On my next two cards I've used the Pretty Paisley stamp and die sets. I love the folklore feel of this stamp! First I cut a paisley shaped window in a 4.25"x5.50" white card stock. Then I put together my top folding card base: I attached a piece of grid patterned paper from the Simple & Sweet collection to my white card base.

I stamped a bunch of flowers in colors that coordinate with the Simple & Sweet collection and tucked them behind the paisley window. What I forgot to do before assembling this card was to stamp the sentiment. I'm happy it stamped at all! Finally, I added a few enamel dots in matching colors.

For my second card I stamped the paisley one time as well as two of those pretty floral pieces. Using foam adhesive I attached this piece to my A2 size top folding card base. I then stamped it again, using different colors (but all from the Simple &Sweet collection) and die cut it. For this pisley I didn't use any foam adhesive, I just glued it down as is, then trimmed off the excess.

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To finish off this card, I added some enamel dots and my sentiment.

That's it for today! I hope I could inspire you in some way!

Happy crafting!

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Pinkfresh Studio July Release Blog Hop

Hey there crafty friends and welcome to the Pinkfresh Studio July Release Blog Hop! There's so many awesome products in this release, I'm sure all of you finds something you like! Also! Christmas in July y'all!!! It's so weird to create Christmas cards now... I've never actually done this. Last year I started making them in November or so and I thought I was so early haha!

It was really hard to decide which products to use first, I wanted to try each one! Unfortunately I had no time though as we were getting ready for vacation - as you read this we should be arriving to our favorite place in the world, Barcelona, Spain!

Alright, the first product I will show you is the Geo Floral Background die. While this is not a holiday die, I decided to create only christmas cards for today's post. All cards are 4.25"x5.50" (one is landscape format) top folding cards. For my first card I die cut the Geo Floral Background from white card stock and glued it on a white card base.

I then stamped the unicorn from the Magical Christmas stamp set with Versafine ink on a light pink paper from last year's Christmas collection and embossed it with gold embossing powder. I die cut the image with the co-ordinating Magical Christmas die set. I stamped my sentiment on vellum and embossed it too. I added some gold tangled thread behind the unicorn for texture. I finished it off by adding some gold splatters and puffy heart stickers.

OK, this next set, the Train Ride stamp and die set, is the cutest ever! The images are so tiny!!! Everything is adorable in a small size right? Ha! I matched my ink colors to last year's Pinkfresh Studio Christmas collection, then I stamped all the little elements on white card stock. The pieces that have a co-ordinating dies, I die cut and placed on pop dots to give them dimension. Everything else I stamped on the background paper directly.

Just for something different, I made a "hill" from patterned paper and placed the train on it, as if it was going up the hill.

I felt like my card wasn't finished, so I decided to add some shimmer on the train (not sure if it's visible here in the photos) as well as some pearls!

My last two cards are made from one diecut panel! Nothing goes to waste here haha! So I cut the background panel from pink glitter card stock, then die cut a circle shape fom from this. I backed my first panel with a light pink patterned paper from last year's Christmas collection.

I pulled out some embellies from the previous Christmas collection and placed them on my card front.

Some gold thread, pearls and done!

On the other card I used the negative cut out. This glitter paper is so pretty, I wasn't going to waste any of it!hk

I went with a simple white backround, only added some gold splatters. I layered everything in the midde, at times with foam adhesive, other times just normal glue.

The embellies are again from last year's Pinkfresh Christmas collection.

And now for the fun part! As always, we have giveaways for you! Pinkfresh Studio is giving away the entire July release to one lucky commenter - so make sure you leave a comment on their blog hop blog post!

You can also win a $25 gift card at every stop in the blog hop! The winners will be picked from the comments and announced on Sunday, July 15th on the Pinkfresh Giveaway page. Please remember to check that page and to claim your prize within 2 weeks.


There is also a promotion going on in the Pinkfresh Studio online store from July 9th-13th: use code FREESHIPWITH50 to get free/discounted shipping on orders $50+. Shipping is free in the USA and $5.50 off for internationals.


Below is our line up for your convenience! I hope you'll find lots of inspirations in this blog hop!


Thanks for stopping by! Have an awesome day!


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