In the spotlight: Spellbinders Small and Large Die of the Month kits - August 2020

Hi there crafty peeps,

It's that time again! The Spellbinders August Club Kits are here! Are you guys excited?! The kits are again really great this month!

As a reminder, Spellbinders have several monthly kits, which are really great! You can subscribe to:

• Small Die of the Month
• Large Die of the Month
• Card Kit of the Month
• Stamp of the Month
• Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month
• Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month

You can find all necessary information about these kits here.

I'll start with the Large Die kit projects! You can build 3D projects with these dies actually, a painter's easel with canvas and lots of little accessories. It's suuuuper cute! You'll find a short step by step pictorial in your kit. 

However, I wanted to make traditional cards, so I did not build the easel - well not completely anyway.

I've used patterned papers from an older Paige Evans collection, Oh My Heart - it's actually my most favorite collection from Paige! I die cut the frame/canvas, some part of the easel (whatever I needed for a "flat" easel) as well as some paintbrushes, paints and painter's palette.

I cut a piece of floral patterned paper and inserted it in my frame, suggesting a floral painting. I assembled the accessories and placed them on the easel - I used foam adhesive for this, to create some dimension.

Last but not least I added a foiled sentiment to my card.

On my second card I didn't create the easel, instead I created a flower vase "painting". 

Same as before, I die cut my frame from white card stock, then I cut a piece of patterned paper and inserted it into the frame for my background. 

I die cut the vase and flowers from patterned paper and heavy weight card stock as well, and glued those layers together. I did this so I had more sturdy elements, I don't like to use foam tape on patterned paper only, because patterned paper is just not strong enough to hold its shape. I wrapped some twine around the vase and adhered everything down. To finish it off, I added a foiled sentiment.

Up next, the Small Die kit! Unfortunately this month I only had time for one card - and this won't feature everything you get in the kit. I only used one of the floral elements and the mini alpha dies to create this card.

I first built my background from paper scraps. Then I die cut all these flowers from white card stock and glued them down.

Next I die cut two oval shapes using the Nestabilities Fancy Edged Oval Etched Dies set (as I'm writing this, the set is actually 40% off!). I die cut the mini letters from various patterned papers to create this sweet, colorful sentiment. I adhered them to the white die cut label, added some foam tape and glued it all down on the patterned paper label which I previously adhered to my background. To finish off this card, I added some twine.

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

Thanks for stopping by! Stay safe!

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Spellbinders Large Die of the Month Club Kit January 2019

Hey there crafty friends,

First of all, Happy New Year! I hope you all had a peaceful holiday filled with love and laughter! As all of you, I also had a busy past few weeks, full of crafting, travelling, seeing family! As you read this, I will be in Iceland with my boys (hopefully!). Then hopefully after the 11th, things will slow down a little because it's been crazy here. I didn't even have time to work on my December Daily, which I'm really sad about, but I hope I will finish it at some point!

Anyway, since we started a new month, there are also new kits available at Spellbinders! This time I  had the honor to work with the Large Die of the Month kit! It's so pretty and perfect for Valentine's Day which is just around the corner!

Unfortunately I've only managed to make two cards because of the holidays, but I hope these give you an idea about the kit anyway!

Both of my cards are mounted on an A2 size top folding card base. I cut a 4.25x5.5" piece of patterned paper for card front on my first card. I then die cut the bigger heart from an ombre pink patterned paper and glued it on my card front. I die cut Cherish and the wrapping paper that holds the bouquet of flowers from the same patterned paper. I then die cut a whole lot of little flowers from different color patterned papers. There's two different little flowers in the kit! I also die cut a few stems from a light green patterned paper. 

I glued the blooms on the stems and the wrapping paper on the heart. I also die cut a tiny bow which I attached to the wrapping paper. Then I started adding the flowers inside my wrapping paper, gluing them down as I went. Last but not least I added some white Nuvo drops to the card front. And then I accidentally dropped a napkin on my card :(. A lot of the Nuvo Drops got smudged, I was so mad at myself! I tried to clean up the paper as much as possible, but it looks like a mess in person...So I replaced the previous Nuvo Drops but they didn't form nicely this time on the rough surface. You can see the four large, ugly blobs on the top right part of the card. Oh well!

For my second card I created a shaker heart. First I cut a 4.25x5.5" piece from a pink patterned paper, then die cut the smaller heart out of it. I also die cut the same heart from white card stock, which I glued back in place on my card front. Then I lined up the two heart dies and die cut the heart once from patterned paper and 7 or so times from heavy weight white card stock. I glued these together to create a dimensional element. 

I adhered some of the colorful little flowers I had die cut for my other card in the heart. I added some pink beads too (I probably could have done with less haha!). I adhered the heart to the card front. I die cut Cherish and the bow from white glitter card stock and glued them in place. To finish off this card, I added some white Nuvo drops again. Et voila!

I hope you like how these cards turned out and will give these pretty dies a try!

Thanks for stopping by today! Have an amazing day!

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Spellbinders Large Die of the Month and Small Die of the Month Club Kits November

Hey crafty friends,

New month, new kits available at Spellbinders! This month I had the honor to work with both the Small Die of the Month and the Large Die of the Month kits! And boy are they awesome!

Let's start with the large die kit! It's an advent calendar kit! Isn't that cool? To be honest I only wanted to make a couple to show examples but then I got carried away and did the whole calendar haha! My son loves it and said he hoped I'd fill it with gifts too hahaha!

I've mostly used patterned papers from various Pinkfresh Studio christmas collections, but I didn't have enough so added some other brands too, like Fancy Pants or Crate Paper.

First I die cut everything. I will admit this alone took me many hours, but I think it was totally worth it! I then assembled each tree and filled them with some tissue paper. Do you see those flaps on the sides? Those are actually the lids of the little gift box that is at the bottom of the tree. I didn't want to close my boxes though, that's why they are hanging off the sides.

I've used different embellishments to decorate my calendar; wood veneers, chipboards, buttons, puffy stickers, clips, mini clothespins, just to name a few. Once done, I've put the trees on a string and hung the calendar on our kitchen door. Now I just need to fill it ha!

What do you guys think?

I've also made a card with this set! It's so versatile, no need to build a calendar with it.

I created a shaker window and filled it with winter themed sequins, snowflakes and so. I then stamped and embossed a sentiment on a red piece of card stock and added it at the bottom to look like it's the tree trunk. 

I've used the Jingle All the Way collection from My Mind's Eye on this card.

Next up is the Small Die of the Month kit! This one is super adorable too! I've made two Christmas cards, but there's a Happy New Year die in the set too. Just follow the link to check it out! For some reason Blogger won't let me insert the photo of these dies. Blogger drives me craaaaazy at times! I'm not able to answer comments on my blog posts for instance. I can't figure it out...

I die cut the deer and added back the cut outs. What's this technique called? Gosh, I keep forgetting it.   I hope you know what I mean! I created an A2 size top folding card base and attached some patterned paper to the front. I also die cut an oval shape with my most used dies ever: Nestabilities Fancy Edged Ovals Edged dies! I glued this on my card front and started adding the leaves and berries to create a wreath. To finish it off, I've adhered my deer and my sentiment to my card front using foam adhesive.

On my second card I went in a bit of a different direction. I only used the outline die this time and added a trio of deers to my card front. This is an A2 size card too by the way. 

I've used the Jingle All the Way collection from My Mind's Eye on this one too. These are simple cards, especially the second one, but I hope you like them anyway :).

I hope I could inspire you to create something today! It's the weekend after all :).

Thank you for stopping by! Have an amazing weekend!

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