Thank You {The Greetery}...

I love finding multiple uses for stamp sets that make them go farther for lots of occasions.  Balloon Bouquet from The Greetery is one of my all time favorite sets because I just love that floral swag.  The balloons are gorgeous but I love that a die is included so you can use it on its own.  

First, I stamped out the balloon (Ink colors linked in supply list) and the florals twice so I had 2 balloon to work with.  I used the floral bouquet die and cut both out.  After layering a Postal Frame on my white card base, I used foam squares to pop up the floral pieces so they were just barely overlapping each other on both sides. 

Last, I hot foiled the Thank You plate from Opposites Attract Hot Foil Sentiment Set.  I absolutely love the shine that hot foiling brings to a card.  Check out more details below if you haven't tried hot foiling yet. 

So glad you stopped in today!  Hope you have a great day!

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Are you new to hot foiling?

Spellbinders has a platform called Glimmer Hot Foil System.  This platform heats up metal plates called Glimmer Plates.  These glimmer plates come in ALL different types....sentiments, florals, backgrounds, graphic details etc....and add the most gorgeous foiling detail to your cards.  And the foils?  There are LOTS of different colors to chose from!

Here are some links to help point you in the right direction....

Glimmer Hot Foil System

Glimmer Hot Foil Rolls

Glimmer Hot Foil Plates

The Glimmer Hot Foil System works great with a Platinum 6 Die Cut machine from Spellbinders but also works with other die cut machines. You can click HERE to see a compatibility chart.  

First you heat up the platform and your glimmer plate on the Glimmer System Platform.  Then you add in the foil and the cardstock and run it thorough your die cut machine.  Once you pull off the foil negative, the magic happens!  That foil that is set on your cardstock and the results are just gorgeous!  

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You add color to my life {Spellbinders}...

I have a quick card using the new Color Block Mini Square Dies from Spellbinders today.  I love this geometric pattern with the different colors of cardstock.  

I cut out 6 colors of squares and then added each one to the next in rainbow order to create a fun pattern.  I added all the finished squares to a piece of cardstock and then popped it up on the card front.  Last, I added in a fun sentiment with foam strips to complete this card.  Super quick and easy!

Hope you are all having a great week!  Thanks for stopping in!

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Easter Blessings {The Greetery{...

Happy Easter to my crafty friends!  I hope your weekend is being spent with family or friends and definitely some chocolate!  My weekend is being spent with family in my camper....and praising Jesus for all He has done!  He is Risen!!

I have a card today using Greetery products that just feel so springy!  

Print Shop: Fresh Floral is a favorite of mine so I used it to create this background.  I love the blooms and with your choice of color combos, this set can go a long way!

I used the Easter Jubliee Creative Kit dies to add in the sentiment on top of a Postal Frame Die. (PS...Scoop theses Postal Frames up today!  They are on sale!)   I popped each letter up with a die cut layer of fun foam for dimension and then added in the "blessings" banner.  Super easy!

Happy Easter!  Hope you all have a great weekend!

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Happy Springtime {The Greetery}...

Hi friends!  I made a card today...just because!  Life has been so busy these last 6 months, so I feel like I haven't had much craft room time.  The Greetery's BotaniCuts Carrot Dies having been swimming in my brain and so I had to pull them out and use them!  I put a few things together and created a fun, spingy card.  All the supplies used in today's card are located at the bottom of my post in the supply list!  

 

First off, I die cut 5 carrrots in yellow cardstock.  I took a blending brush and some orange and brown inks to blend them up into the perfect orange color.  (All inks linked in my supply list)

After die cutting the carrot tops in a pale green cardstock, I took some green ink and blended it directly on the dies to add in some shading.  I needed the perfect "dirt" so I ripped up 2 pieces of brown cardstock.  One for the back and a smaller one to lay ontop of the carrots.  I laid out all the pieces and glued them to the white card base and then took scissors and cut off all the carrot bottoms to give it all an even edge along the bottom of the card front. 

Next, I stamped up one of those Sprinkled with Kindess Watering Cans.  I ran it through my die cut machine with the coordinating die and then tucked it down in behind the dirt layer and the carrots.  

Using another blending brush, I lightly blended up some Altenew Mountain Mist to create a little bit of a sky.  I die cut 2 clouds from the On Cloud Nine Die Set (Spellbinders) and added them to the card with some foam squares.  Last, I stamped the perfect spring sentiment from the Springtime sets from The Greetery.  

I hope you have enjoyed my Greetery project for today!  Thanks for coming by!

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Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Fragrant Florals Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Welcome to the Craft Your Life Project Kit: Fragrant Florals Blog Hop.  Keep scrolling to check out today's project, the details on the amazing prize and the full list of stops on today's hop!

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Send hugs and snuggles to your loved ones with this beautiful arrangement of anemones. The large stamp size makes it quite versatile, as you will be able to stamp it off of your card base at different angles and proportions to get different looks. It is a lovely image to color or use stamped as is. We have also incorporated some heartfelt sentiments in bold fonts to contrast the delicate nature of the flowers.

Enjoy our Craft Your Life Project Kit, an exciting monthly package that is sure to get the creative juices flowing! Featuring a 6x8 stamp set, coordinating die set, as well as a stencil set and an embossing folder to fit the theme, this project kit has almost everything you need to start crafting. Just add ink and cardstock, and you'll be good to go!

 This new kit, Fragrant Florals is gorgeous!  I used the main stamp image and the embossing folder to create a different look then my usual cards.  

First,  I stamped the main outline in yellow ink and then die cut the full image.  Next, I lined the image up inside the embossing folder and embossed the image.  I did one in yellow and then added some pieces of the black embossed leaves behind.  I layered it all on a ink blended white card base with a sentiment from the main stamp set. 

See the full kit release by clicking HERE!

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BLOG HOP

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $ 25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 04/18/2022 for a chance to win. 

Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 04/20/2022.

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GIVEAWAY

Altenew Card Blog

Jennifer McGuire

Michelle Short

Cheryl Espie

Jenny Colacicco

Colleen Balija

Erum Tasneem

LauraJane

Jaycee Gaspar

Katrina Howe

Laurie Willison

Preeti Chandran

Nathalie DeSousa

Mindy Eggen

Emily Midgett

Rosie Neustaedter

Tenia Nelson

Nenette S. Madero

Terri Koszler

Linda Westfall

Virginia Lu

Maryam Perez

Norine Borys

Reiko Tsuchida ***Note: Due to strict regulations in Japan, you might not be able to leave a comment on her blog post. 

SathyaKala Sankaran

Teresa Litchfield

Sande Woodson

Ann Taylor

Susan Stagno

Amy Hill

Bridget Casey

Daniel Diaz

Eva Bussom

Hussena Calcuttawala

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