Spellbinders | Teen Birthday Card feat. August 2024 Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month - Colorful Splash

Today, I'm sharing the card I made for my son's 16th birthday and it features the August 2024 Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month from Spellbinders. My son thought the "Colorful Splash" Glimmer Hot Foil background was super cool, probably because it highlights the uber-adorable pigeons. ;)  Club Kits close on the 27th of each month so get them while you can!

If you missed my posts from the Fair Winds Collection, you might not recognize the seagulls from Oh, Buoy! You can find those posts HERE to see them used as they were intended. In fact, as soon as I saw the seagulls, I knew they could be turned into other types of birds and perfect for my son who is enamoured with pigeons. Did you know that they're extremely unique and intelligent birds who have a bad reputation amongst city folk?

To create this card, I cut an A2 base panel from Neenah 80lb cardstock, then heat foiled the Colorful Splash background using Opal Hot Foil. It's so pretty, especially when the light hits it and subtle pastel colours show up.

I left space on the bottom of the panel so I could heat foil a sentiment from Inside Card Glimmer Sentiments using Pewter Hot Foil. I used a dark-coloured foil because I obviously wanted the sentiment to be legible but not pitch black. If I had a blue foil that matched the pigeons exactly, I definitely would've used that.

I transformed the seagulls into pigeons by cutting off half the beaks, using a 110 Copic marker on the tip of the beak and to create black markings on the wings, plus shortening the legs. The pigeons are standing - plus one sitting, because pigeons are so cute when they're sitting - on a rock from Guiding Light and the puffy clouds, cut from White Glitter Foam, are from On Cloud Nine.

Here's a list of monthly club kits I share, as well as some of the value kits offered by Spellbinders:

Stitching Die of the Month

Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month

The Deluxe Caboodle Value Club

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Lawn Fawn | Miss You Travel Card

Hello, crafty friends! Today's card is essentially the twin of THIS CARD that I made for my son's friend. Last month, my husband was required to travel for three weeks on business and our family tradition is that we make him a card to take along with him to keep us close. This was that card!

As with the previous design, the star of this card is Lawn Fawn's Simply Celebrate Critters clear stamps and dies, with the Simply Celebrate Critters Add-On stamp set. The jokes and sentiments are from Dad Jokes, other small sentiments are from the Virtual Friends Add-On stamp set and the heart is from Meow You Doin'.

Since the Squishmallow Avery is my son's most cherished stuffie, and the Miniso bunnies are also a family favourite, I chose the row of little birds and added the adorable bunnies below. All of the Copic markers are listed below, as is the white gel pen I used to add highlight details.

To create the background, I cut three panels of Moonstone, Cornflower and Portobello cardstock using My Favorite Things' A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 1. Then I used Concord & 9th's Stitched Hearts Card Front Die on the Moonstone panel before cutting that panel and the Portobello panel with Spellbinders' Color Block Scenic Scape Dies.

I glued the three panel layers together before attaching them to a Noble Fir card base. Finally, I added foam tape to the back of all four die cuts and attached them to the tri-coloured panel.

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Lawn Fawn | Happy Purrthday!

I made this custom birthday card for one of my son's friends who just turned 16. You may recall THIS POST last year when my son was too embarrassed to give that card to the same friend. Well, things have completely changed and we now know that his friends all enjoy the cute things in life. They are, after all, cat owners!

I used six different stamp sets from Lawn Fawn to create the images and sentiments for this card! The adorable cats, speech bubbles and some of the sentiments are from the ever-so-popular Simply Celebrate Critters clear stamps and dies. The remaining sentiments, including the joke, are from the Dad Jokes stamp set. I love that Lawn Fawn offers so many different critter sets and add-on sentiments that you can mix and match to customize your cards. 

The cats were all coloured with Copic markers and I've listed all the colours in the supply links below. There are a lot but that's what it took to get the shading and colour variation perfect! I also used a white gel pen to add highlights to the ears and pink cheeks. The extra images stamped in Cove Blue ink are from Critter Concert (music notes), Tiny Sports Friends (soccer ball) and Meow You Doin' (paw print).

To create the background, I cut panels from Moonstone, Cornflower Blue and Noble Fir cardstock using My Favorite Things A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 1 Dies. Then I cut both the Moonstone and Noble Fir pieces using Spellbinders Color Block Scenic Scape Dies. After running the the Moonstone panel through with Concord & 9th's Cloudy Double Card Front Die, I glued all the pieces on to a Kraft card base and popped up the die cuts with foam squares.

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Treat Yo' Shelf | Waffle Flower November 2023 Release

Hello, crafty friends! I have more book-themed cards to share with you today and they're from Waffle Flower's November 2023 release. It's full of books and cats and it's truly amazing! It makes me miss my friend Lindsey even more because she would've loved these products so much. I actually had to stop looking at everything because I can't afford to buy it all. Am I right?!

 

Of the newly-released products, I'm featuring the Three-Tiered Shelf Die, Shelf Add-Ons and the 2+ Shader Brushes All of these new products go so well with their previously released book products, some of which I added here, and you can see more inspiration in this post.

The colours for these two cards were inspired by Lawn Fawn's Schoolyard Cardstock Pack and the colours included are Pencil Eraser, Apricot, No. 2 Pencil, Sage Leaf and Fog. Also featured are heavyweight white, dark chocolate, silver mirror, white woodgrain and dark brown woodgrain cardstock.

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For my first card, I used a Fog card base and dark brown woodgrain Three-Tiered Shelf. The woodgrain paper adds to much detail to the shelf but the die itself has amazing details. I die cut different elements from the new Shelf Add-Ons and added a few items from the previously-released Layered Books and Shelves Additions die sets.

The new plants are so awesome and you could use all four types of plants on the shelf for a gardener! This unique shelf die is perfect for so many things and I would love to see some kitchen-related additions. I'm getting excited thinking about the possibilities. LOL

I used the new 2+ Shader Brushes with coordinating ink colours from Taylored Expressions to shade all of the edges of each die cut, giving them an extra bit of detail and dimension. The colours I used coordinate perfectly with the cardstock colours.

My second card uses a dark chocolate card base, which I created wainscotting for using Spellbinders Striped Slimline Embossing Folder. Since the background was dark, I wanted it to have substance instead of being flat.

On this card, the Three-Tiered Shelf was cut from white woodgrain cardstock. I should mention that both shelves were double-layered for extra dimension.

For this card, I varied the Shelf Add-Ons and Shelves Additions dies. Can you tell that little classic alarm clock is my favourite from the new release? It's just so cute!

The sentiments for both cards are from the Story Sentiments stamp set and they were stamped with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink. I didn't have other appropriately-proportioned Waffle Flower sentiments so I created little whiteboards or frames using the Postage Collage Die.

Which of these two cards do you like better? Please let me know what your favourites are from the November 2023 Cattitude Release! If you made a purchase, what did you buy? If you created a wish list, what's on it? I'd love to know! 

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A Little Treat For You (National Taco Day) feat. Spellbinders

Happy National Taco Day! We'll be celebrating by having tacos for dinner. Do you like hard shells or soft shells? I personally prefer soft shells. ;) Today, I'm using some older products from Spellbinders, including the Food Truck, which was a club die from July 2022 and currently on clearance! My friend Thanh was kind enough to gift me the truck and I never had a chance to use it 'til now. I don't know why because it's so darn cute!

I die cut the pieces for the tacos from Pomegranate, Beeswax, Rainforest and Timber cardstock and assembled them using liquid glue. They look so delicious, don't they? I made tacos for my family tonight and they looked pretty much like this but with a few more vegetables.

The sentiments are also from Sending You stamp set with coordinating dies, an old club kit from October 2021. For alternates, I highly recommend the Smooth Lines Mix & Match Dies, which uses the same font. Other possibilities include Serenade Sentiments or Thanks Enclosed Sentiments.

I stamped the scripted fonts from Sending You (also available from Smooth Lines Mix & Match Dies) using Versafine Clair Nocturne ink on Snowdrift cardstock and die cut them using the coordinating dies. I cut a shadow from silver glitter cardstock. For the second part of the sentiment, I stamped and white heat embossed the secondary sentiment on Onyx cardstock.

To create the background, I cut the blue notebook paper from Lawn Fawn's Really Rainbow 6x6 paper pack and the red grid paper is from My Favorite Things' Colorful Canvas 6x6 paper pack. I tore the right bottom corner off to expose the red, which ties in nightly with the tomatoes in the tacos. I'm really enjoying the process of incorporating patterned paper into my projects again. It's been several years since I've used this much of it in a short timespan.

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VIDEO | Catherine Pooler | Canadian Adventure YouTube Hop + Giveaway!

***THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED. The lucky winner is Caroline Bredeson!***

Welcome to the Canadian Adventure YouTube Hop! My crafty friends and I are featuring the brand new O Canada Bundle which is part of the Global Adventure Part Tres Collection, now available at Catherine Pooler Designs. If you missed my preview Instagram Reel, please check it out HERE!

My video shares lots and lots of tips on stamping every image included in the O Canada Stamp Set, as well as how to use the Forever Maple Stencil and coordinating Forever Maple Dies. I also have a quick tutorial on how to reink Catherine Pooler ink pads and using stencils to dry emboss like I did here on my first card.

The colour palette featured on all of these cards was inspired by the Moose Crossing Patterned Paper, which includes Rockin' Red, Cranberry Fizz, Glitz, Grass Skirt, Deck the Halls, Something Borrowed, Dress Blues, Over Coffee and S'mores. I also used Sand Castle, Twilight, Black Jack and an alternate black ink.

The background of this first card features the Forever Maple Stencil, which was used to dry emboss the pattern into the base panel. I used the Melon Edge Dies to cut two sheets of Moose Crossing patterned paper to mimic water and sunlight.

I cut up one of the sentiments so I could easily stamp one word as the sentiment, popped up the beaver on foam tape and added some sparkle using the Yukon Sequin Mix. To soften the corners and coordinate with the die cut papers, I used the 1/2" side of my corner chomper to round the upper right hand corner.

My second card features two more prints from the Moose Crossing paper pack. I also brought in an older but new-to-me set called Snow Globe Adventure. I stamped the snow globe with Deck the Halls, water with Something Borrowed, moon with Twilight and stars with Glitz.

I used a vellum overlay on the forest background because it would've taken away from the elements in the foreground. I white heat embossed the sentiment directly on to the base of the snow globe. Everything was glued flat to the card base, except for the large trees and beaver, which were popped up with foam tape.

I just love this adorable card with a scene within a scene! I just love snow globes and was thrilled that this older set worked with the O Canada Bundle. The snow globes could be used on their own, as small note cards and even gift tags and shakers.

This last card design was inspired by Ilina Crouse who frequently uses an angled panel on her cards. I used the largest of the Scallops and Dots Dies and another piece of Moose Crossing patterned paper to create that panel, which was glued on to the white linen base.

I glued the stamped maple leaves on to the maple syrup bottles. I also white heat embossed the coordinating sentiment on to black cardstock, then die cut it using one of the Ex Libris Dies. I popped up all of those pieces with foam tape. In hindsight, I feel like the lower right bottle should be sitting on top of the sentiment panel so don't mind me while I carefully make that change after-the-fact. ;)

I hope you enjoyed all of today's inspiration, including the detailed review of the O Canada Bundle and many tips and tricks related to reinking, as well as using the Forever Maple Stencil and coordinating Forever Maple Dies.

Remember to leave comments at every stop for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to the Catherine Pooler Shop. The winner will be announced on YouTube on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.

Full Hop List

Catherine Pooler

Emily Leiphart

Karen Aicken

Thanh Vo

Faye Russell

Sandi MacIver

Tracey McNeely

Allison Cope

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