Concord & 9th | October 2024 Guest Designer | True Story Bundle

Hello again! Today's project for Concord & 9th's October Release features the True Story Bundle and this set comes with its own wow factor. It looks amazing no matter how you use it, which is exactly what we want from cardmaking, right? ;)

When I saw the True Story Dies, the very first thing I noticed was the book edge die that cuts the top edge to create a shaped-card! As I mentioned in yesterday's post, having a love for all things book-related means that I love the True Story Bundle just as much as I love the On Display Bundle.

The colours I chose for today's card include all-time favourites Poppy and Nectar, with Grapefruit, Aqua Sky and new-to-me Rainforest. I also included Matte Gold Foil Paper for shine because all the best books have gold foil details! ;)

If you use the book edge die like I did here, your books will always need to be in this order but, if you don't, then you can stack them in any order, whether vertically or horizontally. My books are die cut (from left to right) from Poppy, Grapefruit, Rainforest and Aqua Sky.

The details on the spine of the Poppy novel are cut from Nectar, Grapefruit and Matte Gold Foil Paper, and the sentiment from the True Story Stamp Set was stamped with black ink. On the spine of the Grapefruit novel, I stamped the stripes with black ink, the small words with Poppy ink and the large word with Rainforest ink.

I embossed the Rainforest novel with the Stitched Vines Card Front Die and love how it looks! Then I added flower details using Poppy, Nectar, Aqua Sky and Matte Gold Foil Paper. For the Aqua Sky novel, I die cut the vines and flowers from Matte Gold Foil Paper, Poppy, Nectar and Rainforest cardstock, then stamped the sentiment with black ink. Behind the card, you'll see one of the new envelope colours in Rainforest.

I hope you enjoyed today's project. If you missed my previous posts, you can find those here:

Day 1: Afternoon Tea Bundle

Day 2: Feathered Friends Bundle

Day 3: On Display Bundle

I'll see you again tomorrow with more inspiration featuring the Cottage Charm Stencil Pack! If you're inspired, please shop my affiliate links below. Thanks so much for your continued support!

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Spellbinders | September 2024 Stitching Die of the Month + Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month

Hello, crafty friends! Today, I'm showcasing the September 2024 Monthly Club Kits from Spellbinders. The first card features the "Stitched Sunflower" Stitching Die of the Month and the second card features the "Friendly Thanks" Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month. Club Kits close on the 27th of each month so get them while you can!

I'll admit, when I saw that this month's Stitching Die of the Month was a sunflower, I wasn't too excited about it. However, when I saw red and mixed red-yellow sunflowers at the market this week, that all changed and I couldn't wait to use a colour palette that would allow me to create red sunflowers! Have you seen them? They're stunning and so unusual! I had no idea that red sunflowers even existed.

The colour palette I used on both of my cards include Watermelon, Rose Water, Salt Water Taffy, Cookie Monster and Chocolate Truffle. After die cutting the pieces from their respective colours, I used embroidery floss from the DMC Color Essentials Floss Warm Bundle and the DMC Color Essentials Floss Warm Bundle. The floss in the centre of the flower is from my stash and I don't know the number of it but it's definitely DMC branded.

I cut the base panel from Salt Water Taffy using the largest of the Perfect Touch Rectangles. I love that the tiny little details match the centre of the sunflower! I popped the top layer of the sunflower and leaves up on 1mm black foam squares before glueing everything down. To finish, I added a few silver pearl embellishments.

The "Friendly Thanks" Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month is big and includes the scripted thanks with a coordinating die, as well as five secondary sentiments. I went with a shaped card design with a Watermelon card base cut with the largest of the Nested Postage Labels and Tags. The plaid panel was created using Salt Water Taffy ink on Salt Water Taffy cardstock, with the Buffalo Plaid Press Plate.

I was also very excited to finally get my hands on the Rainbow Slice Tunnel Dies so I heat foiled the secondary sentiment using Espresso Bean Hot Foil on Rose Water cardstock. The big thanks was heat foiled using Sparkle Silver Hot Foil available in the Christmas Sparkle Variety Pack on Chocolate Truffle cardstock. This time I used 1mm black foam squares under the Rainbow Slices and 2mm black foam squares at the top of the sentiment.

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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Ellen Hutson | Stitched Hexagon Card

I'm capping off National Embroidery Month with a simple card featuring one of my favourite colour combos! I used several Essentials by Ellen products including the Essential Hexagons, Essential Hexagons for Stitching, Besties and Home & Hearth.

I die cut the largest of the Essential Hexagons three times from 110lb white cardstock. I scored the one to form a foldable flap and glued it to another, forming the shaped card base. Then I used the five largest of the Essential Hexagons for Stitching and die cut the holes into the third piece.

I used five colours of embroidery thread from the Essentials by Ellen Floss - The Arctic Collection. The custom pack is currently out of stock but you can also purchase the colours individually and they are, from the inside-out, Apple Green, Very Light Turquoise, Turquoise, Tin and Dark Tin.

Starting with the inside (smallest) hexagon, I used a Size 3 Embroidery Needle and Apple Green floss. I used the back stitch on the entire card, working my way out towards the edge of the card.

On a separate piece of 110lb white cardstock, I stamped a sentiment from the Besties stamp set using Concord & 9th ink cubes that coordinate with the embroidery floss. I used washi tape to mask the different lines and stamp the lines using Sprout, Aqua Sky, Mushroom and Peacock ink cubes. I used one of the Essential Hexagons to cut out the sentiment and pop it on the stitched panel.

To embellish the card, I die cut the hearts from Home & Hearth from coordinating Sprout, Aqua Sky, Peacock cardstock and layered them on Silver Glitter cardstock for a bit of sparkly shadow. The final step was to attach the finished panel on to the card base with foam strips.

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{Neat & Tangled} November Release Day + Shop Links

It's Release Day! I have one more project to share this week and it features Elfs and Their Shelf on a card base die cut and dry embossed with the Scalloped Dies from last month's release.

I used one of the three sentiments that comes in the set and stamped it inside the sign. I just love that pile of gifts and the adorable snow globe! The Santa doll is way too cute!!

To finish the card, I sponged around the outer edge of the card base with distress ink and popped on all of the images with foam tape.

Thanks so much for joining the Neat & Tangled design team this week as we showcased all of the new products that are now available for purchase! Here's a quick review of the samples I made, along with the names of the products I used on that day:

 Day 1: Santa's Workshop

Day 2: Elfs and Their Shelf

Day 3: Merry & Bright Ornament, Star Cover Plate Die

Day 4: Happier Than

Be sure to check the Neat & Tangled blog to see if you're one of the lucky winners! When shopping at the Neat & Tangled store, you will receive a free sequin pack with every order.

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Shop Simon Says Stamp | Ellen Hutson

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