Spellbinders Guest Post feat. Bayfair Card Maker's Kit by Rosie's Studio

Hello, crafty friends! I'm on the Spellbinders Blog with three cards featuring different ways to use the Bayfair Card Maker's Kit and add-ons from the Bayfair by Rosie's Studio Collection, one of many awesome releases now available in the Spellbinders store!

Affiliated product links are listed below at no extra cost to you. Details on how I made each card and more photos are on the Spellbinders Blog. Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Spellbinders | Bayfair Card Maker's Kit by Rosie's Studio

I recently had the pleasure of creating with the Bayfair Card Maker's Kit from Bayfair by Rosie's Studios Collection, available from Spellbinders. In the past, I found card kits to be creatively restrictive but when I saw this colour palette and all of the amazing goodies included, I couldn't resist. I have never had as much fun working with a card kit as I've had when working with this amazing collection.

Being a lifelong city girl, I rarely get to visit the beach. Unless I'm on a cruise or visiting a resort with girlfriends, most of my vacations are in cities far away from the beach. I definitely need to plan a trip to the beach after playing with the Bayfair Card Maker's Kit!

I made this card by creating a card base using the Nested Postage Labels & Tag Dies and Raindrop cardstock. This cardstock colour is sold individually or as part of the Bayfair 12" x 12" Cardstock Pack that coordinates perfectly with the products in the Bayfair Card Maker's Kit and Bayfair by Rosie's Studios Collection.

I selected a blue damask patterned for the A2 postage-shaped card base and a sailboat pattern for the stitched rectangle mat. You can find these papers in both the Bayfair Card Maker's Kit and the Bayfair 6x6" Designer Paper Pad, sold separately. Then I arranged four different ephemera pieces on top. There are two of each design included in the kit and Bayfair Cardstock Diecut Ephemera, if you were interested in adding more to your stash.

I selected a sentiment from the Bayfair Puffy Stickers, also included in the kit or sold separately. After trimming off the edges of the laurel, I glued small pieces of Snowdrift cardstock to the back of the ephemera for added stiffness. Then I adhered all the pieces to the patterned paper with foam squares.

I hope you enjoyed today's project! I'll be sharing more from the Bayfair by Rosie's Studios Collection soon, here and on the Spellbinders Blog. Be sure to check out the Buzz-Worthy Club Deals and save up to 25% off on Select Past Clubs now through June 8, 2024. 

I appreciate you stopping by and, if you're inspired, please shop my affiliate links below. Spellbinders would love to know that you were inspired by me. Thanks so much for your continued support!

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Spellbinders | February 2022 Card Kit of the Month + Sale

Today, I'm sharing more of the Spellbinders February 2022 Club Kits and you're going to love this month's Card Kit of the Month! It includes so many fabulous supplies, enough to make at least 10 cards. The kit comes with cardstock, a stamp set, dies, patterned paper, chipboard stickers, ephemera, card bases, envelopes, double-sided tape and foam tape.

Some of the patterned paper includes incredibly beautiful foiling details and I used a couple of these sheets on two of my cards. I used the mint, lavender and white cardstock to create card bases, then chose two pieces of patterned paper per card.

I used five of the dies to create the laurel, first two words of the sentiment and the small flowers on the first card. Then I used one of the chipboard frames, label sticker and butterfly ephemera to complete the card. You can click on any of the smaller photos to enlarge them for a closer look.

I chose the opposite layout for the patterned papers on my second card. Then I used a contrasting chipboard frame, followed by a cluster of three ephemera pieces and a sentiment sticker. This is my favourite of the three samples I made!

For my third card, I used one of my all-time favourite layouts. It's classic and works for practically any combination of products. I arranged the chipboard frame, squirrel and heart stickers, plus the ephemera to gauge positioning of the sentiments before stamping them. I love the combination of typewriter font and handwritten fonts. 

To finish, I die cut the little flowers from gold and white cardstock and attached them to the leafy ephemera for some sparkle and shine. The squirrel is so cute, isn't she? The problem with using these adorable stickers is that there's only one! I'll have to save this one for a very special person. LOL

Here's a list of kits I share each month and some of the value kits:

Small Die of the Month

Card Kit of the Month

Die Hard Value Club

Die & Stamp Addict

Glimmer 'n Cut Value Club

The Total Value Club

Spellbinders has a fabulous promotion on now through 11:59pm MST on February 28, 2022. Buy one item and get a second participating item of equal value or less free. The BOGO Die Cutting Sale is a great time to check off a few items from your wish list, which I'm sure is as long as mine!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Pink Cat Studio ~ Feb 24th Digi Release!

Welcome to one of the most anticipated Pink Cat Studio digi releases ever! This post is filled with gnomey goodness so make yourself comfy and enjoy. I went with a modern folk theme for my cards this week to show you that you don't have to stick to gnomey themes with these images. They are so cute, they will work with just about anything!

First up is a card using the little girl from the gnome family, Lulibell. I love her with the little deer! I paired her up with one of my favourite sentiments from Unity's One of a Kind. Gnomes are funky, aren't they? LOL Then I embellished this card with stickers from Echo Park's A Walk in the Park Collection. I popped Lulibell on to the card base with foam adhesive and rounded one corner of the card.

Next up is a card using the little boy from the gnome family, Finnbert. Don't you just love the names Melissa has given these gnomes? I paired him up with a sentiment from Unity's Boys Will Be Boys and the 'caution' part gave me the idea of pairing up black and yellow baker's twine from The Twinery. My son was driving me batty the day I made this and his craziness inspired this background.

After I popped Finnbert on to the card base with foam adhesive, I felt that the card needed an anchor so I die cut some patterned paper from Echo Park's A Walk in the Park Collection with the notebook edge die from My Favorite Things, something I hadn't used yet.

Finally, here are the parents (who could also double-up as grandparents), Ninbert and Gladibell! I thought I'd use them to make a cute little anniversary card. Aren't they adorable? I can see them welcoming you to a new home, to the neighbourhood, just to say hello and thanks... pretty much anything! Who knew gnomes could be so versatile, eh? :)

Oh my, this release was so fun to colour and all of these gnomey images just make me smile. Imagine all the sentiments you could pair with them! I hope you've been inspired. If not, or if you need more inspiration, just head on over to the Pink Cat Studio Blog or click on the DT links on my sidebar. Have a wonderful day!

Sources for Lulibell card: Gina K Designs pure luxury kraft & 120lb pure luxury white cardstock; Pink Cat Studio Lulibell & Deer; Unity+Melody Ross One of a Kind; Copics; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; SU Tempting Turquoise ink; Echo Park A Walk in the Park Collection Element Stickers; EK Success 1-3/8" circle punch; Stampin' Dimensionals

Sources for Finnbert card: Gina K Designs pure luxury kraft cardstock & 120lb pure luxury white cardstock; Echo Park A Walk in the Park Collection Element Cards (reverse side); Pink Cat Studio Finnbert & Deer; Unity+Echo Park Boys Will be Boys; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; SU Wild Wasabi ink; Copics; SU paper piercer; SU silver brads; The Twinery baker's twine in Lemondrop & Charcoal; My Favorite Things Notebook Edge die; QuicKutz Epic Six; Stampin' Dimensionals

Sources for Ninbert and Gladibell card: Gina K Designs 120lb pure luxury white cardstock; Pink Cat Studio Gnome Couple; Verve Text Objects; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Copics; Stampin' Dimensionals