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

Hello, crafty friends! Today, I’m showcasing the December 2024 Monthly Club Kits from Spellbinders. The first card features the “Stitched Notch Corner Card” Stitching Die of the Month and the second card features the “Friendship is Everything” Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month. Club Kits close on the 27th of each month so get them while you can!

The colour palette I chose for this first card includes Poppy, Clementine, Wildberry and Mahogany, with gold accents in the form of Mirror Gold Cardstock, Light Gold Metallic Thread and Satin Gold Hot Foil.

If this colour palette looks familiar to you, I used it in the form of inks in my last post. Isn’t it amazing how the same colours can look so different when used with other products and techniques?

I cut the A2 base panel from Mahogany, the notched frame from Clementine and the stitched frame from Poppy. I cut the leafy base from Mirror Gold Cardstock, the base of the stitched flowers from Mahogany and the stitched top layer from Wildberry.

After all the pieces were die cut, I stitched the Poppy frame and Wildberry flowers with Light Gold Metallic Thread and Satin Gold Hot Foil. As I prepared to adhere the layers, I decided to cut an extra leafy layer from Mahogany cardstock for contrast.

To finish, I heat foiled the sentiment from You Are Everything Sentiments on Mahogany cardstock and secured it to the centre of the card.

The colour palette for my second card also features Poppy, Clementine, Wildberry and Mahogany cardstock, with gold accents in the form of Satin Gold Hot Foil and Fashion Gold Embellishments.

Since this month’s glimmer kit features a large floral image, spanning the length of an A2 card, I used my signature tripanel design. The colours, from top to bottom, are Wildberry, Clementine and Poppy.

After slicing the pieces using a guillotine trimmer and taping the pieces tightly together, I trimmed the entire panel down to 4.25″ x 5.5″. Then I heat foiled the floral image using Satin Gold Hot Foil.

Since the first card was so intricate, I wanted to keep this one very clean and simple. The sentiment, also from the same glimmer kit, was also heat foiled with Satin Gold Hot Foil on Mahogany cardstock. After popping on the sentiment with foam squares, I embellished the card with Fashion Gold Embellishments.

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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Lunar New Year Challenge + Giveaways | November 2024

The Lunar New Year Challenge is back and we've partnered up with your favourite craft companies all year long so that means there are giveaways every month! This month, we're giving away ONE $25 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp, ONE $25 gift certificate to Lawn Fawn, ONE $25 gift certificate to RAM Stamps, and ONE $25 gift certificate to Catherine Pooler Designs. That's a total of $100 in giveaways in November!

My first card for this month features products from Spellbinders and Trinity Stamps available from our October sponsor, Simon Says Stamp. The three main sets featured here are the Stitched Numbers Dies, Mistletoe Greetings Press Plate and the Art Deco Dance Foil Plate.

I've been obsessed with the the Stitched Numbers Dies ever since they were released and have used them many times in the past year, on both new year cards and birthday cards. I typically stitch on all of the numbers but decided it wouldn't be as noticeable to stitch on the Gold Glitter Paper so I only stitched on the Mirror Gold Foil this time.

I alternated the Gold Glitter Paper and Mirror Gold Foil between numbers and their shadows to provide interest against the busier Art Deco Dance Foil Plate, which I heat foiled with Sparkle Red Hot Foil. I love the rich tone-on-tone look with the red foil on Schoolhouse Red cardstock.

All that was needed to finish the card was a simple sentiment and I used Espresso Bean Hot Foil to heat foil the BetterPress sentiment on Nectar cardstock. To finish, I popped all of the numbers and sentiment strip on to the foiled background with foam squares.

The rules are simple. You must create a new Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year or a 2024 Dragon Birthday card and add the link to your post in the link-up party. For November, we're inviting you to continue making 2025 Year of the Snake cards! Multiple entries are allowed. Backlinking to an older project is strictly prohibited.

Our November Lunar New Year Challenge will run from 12:00am EST on November 1, 2024 through 12:00pm EST on November 30, 2024. We would love to see you using products from our four generous sponsors! The four lucky winners will be randomly selected from all eligible entries and announced at the start of the December Challenge. 

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Spellbinders | October 2024 Large Die + Stitching Die of the Month

Hello, crafty friends! Today, I'm showcasing the October 2024 Monthly Club Kits from Spellbinders. The first card features the "Cozy Toes Slippers" Large Die of the Month and the second card features the "Merry & Bright Cloche" Stitching Die of the Month. Club Kits close on the 27th of each month so get them while you can!

This month I have the pleasure of playing with the "Cozy Toes Slippers" Large Die of the Month and it makes me so giddy. I'm sure you've seen the pyjama pants and slippers with Santa and four other animals! I wanted to work more simply with just the penguin and dress it up with all the accessories.

The "Cozy Toes Slippers" Large Die of the Month comes with a toque, ear muffs, reindeer antlers and a Santa hat in both directions which is a bonus. I wanted to keep the colours simple and consistent throughout.

The colour palette I chose for this first card include Poppy, Clementine and Oceanside, with the basics Onyx, Snowdrift, Glitter White Foam and Matte Gold Foil Paper. After assembling all the penguins and die cutting the accessories, I added gold glasses cut from the Smart Glasses Dies.

I cut the sentiment from Snowdrift, along with shadow banners from Poppy and Matte Gold Foil Paper. Then I cut an A2 panel from Oceanside cardstock and embossed it with the Diamond Plaid Embossing Folder.

I popped up the penguins in a grid pattern with foam squares, then added the sentiment strip to finish the card.

My second card features the "Merry & Bright Cloche" Stitching Die of the Month. I always love each month's stitching die and this one is no exception. I adore cloches and I was so happy to see this one with a Christmas little tree.

This card also uses the colours Poppy, Clementine and Oceanside, just like my first card. I swapped out the black for Midnight and the plain white cardstock with Glitter White Paper. This card also features Gold Glitter Paper and Matte Gold Foil Paper. 

After stitching the base of the cloche, tree and trunk using coordinating colours from the DMC Warm Color Floss Bundle, DMC Cool Color Floss Bundle and DMC Diamant Grande Light Gold Metallic Thread, I assembled the cloche using a combination of white liner tape and foam squares.

Then I cut an A2 panel from Glitter White Paper, misted it with water and embossed it with the Sparkling Snow 3D Embossing Folder. This is the first time I tried dry embossing with glitter paper and love the results. It's so sparkly in real life!

After attaching the cloche on to the embossed base panel, I added Fashion Gold Pearls as ornaments on the tree to finish the card.

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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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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Spellbinders | August 2024 Stitching Die of the Month - Stitched Colorful Palette

Hello, crafty friends! Today, I'm showcasing the last of the August 2024 Monthly Club Kits from Spellbinders. This card features the "Stitched Colourful Palette" Stitching Die of the Month with a sentiment from the "Colorful Splash" Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month. Club Kits close on the 27th of each month so get them while you can!

The Stitched Colourful Palette is actually a 3.25" x 6.25" mini slimline size but I decided to use part of it on an A2 card. I really wanted to use white foil or mirror cardstock but didn't have any on hand so I stuck with regular white cardstock.

After I created the palette itself, I die cut the paint brushes from Onyx and Mirror Silver cardstock. After choosing my colour palette based on inspiration from page 97 of Lauren Wager's Palette Perfect, I die cut the paint blocks and brush tips from Velvet Rose, Lemongrass, Glacier, and Evergreen. Spellbinders' Velvet Rose is now retired but exact alternates are Pencil Eraser or Raspberry Sorbet.

Spellbinders' DMC Color Essentials Cool Floss Bundle includes DMC162 which is an exact colour match for Glacier cardstock but I had to make a special trip to my local art store for the other three and found DMC223 for Pencil Eraser, DMC472 for Lemongrass and DMC501 for Evergreen. This last one wasn't an exact match but it's close enough and, as a bonus, I think it will work with several other dark green cardstocks that I have in my stash.

To finish the card, I use the largest of the Precision Layering A2 A Dies to cut a piece of Lilly White Gingham-Linen Petite Prints for the base panel. This colour is included in the Doodlebug Gingham-Linen Petite Prints 12 x 12" Cardstock Paper, available from Spellbinders. After glueing the palette and paint brushes to the panel and trimming off the overhanging excess, I added a sentiment from which I heat foiled with Pewter Hot Foil on Glacier cardstock and trimmed it using the small fishtail banner from Mini Everyday Sentiments.

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Spellbinders | July 2024 Monthly Club Kits

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

I was inspired by a colour palette on page 142 of Lauren Wager's Palette Perfect, Vol. 2 and used the same colours on both cards. Essentially, the Stitched All Wrapped Up is for holiday cards but I love that bows are so versatile, this product can be used year-round!

Both the products and the colours inspired this retro design. The cardstock I used include Concord & 9th Dragonfruit, Lemongrass, Nutmeg and Silver Glitter Paper as an accent, plus Simon Says Stamp Fog Gray for the card base.

I cut the bow from Dragonfruit cardstock, stitched it with Dark Cranberry 301 from the DMC Color Essentials Warm Bundle and set the pieces aside to work on the background.

After cutting the Fog Gray card base and glueing the Lemongrass hoops, I randomly glued circles die cut from Nutmeg and Silver Glitter Paper. The patterns on the bottom are mirrored on the top half of the card.

After assembling the bow on the card base with a combination of double-sided tape and foam squares, I heat foiled a sentiment from Mini Everyday Sentiments, using Espresso Bean Hot Foil on Fog Gray cardstock and popped it on to the card with foam strips.

My second card features the the "Joyful Holly" Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month. I don't usually get too much of a head start on my holiday cards but I love that I've added this one to my stash! Plus, I almost never use brown so this is probably the most prominent brown will ever be featured on one of my cards.

I started by heat foiling the Joyful Holly with Espresso Bean Hot Foil on Fog Gray cardstock. Then I used Concord & 9th Dragonfruit, Lemongrass and Avocado inks to colour the image using the coordinating Joyful Holly Stencil, which is one of the BONUS items in The Deluxe Caboodle Value Club this month!

I repeated this process and die cut them using the die included in this month's kit. Then I set them aside while I cut a 4 x 5.25" Fog Gray panel. Next, I cut a panel of Gingham Bubblegum from the Doodlebug Gingham-Linen Rainbow Petite Prints 12x12"Cardstock Paper Pack. 

I wanted the pink darker to match the bow on the other card so I ink blended some Dragonfruit ink on the edges before glueing the panel down. To finish the card, I heat embossed the sentiment using Speckled Prism Hot Foil on Nutmeg cardstock. I layered a shadow cut from Silver Glitter Paper and popped on the sentiment with foam squares.

I've never worked with this colour palette before and I was pleasantly surprised at how well the brown fit into it. I actually tried to use as little of it as possible but, as noticeable as it is, I really love how these cards turned out.

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

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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