Spellbinders | July 2021 Small Die of the Month

Today's inspiration for Spellbinders features the July 2021 Small Die of the Month. This month's Clear Stamp of the Month (shared previously HERE) also works beautifully with the Small Die of the Month. Most monthly kits work well together and you can find a list of all the value kits HERE. If you subscribe by July 24, 2021, you will receive this month's featured kits.

The July 2021 Small Die of the Month is sized for a mini slim card that measures 3.25" x 6.25" but I've used it here in a #10 slimline design to show you its versatility. This month's kit consists of five dies that allows you to layer and create die cuts that range from simple to fully intricate. I love all the different layering options!

At first, I thought I would create a horizontal design and use the die cut sentiment in the centre, with ribbon or strings tying the two pieces to the sentiment but decided to play with the angles a bit once I decided on colours.

Once again, I used beautiful cardstock from Simon Says Stamp and the five colours featured are: Orange Peel (solid base), Sunshine (triple die cut overlay), Lemon Chiffon (sentiment base), Mint (die cut sentiment overlay) and Fog Gray (for the card base and the inner frame).

Since the designs are so intricate, I wanted to keep the dimension minimal and the card easy to mail so I simply used Bearly Arts liquid glue to stack the layers and my guillotine trimmer to remove the overhanging pieces.

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

Small Die of the Month

Large Die of the Month

Clear Stamp of the Month

Die Hard Addict

Die & Stamp Addict

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Ellen Hutson | Summer of Stamping: Week 2 -- Essentials by Ellen Release IG Hop

Ellen Hutson's Summer of Stamping continues with a brand new Essentials by Ellen release available  NOW and the Brand Ambassadors are celebrating with an Instagram Hop to bring you inspiration using these fabulous new products! While appreciated, comments left here are not eligible for the $25 gift certificate. Please head to Instagram for all the details! 

For this release hop, I had the joy of playing with the It's a Jungle stamp set and coordinating dies. The set is so fun and has a great combination of Tiki-inspired images. I love the Polynesian masks so I used all three and, when I put together my scene, I realized I needed a slimline card to fit in all the amazing images.

The large tropical plants on either side of the masks are from the Aloha stamp set and coordinating dies, which is another super fun set designed to be used with the new Tilt 'n Rock interactive die. You'll definitely want to check that out!

I wanted my watercolours to be bold and vibrant so I got out my set of Gansai Tambi watercolour paints. I own the 36 colour palette but Ellen Hutson also sells 13 of the 15 colours I used in individual pans and you can find all those colours listed in the supply links below.

I created the background by using a wide, flat paint brush and blending five colours seamlessly across the length of the slimline watercolour panel. I set that aside to dry while I stamped and heat embossed the images, and watercolored them with the remaining colours.

I loved colouring all the foliage in different shades of green and purple! The masks have so many little details and it was fun making them so colourful. I love the different shapes and expressions which gives them so much versatility, even the option of colouring them all one colour (plain wood carvings).

Before stamping the sentiment, I arranged the images on the card to make sure the sentiment would fit without being covered by part of the foliage. Then I also heat embossed the sentiment to match the images. I popped all of the images, except the two smaller masks, on to the panel with foam tape and adhered the remaining masks with glue dots.

To finish the card, I added a few sparkling clear sequins in four different sizes - 3mm, 4mm, 6mm and 8mm. If you haven't already hopped along, be sure to click HERE or on the image below to head to Instagram and begin the hop for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate to EllenHutson.com!

Also, today is the LAST DAY to take advantage of the Gift With Purchase! If you missed my inspiration card using the Trippin' stamp set, you can see it HERE. There's no better time to shop!

Thanks so much for hopping along with us!

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Pigment Craft | Happy Day

Hello, crafty friends! If you shopped at Pigment Craft Co. during the Canada Day Video Hop, you would've received a free Folkart Floral Stencil FREE with your $50+ purchase. I sat down in the middle of the night to play with mine because I knew I wouldn't have been able to fit in some playtime otherwise. I really should've gone to bed but sometimes you just have to follow your mojo. Plus, I still had wine to finish so that's my real excuse. LOL

I started by choosing four of my go-to Catherine Pooler ink colours for the stencilling - Mint To Be, Melon Ice, Aquatini and Sweet Sixteen. The stencil is a three-step stencil so you can use the same colour for all the blooms or mask off the four blooms and ink them up with different colours.

I stencilled the Folkart Florals twice, as mirror images, on a 7" x 7" piece of white cardstock and added details using Copic markers. I stamped the Happy Day sentiment from the Dashing Sentiments stamp set in Tranquil, Cove Blue and Juniper Mist to create an ombre effect. Then I die cut it using the coordinating die, and also die cut a second piece from silver glitter cardstock.

I cut down the stencilled piece to fit the A2 card base and attached it using a tape runner. After stacking the die cut sentiments with double-sided adhesive, I added foam tape to the back and popped that on to the card. To finish, I embellished the card with silver pearls.

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