Spellbinders | Hello Lovely

Hello there, as mentioned on Monday's post, I am back today to share another card using the beautiful Cherry Blossoms BetterPress Plate & Die Set from Spellbinders and Alex Syberia Designs. I once again hot foiled the plate (this is the larger image of the two, I used the smaller one on my previous card) but they can be pressed as well! 

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

I started off my card by hot foiling the cherry blossoms image from the Spellbinders Cherry Blossoms BetterPress Plate & Die Set onto white cardstock using Spellbinders Opaque Black Foil and the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System. I then coloured the image using Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies). 

It was die cut out using the coordinating die. I die cut the second largest diamond die from the Hero Arts Diamond Infinity Dies Set three times from white cardstock. I adhered them one on top of another (for dimension) and then adhered them onto a US A2 sized white card base. 

The cherry blossoms were then adhered on top using thin foam tape. I hot foiled the Spellbinders Making Me Smile Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set using the same Spellbinders Opaque Black Foil and then die cut them out. I adhered the 'hello lovely' one onto the card with thin foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Spellbinders Pink Color Essentials Gems. 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

COPIC MARKERS: RV66, RV55, RV52, 0/G29, YG17, YG23, YG01/E57, E55, E53. 

The Spring in Kyoto collection is really pretty and I just fell in love with these cherry blossoms! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Spellbinders | May 2025 Clubs Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, I am delighted to be joining Spellbinders today to celebrate the May 2025 Clubs with a fun, inspirational blog hop. Each designer along the hop is sharing a different club. I am sharing a card using the Small Die of the Month Club Kit which is called Classroom Chronicles. I already made one card using the set, which you can see here.

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

I started off my card by die cutting the apple from the Spellbinders May 2025 Small Die of the Month Club Kit from Spellbinders Mulberry ColorWheel Cardstock. I added ink blending to it with Altenew Bubblegum Dreams Fresh Dye Inks. I then added a little Spellbinders Raven ColorWheel Cardstock to the back for the eyes and nose and added Spellbinders Orchid ColorWheel Cardstock for the mouth.

I cut the leaf from Spellbinders Peridot ColorWheel Cardstock and added ink blending with Altenew Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks. The stalk was cut from Spellbinders Truffle ColorWheel Cardstock. Both were adhered behind the top of the apple. I then cut the glasses from Spellbinders Violet Cardstock three times and adhered them one on top of each other before adhering to the apple. 

The graduation cap/mortarboard was cut from Spellbinders Raven ColorWheel Cardstock, and the tassel from Spellbinders Violet ColorWheel Cardstock. The tassel was adhered to the cap and then the cap adhered to the apple with thin foam tape. The arms were cut from Spellbinders Raven ColorWheel Cardstock and adhered behind the apple. 

I die cut the book that says 'congrats' from Spellbinders Classic White Cardstock for the base layer and the top layer from Spellbinders Violet, Orchid and Classic White Cardstock. I adhered the violet piece onto the base layer and then popped out the letters from the white one and adhered them inside the violet one as inlay. I did the same thing for the two end pieces from orchid. The book was adhered flat to an A2 sized white card base and the apple popped on top with thin foam tape. 

BLOG HOP:

As mentioned, this post is part of a fun, inspirational hop with prizes. For the hop, you should have arrived here from the Spellbinders Blog. Next on the hop is the amazing Allison Frazier, who is using the Large Die of the Month Club Kit. 

GIVEAWAY:

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders are giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers - selected from the comments on our blog. Giveaway closes Sunday, 18th May 2025 at 11.59pm MST. The winners will be announced on the Spellbinders blog the following Wednesday. The winners will be responsible for shipping costs, duties and taxes. 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you have a great time on the rest of the hop and a wonderful rest of the day! 

Simon Says Stamp | Birthday Flowers

Hello there, I hope you are well. Today I have a card to share using the Simon Says Stamp Wavy Background Stamp that was released as part of their You Are My Favorite release. You can see the other projects I made using the release here and here. I will admit, I am a person who likes more of a subtle background, so that is what I did today. 

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

I started off by stamping the Simon Says Stamp Wavy Background Stamp onto a panel of Spellbinders Fog ColorWheel Cardstock using Versamark Ink. I applied Hero Arts Fine Clear Embossing Powder and heat set. This gives a lovely tone-on-tone look with the added shine of the embossing powder. 

It was adhered flat to a US A2 sized white card base with tape runner adhesive. I then die cut the Simon Says Stamp Sunrise Stem Dies twice. I added ink blending to the flower petals using Altenew Bubblegum Dreams Fresh Dye Inks, plus a little Midnight Violet Fresh Dye Ink. 

I used Altenew Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Inks for the flower centres and Altenew Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks for the leaves. I adhered the petal layers together and then adhered the flower centres on top. I cut apart the leaves using scissors and arranged everything on my card. I adhered the leaves with liquid glue, followed by the flowers with thin foam tape. 

The sentiment, from the Simon Says Stamp You Stamp Set, was stamped onto black cardstock using Versamark Ink. I applied White Embossing Powder and heat set. It was cut into a strip and adhered to the card with more thin foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Spellbinders Color Essentials Opal Gems. 

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

I love that using the tone-on-tone method for the background stamp that it is there but not too in your face! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have wonderful day! Take care! 

Spellbinders | Cherry Blossoms Birthday Wishes

Hello there, I am delighted to be over on the Spellbinders Blog today, sharing a card using the beautiful new Cherry Blossoms BetterPress Plate & Die Set from the Spring in Kyoto Collection by Alex Syberia Designs. 

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

This is such a pretty set! You can press the Spellbinders Cherry Blossoms BetterPress Plates or you can hot foil them, which is what I did, so that I could colour the flowers and leaves with Copic Markers. I added ink blending to the background using Hero Arts Berry Smoothie Reactive Ink and added Spellbinders Splatter White Opaque Watercolor on top. The sentiment is from the Spellbinders Making Me Smile Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set. 

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

I am sharing a step-by-step photo tutorial of how I made this card over on the Spellbinders Blog, so I hope you will pop over and take a look! I also have another card to share using this set on Friday. Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a great week ahead! 

Spellbinders | Wildflower Daisies

Hello there, I hope you are well. Today I have a card to share using the Layered Wildflowers Die Set from Lisa Horton and Spellbinders, which is part of the new Wildflowers Collection which is out today, along with lots of other new collections. 

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

I started off my card by die cutting the daisies from the Spellbinders Layered Wildflowers Etched Dies using Spellbinders ColorWheel Cardstock. I die cut the petals from Classic White, the centres from Beeswax and Saffron, and the stems and leaves from Rainforest. 

I adhered the flower centre pieces together first and then onto the petals using liquid glue. I took a US A2 size black card base and splattered on Spellbinders Splatter White Opaque Watercolor. I let it sit to dry and then once dry, I adhered the stems and leaves on first, using liquid glue. 

The flower heads were adhered using thin foam tape. I stamped the stamp set from the Spellbinders Very Best Wishes Sentiments Clear Stamp & Die Set (this is one of the sets that you stamp all the sentiments in one go and then die cut all in one go) onto black cardstock using Versamark Ink. 

I applied white embossing powder and heat set. The sentiments were then die cut out using the coordinating die. I cut the ends off (as I did not want the rounded edges for this card) and then adhered it to the card using thin foam tape. To finish, I embellished with a few Spellbinders Silver Mix Color Essentials Gems. 

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

I will be sharing more inspiration using this collection later in the month but until then, I hope you will check it out as it is a really pretty collection! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful weekend! 

Spellbinders | Classroom Chronicles

Hello there, today I have a card to share using the Spellbinders May 2025 Small Die of the Month Club Kit called Classroom Chronicles. This kit is geared towards students and teachers and consists of an apple, glasses for the apple to wear (so cute!), a pencil, a graduation cap and books. There are also sentiments in the kit but I did not use those today. 

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

I started off my card by die cutting the apple from the Spellbinders May 2025 Small Die of the Month Club Kit from Spellbinders Pomegranate ColorWheel Cardstock. I then added a piece of Spellbinders Raven ColorWheel Cardstock behind it for the eyes, nose and mouth. I die cut the stalk from Spellbinders Acorn ColorWheel Cardstock and the leaf from Spellbinders Rainforest Cardstock. They were adhered to the top of the apple. 

I die cut the glasses, arms and graduation cap from Spellbinders Raven ColorWheel Cardstock. The arms and glasses were adhered to the apple and then I cut another two of the graduation cap. I adhered them one on top of another (for added dimension) and then adhered it onto the apple. I cut the tassel from Brushed Gold Cardstock from the Spellbinders Gold Assortment Treasured Cardstock pack and adhered it to the cap. 

For the pencil, I cut the main body from Spellbinders Beeswax ColorWheel Cardstock, the wood part from Spellbinders Alabaster ColorWheel Cardstock, and the lead part from Spellbinders Raven ColorWheel Cardstock. The parts were adhered together and then the pencil adhered to the apple's hand. 

I hot foiled the 'congratulations' and 'you did it!' sentiments from Spellbinders Bold Color Mix Numbers Press Plates onto white cardstock using Spellbinders Opaque Black Foil. They were then cut into a strips. I rounded the corners of a white US A2 sized white card base using the Spellbinders 1-2 Punch: Corner Rounder & Notch and then adhered the apple and sentiments on top using thin foam tape. To finish, I added a Spellbinders Gold Mix Color Essentials Gem to the top of the tassel. 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

SPELLBINDERS CLUB KITS

To buy the kit - if you are a current subscriber to the Small Die of the Month Club Kit (or any kit), you do not need to do anything. You will be charged as normal on the 5th of the month and your kit will be shipped to you. If you are a new subscriber, you can purchase the kit from the 6th - 27th May 2025. Members can cancel their membership at any time. If you are not keen on subscribing to the kit but still want it, you can purchase it individually (without a subscription) on the 10th of the following month but the price will be higher. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Altenew | May 2025 Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, I am delighted to be joining Altenew today to celebrate the May 2025 release with a fun blog hop. The release is full of lovely stamps, dies, embossing folders and more, and I have three cards to share today using a few of the new products. 

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

MAGNIFICENT MAGNOLIAS

First up is the beautiful Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Magnificent Magnolias. This is a fun kit because there is a stamp set which has sentiments and the branch for the magnolias, the die set which has the flowers, the embossing folder which has vases for the flowers to be in, and the stencils which you can use to colour the vases and the stems/leaves. 

I started off my card by stamping the branch from the stamp set onto a panel of Altenew Crafty Necessities: Jet Black Cardstock using Altenew Embossing Ink. I applied Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder and heat set. It was then adhered to an A2 sized black card base. 

I die cut the flowers from the die set from white cardstock and then added ink blending to them. I used Altenew Bubblegum Dreams Fresh Dye Inks for the petals and Altenew Golden Sunset Fresh Dye Inks for the centres. I then assembled them using the keyhole system and liquid glue. They were adhered to the card using more liquid glue. 

I then stamped a sentiment from the stamp set onto Altenew Crafty Necessities: Jet Black Cardstock using Altenew Embossing Ink. I applied Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder and heat set. It was cut into a strip and adhered to the card with Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. To finish, I embellished with Altenew Clear Enamel Dots. 

IN THE WOODS

My next card uses the fabulous new Altenew Creative Cuts: In the Woods Layering Die Set. I started off by die cutting the tree stump from the set from Altenew Crafty Necessities: Sand Dunes, Milk Chocolate, Dark Chocolate and Espresso Cardstock. The layers were adhered together using liquid glue and then it was adhered onto an A2 sized black card base using Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape. 

I die cut the foliage from Altenew Crafty Necessities: Limeade, Bamboo and Parrot Cardstock. I added a little ink blending to them using Altenew Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks. They were adhered (and popped behind) the tree stump. The flowers were die cut from Altenew Crafty Necessities: Soft Lilac and Deep Iris Cardstock. 

I added ink blending to these using Altenew Shades of Purple Fresh Dye Inks and adhered them to the card using foam tape. I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Magnificent Magnolias and cut it into a strip. It was adhered to the card with thin foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Altenew Clear Enamel Dots. 

LILY OF THE VALLEY

My last card uses the beautiful Altenew Craft A Flower: Lily of the Valley Layering Die Set. I die cut the flowers, stems and leaves from white cardstock and added ink blending on top. I used Altenew Shades of Purple Fresh Dye Inks (Lavender Fields) for the flowers and Altenew Green Valley Fresh Dye Inks for the stem piece and leaves. 

I took an A2 sized black card base and splattered Altenew Titanium White Gouache on top (mixed with a little water) and set it aside to dry. Once dry, the leaves were adhered on top using liquid glue. The stem with flowers was then adhered on top, I added a little foam tape behind each flower head for some dimension. 

I stamped a sentiment from Altenew Craft Your Life Project Kit: Magnificent Magnolias onto Altenew Crafty Necessities: Jet Black Cardstock using Altenew Embossing Ink. I applied Altenew Pure White Crisp Embossing Powder and heat set. It was cut into a strip and adhered to the card with more Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape.

MINI BLENDING BRUSH STORAGE

Before I go, I just wanted to share the new Altenew Crafter's Showcase Mini Blending Brush Storage with you. It officially releases in June but is available for pre-order now. 

This acrylic sided container has a lid (yay!) and a bamboo base that holds 40 Mini Blending Brushes. I have made a quick video showing the unboxing and how I have set it up:

(If you are viewing this post via email subscription, you can watch the video HERE on YouTube.)

BLOG HOP:

As mentioned, this post is part of a fun, inspirational blog hop with prizes. Please click on the links below to visit the other participants in the hop. 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

GIVEAWAY:

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 15th May 2025 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew's Blog Hop Post on 16th May 2025. The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog. 

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the projects. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

As you can see, I am loving how colours pop off dark card bases at the moment! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful rest of the day!

Spellbinders | Blow Out the Candles!

Hello there, today I have a card to share using the House Mouse Top Notch Birthday Stamp Set. It is quite rare that I make a completely one layer card but for today, it just seemed to make sense to do so! 

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

I started off by stamping the Spellbinders House Mouse Top Notch Birthday Stamp Set (both the image and the sentiment) onto a panel of white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. 

I coloured the image using Copic Markers. The colours that I used are listed below the supplies list for reference. The panel was then simply adhered onto a 4" x 5.5" white card base with tape runner adhesive. 

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

COPIC MARKERS: Mouse - E59, E57, E55, E53/R12, R01, R000. Cake - E37, E34, E33, E31/RV04, RV02, RV000. Candles - V09, V17, V15, V01/Y17, Y15, Y11, Y000. Hat - V09, V17, V15, V101/RV04, RV02, RV000. 

It is quite rare that I do not add anything extra to a card but I wanted the image to shine and it seemed to suit a more CAS design. Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Spellbinders | Yana's Daisies

Hello there, today I have two cards to share using the fabulous new collection from Spellbinders and Yana Smakula called Yana's Daisies. I know that daisies do come in a few different colourways, I am not sure if aqua is one of them, but I thought it looked pretty so went with it! 

PLEASE NOTE: This post contains affiliate links. Please see below for my full disclosure.

I am using the Daisy Trio Press Plate, which can be pressed or hot foiled. You can also purchase it along with a stencil which colours in the image with ink blending and also adds a shadow to the background. I just used the plate today, but wanted you to know there are other options! I am also using the super pretty Yana's Daisies Etched Die and Crafty Hugs Sentiments Press Plates. 

For my first card, I pressed the Spellbinders Daisy Trio Press Plate onto Spellbinders BetterPress Porcelain A7 Cotton Card using Spellbinders BetterPress Black Ink and the Spellbinders BetterPress Letterpress System. It was then coloured using Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies area). 

Copic Markers are not recommended when using this ink as it can bleed, but I wanted the vibrancy of them for my card. The yellows did bleed a bit for the flower centres but the rest weren't too bad! I die cut the panel using the second largest die in the Spellbinders Essential Arches Etched Dies set. I created a white card base using the same arch dies (using the hinge method) and then adhered the pressed panel on top with thin foam tape. 

I pressed the 'happy birthday' sentiment from the Spellbinders Crafty Hugs Sentiments Press Plate & Die Set using Spellbinders BetterPress Black Ink and die cut it out using the coordinating die. It was adhered to the card with more thin foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Spellbinders Onyx Color Essentials Gems. 

PEASE NOTE: The photos are showing the pressed ink to be a bit splotchy, it actually isn't in real-life at all! It is quite difficult to get a perfect press with these solid plates sometimes but this one actually came out really nicely. Shame the photos don't show that!  

For my second card, I started off by die cutting the Spellbinders Yana's Daisies Etched Dies (main die) from white cardstock, I added tape to the back to keep all the pieces in place and coloured the flowers using Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies area). I then die cut the die again from white cardstock, but this time popped all the pieces out and adhered it over the top. 

I decided that I didn't like the outline being white, so I die cut it again, but this time from Hero Arts Pitch Black Cardstock. It was adhered over the top of the white one. I then created an arch shaped card base like I did for the first card in black cardstock. I splattered on Spellbinders Splatter White Opaque Watercolor and let it sit to dry. 

Once dry, the daisies were adhered on top using thin foam tape. I pressed the 'just a note' sentiment from the Spellbinders Crafty Hugs Sentiments Press Plate & Die Set using Spellbinders BetterPress Black Ink and die cut it out using the coordinating die. I also cut another of the die and adhered it behind the pressed one for added dimension. It was adhered onto the card with liquid glue. 

SUPPLIES:

 

Here are the links to what I have used on the projects. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

COPIC MARKERS: Petals - BG13, BG11. Flower centres - Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11. Stems/leaves - G28, YG17, YG23, YG01. 

I really like how the daisies pop from the dark backgrounds! Thank you so much for stopping by to see me today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day!