Blooming Tree Cards for Spellbinders

It's the last day for Christmas in July with Spellbinders! This month has flown by and I have two final cards to share. Both cards feature the new Blooming Tree hot foil plate and die set from the Glimmer Greetings collection. Scroll down for a few creative details! You'll find product links at the end of this post as well. 

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I wanted to create a clean and simple (CAS) card for my first card. One of the things I absolutely love about hot foiling is that you can ink blend over the foil and that is what I've done here. I did a foiling test on my Hammermill 100 lb Color Copy Cardstock and the image foiled great so I went ahead with it, instead of diving into my Spellbinders Glimmer Specialty cardstock, which I'm running low on. Time for a restock!

To mask around the tree outline, I used my Scrapbookcom Mint tape. First let me say, I was going to use the the outline die that comes with the Blooming Tree die set and cut out the shape on cardstock or computer paper, using it as a "stencil". However, the die cut leaves a border around the tree and if I did that, I would have ink blended outside the lines of the tree. So, masking it is.

I used my Catherine Pooler "Minted" ink and a blender brush and once finished, simply swiped across the foiled areas with a baby wipe.

I used the silver foil with my Blooming Tree hot foil plate and Glimmer Hot Foil System. I absolutely love the detail of this gorgeous Tree!

 

Let me also mention for the card above, when I laid down my Blooming Tree hot foil plate on my glimmer machine, I also lined up my sentiment at the same time, to create a one layer panel for my A2 sized card. The sentiment is from the Spellbinders Glimmer Holiday Florals hot foil plate set that came out last year. I have used the sentiments from that set over, and over. It's a definite keeper!

Next up is this kraft on white card. Again, I used the same masking technique but this time I went ahead and die cut the tree with the outline die included with the set. My ink blending was with Ranger Distress Oxide ink in Vintage Photo and I used a white gel pen to color in some of the negative areas on my tree and to accent the little leaf dies that come with the die set.

Although, the foiling looks yellow in the photo above, it's actually the "Aura" foil that has a prism effect of many colors. It just depends on how you turn the card but as we all know, capturing awesome images of foiling can be super tricky!

Just look at the angle of the same card below. No yellow at all because there's no light refraction. 

In person, the kraft and white theme pairs great with the shimmer of the Aura foil!

There were so many elements on the front of the card, I decided to reserve the sentiment for the inside of the card. I have love, love, loved the new holiday releases from Spellbinders and the opportunity to showcase projects for them in the last couple months. 

Thanks so much for stopping by. Click on the product links below if you'd like more details or add some beautiful new goodies to your stash! August is tomorrow and just a few short months until Christmas! Get those cards ready early! 

If you're not already a member of The Seasonal Cardmaker group on Facebook, I encourage you to join and share your seasonal cards with us. We would love to have you!

Terri

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Military Thank You Card

Today's card is all about thanking the men and women who serve in our armed forces. Many of us know someone serving in various branches and some of us have lived the military life. I grew up an "Army brat" and know how difficult it can be when our loved ones are sent overseas.

I'll be sending this to a friend who was recently shipped out to the middle east for a year. I haven't really found an all encompassing line of products for this type of card, until the new release came out from Erin Lee Creative. There are soooo many different options with the entire line of products just released. Even hot foiling dies!

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This card is closer to a square size with measurements of 4.5 inches by a little more than 4.75 inches. I basically eyeballed my panel sizes based on the size of my center die which is very large.

I made 3 cuts with my center die; one on white cardstock, one on a camo style paper and one on an adhesive foam sheet.

 

The camo paper is from a Paper House Productions  paper pack in my stash, however I believe it is retired. You can find basic camo paper in most large hobby stores but if you'd rather shop online, Scrapbook.com has a great selection of camo paper. I used this to back my die cut which consists of the adhesive foam sheet die cut using the ELC Thank You So Very Much die set, topped with the coordinating white cardstock die cut. I love how the dimension makes everything pop. Not sure how this adhesive will hold up in the middle east though, because I hear it's HOT!

I also did some embossing with a dotted embossing folder in my stash using Hero Arts cardstock, then backed that with another piece of kraft paper. 

All my elements are popped up on adhesive foam squares, including my sentiment from the Stars & Stripes stamp set.

I also added elements to the inside of my card, using the ELC Thank You Hero die set and glued them down. Alert, alert, alert.... make sure your glue is dry before you fold your card closed! Haha!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I'm a firm believer in supporting those who are guarding our freedoms and I hope you'll add these amazing products to your life. The hero's in your life will thank you! If you'd like to do some shopping, I've provided convenient affiliate links below, at no additional cost to you!

Terri

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Diamonds and Butterfly Card

I've been sharing lots of Spellbinders projects for their new releases this month and today is no exception. The new Glimmer Greetings collection went live this week and I'm featuring two products from that release; the Essential Diamonds Etched die set and the Glimmer Essential Diamond Hot Foil Plate. Scroll down for creative details, plus product links at the end of this post.

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

One can never have too many encouragement cards. My first inclination was to use these products in that manner. My stacked diamond centerpiece in the photo above was created using the black and aura hot foils with my glimmer machine. I foiled them on the Spellbinders Glimmer specialty cardstock, then used my Essential Diamond dies to cut them in different sizes, running them through my manual die cut machine.

I also die cut some patterned paper from my stash to layer with my foiled diamond images, using colors that would tie to my watercolored butterfly.

I recently purchased the Spellbinders Butterfly Sentiments stamp set, designed by Bibi Cameron. I adore butterflies and love the sentiments included for so many different occasions. I stamped and heat embossed my butterfly on Canson mixed media paper which you can find at Walmart or other hobby stores.

Next, I watercolored with my Catherine Pooler inks, pressing the ink on a craft mat and grabbing the color with my water brush to paint. Once dry, I spritzed on some Ranger Hickory Smoke distress spray stain and heat set it. The colors I chose are the same colors found on a Madagascar butterfly which I used for my entire color scheme. Yes, I googled a Madagascar butterfly, and the application of where to apply the color was taken into consideration as well.

The center of my butterfly was inked with black hybrid ink and has black glitter glue applied. My sentiment strip was also heat embossed on black cardstock with white embossing powder, then popped up on multiple layers of adhesive foam.

Lastly, for the back drop of my diamond centerpiece and butterfly I die cut the A2 sized Stitched Diamond Argyle etched background die on white cardstock and backed it with black cardstock. 

I also embellished my centerpiece with the Winter Evergreen Branches die set on white cardstock. Both of these die sets were also newly released this week.

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Terri

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